How The ''Soul'' Or ''Self'' Is A Delusion = All Religions Are False

[GOD IS MY DOG]

The ''Self'' or the ''Soul'' doesn't exist by itself...............the only difference between your own ''soul'' and that of other ''souls'' comes from your thoughts, memories and experiences................remove all these thoughts, memories and experiences................and there's no difference between ''souls'' at all...............

so the ''soul'' is a delusion of the mortal mind...............it has no independent existence.............it exist only when the conscious mind is filled with thoughts, memories and experiences..............



Buddhist Explanation
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We can reflect on our experiences. For example, we can think about thought. From this arises a division between subject, percept, and object. The percept is the mental impression, the subject is the thinker, and the object is that which causes the mental impression.

We perceive the separation of subject, percept, and object as real, because mind attributes an owner to experience and thought. This owner is the "self", the subject, the centre of consciousness, the supposed psychological entity. Surprisingly, the body, feeling, perception, and mental formations are not the self. Consciousness is not the self either, otherwise the self would cease to exist during unconscious states, for example during deep sleep.

We might ask how the "self" can be independent of a surrounding world. Is it possible for the self to exist devoid of sense impressions, thought, and mental images? What of the self if it lacked thoughts and contents to identify itself with or to set itself apart from others?

It seems there is no basis for the ''self'' as an independent entity. The self is a phenomenon arising from the conceptual division between subject, object, and percept. Thus the "self" is created by the mind through identification and discernment.

The "self" is itself a mental formation - a product of mind. It is therefore empty of inherent existence.

 

[songsongpunggol]

The soul is the part of the make up of every person that is alternately known as the mind, heart, life, self, person, or inner being.* these are all synonyms for this part of our beings. God created us as three-part beings: spirit, soul/mind, and body.* The soul is to be in submission to the spirit and the body was created to be in submission to the mind/soul.

 

[kongsimi]

how do you use buddhists conepts to explain the most powerful force called love?

 

[GOD IS MY DOG]

problem is when people are so attached to their daydreams and wishful thinking of eternal life in heaven that they don't want to believe that the ''soul'' is just a delusion....................


go read what i posted and think carefully..................Buddhism is not a religion so no need to reject it..................it's about examining the truth................


once you read what i posted and think about it in depth.......................you'll come to the realization that the ''soul'' really isn't possible at all............



consider this...............if people really have a permanent soul or identity.............


1) how come a child doesn't think like an adult ?

2) why certain drugs can affect the way people think and feel ?

3) what about people with multiple personalities or mental patients............people wouldn't go crazy in the 1st place, eh ?



over the ages............philosophers and gurus from other religions have tried to prove Buddhism's ''No-Self Concept'' wrong without any success......