Quite often the terms "spirit" and "soul" consider synonyms. However they are divided as are components of the identity of the person. That there was no confusion further, to know better, than these concepts differ from each other.
The identity of any person is complete and consists of three components: bodies, spirit and soul. They are uniform also vzaimoproniknovenna. Quite often the last two terms confuse and consider that it is synonyms. But the Bible divides these two concepts though they also often mix up in religious literature. From here and such confusion which leads to doubts in this question.
Concept of "soul" and "spirit"
Soul represents non-material essence of an individual, she is imprisoned in his body and is driving force. With it the person can exist, thanks to it he learns the world. If there is no soul, then there will be no life also.
The spirit is the highest degree of nature of the person, it attracts and conducts it to God. According to the Bible, its existence also puts the human person above other beings in the existing hierarchy.
Differences between soul and spirit
In a narrow sense, the shower can call a horizontal vector of human life, it connects his personality with the world, being area of feelings and desires. The theology divides its actions into three lines: feeling, desirable and cogitative. In other words thoughts, emotions, feelings, desire to achieve the objective, aspiration to something are peculiar to it. She can make the choice even if and not always correct. The spirit is a vertical reference point which is expressed in aspiration to God. Its actions are considered as cleaner as the God's fear is familiar to it. He aspires to the Creator, and rejects carnal pleasures. According to theological exercises, it is possible to make the conclusion that soul is not only at the person, but also animals, fishes, insects, but only the person owns spirit. This fine line needs to be understood, and even better to experience at the intuitive level. Knowledge of the fact that soul helps spirit to put on a human body for the purpose of its improvement will help with it. It is also important to know that the person is allocated with soul at the birth or conception. But the spirit is sent to the repentance moment. Soul does a body alive, it is similar to the blood getting into cells of a human body and penetrating itself all body. In other words the person possesses it, also as well as a body. It is its essence. While the person lives, soul remains in a body. When he dies, cannot see, feel, speak, though has all sense organs. They are bezdeyatelna as there is no soul. The spirit by its nature cannot belong to the person, he easily leaves it and comes back. If it leaves, then the person does not die and lives further. But the spirit ozhivotvoryat soul.