Who, What, Where is the Soul?
The soul is not something "modern man" thinks about too much these days. Perhaps he or she is too busy with all the accoutrements of life in the material world. Cellphones, computers, cars, and so on and so forth. And not to place "blame" on such things, since it is the computers and the internet that are bringing this website and these words to you the reader right now.
But as Paramahansa Yogananda said, many years ago, the paths to Spirit and the world lie in opposite directions. The life energies (prana) are directed externally to the senses and the "objective" world is created. Turn the life energies within, and direct them up through the chakas, through the inner pathway of Spirit, and the "Spiritual" world is revealed. And, eventually, so is the soul.
The soul is a reflection of Spirit, of God. It is like a perfect diamond (more so) that projects human personality / body forms into the world, again and again, Until ... that question is not easily answered. The number of souls is big. To answer it for all takes more disk space than godandsoul.org has available at the present time! But, the muddiness that can accumulate on the soul - diamonds does not alter their brilliance. Granted, the mud does get deep, and walking the path can become difficult through deep muck and mud.
But the indescribable brilliance, light and joy of the soul is never affected by the mud, even if it covers the soul - light deeply. Every night during deep sleep, when the awareness of the body and world are pulled back, a little bit of soul consciousness shines through, helping each one of us to carry on. Thus, you can remember how you slept, even if you had no dreams. You know you had a good sleep.
The location of the soul is not "in" the body, really. But, by practicing yoga pranayama (Kriya Yoga is a profound spiritual technique) the spiritual energy is pulled "inward" toward spiritual consciousness and back from the external senses, more and more. And it is amplified and clarified and the chakras are activated slowly and surely. The result of all this is that the inner pathway becomes illuminated and cleared, and the goal of life becomes more and more clear and patently obvious:
God and Soul
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This is a website for anyone looking for a greater sense of inner light and joy. If that is you, you have come to the right place. And this is the right time.