A soul is not something that you have. It is what you are. I usually use the term

Beneath words and logic are emotional connections that largely direct how we use our words and logic.

Dreaming or awake, we perceive only events that have meaning to us.

You create your own reality.

Therefore, as always, make of this voice what you choose to make of it. Make of me what you choose to make of me, but recognize within yourselves the vitality of your being. And look to no man or no idea or no woman or no dogma, but the vitality of your own being, and trust it. And that which offends your soul, turn away from, but trust yourself.

Suffering is not good for the soul, unless it teaches you to stop suffering