<br/>Merle,<br/><br/>I'm happy to see you haven't left us - it would be a lot less colourful here if you had!<br/><br/>Ok. I'm confused. Are you saying, for example, that a passion for and connection to our planet can only be felt if you *have* (as in a noun) a soul? Or are you saying 'soul' is just an adjective to describe this passion/connection? I feel this connection because I *am* this planet (in fact, I am the totality of everything). There is nothing separate in this universe. It's just a seamless whole. The difficulty I have with 'soul' is that it is usually understood as something apart from us. Could it be that we're talking about the same thing, but you're using the word (as Edgar meant it) as a kind of shorthand for Big Mind/Zen Mind? I hope so, because I think that puts you firmly on the path of dropping body and mind (self) and experiencing Buddha Nature where there is no self, no path, no Zen, no Merle, no God. And no soul. <br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/>Mike<br/><br/>Sent from Yahoo! Mail for iPhone
