what is soul?

is it body or mind?
is it real or spiritual?
is it contrived or natural?
is it wonderment or pure fiction?

can i capture it with science?
i can certainly pray about it
can i wrap my arms around it?
i can feel it when i play guitar and sing

will we ever prove your existence?
do you lie beyond the five senses?
can i touch you?
can i possess you or do you possess me?
who are you my friend, dear mr. soul?

paradigms

pardigms shifting but subtly
paradigms we live under are stubborn
creating their own well worn patterns
the well worn patterns are hard to undermine

changing myself is my own internal paradigm shift
thomas kuhn would agree that...
paradigms are accepted reality
paradigms are reductionistic
it's hard to work against their grain

paradigms are:

what is to be observed and scrutinized
the kind of questions that are supposed to be asked and probed for answers in relation to this subject
how these questions are to be structured
how the results of scientific investigations should be interpreted


paradigms are great, but they are limited by our own senses