This episode of Living Myth begins with an often asked question: What is the soul? Michael Meade describes the soul as “the animating and connecting force without which we cannot live,” yet that “cannot be seen directly or simply be proven to exist.” He further describes the soul as “a betwixt and between thing, neither simply physical nor strictly spiritual,” but rather “the third element in the trinity of existence, that fills the subtle space between spirit and matter.”

Soul is the connecting tissue and the hidden continuity of all of life. It is “the missing ingredient when everything seems to fall apart. When we lose our way in the world, it is the soul's way of being that has been lost. For we are most lost and truly abandoned when we have lost touch with our own soul, with our own inward style and way of being.

Each person born enters the world as a unique soul on a unique life adventure. From the view of the soul, the troubles and obstacles we encounter in life are secretly intended to awaken the inner nobility and creative energies that are part of our soul’s inheritance. As unique souls we live on the verge of awakening to who we already are at the core of our being and how we can best contribute to a world in need of more soul.