Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27089028-20160805195911

From Flowey's tutorial we understand that in the Undertale mythos Soul are as they are commonly seen to be the essence or culmination of YOU. You are a soul that inhabits a physical body, not a physical body that has a soul.

Alas, when a monster perishes they're Soul shatters indicating the Soul is not immutable. We also learn that a monster's essence can linger in the place it's dust has fallen.

Flowey is supposedly the result of a flower covered in the dust/essence of Asriel through determination but lacks a soul. Does this mean Flowey is not in actual fact Asriel? Is he but a mere flower given sentience (and maybe a soul that doesn't full under the classification of either monster or humans) who possesses all of Asriel's memories and even adopts his form within the True Pacifist ending?

Now take Chara, who calls Frisk their reincarnation. The fact that souls are not immutable means that this is not the popular Hindu idea of reincarnation where a soul transmigrates into a new body. The Undertale world seems to operate on the Buddhist version of reincarnation where the soul is not immortal. Allow me to paint a picture for you.

There's a candle which is alight; the candle is your body and the flame is your soul. Before the flame flickers away it's used to light another candle so in a way the soul causes the recreation of another soul and both are linked through a karmic chain. By this I propose that could Frisk be the 'spiritual' descendant of Chara?

Please, leave your comments I am very much interested to hear what you have to say. 