Is there anyone else here that follows the teachings of Buddhism but also holds a belief in a personal God and the soul?

Try not to be confused by the other comments saying there is no soul or self in Buddhism. Many people confuse this to mean that "you don't fundamentally exist", which is obviously not the case as the Buddha rejected any notion of annihilationism. This teaching is technically true, but easily confused. What Buddhism teaches is that the phenomena we commonly associate with a soul/self, that is, our personality, our memories, and so on, are in fact not the self. Buddhism teaches that these are phenomena that we experience. This phenomena that most people commonly identify with as being "their self"are called the 5-aggregates.

The teaching in Buddhism is called not-self, or non-self, not "no self". The Suttas very clearly indicate that that underneath all the aggregates, ie, the focus of the "not self philosophy", that there is in fact a higher awareness. However this awareness is considered to be very empty and possessing no inherent identity, yet, it clearly does possess mechanistic function (the existence of you) - Also, this awareness is not usually thought to be eternal, because nothing in existence is literally eternal due to entropy and general impermanence.

Some scholars have gone as far to say that the not-self teaching was only meant to be skillfully used to help people get passed the illusion of what they typically call the "self", ie, them assuming their "personality and memories" is their self, because clinging to such a notion of self is an obstacle to enlightenment. This is a highly debated topic for whatever reason, with many people saying there is no such thing as a higher awareness beyond the aggregates, yet the Buddha clearly stating that underneath all the aggregates, there exist a pure awareness which defines his Being, from the Bahuna Sutta (linked above). Some people have called this "Buddha Nature", "Citta", or other similar terms:

Freed, dissociated, & released from ten things, Bahuna, the Tathagata(Buddha) dwells with unrestricted awareness. Which ten? Freed, dissociated, & released from form, the Tathagata dwells with unrestricted awareness. Freed, dissociated, & released from feeling... Freed, dissociated, & released from perception... Freed, dissociated, & released from fabrications... Freed, dissociated, & released from consciousness... Freed, dissociated, & released from birth... Freed, dissociated, & released from aging... Freed, dissociated, & released from death... Freed, dissociated, & released from stress... Freed, dissociated, & released from defilement, the Tathagata dwells with unrestricted awareness.

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