What is Soul? Ability to Figure What is Good and Bad

The five elements from which the human body is made are: fire, water, air, earth, and sky. All of these comprise of human body and they are present in the fixed proportion. Describing it according to the concept of Hinduism, there are three traits of a human being that encourage him to pursue hard work and these are Tamogun, Rajogun, and Satvgun. With a soul in the human body, these three traits can be activated and de-activated depending on the nature of the person.

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The human soul has the ability to figure what is good and what is bad. The strong compatibility with the brain is the life force of that wisdom. A human mind is never at rest and is always wandering, it has never known any boundary, and apparently it won't. The human mind can reach any depth, any height and it can even cover distances he himself could have never thought of. This brain prefers enjoying the best of amenities, comfort, and facilities.

This soul is one of the biggest guiding factor of a human mind and that is where its role becomes extremely imperative and difficult to carry out. It is only the human soul that has to act to step the human from committing a sin or an evil deed. It is evident that always the evil and sin has tempted and played with the human mind. The soul keeps it distant from doing anything bad. So it would not be wrong to say that this soul is the priceless gift of God and it is the ability to differentiate the good from the bad, of course, as long as the person is alive. And the moment the person is dead, the soul leaves the body and initiates its journey for acquiring another body.

You can understand soul as a kind of electronic chip of the human body and the mind is an integrated part of human body where the part of thinking or reasoning is always active. Thus the brain and the soul mix with each other well in human body.

This is one belief in Hinduism that soul exists but there is no scientific evidence of its existence. It is just regarded as the power source of human beings. There is no weight and no shape of soul. This is a kindof energy of God that enlightens us for understanding what is evil and what is noble. All you need to do is listen and understand to the voice of your soul.

It is never easy to do good and not turning towards evil or sin. But that counts and our soul would help and encourage us in doing good. Overpowering the temptations that arise in our mind is necessary for being a winner and a noble and generous life in front of God. 

Ref: Vasanth.co.in