Well i think, that when you close yourself of from the physical world, you dont see, you dont feel, you dont hear, you dont taste, just cut yourself of.
That your still there.
Arnt you, still you, i think that is the soul, and people must beleive, everyone somehow beleives in a higher power, or a unity of soul with everything, something spiritual. no matter how much they say they arnt religious or whatever.
Because do you really think a human wouldnt go insane if he/she knew that they were alone? That there wasnt something higher?
In saying this i also think all religions are a basis of controlling evil, and will have no part of any of them.
It disgusts me to think people are so controlled by the convience of a "god" through any decidely whorshipping way.
And in saying that, i still have many friends in many cultures, like hindu, christian, muslim, whatever. Accept them but i still strongly disagree with that they follow.
cause they are still people, with their 'soul' and thats what your supposed to like.