When we say Soul, what exactly do we mean? Our soul is part of our true self. Our soul is our bright point of consciousness, a drop in the ocean of Source, a spark in the flame of God. Our soul is a divine, sovereign, authentic creation breathed directly from Source to experience all that existence has to offer through our own unique physical filter. Our Soul needed a place to call home while playing in this third dimensional reality, and so our bodies were created to complement each incarnation and the experiences we/Source wanted to play around with. Within each of our bodies, our soul needed a "home base"... somewhere to be present at all times and during all experiences while still maintaining our connection to the Soul collective that exists within Source/God. That space in our physical bodies is in our heart center. Some call it the high heart, the heart chakra, the heart space. Whatever name you give it, it's all the same...it's the Seat of the Soul, the Hridian Center, the core of who we truly are. If you are of a Christian background, a good visual to describe this is the image of the Sacred Heart of Christ. He knew who he really was at a soul level and lived from that space with full access to the Christ Consciousness. The Soul lives in our ENTIRE body, not JUST the heart center....that's just the place where it is tethered into our being. The Soul is of the highest of frequency and therefore our hearts are the space where we call forth our true Soul selves. From here we radiate our God/Source selves as neutrality, non-judgment, peace, bliss, etc. We ripple these out from our heart space to the rest of our body, to the space we occupy, to the people we come in contact with, to nature and animals, to our communities, and to the earth at large. Imagine how we could all change the world if we came at everything through our heart space. This radiating of our energy is called our Toroidal Field and is commonly referred to as our Aura. Getting to that level of the highest frequency of consciousnesses and back to knowing our true, divine self is what we call an "awakening" or the process of "enlightenment". It starts with realizing that you are so much more than your physical body and circumstances. It starts with knowing that there is something more to you. And it continues with a process of discovery of self. This is the time when we realize that we are not the lower 3rd dimensional dense thought forms, feelings, and emotions of fear, anxiety, depression, hate, anger, jealousy, judgement, attachment, etc. that we participate in on a daily basis. There is an absolute need for us to work with those denser emotions and figure out why they affect us so. We do our shadow work in this way. It is an equal part of us that cannot and should not be ignored. Spiritual bypassing of only dealing with the "light" can lead to an unbalanced way of being. The suppressed parts of us will only scream louder to be heard and acknowledged. We are the sum of ALL of our parts.  Our soul exists in a multidimensional state at all times, while our physical body is firmly rooted in this conditional third/fourth dimensional reality by being place in an energetic holding field called a Merkabah. Along with the 3rd and 4th dimensions comes a literal playground of the lower density consciousnesses and thought forms mentioned above. It is here where we have the hardest time remembering who we truly are because we are bombarded with so many choices and experiences. Some of those choices and experiences are those that our soul has decided to either try for the first time in this particular earth incarnation, or to try again to see if another perception of that experience can be had. If it's the latter, then that means we have an attachment to something we experienced in another lifetime, are experiencing in a parallel lifetime, or are accessing as a future potential. I believe that we are shaped by our experiences in all of our soul's incarnations. We also can come from a place where we have chosen to carry on ancestral trauma that could go back for generations upon generations. It is the attachment to these lower density consciousnesses and thought forms, and our human emotions that sometimes need help to be "healed". Of course the attachments we have in this lifetime can affect our interactions with others, as well as with ourselves. Our soul and our spirit family are gently trying to get our attention and guide us through this maze of emotions and feelings. This can happen through synchronicities, such as seeing the same number over and over, feeling the invisible loving presence of another being beside us, getting that intuitive hit or "knowing", etc. Or it can happen when we find we are triggered by something that someone has said or done, and thus causes us to do some deep thinking to find out why that trigger is there. It can even happen when we project our issues onto others....who so graciously (and unknowingly) mirror it back to us so that we can see it literally right in front of our face. This work is called "shadow work" and a lot of times is rooted in attachment to past life issues that we brought forth with us into this lifetime, or the ancestral traumas that are coming up to be healed once and for all ... for all past and future generations.  As we achieve the higher frequencies that are already stored within our multidimensional soul self, we begin to look at life through a new lens, a way of being that consists of a complete lack of judgement. As we continue this process of constant "awakening" we transform all of who we are into a being that energetically mirrors Source. Our consciousness expands and we are able to be more multidimensional, and less dimensional. Remember ... Source/Akash is always within us and surrounding us. We do not have to reach out beyond the very core of ourselves to have access to that which is innately within and part of us. We are naturally designed to align with our truest self, which is our Source self.  Congratulations if you made it this far! That was alot reading on your part. You have just read my core beliefs. If they doesn't resonate with you then it's OK!!!! Either way, now you know where I'm coming from when I do a reading or create any kind of artwork for anyone.