What in the world is soul ?

Tanner got to the heart of things last week .( He said the Labor party lacked soul)  The substance of his claim is established  by the numbers of open gaping mouths and the denial -and the cartoons on Insights ABC. Naturally its the group that loves rationality that finds itself out at sea with Machiavelli when the crunch comes.If you want to be really involved with the big picture ,you gotta think laterally or you will get lost.
Greenlabor think they are responsible for bringing the Kingdom of God on earth. They will need more than good luck, let alone their singularly myopic(automatic chair lifts?) view of direct routes  to heaven .Fine if they are serious,  but do they really think they have that sort of gift set?. More realistic soulful persons know that to change the world is to challenge the world - deeply and individually .Its all very well to join a rally to change the power structure- that's easy. The protest rally ends  only to be worse off from those who use the opportunity to grab the chance to gain it for themselves .
The real problem for all parties who claim to be god is that the idea cuts deep into the area of false confidence and false competence. Greenlabor think that it is enough to support the poor when it is not ;Jesus himself said the poor would always be there.; Who then is the more realistic ? Trying  to even up the balance is clearly a way to destroy the balance - after all its taxpayers who are obliged to pay !. Greenlabors preoccupation with equity is in denial of its failure to respect diversity in both nature and ecopractice . The way they "go on" ( on and on ) about supporting the poor  shows how little soul they have.- you don't respect the poor by propping them up, but by encouraging them in the way all good liberals do - encourage them in their own niches of productivity and "letting them speak for themselves"( most important) .
 News to you - it should not be ! Caring is not easy,  but it is cutting edge
Unfortunately its all news to most in Greenlabor , which only makes Tanners point very telling. And I haven't said much because its easy to hype up a soulful impression when you need one. You'll notice I haven't said about the nature of soul - not my intention to - just to draw attention like Tanner,  to the lack of it . Our point might be that you need to know it ,not just to name it to be credible on the subject  .Its something that comes from putting your own skills in perspective . It's not something you buy or put into your budget estimates for . Some dummies think its just about the past when its real power is being able to be prophetic. If you dare to abandon being reactionary ,popular and sheeplike and you will find you have some hope of gaining your perspective . Soul comes from deep within and  that's where the problem lies.