What is the Soul

The soul is an exclusively spiritual human acquisition that forever separates human beings from all other living beings. The soul is self-reflective, truth-discerning, and spirit-perceiving. The foundation of the soul is the individual’s moral consciousness, and it is this moral self-consciousness that determines the potential for eternal survival of the soul. The soul exists and grows only in relation to moral thinking and spiritual progress. If the soul stops growing, it dies. Progress in soul growth is aided by the Thought Adjuster, the literal presence of God in the mind. The Thought Adjuster comes to dwell in the mind of every individual at the time of that individual’s first moral choice, usually at about five years of age. The coming of the Adjuster signifies the birth of the soul, but the soul is distinct from the indwelling spirit. Over a lifetime, the growth of the soul is either helped or hindered by the moral choices made by the individual. This moral consciousness is evolutionary and improves with experience. The closer the alliance between the moral consciousness and the indwelling adjuster, the more the soul grows and the surer the possibility of eternal survival of that soul. All conflict requiring choice has to do with maintaining harmony between the intellectual consciousness and the moral consciousness.