According to the Jain view soul is that element which knows thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge feeling thinking and willing are conditioned on something and that that something must be as real as anything can be.
You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end you can please some of the people some of the time but that's about all you can do.
