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Can you define the three souls in a person?

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Can you define the three souls in a person?

Each person has three souls: animal, G-dly, and intelligent. The animal soul is the awareness a person has whereby he feels only himself and ‘sees’ nothing outside of himself. He sees himself reflected in his fellow also. The individual is wrapped up entirely in himself. The main characteristic of the animal soul is feelings, sense of self. The intelligent soul can see reality outside of the individual in a more objective way. The G dly soul has the ability to unite with the other (soul of other person) and feel what is above existence and above the self. It has the ability to extend to beyond it- self. The intelligent soul also has the ability to be objective but the difference between the intelligent and the G dly souls is that the intelligent soul is connected to the “I” while the the G dly soul is entirely separat

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