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Dot dot dot / dash dash dash / dot dot dot.  That’s Morse Code for SOS.  Most everyone is familiar with that distress designation.

What does 'SOS' mean?

According to an article in USA Today: Many think "SOS" stands for "save our souls" or "save our ship," but it actually doesn't stand for anything. SOS is a Morse Code distress signal.

Morse Code is a system that uses dots, dashes and spaces to communicate letters and numbers. It was first created during the 1830s by Samuel F.B. Morse but was later improved in 1851 to create the simpler, more precise International Morse Code System.

The original distress signal was CQD, which stood for “seeking you, distress", or "all stations, distress," according to PBS. This was widely used by the British, while Germans used SOE and the Americans used NC, which meant "call for help without delay."

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Okay, okay, that’s already TMI. 😁 Enough history lesson. Where could I possibly be going here?  Well, I’ll tell you. Step right this way… 👇

I’m going “religious” on you. Religion-wise, I’m wondering how, or if, our consciousness is the same thing as our soul.

When it comes to “religion talk,” there is a lot of talk about our souls. The religious believers want to save them for all of us. They want to “Save Our Souls.” 

Now the questions: 

• If you are a religious believer, how do YOU see the two, consciousness versus the soul?
• If you are not a religious believer, how do YOU see the two, consciousness versus the soul?  For example, is consciousness just an “awareness” whereas the soul is “something different/apart/religious/holy/morality driven/etc.?”
• Talk about these phenomena called “consciousness” and “soul.”  No matter your place on the religion spectrum, including off of it, give us your take.