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2004-05-21 - 7:41 a.m.
Souls.

Do you have a soul?

The Taoists and Sufists believe that the soul is a latent potential in all humans, something that can be awoken.

The bible is always banging on about 'His eyes were opened' , as if in that moment the person finally go it. It, one can assume, is the soul.

If you spend your life tied in to the material world, always hunting for a faster buck, identifying yourself based on the position of power you hold or how much money you have, what will all that mean when you die?

Nicht. Zip. Squat. Nada. Nothing.

That may be a good example of how to live (and die) soul-less.

If your life revolves around the interplay of social circles ("OhmyGodIcan'tBelieveYouSleptWithHimIThink
He'sCuteDoyouThinkThisMakeUpGoesWithMyHair
IloveThatDressItsSoCuteItWouldBePerfect
ForTheClubTonight") Then you may not be spending enough time awakening your soul. It is said all Dogs go to Heaven. I don't think the same can be said of Mall Rats.

But if you can look at yourself and strip away all the pieces that are dependent on this world to exist, and then still be left with something, then you may be waking.

And when you can look at that something, and see how it is damaged, how it can be made better, and what things in this world you can do to affect that change, then you are awake.

In the end, if the essence of you can exist without any external support - without money, cute clothes, social position or power, then that essence may well survive, when you pop your clogs.

I know that's all a bit deep for a Friday morning. But what the hell, it at least gave me a break before diving back in to this bloody documentation project. Fifty Pages Down. God knows how many to go...

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