Drugs leverage the flesh to influence the soul. Meditation flexes the soul directly.

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Look into the differences between altered states versus altered traits for a scientific perspective on this.

Don’t got a soul. I am a blob of electrified fat piloting a meat mech

Soul? That's just an excuse to justify not doing a damn thing for an extended period of time.

What do you mean by soul?

You probably don't mean what I mean. I mean, there's some overlap, but not precisely. It's vague.

Surely some discussion is called for before condemning the whole concept.

If anything, I think "mind" might be what you're looking for. Why complicate things with an indefinable term like soul?

Would you like to discuss it?

No. This is nonsense.

Eye roll. Just shut it down will you? Why even bother posting if you're not being constructive? Discussion expands the mind.

And he's the moderator of "atheism". Where's the interest in the subject?

What's your argument? What's your experience? I mean, we can investigate this stuff and meditation is pretty amazing.

So seriously. Gimme something substantial.

"Attention" is a closer match.

Mind (or "intellect" if you like) is a play of attention upon thoughts.

Soul would be a kind of attention-body.