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The names used for the 3 are different for different tribes and for different countries. I can use the terms used by the Mongolian shamans, since they are used but such a great number of people and shamans...it is just important to remember that not everyone will use the same names.

The Ami are spirits from the upper world, and are reincarnates. (Ami means "breath" in mongolian.) The Ami spirit is responsible for breathing and bodily functions that are done largely without thought. The Ami enters the body with the first breath and leaves with the last breath. The Ami spirit is responsible for genetic memories, because Ami spirits tend to reincarnate in the same genetic line. Animals also have Ami spirits.

The Suns spirits are from the lower world, and are also reincarnates, but there is no pattern to them; they don't follow genetic lines. The thought is that it is the Suns spirit that brings about the type of life one must lead. If the Suns spirit was mean and evil in a past life, then may reincarnate needing to learn tolerance and benevolence, and will thus mean that the person will lead a life of suffering. On the other hand, in the past life if the Suns was a kind presence, the new life will be one of happiness and joy. (It is also thought that Suns spirits that were especially evil, like Hitler, Pol Pot, and Stalin, are destroyed, so that they never incarnate again.) The suns spirit can also fragment, which is normal, but fragments can be lost, which leads to imballance and illness. Suns spirits are also not unique to man.

The Suld spirit is the part that is unique to man. It is NOT reincarnating...when a person dies, the spirit becomes a nature spirit. (In places that seem especially powerful, it is often because there are very many nature spirits in that place.) The Suld blends with the Ami, which is what causes the complexity that is unique to man...it is the reason that unlike animals, man cannot be satisfied with what is, they must always be striving for what might be. (In my view, it is this that makes animals superior to man.) The Suld is also the spirit that is seen as the unique personality for the person. SOME Suld spirits may turn into helper spirits, but why some do and most remain as nature spirits is a mystery to me.

Does this help?
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