Soul Basics

For many years, I have traveled around the world to teach soul secrets, wisdom, knowledge, and practices. I always ask my students, “What is the soul?” Common answers include: Soul is the inner being. Soul is the inner child. Soul is the spark of the Divine. Some people say soul is one drop of water in the vast ocean. Others describe the soul as the essence of one’s life. There are many different answers. Every answer has some significance and correctness for the concept of soul. I honor every answer but I would like to share my own insights on the fundamental wisdom of the soul.

A human’s soul is a golden light being. To see a soul, you must open your spiritual eye, which is named the Third Eye. Then, you will see clearly that every human being has a golden light being who sits inside the body. The soul can sit in different parts of the body. There are seven main areas where a human’s soul can sit. These seven houses for the soul are located:

1. just above the genital area
2. between the genitals and the navel
3. at the level of the navel
4. in the heart chakra, which I call the Message Center
5. in the throat
6. in the head
7. just above the head, over the crown chakra

Where your soul sits is extremely significant for your spiritual journey. The significance is that the location of your soul represents your spiritual standing in Heaven. The higher your soul sits inside the body, the higher your spiritual standing in Heaven.

A soul has to do Xiu Lian in order to uplift its standing. Xiu Lian is an ancient spiritual term. Xiu means purification. Lian means practice. Xiu Lian means the totality of the spiritual journey. It includes the cultivation of your soul, heart, mind, and body. Neither you nor your soul can decide where your soul sits inside your body. This simply means that your spiritual standing is not determined by you or your soul’s desires. The Akashic Records decide where your soul sits inside your body according to your spiritual standing. The Akashic Records is a special place in Heaven where all of your lives are recorded, including all of your activities, behaviors, and thoughts. It also decides your spiritual standing in Heaven based on your life records.

If you offer good service, such as love, care, compassion, kindness, generosity, and purity, the Akashic Records record this good service. If you offer unpleasant service, such as killing, stealing, harming, and taking advantage of others, the Akashic Records also record this bad service. The Akashic Records have a special book for each soul dedicated to record all of your services, good and bad, in your present lifetime and all of your soul’s previous lifetimes. Your soul also carries a copy of this record. A highly-developed spiritual being can directly read this record, either from the Akashic Records or from your soul. However, such spiritual beings are rare, as they must be given a spiritual order from Heaven to access this information. Not many beings in history have received this heavenly order to access the Akashic Records.

I cannot emphasize enough that where your soul sits inside your body is vital for your spiritual journey. The key to soul enlightenment is the soul’s standing. To be enlightened, a soul must sit in the Message Center or higher. If your soul does not sit in these layers, you cannot be considered as an enlightened soul.

This article has been excerpted from the New York Times bestseller, The Power of Soul by Dr. and Master Zhi Gang Sha.

Dr. Sha is an inspired teacher, spiritual leader and servant of humanity. Combining 5,000 year-old wisdom of the East and breakthrough secrets of modern spirituality, he teaches Soul Healing and the Power of Soul worldwide. His given mission is to transform the consciousness of humanity and souls in the universe to create a peaceful and harmonized world and universe. He has been given the power and the authority to uplift the soul standing of those who are ready, and has enlightened thousands of souls at Soul Healing and Enlightenment Retreats worldwide. Visit www.DrSha.com for details of upcoming events.

Dr. Sha is the founder of the Institute of Soul Healing and Enlightenment. He is also a medical doctor in China, a doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and Canada, and a Grand Master of Tai Chi, Qi Gong, I Ching and Feng Shui. Master Sha was named Qi Gong Master of the Year at the Fifth World Congress in 2002. Recipient of the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Hall of Fame Award for his humanitarian efforts, he is also featured in the new film Soul Masters and is the New York Times best-selling author of several books on matters of the soul.