how many souls are there?

[Heart]

Souls are like sand in a vast desert, in all of those countless grains of sand we notice only the ones that glitter there truth to us

[Shivani Devi]

In all 'truth' there is only one Soul. What we see as 'sand particles that glitter' depends on our perspective awareness...change direction, change focus and different sand particles will glitter. The desert is the one Soul...all the particles of sand is what the desert is made from, but without the sand, there is no desert and without the desert, there is no sand...and if the sun isn't shining, then none of the particles of sand will glitter.

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by heart

Souls are like sand in a vast desert, in all of those countless grains of sand we notice only the ones that glitter there truth to us

That is because your the one noticing all this as souls separate.

The "one soul" aware of itself as "one" understands the truth in everything as connected and notices in this way, the truth..

How many souls are there?

[Heart]

Lol indeed. yet I havwe formed a few questions that still nags I to explore...

I am enjoying the perception and illusion to ask the question why there appears to be so many people creatures insects plants that one soul can be attributed too?

as far as I can see we are one soul but a "part off" the whole, if we were whole and utterly complete in soul would we even be here?

[Heart]

so long as the illusion of separation begs us to question our origins then there is only one soul in the vast desert I mentioned above, the appearance of individuality an enjoyable illusion to contemplate the impossible

[lemex]

Originally Posted by heart

so long as the illusion of separation begs us to question our origins then there is only one soul in the vast desert I mentioned above, the appearance of individuality an enjoyable illusion to contemplate the impossible

Do you mean this one soul is God? Are we afraid to use the word. Consciousness, creator, etc are safe words.

[inavalan]

I guess, the answer "we are one" might be valid, but answers another question than what the OP asked. In my opinion, the answer is there's an infinite number of souls, as a working hypothesis. It's like "we are all a family / town / nation / race / ...", which doesn't answer a question like "how many people are in your family / town / ...".

[dream jo]

cud be a few cud be mor thn a few

[naturesflow]

Originally Posted by heart

Lol indeed. yet I havwe formed a few questions that still nags I to explore...

I am enjoying the perception and illusion to ask the question why there appears to be so many people creatures insects plants that one soul can be attributed too?

as far as I can see we are one soul but a "part off" the whole, if we were whole and utterly complete in soul would we even be here?

When you take out soul and whole, you (can) understand that life is complete as itself. An infinite flow creating itself...Life is complete, as our own unique piece it is natural to assume we are separate, because often humans attribute themselves and life to many aspects of the whole creation that they come to know, but there is always more, because creation is infinite and revealing itself through the whole all the time..(even as time is illusionary) Life is being itself. Creation is being itself. Each individual piece is being itself. Do insects, plants think about this stuff.. We humans love to explore the nature of life, which is fun and exciting as a new discovery and creative tool to create and build something new..(we are co creators)

We are complete even when we believe we are not. We are part of the whole creating through our individuation the idea we are not, or we use idea's we are something separate to identify and bring meaning to our life where we are and where we notice or are looking at the time.

I feel complete. I don't just know it. I feel it now. Not sure about utterly yet. Life gets in the way sometimes on the surface but deep down I know I am complete, so that moves me through life without getting stuck nowdays.

[Shivani Devi]

Originally Posted by lemex

Do you mean this one soul is God? Are we afraid to use the word. Consciousness, creator, etc are safe words.

Yeah, but using the word "God" has now become politically incorrect.