The Jude Thaddeus Program - Chapter 6

What is a Soul?

Note: The following chapter will discuss topics that can be viewed as spiritual. For those who are atheists or agnostics, we ask that you simply look past any ideas that may be counter to your belief system. There is still much good information for you within this chapter.  

The concepts presented here are based on many different cultures and religions worldwide. The information presented is the culmination of more than fifteen years of research and includes many differing points of view. It is not our intent to convince anyone of anything. We merely want to expand on a topic that the significant majority of our readers have asked about over the past fifteen years. We hope the following chapter answers some of those questions. 

What is an emotion? What is a thought? Neither have substance yet they exist. What is a conscience? How is it that human beings know right from wrong intuitively? The answers to these questions have plagued mankind for centuries, and there have been countless religious and cultural explanations offered. We will now break these concepts down to their simplest components so the information can be understood and used to your benefit in this next phase of the program. 

Internal to every human being is a conscience or soul. This conscience is an internal barometer of what is right and what is wrong and is a constant reminder to the brain and emotions of what is needed to further the goals of the soul. The soul’s purpose is to continually achieve joy and to make sure the person strives for this as well as lasting happiness and fulfillment. 

This (the Soul) is not a new idea. Religious leaders, scholars and authors throughout history have discussed the concept of the Soul and written about it. Since it is a part of something other than physical, there is no way to get rid of it or harm it. It is completely beyond the physical realm. It is the voice inside of each one of us that guides us through unspeakable tragedy and painful times. It is the reason why people are able to pick up the pieces of a broken heart and love again. It is the fuel that propels people as they strive to achieve difficult goals. It is why prisoners of war and those living in abject poverty continue on. It is the reason we are.

 We all have a soul; we were born with it. Negative learned behavior can counteract its positive influence.  Learned behaviors can make the concept of right and wrong imperceptible, but this does not mean that right and wrong have disappeared. We can corrupt our understanding of right and wrong with our dim view of the world.  A view is just that; a view, temporary, changeable and fickle. A soul is forever. Some people choose negative options so consistently that those negative concepts become the norm. This does not mean that the continued guidance of the soul (conscience) has lessened; it just means the person has mastered ignoring it.

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