The Science of the Soul
© 2002 by Corinne McLaughlin
Our Essence and True Identity
Each of us has experienced moments of heartfelt kindness, of courageous daring, of steady strength, of deep inner peace. These are
fleeting experiences of our soul—our deepest essence, our highest self—
who we truly are. When we experience an expanded sense of oneness with all life, when we forgive someone who has harmed us, when we inspire others with clear insight, when we courageously do what is right--but not popular--these are
expressions of our soul. For the
soul embodies not just loving compassion, but also purposeful will and wise intelligence.
Balanced love, light and will are the signatures of the soul.
The
soul is
essentially energy, and to study the soul is to study the science of energy.. In the Ageless Wisdom of East and West—which is often called the
“golden thread” which
connects the inner teachings of the world’s religions -- there is a
science of soul development, with detailed theories and techniques for
integrating the soul with the personality.
We are essentially spiritual beings having a human experience, rather than the other way around. Although we might initially say that we “have” a soul, it is more actually more accurate to say that
we are a soul who “has” a personality, and this self-centered personality is our instrument of expression in the world. Until our personality is more purified and invokes the soul’s help, it tries to run the show and often creates a mess.
Although some popular modern writers primarily see the soul as our deep unconscious, or as some fragile thing that our personalities need to care for or we’ll lose, the truth is actually quite the opposite:
it is our soul which cares for our personality—if it is invited.
The soul is referred to in the Christian tradition as
“the Christ within,
the inner divinity” in each person. The realm of the soul is called “
the kingdom of God.” In the Jewish tradition, the soul is sometimes referred to as “
the vital principle.” In the Hindu tradition, it’s called the “
Atma” or “
Self.”In the Buddhist tradition, it is “
the Buddha Mind,” “
the mind of enlightenment (bodhichitta).” In ancient Greece, the temple of the Oracle at Delphi proclaimed, “
Man, know thyself, and thou wilt know the universe and the gods.” As we know our soul, the microcosm, so we will understand the macrocosm.
We know that the human body is the endpoint of the evolution of physical forms. But evolution doesn’t end with the perfection of forms. Consciousness continues to evolve.
Soul expression is essentially the
next evolutionary step in consciousness for humanity. Poets and songwriters have eternally written about the longing for the soul as if it were a distant love. But the soul is closer than our heartbeat.
Today, modern science is beginning to prove the existence of the soul and its survival after the death of the body.
Science of the Soul
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