College trained secondary school teacher, with associate degree in specialised technology. I have worked in different countries, mainly on the Oil and Gas sectors.
Parapsychologists have confirmed there are people who have vivid memories of their former lives.
The soul is the mind which is not permanent but is a form of energy. This mind, if properly trained, enjoys unshakable freedom with inner equipoise that cannot be affected by gain and loss, honour and dishonor, praise and blame, pleasure and pain.
Buddhists are not detached and unconcerned with other beings. It is more correct to say Buddhists are not ruled by passions, desires, likes, and dislikes.
The intentional physical and mental actions decide what sort of life we will have in future. Cruel and evil people will be reborn in hell, or if in human world, at least ugly and in a predominance of painful experiences, with many defects. Therefore it is best to purify and free the mind.