Worldly Wisdom Wednesday – On Being Whole
Posted By Randy on November 14, 2012
Unless you embrace a system of belief that has convinced you otherwise, you will know, or at least suspect, that human existence is made up of three critical components – Mind, Body, and Spirit. Spirit is not the same as soul.
I learned this long ago from Dogs, and other fellow creatures that were not human. Nevertheless, after I came to know it as True, I found it easy to recognize that for all practical purposes, some people have no Spirit, and for some of those it was a matter of choice.
The Body is the interface through which we interact with our environment. The Mind operates the Body as you would drive a car. Both are trainable, and so their interplay may be perfected to degrees that are wondrous to behold. The Spirit defines the higher ideal that is your very essence. Recognized, cultivated, and synchronized with Mind and Body, it is your gateway to Nature, and Oneness with Everything. To all that is REAL.
While the Mind wields its influence through the Body, it always does so based on lessons learned, and therefore it lives perpetually in the past. The way armies are always equipped and trained to fight the last war. The Spirit does not exist on a linear time scale. It exists in all times, and in every living instant, simultaneously. Likewise it does not require the physical senses to arrive at a state of Knowing.
You need to Know yours.
Excellent that spirit and soul are not the same thing. Been trying to get that across since I had hair. And certainly, the mind exercises its reality based on past experiences, but the chains of karma can be broken.
Anyone for dialog?
had hair — that was a long time ago…..
No takers on the offer of dialog? Maybe the information conveyed here is TOO obvious for further comment. Ya think?
Excellent that spirit and soul are not the same thing. Been trying to get that across since I had hair. And certainly, the mind exercises its reality based on past experiences, but the chains of karma can be broken.
Good article, Randy!
And. . .that’s why no two individuals see the world in exactly the same way. Impressions received through the senses, are continuously being paired with past experiences, and interpreted accordingly. We all view the world and experience existence, at least a wee bit differently than the next person. Interesting stuff. . . .
Thanks Laurie. And the matter of no two people seeing events the same way is just one more reason not to rely on “eye witness” testimony.
Like this post, but think that everyone has spirit, or rather is spirit. Body and mind are manifestations of spirit. Perhaps another word is energy, information, and for me also soul.
I take a quantum view when I say that the mind creates as observer.