Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Lesson 583. The title of today's lesson is the difference
between soul and spirit. Okay. If somebody wants a screenshot, do it right now. Let's get right to
it. This is a request video and there's definitely some crossover between soul and spirit, especially
after death but let's...they both have a number of meanings and we need to kind of go over these
meanings so you kind of more clearly see when you're more likely to use one than the other.
Okay. All right. Now we talk about soul. The part of a person that is capable of thinking and
feeling directly related to one's consciousness and individual sense. Okay. That is that's one
way that we use soul. Number two. The spiritual part of a person that many people believes leaves
the body and continues to exist after death. Okay. Number three. Sometimes it especially in
former times we often use the word soul just to mean a person. Like a person who's alive.
And number four here. a particular type of person you can also say. All right. All right. Let's look
at spirit. Your attitude to life or mood. Okay. The part of a person that many people
believes continues after death. All right. So here's where there is kind of some crossover.
A dead person who comes back to the world or one's life force or supernatural existence could also be
your spirit. Again here's where's another sense where there could be some crossover.
A supernatural being. Yes. They' are supernatural beings. It could go both ways. It could be good
and bad like an angel or an evil spirit or a devil could be a supernatural being as well.
Okay. And sometimes they could be referred to as a spirit as in an evil spirit. Or the
the spirit referring to the Holy Spirit which is referring to the part of God in the trinity. So
all right. Let's look at the examples and then maybe we can you know connect it better. All
right. So here's the first one. I can feel it is right the right thing to do deep in my soul. All
right. This is like the first one. The part of your body that's thinking and feeling and your
consciousness. This is ... so the first example would relate to that. Let's look at number two.
He had a near-death experience and he claims his soul left his body and he had an out-of-body
experience. All right now remember there are a number of people that have had this before
and they they talk about that. This case you're probably more likely to use the word soul and
probably not spirit yet. We're going to get to spirit yet. Spirit is probably more if your soul
travels somewhere, especially if you go to heaven and your communication with God is more like your
spirit. So we're not as likely to say his spirit left his body. You're more likely to say his soul
left his body. All right Let's continue. You can kill one's body but you cannot kill one's
soul. Okay. You could say that meaning that the soul will live after. You know, that's what many
people believe in many religions. Okay. Now if you say. you can kill his body, but you cannot kill
a spirit well that could have a different feeling too. That could have a different feeling of spirit
as as far as your attitude or mood. So you got to be careful with that one. All right. Let's
continue. He claims he sold his soul to the Devil. Now again I don't know if you can really truly do
this, but we've seen this in stories I've actually seen some celebrities say that they actually did
this too. Now but you'll never hear somebody say they sold their spirit to the devil. They could
only sell their soul to the Devil because your spirit is the way you communicate with God. That's
that's the one that's in the presence of God so you don't sell that. You would sell your soul
in this sense. All right. Let's continue. Many souls were lost in the sinking of the Titanic.
All right. This is the part of the word soul that refers to a person, especially in former times.
You know, we would we would say that you know, lost souls in the sense of people just dying . Yes. I
think in the Titanic movies several of them. I've heard them use that that so many souls were lost.
Because I think especially in the early 1900's they used to use soul often just to mean a person.
Okay. Let's read the next one. He is a good soul. He is just naturally a kind-hearted person. All
right. This is going up here to me when you use the word soul to mean a particular type of person.
So you could say somebody is a good soul in that sense. Okay. Good. Let's continue. All right
All right. Let's go and number seven here. He is in good spirits. All right. Well again, this is
getting to spirits and this is when we're talking about your attitude or your mood towards life.
You could be in good spirits. Okay. Good. Number eight. One can ... one can feel and communicate
with God through one's spirit. All right. So this is kind of where the crossover comes in. If you
die and your soul leaves your body and it travels somewhere hopefully you know, in the religious
sense hopefully you you go to heaven. It's through your spirit that you might enter into heaven.
That's the one that's supposed to communicate with God or maybe be in in heaven is is really
your spirit. Once you've reached that point as your as it's as it's leaving your body we're
more likely to say your soul. Okay. So basically your spirit is kind of part of your soul, but it's
the part of your soul that communicates with God or could be in God's presence. So let's continue.
All right. The spirit is one's deeper connection with God. Only one's spirit can be in the presence
of the Lord. You know to see God basically. So we don't say his soul was in front of God. We usually
say his spirit was in front of God so that would be more likely that we would use it that way.
All right. All right. Number 10. here. An evil spirit possessed him. I know this
is getting back to the supernatural being because sometimes we could use it that way.
We do know that some some evil spirits like the Devil himself. He was supposed to be an angel
at one time and some angels left and sided with the Devil and they could become like evil spirits
in that sense. Okay. Good. All right. Number 11.
The Holy Trinity is the combination of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. So this
is when you say the .... the spirit meaning the holy spirit referring to part of God. So in the
Christian sense. Remember they they always say the Holy Trinity. It's like three in one. So
that's another way that the word spirit is used. All right. Number 12. If a human clone were made
it would be lacking a soul. Well that's what some people say. I've seen... I don't know
if they've really ever done this. Obviously on the news they never claim that they did this,
but I've heard some people say that sometimes that they might have actually done this already,
but that when if they make a clone of a person it has no soul. I don't know. That's what some
people would say. I know I've seen before sometimes that they say like they probably
like I don't know how they did this experiment. Maybe two people you know mating or something
where they they kind of like were able to x-ray it and at the moment of conception supposedly there
is a little spark and I've heard some people say that that they think that that might be the soul
entering your body and the idea at least in the religious sense is that the soul is the
gift from God. It's entering the body, so if a clone were made you know, whether it could copy
your consciousness and be kind of like robotic or whatever. That's what they would say. I've heard
people that talk about this that think that maybe human clones are existent. That the clone would not
really have a soul. I don't know, but that's what you hear. All right. Now I, I hope that this kind
of clarifies a little bit of the difference between the way we use the word soul and the
way we use spirit. Anyway, I hope it was clear. I hope you got it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.