@Twirlip,
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
Might it be said, then, that human beings, while alive, as well as being present in soul, and aware of soul, and as well as being present in the physical world, and aware of the physical world, and having the capacity to create forms of matter, may also create forms of soul, which, like our tools and works of art, may outlive us, and may be of use to others, or bring enlightenment to others?
Can soul take on form?
Is soul art? artefact?
Do we not put soul into things?
Is soul effort?
Is soul trial?
Is soul enjoyment?
Is soul joy?
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
If so, then such individual creations might well be candidates for being called individual souls, even though they are only small parts of the one soul that is. (Also, we might then pass on to the question of considering their ownership; but for now, that would be premature, because none of what I've just written might be true, or it might even have no meaning.)
Yes I wonder if the plays of Shakespear are bottled souls?
What about a written drawn character?
Do not they have as much life in peoples senses as people?
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
But even if there is no such creation of individual 'souls' within soul, never mind. I am a bubble, and I will burst; but when I burst, the space within my bubble and the space outside it will all still be there; and I am content with that, even if after I die there is no more space than there was before.
I just LOVE this.
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
P.S. That was written after very little sleep. I thought it all out before starting to type anything, but I forgot one obvious, straightforward part of what I had meant to write (resulting in the apparent need for the speculative "afterthought"). Now I've had a little more sleep, and remembered that I had intended, as an essential step in the account, to mention that individual innovations in soul may be transmitted via language.
Does the soul sleep?
Does the soul take rest?
If it is created through effort, work, and earning surely then it must also take a day off?
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
I did also wonder about other possible kinds of transmission, but I hadn't intended to mention them in this post. One thing I was reminded of was the thread "
Help! Confronting the Creative Colony Mind" (Thu 4 Mar), but I had meant to leave speculation about the soul of other species for another time, if indeed I had anything I wanted to say about it at all.
Transmission good word and I would say it could be easily describing soul.
What is picking up the reception and what is sending it?
Yes if an animal has soul and we own an animal do we own their soul?
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
P.P.S. (Ugh, no more sleep!) I hope that no-one imagines that when I wrote "I will not try to argue'" I meant "I will not allow anyone to argue with me"! No. Of course, I only meant "I will not try to present these thoughts in the form of an argument.'" Just checking - one has to be so careful!
Yes people take offence at the weirdest things don't they.
Twirlip;172895 wrote:
P.P.P.S. (Well, what else can I do?) In belated response to the OP: Does a farmer own the land on which he lives and works? Yes and no.
Can you sell a 'home' after you have lived loved and learned in it?
Wont you always be the owner of that home?
Is soul home?
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Zetherin;173063 wrote:What? Souls are commodities? Where can I buy one?
If you put a price on something it is then a commodity?
Is there such a thing as a free commodity?