The Soul and Its Relation to Awareness

At funerals, when seeing a coffin, I know there’s a body in there, but it feels as if the loved one is not there anymore. What is the soul and how does it relate to awareness? Rupert says: ‘The soul is the traditional religious word for your mind. I would suggest that the soul is the individual mind in its totality. Thinking and perceiving is really just the top layer of the mind. So, when your body disappears or disintegrates at death, it doesn’t necessarily imply the end of your mind. It just implies that the portion of your mind that my perceiving faculties used to register is no longer there. But the deeper layer of your mind, the personal unconscious, and that part of the collective unconscious that your personal mind shares – that may continue.’

From event 30 August - 06 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 30 August–6 September 2025

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