Healing and Hypnotherapy Volume - 4, Issue - 5, 1 November 2019 | Page 28

body and the personality. We have developed an extensive knowledge of the physical apparatus that the soul assumes when it incarnates. We know of amino acids, neurotransmitters, chromosomes, and enzymes, but we do not know of the soul. So what exactly is soul loss? When we experience Soul Loss, a part of our Soul – or living essence – ‘hides’ or shuts away, hindering us from expressing and experiencing our true potential and wholeness as human beings. Often times entire aspects of our psyches are completely blocked out or repressed.  There are many causes of soul loss. Some of the common reasons are listed below: • Childhood trauma (physical, emotional, mental, or sexual abuse; divorce; immigration; death in the family; abandonment, bullying, etc.) • Adult trauma (job loss, poverty, rape, violence, divorce, mental health issues, isolation, accidents, death of loved ones, discrimination, etc.) • Social conditioning • Religious brainwashing • Overuse of technology/entertainment (i.e., a form of numbing and escapism) • Inherited ancestral trauma • Materialism • Scientific/reductionist values and structure of society … and the list goes on. Essentially, anything that threatens our physical, mental, or emotional survival – and any addictive, one-sided, suppressive ideology or habit – causes soul loss. As a result, most of us feel a nagging, looming feeling that something is wrong … Something is missing. We’re not happy with ourselves or our lives, no matter how popular, successful, or attractive we are. Something is always missing.  And what’s missing is our Soul. 15 Signs You’re a Lost Soul A temptation to go back to old ways of being, but at the same time, there’s a profound sense of dissatisfaction with everything. If you’re stuck in this limbo, you might experience the following symptoms: