Some thoughts on the perfection of the soul

You know, this is so weird. I'm in the midst of a discussion on (of all things) a Harry Potter forum, wherein the topic is "are people now more evil than they were 500 or 1000 years ago?" Apparently deep philosophical realizations can come from the most prosaic of places...
( tl;dr -- the soul wants out of the wheel of karma )

Just thought I'd share.