Soul food

[yaali101]

What is the soul?

I wanted to start a discussion on what the soul is. I remember Imam Sultan Mohammed Shah stating in many farmans that we should think about it for a couple hours every day about what the soul is, and where does it come from, etc. Please do not refer to other threads as they do not provide a comprehensive discussion on what the soul is. I want people to post their views on what the soul is according to them. Let’s start with me:

The soul is a spark of Allah himself and it comes from him and it shall return to him.

Questions:

I believe Allah is great and is WAY beyond human comprehension. So does the soul have a brain like element that can see Allah(batuni deedar)?

How does one elevate the soul?(bandagi? Ibadat? good deeds? thinking?)