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We are not human beings on a spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey. For centuries humans have tried to define and explain soul. It is a mystery each of us must unravel on our own. Science nor religion cannot tell us with certainty when our individual souls are infused into out bodies or at what stage in dying that they leave. While we have soul, we are challenged to cultivate and nurture our invisible vital essence. Religions of many persuasions are built around practices to nurture soul; they offer us rules for ritual and doctrines for debate, which may or may not facilitate our soul-growth. Wouldn’t it be consoling indeed if we could solve the sweet mystery of life known as soul? To accomplish this, one must embark on a personal pilgrimage, a journey, a quest, for what is unknown. In scripture, the few references to pilgrims were of those who journeyed in foreign nations. In unfamiliar territory, they followed a promis