The material world and the spirit world are not separate things. And souls kept unchanging after death tend to be miserable. Souls also are not necessarily single part things. Multipart souls are more common.
8:51 which direction would you block if you chose the double hane variation in the top left? and/or why would the double hane not be the right joseki? pls and ty
On a very open board, cutting is often a bad idea in most situations because your opponent can escape easily and get forcing moves against the cutting stones to build more influence
