SOUL

A human being is a vessel for a soul, and this soul manifests in a person as consciousness, creativity, compassion, and the will to do such things as follow a personally meaningful calling or seek a deeper sense of connection with universal Consciousness. To cultivate, nurture, and serve these forces in oneself is to be true to one’s highest purpose in the dance of universal Consciousness- i.e., to be true to one’s soul.

Imagine God as a light source refracted through a crystal. Each distinct beam of the refracted light is a soul. Now imagine each one of those beams refracted through yet another crystal. Each of the beams generated by this secondary refraction is an individual life. That's a very simplified version of how I see God, souls, humans, and the relationships between them.