# Soul

**Status:** provisional / under review  
**Working gloss:** Soul = Relation

## Working definition

The **Soul** is the evolving relational boundary through which a Being develops
identity, relationships, history, commitments, provenance, reputation, and
persistent influence in its environment.

It is not identical with the environment; it is the coupling boundary and the
persistent consequences of interactions across that boundary.

## Notes for research

- Informational, not metaphysical, reading of persistence/"eternity".
- A Being may cease operating while influence continues (legacy).
- High terminology collision risk; retention requires explanatory payoff.

## Structural ambiguity to resolve

Does Soul name:

1. the boundary itself,
2. the relational structures crossing the boundary,
3. the accumulated consequences of those interactions,
4. or a carefully defined combination?