Please see Postulate Mechanics.

The soul is a concept from Christianity, which describes that aspect of the person, which separates from the body upon death, and goes to heaven or hell.

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Definition of SOUL

The soul has been defined as “the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being, regarded as immortal.” It is an entity distinct from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body. The soul is believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come.

In Hinduism, the concept of soul does not exist. Instead, there are karmic impressions that are active during one’s lifetime, and become latent after death. Such impressions become active once again when they find a body with which they can resonate. These impression can become exhausted, or they can build up during lifetimes; so, they don’t remain constant.

Looking at this concept, scientifically, the soul would describe an intelligent thought pattern that appears as the individuality during a person’s lifetime. However, after death, it reduces to a latent thought pattern containing tendencies, which becomes part of space. It reverts to being an intelligent thought pattern after joining with a body just before birth.

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Notes

The soul represents the identifications with the universe. Its pattern changes as the identifications change. The soul disappears when identifications are gone. Only the eternal Self remains.

The soul is an expression of the body-mind system. It reduces to a latent thought pattern upon death when the body disintegrates. This thought pattern exists in its own space. It attaches itself to a body just before birth, with which it can resonate.

The SOUL is an entity. The SPIRIT is what activates that entity. It is hoped that future research in this area shall provide more data.

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Key Misconception

It is a key misconception to think that the soul, after the death of the body, maintains the same identity of the person as when the body was alive. The soul also becomes dead.

In Scientology, the soul is called the “thetan” which remains active after separating from the body even in death. This is a misconception.

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More Misconceptions

You may discover more misconceptions on your own, if you contemplate on each sentence of the above definition with mindfulness. Please see:

The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness

Or, you may end up improving upon this definition.

Good luck!

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Reference: The Book of Subject Clearing

Executive Summary 2025

Tautology is a needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness. The opposite of tautology is getting a better understanding of an idea by looking at it more closely, and expressing it using simple but richer language. This requires seeing things as they are, as in mindfulness.

Metaphors may satisfy subjective feelings, but to carry critical thinking forward one needs terminology accompanied by simple but precise definitions. What guides one toward increasing refinement is the awareness of CONSISTENCY among all phenomena. This is the essence of the Scientific Method.

Ultimate refinement comes down to the postulates one is reasoning from. The challenge then becomes communicating one’s postulates in the simplest language possible.

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Tautology

According to the dictionary, tautology is a needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”

In logic, tautology means a compound propositional form all of whose instances are true, as “This candidate will win or will not win.”

In the origin of this word, “tauto-” = same; “-logy” = body of knowledge. Therefore, “tautology” = repetition of something already said.

I have been looking at tautology from the viewpoint of logic. In that sense, it is something all inclusive and comprehensive. Once you have said it then no more needs to be said.

For example, when you say UNIVERSE, then nothing else apart from the universe need be said. Anything that you would say would be inclusive of the universe, especially when you are looking at the universe in the sense of oneness.

If anything proceeds from the universe, then it would not be sequential to the universe. In other words, it would not be linear. It would just contribute to the expansion of the universe itself. In other words, it would only provide a clearer rendition.

Chris Thompson‘s use of the word “tautology” has always mystified me. Now it is becoming clearer. Chris wrote,

“My first definition for tautology is that there are understandings for which there is not yet precise language. Therefore we resort to repetitive simile-metaphors which hopefully “nudge” in a helpful direction but which do not yet describe and move one toward conceptual understandings because unlike existing conceptual understandings, these newer ideas are not yet conceptually understood.”

Chris is right.

Using new terminology that just regurgitates the old ideas does not get us to better understanding. We do not need new words. We must use simple language, making it richer, to explain the new concepts, or to explain the old concepts better.

For example, symbolizing the Unknowable as God, and giving the symbol God the attribute of “Creator” does not make the concept of the Unknowable understood any better. Only contrasting Unknowable from knowable in simple language can make it understood better. Please see The Unknowable.

Symbolizing the Unknowable as God is tautology. It simply means “God is unknowable.” Then calling God the “Creator” is altering the original meaning. Please see The God.

When we have the precise language, the oneness (continuity, consistency and harmony) of all concepts would be very clearly understood. We do it little by little by tweaking up the definitions of various concepts, and then relating those concepts to each other. The idea of resolving anomalies is very helpful here.

Maybe there is a pyramidal structure to these concepts, or it may require generating a network of definitions, or maybe we need both of these approaches.

Anyway, the clarity and oneness of concepts is a project very close to the heart of Subject Clearing.

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Reference: Essays on Substance

The Atom

Atom is the smallest particle of matter. On the surface matter appears to have a uniform consistency; but at the atomic level there appears a whole spectrum of consistency—from “extremely high” consistency of the neutrons to the “barely there” consistency of electromagnetic radiation. No matter how tightly the atoms are packed, there appears to be space between them, which is filled by electromagnetic radiation. The mass of matter is an average value.

The atom is made up of fluid-like fields. In general, the consistency of these fields seems to decrease with increasing distance from the center of the atom. At the center there is a very small field of very high consistency called “nucleus.” The consistency sharply drops to 1/1836 of its value to generate a large, surrounding electronic field. These fields are made of drops that dissolve at one place and form at another.

There are no particles in the atom, and there is no wave-particle duality. A particle implies a point-like center and a fixed identity that is moving. But the quantum “particles” are like drops that are dissolving and forming within a fluid-like field. It is a  continuous medium that does not break up despite sharply varying consistencies. 

The sharp drop in consistency between the nuclear and electronic fields seems to generate a high tension. This high tension is what forms the “charge” in the atom. All the “charge” of the nucleus is spread on its boundary. This is where the positively charged “protons” are formed. The uncharged “neutrons” are at the core of the nucleus.

This charge bounds the electrons in the electronic field to this inner boundary. This electronic field forms 99% of the atomic volume. The electrons formed much farther from the center and closer to the surface of the atom are relatively unbounded. They interface with an electromagnetic environment of inter-atomic space.

The atom is very dynamic. The fields within the atom are continually exchanging substance across their boundaries. A large variety of “quantum particles” get formed and dissolved continually in this process of exchange. Electromagnetic radiation is emitted and absorbed continually by the atom.

There are 118 different types of atoms; and there are millions of different combinations of these atoms that generate all the matter that there is.

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