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- Are there two of me?

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- Of course not.

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You're unique.

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- What's unique?

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- It's a word Mum
uses to describe me.

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It means there's only one
of you, so you're special.

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We all are.

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- How?

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- We all look different.

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We all sound different.

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And we all behave
in different ways.

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But I believe we
do all have a soul.

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- What is a soul?

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Hmm, that's difficult.
Different religions

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think about their souls
in different ways.

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I learned about it
in school today.

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This is a picture of what I
think the soul looks like.

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- What do other people think?

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- Why don't you come
with me and find out?

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- Zippity zip!

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Let's go on a trip!

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So, what is the soul?

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- I'm a Humanist.

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And one of the things
that that means

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is that I don't believe
in things like souls.

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I don't believe
that I have a soul.

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And I don't think the idea of
souls really makes much sense.

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When we think about
ourselves, about who we are

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and what we are,
everything that we know,

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everything that we
understand makes sense only

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when we're part of our bodies.

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We are minds inside bodies.

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And those two things
are completely linked.

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There's no evidence for
anything like a soul, which

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could somehow be separate from
our bodies and from ourselves

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and which could
survive after we die.

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- As a Sikh, I believe
that we do have souls

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and a soul is a spiritual
light that is in our bodies,

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and it keeps the body alive.

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- As a Muslim, I believe that
all mankind have body and soul.

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Our soul is who we are.

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And it helps us do
all the right thing.

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- As a Christian, I believe
that we've got a soul.

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I believe that God created
each and every one of us.

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And he gave us that soul.

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It's who we are.

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It makes us individuals.

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It makes us all different.

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It helps us to be happy.

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It helps us to be sad.

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It helps us to care and
look after those around us.

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- I'm Jewish, and I believe
that every person has a soul.

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And in Hebrew a soul
is called "neshama".

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And a soul is a very
important part of who you are

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and how you live
your everyday life.

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It's also given to you by God.

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- As Hindus we
definitely believe

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that we have a soul, because it
guides everything that we do.

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We liken it to having
a little spark of God

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buried deep within us, which
links us, not only to him,

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but also connects us with
each and every one of us

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and also with all his creation.

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- That's a bit like what
Sikhs believe, isn't it?

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- Rather than a soul,
Buddhists, like myself,

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we talk about "consciousness".

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So consciousness is that
part of being human,

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which isn't physical, which
means it's the part of us

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that you can't touch.

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You can't see it.

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So it includes things
like your thoughts,

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and feelings, wishes,
memories, dreams.

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- Does that change
how people behave?

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- Our soul helps us make
better choices every day

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so we get more reward
on the Judgement Day.

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- I try to do lots of
good things in this life,

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because I know it will bring
me more rewards in the world

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to come.

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But that's not the
most important reason.

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For me, it's most important
that we're good on this Earth,

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because it makes life
much better for everybody.

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- So we believe that
our souls came from God,

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and now they're stuck in a cycle
of life after life after life.

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And we're trying to break
away from that cycle

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and go back to God.

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And the only way to do that
is by living a good life.

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- As a Christian I believe I'm
created in the image of God.

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I also believe that
Jesus died on the cross

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to take the punishment for
the bad things that I do.

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He showed me so much love.

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And that's what encourages me to
show love to others, to follow

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Jesus's teachings by treating
everyone fairly, by loving

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everyone no matter what.

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- Well, because I believe my
consciousness can be improved I

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do my best every day to try
and practise good things,

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like being more patient, being
more kind, and being more calm.

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And because I believe
my consciousness is

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going to carry on
when I die, that

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means it's going to affect what
kind of life I have next time.

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So it's really important
what I'm doing right now.

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- Our belief in the soul
guides everything that we do.

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It makes us realise that we
should do as much good as we

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can and try and not
do too much bad,

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because we will carry that
forward into the next life.

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- I believe that when
we die that's the end.

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That means we don't get
any second chance at life

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to do the things that we want to
do or to be the sort of person

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we want to be.

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And I think that makes this life
we're living now all the more

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special and all
the more precious

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and gives us a sort
of duty to live

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it well, to treat other people
well, to treat ourselves well,

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and to make the most
of it while we can.

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- Time to go home now, Blue.

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- What's this?

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That's my poem about the soul.

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- When a person leaves this
world behind, a part of them

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remains.

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Although invisible,
it still exists,

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it's something called the soul.

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Some believe it floats to
Heaven to find a place with God,

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while others believe
we are reborn

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and his journey carries on.

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Then there are those who
believe there's nothing more,

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just memories of
the people we loved.

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But whatever our
belief about the soul,

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there's something
we can all agree.

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Each one of us is special,
each one of us unique.

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Can I keep this as a
reminder of my visit?

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- So what did we
learn today then?

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- Well, today, we
went to school.

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And we learned that...

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Some people believe
we all have a soul,

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which is the part of us
that lives on after we die.

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Some people believe that if
we behave well in this life,

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our souls will be
rewarded after we die.

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Other people, like Humanists,
don't believe we have a soul.

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But they do believe that
the things we say and do

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will live on into
the future, affecting

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the lives of those we meet.

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That's because we
should be trying to make

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the world a better place now.

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What are you doing, Blue?

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- I'm just checking
I'm still unique.

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- Goodnight, Blue.

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- 'Night, Charlie.

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