If you’re like me, you have heard reference to your soul a lot in popular culture. In films, music, literature, on the internet, etc.
And, if you’re like me, you have had a sense of what people meant by this: something like a great power, or true purpose.
But, if you’re like me, you didn’t really know what soul means, and you didn’t really feel it.
So, here is a way to get to know your soul:
Have a conversation with your soul
1. Place two cushions on the floor about 1 meter apart from each other.
2. Sit on one of the cushions facing the other cushion.
3. Imagine that you are sitting opposite your soul. It is sitting on the cushion opposite you. You don’t have to give it a shape. It doesn’t have to appear to you in human form. Just imagine that your soul sits opposite you.
4. Talk to your soul. Say whatever comes into your mind. Maybe it’s “I don’t know you,” or, “I don’t know why I am doing this, but I want to know if you are real,” or whatever comes to you. Keep talking, imagining that it is your soul, and your soul only, who is hearing you.
5. After about 5 minutes, or whenever you feel complete, swap places. Go to sit in the place where you had just been imagining your soul was sitting.
6. Now, imagine that you are inhabiting the being of your soul. Imagine that you are your soul. Speak as your soul. Whatever comes to you, speak it to yourself, who you are imagining is sitting on the cushion opposite you.
Pay attention to what you find your soul saying, as its words come through your mouth.
Maybe not a lot of words come to you in this process. Maybe a lot do. When you feel complete in each role, swap back again and continue the conversation. Do it at least twice in each role in any one “Soul Talk” session. I like to time the interaction using the phone app, Insight Timer. You can set, for example, a 20-minute conversation with interval bells every 5 minutes.
What you will notice after a while of doing this is that you will get to know the voice of your soul. By doing the above process, you train yourself to hear your soul. We don’t have to focus on whether the soul is really some independent, universal being, or just an idea you yourself have of what a soul should be. That's not really relevant. When you go through this process, you are inviting what we are calling your soul to express itself in a way that you can understand.
You will notice that your soul begins to speak to you in other moments through out the day, or in your dreams, while you are asleep. The more you practice using the process above, the clearer that voice will be.
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