Dr. Howell’s Reflections
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Soul Power Part 14
June 21, 2025
Today, let us reflect on the Beatitudes and their natural correlation with Enneagram ego and soul types.
Soul Power Part 13
June 20, 2025
Today we continue our reflections on the power of soul and the Beatitudes of Jesus. What more splendid understandings of the soul could there be than Jesus’s explanations of how each ego type finds their soul?
Soul Power Part 12
June 19, 2025
Jesus delivers the most profound description of the soul. He does this in nine separate illustrations called the Beatitudes that are recorded in Matthew 5:3-12. Remarkably, if we look closely at each Beatitude, we see that they are descriptions of the nine ego types' return to soul. I will present the first three Beatitudes today with explanations and the others in the next two days.
Soul Power Part 11
June 18, 2025
We cling to the idea that our role, station in life, and personality are who we are. But these are only outward representations of a mental structure called our ego and are not who we are. The trouble is that we spend much time in our egos and therefore miss out on who we really are.
Soul Power Part 10
June 17, 2025
How do we silence the mind chatter that voices over the soul’s Still, Small Voice? The answer is much easier than we think. Once we’re aware of the mind chatter, we can call it for what it is - a process of our ego. And once we know that our mind chatter is simply part of the mental structure of our ego and not our true selves, we have power over it.
Soul Power Part 9
June 16, 2025
The soul is curious about love and healing, whereas the ego is involved in its personal story.
Soul Power Part 8
June 15, 2025
Some think the soul is "good" and the ego is "bad.” But this binary concept couldn't be further from the truth.
Soul Power Part 7
June 14, 2025
So many people want to know how to distinguish their souls from their egos. This is a pivotal question for those interested in the journey into wholeness. How can we know if our soul is progressing if we do not even know what our soul feels like?
Soul Power Part 6
June 13, 2025
People often ask, "What are some examples of soul qualities?" Of course, we already know these qualities, but oftentimes their names are so familiar that we do not recognize that they are soul qualities. In other words, we frequently can't see the forest for the trees.
Soul Power Part 5
June 12, 2025
Living in ego is our comfort zone. There we are in a familiar territory where we think we are safe, OK and happy. But deep inside, there is a nagging feeling that we are not doing what we want to do. So, we wonder what it would be like to finally lead our unled life, go to long-anticipated destinations, discover talents, understand mysteries, and explore relationships. Sadly, our obligations prevent these. Think of the millions who die without really having lived. They held the course; they followed the rules set out by their egos, the egos of others, and suffered, sometimes unaware of their pain and sometimes too aware of it.
Soul Power Part 4
June 11, 2025
Many of us describe the soul as an invisible being whom we hope returns to heaven when we die. However, if such a nebulous description is the only thing we have to go on with about our souls, we cannot say that we have complete knowledge of our souls.
Soul Power Part 3
June 10, 2025
Even among spiritually oriented people, our individual souls are not a usual topic of discussion. But why wouldn’t they be, given that our souls are our deepest and everlasting identities? Maybe this is because there is no widespread agreement on what the soul is, no common language associated with it and no scientific measurement of its properties. It is much easier to discuss our outward personalities.
Soul Power Part 2
June 9, 2025
Our soul is the most powerful energy we have, but we ignore it when dominated by our ego. The result is that we manifest only a fraction of our true selves.
Soul Power Part 1
June 8, 2025
Most of us tend to live in one of our three centers of intelligence: our bodies, heads or hearts, but we forget that our soul is the most important place to live.