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.
My memories are of my dad taking me to football on Saturday mornings and my mum taking me swimming. Those are the things I remember from my childhood not sitting around the table debating capitalism and the profit squeeze.