So I’ve been thinking on these questions as of where I am now, but this may all change when I start my training so it’ll be interesting in a few months to come back here and compare.
1 How do I define the soul. A separate part of us that stores our life’s journey through multiple lives, and then, if that’s needed, in a return to the physical or continuing the journey through spirit, that just goes on.
2 Are souls in all living beings? I think yes, but I don’t know if they all have the same journey. Why do I say this? Well my session with a medium a few years ago, asked if I sometimes feel a light pressure on my chest at night, I said yes. She said it was an old cat of mine that drops into say hi. So it must have a soul that went to the spirit world when it died, in my view. 
3 Does the soul have a purpose ? I think yes. When I had my reading, she said our path numbers are affected by our souls journey so will change over each journey. What the ultimate destination is I do not know.
4 Is it connected to our emotions etc? Again I would say yes, as spirits (ghosts) get trapped here if they’ve experienced trauma or have unfinished business, and need our help to crossover.
5 Is the soul part of the body or separate? I’d say yes and yes. It’s a part of us, collecting our journeys, and helping us to adjust any mistakes from past journeys, then at death leaves the physical to either join with a new physical or move on into spirit.
6 Has religion influenced my views on the soul? Yes, and it’s changed over time. The more I connect with actual spirit, and less organised religion and religious texts, the more I feel, I get a better understanding of what the soul really is.
7 How does it influence our perception of death? For me, there’s no fear in death, it’s not the end, and if you need to contact a loved one you can. 
8 Any experiences? Yes, my grandmother (who was a medium when alive) reaches out at every medium session I have. I’ve actually seen my spirit guide (one of them) which was verified by my aunty who is a medium. And my mother saw my grandmother in the garden just after she died, and my mother also has a ghost that sits on her stairs every night (though she won’t talk to it, as she doesn’t want to encourage it 
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This was a fabulous exercise. Thankyou for compiling these questions. I’m looking forward to reviewing them after the first section of my training to see if anythings changed 
