Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-28043470-20160616164500/@comment-19903036-20160617001045

The belief i'm sure originates in the belief that when we die we revert to some etheric form afterwards. Believing that there is a spiritual aspect, which would mean in order for us to be alive in this universe, we'd all have to be spiritual in some latent way.

I don't know for sure if that's where it comes from, but it seems like that'd be a logical guess.

If we look at it through another religious belief where there is some maker or god or gods that created everything then that idea wouldn't make sense, because it'd be Heaven or Hell. Nirvana or Samsara. Valhalla or Helheim, etc. You don't have much utility with your spiritual being since you know... You aren't in control of anything. When you die in these beliefs, you have no abilities or power. (My opinion doesn't speak for anyone else on this matter.)

My point being that to be alive in this world you have to have an etheric being, you have to have a soul. Why? I don't know. This is just my assumption of where the whole everyone is psychic thing comes from. A belief outside of pantheism where your spirit is yours to do with after death.

(Thank you for making me look up Pantheism, I learned a new word!!! :D )