In an age whene there is much confusion between soul and spirit, it is incumbent upon those who know to divulge the difference. It is also incumbent upon the mouth of a philosopher to speak the truth. The book of Ecclesiates is quite explicit in its insinuation that "The soul doth die with the body." Such insinuations have led many to believe that there is but this life and this life alone. However, this fallacy is based upon a misconception.It is a concept that not only pervades science, but one that also pervades amongst believers. It is both a fallacy of semantic and concepyualization. In a world where Rhodes scholars ask what is meant by the word "is," perhaps we shouldn't be surprised. Semantics is outside the scope of this essay, just knowing that the confusion over soul and spirit is a semantic confusion should suffice. Soul and spirit are not the same thing. Repeat. The soul and spirit are not the same thing. Before I get to deep into this, think about the mind and what actually animates the body. Does the mind animate the body, or is the body animated by an exterior force? If the mind is the exterior force, then why do thoughts radiate from the inside, outward? There is no substitute for the glee after realization that soul & spirit are not interchangeable. My first realization of it was when I was pondering the age old quips of "The soul doth die with the body" and "There is no rememberance in the grave." The first thing that needs to be realized is what was going on when these quips were uttered from the writer thereof. The Jews and egyptians were in constant conflict. The Jews, naturally, were quite opposed to any Egyptian doctrine. What exactly did the Egyptians believe when "The soul of the body" and "There is no rememberance in the grave" were uttered? Well, the Egyptians believed that the spirit came to reanimate the body after death. Now, read the quotes. Think about what they are saying in relation to the Egyptians. The egyptians labeled the spirit "Ka." The "Ka" was said to remain connected to the body after death, according to the Egyptians. The two quotes that I refer to is a rebuttal of Egyptian belief. Now to understand that "The soul doth die with the body," one has to understand what the soul is. The soul is not "The breath of life;" that label is designated to the spirit. The soul is the carnal mind of man. It is connected to our emotions, physical feelings,desires. The soul is what causes man to remain within the matrix of materialism. When one is angry, the soul or carnal mind is what causes one to display anger. Most likely, the Egyptians mistook the soul to be the spirit of man. Even in this day and age,we connect the carnal mind,our thoughts,feelings, emotions, et cetera, with spirit. Why? That's the ruling opinion of the day. We also connect mind to consciousness which is another fallacy. The soul does indeed die with the body. When the body dies, our emotions die therewith. The spirit has no need for emotion. Emotion is the product of gross material. The soul is the carnal mind, which is the originator of sin. When the body dies, the spirit fluffs off the carnal mind. The soul is in need of sin because gross material existence is immersed in sin. The spirit or "breath of life" is eternal. It is the animating animator. It comes from the very creator that sparked the universe in primal existence. The spirit, unlike the soul, has no need for emotion, desire or sinfulness. Now, it's important to explore the concept of soul and spirit in more depth to really understand. It would be so easy to just say that the soul is the carnal mind and the spirit is "The breath of life." That, however, is only a preliminary understanding. To really understand the soul, we muct go back to the beginning. We all know the story in Genesis of adam and Eve. We all know the mortal sin of Adam and Eve eating of the "forbidden" fruit. What this "forbidden" fruit was is a whole other issue. Now, from the time Adam and Eve left the "garden," humanity has developed a soul. The original sin is what originally trapped man in the matrix. The soul is an extension of the matrix in which we live. What is on the outside is a reflection of what is going on within the soul. The spirit has no influence upon the physical matrix whatsoever. It can't because the spirit is not a product of the physical matrix; the soul is. So, how does the spirit animate the body if it has no influence in the physical matrix? Only by the will of he who took upon himself a "strange flesh," does the spirit animate the body. Only through the spirit's will does the body move. The physical matrix does not have a buffer to block the will of the spirit. However, the spirit only has the will to animate the body within the matrix, nothing more. So, if the spirit is not of the physical matrix, why the interest in animating the body? Simple. The spirit elected to take on a "strange flesh." Once the spirit elected to take on this "strange flesh," it became the animating animator. So what does all of this mean? It means that life is eternal. It means that death is illusion. Since death only exists within the physical matrix,and the physical matrix is an illusion, death is an illusion. Therefore the spirit enlightens the body and animates it and the soul is the actuall person deep inside for you yourself to discover, if you have an interest that is.
all is debatable and nothing I say is definite.
