all experience this process equally?Socrates:Certainly! There are no barriers for the bearer of the soul.Javier:We’ve had quite a good conversation my good friend but somehow there is something up in the air, which I believe you hadn’t resolved or explained neatly. Since we had said that the soul is pure and independent from the body, most of the time that is, all of a sudden I got the idea that criminals do not possess a soul whatsoever, how could someone with a wicked mind be the owner of the epitome of purity. It just doesn’t make sense to me.Socrates:Believe it or not, they do have souls too.Javier:How could that be? Isn’t purity a synonym of goodness? Isn’t that what our soul represents?Socrates:Who told you to be good? Who told you that you should have sexual dreams about women and not men? Who taught you all that courtesy you exhibit throughout your daily life?Javier:I learned to be good and have courtesy in school. You are really not proving any points with your questions.Socrates:Thanks for the vote of confidence, but look, in school you learn what good is and what courtesy is from another man’s point of view.Javier:Yes, exactly my point.Socrates:A good one I might add, but you are forgetting that they don’t teach you how to be good from deep inside your heart. When you see a homeless person, you know from what you learnt in school that it would be a great help if you could provide that person with either money or food. Now when you see yourself in that situation, what is exactly that makes you reach down your pockets in search of some spare money? What is it that makes you feel a knot in your heart when you see someone less fortunate than yourself? Is that a feeling taught in school? Ever wondered what drives you to act in such a way? We had learned that our soul is natural; nothing can make it or break it, even if it makes us do what is considered bad in our society. In other wor...
