Two souls in one body
QUESTION: Masters, is it possible for two souls/spirits to encompass the same body? In relation to this question, for one to protect the main soul/spirit in control of the conscious mind in times of great need, survival? Can that spirit coexist with the other more permanent spirit already within the body? ~Lex, US
ANSWER: Each body is animated by a single soul. The soul has several components including a conscious, an unconscious, and a higher self that is partially still at Home in the universe. The conscious self does not have any awareness of its other parts unless the conscious mind becomes interested in learning about its own spiritual journey, which is called enlightenment.
During times of extreme stress, the human psyche may cut off conscious access to sections of its mind. This is demonstrated by multiple personalities and repressed memories, which may arise during counseling or hypnosis. These are not separate souls but just parts of the one soul that have compartmentalized and broken off from the main, generally to hide from hurt.
Studies on the “inner child” prove that when a human reaches its limit of tolerance it retreats from reality and hides from what is happening. Whole sections of a person’s memory may be unreachable under normal circumstances because the soul has placed walls around it to keep the hurt from taking over.
One situation in which a single human shell may contain more than one soul occurs when the original soul, to whom the body belongs, invites a discarnate wandering soul to join it. This person will usually be diagnosed as psychotic because of the inability to control the entity sharing the body.
Your soul leaves a part of itself outside your body, connected to the universe, at all times. This section is not superior to, nor more permanent than, that which is allowing the body to function.