Sith Creed

"Peace is a lie. There is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken."
-the Sith Creed

11 July 2018

May I look upon my soul and my shadow.

Today I was asked an interesting question on my Ask.fm.

The question:
Many professors can’t explain whether soul exists as such, and if it exists, then what is it and where is it located. Do you think there is a soul and if so, where is it located?

My answser: 
To begin, I am neither Atheist nor do I follow a particular faith. I am a person of science. With that being said, the soul is a being made of divine magic. In the realm of science, it doesn’t exist. In the realm of religions and clerical thought, it is the embodiment of what makes humans human, as a species unlike animals. Every religion has an explanation of the soul, which at the basic core is a moral barometer of guidance in the afterlife. Furthermore, since the dawn of man religion has been a way for man to explain the world around him to which he didn’t understand. The soul gave the village elders and clerics the power to say who was good and evil. A body with a tarnished soul would have lesions and disease whereas a person with a good soul will be without flaw, full of life and fertile. The soul is used as a coping mechanism for those in grief. It’s a much easier pill to swallow when your loved one who has passed away can “live for all eternity”. The soul has been associated with spirits and considered a spirit in some religions. 

I strongly urge people to take up a mantle of faith. I’m not religious nor do I like to partake in tribal traditions. I enjoy the symbolism associated. For instance, my tattoos are all Egyptian. I have an inscription from the Book of Dead that reads “May I look upon my soul and my shadow”. Another inscription that I enjoy is “Body to earth, Soul to heaven”. By way of science, a soul can’t exist; once it is found, tested, measured, observed and put through every facet of the scientific method, then it can exist. By way of faith, my soul is like that of the Egyptian faith. The soul is located within the sun, which if a person looks directly at it  (the sun or their soul) they will go blind.