SOUL SICKNESS AND SOUL LOSS #1
“No matter how you stir a pot of filth it is always a pot of filth.
Better to let the pot be and string pearls
for the sake of heaven.” Chassidic saying
“It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.”
William Ernest Henley
“It is very dangerous (for the soul) to go into eternity with possibilities which one has oneself prevented from becoming realities…” Kierkegard
The soul is pure and whole. We are responsible and will be accountable for our actions that affect it when we face a spiritual tribunal at the end of our days. The laws of karma are defaults for keeping the soul aligned with the body. The soul, made in the image of the Divine, is unified and does not split. Some mistakenly believe that the soul can be broken. It is the ego that gets shattered, usually, from severe trauma, not the soul. The soul, however, can separate from the body!
From the sound of my sighing has my essence cleaved onto my flesh.
This is speaking of the soul’s essence lodging comfortably in the body...
This wisdom can be found in king David’s psalms. What David means is when we find ourselves in a state of equanimity and peace (my sighing) our body merges with the spirit to become as one.
The soul yearns to do the Creator’s will and clings to the body when all is well.
A body caught up in cravings and attached to sentient pleasures distances the soul.
The soul withdraws causing bodily imbalance and illness (which can become sickness).
The body’s (flesh) attachment needs to be broken so the soul (essence) can return to the body.
“The soul by reason of lust had become the principle accomplice in her own captivity.” Plato
The soul is neither a captive nor an accomplice to lust from the body.
The soul is pure and checks out from the body when it becomes challenged by toxic behavior due to ego or the shadow. It is never imprisoned by it.
“The soul is pure ... The strength of the forces of holiness and the destruction of the shells or husks that imprison holy sparks, depends upon joy.”
Rev Nachman
One should not separate the soul from the
Senses,
Joy/happiness
The heart and love...
Our soul is made for joy and the more we truly love the more we will experience it and become its very essence.
We are here on the planet to enjoy our senses responsibly, enhance the creation and help all the Four Beings of Nature. Having our senses is a gift to be savored. Once we pass over to the elsewhere we jettison the sensory body and leave the five senses behind. Of all the things we may miss on the other side we may miss our loss of senses the most. The senses then can only be experienced in the imagination which is not the same.
The soul's fulfillment is through the experience of the senses.
The soul's conversation is not of the mind. It is best heard with the senses.
Love of Self and love of others are key. Self-Condemnation or Recrimination are impediments to the soul's journey. Loving Self and others are catalysts for its true path.
“To awaken the heart is to awaken the dormant soul.” M. Gandhi
When the heart is muffled the soul shrinks.
Monkey (Narrow) mind gets in the way of the connection between body, heart and soul.
The rational mind often gets in the way of what the heart must embrace in order to coax the soul to open.
The soul’s language is learned by listening with the heart. It has many sounds including that of silence. Its eloquence is universal.
We begin when we love our neighbors as ourselves, not necessarily as an emotion or a sentiment but as a commitment. We do not have to like them, only to see the divine spark in them, and respect them, as we should respect ourselves and our Self- worth, with compassion.
Mahatma Gandhi describes the seven things that will destroy us.
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Knowledge without character
Commerce without morality
Science without humanity
Worship without sacrifice
Politics without principle
To the extent that the soul partly separates from the body, soul sickness can occur. Soul sickness can lead to soul loss which can have a grim prognosis. Soul sickness is more easily corrected.
Soul sickness can be associated with many factors including:
The wrong rules of life. Attachment to the lures of materialism and a lack of a spiritual life - the "yoke" of being attached to the ego and an unawareness of Self - the True Self. Protecting the ego and the persona against all spiritual possibilities. The toxic side of social media, television and technology. Being impregnated with bad news concerning murder, pandemics, war or fear of impending war, climate change, earth calamities and the deteriorating condition of the planet etc. Others causes include violence, abuse, misery, isolation, loneliness, extreme fatigue, burn out, sickness, depression, malignant politics and a morbid fear of death. The rugged individualism in the United States and a "Lone Ranger" mentality can create loneliness and isolation. Paul Simon’s song; “I am a rock, I am an island, and a rock feels no pain and an island never cries.” is the antithesis of what is required for the heart, love, soul and happiness. Vulnerability and connection to others are the key to soul health.
“A coward is incapable of exhibiting love. It is the prerogative of the brave.” M. Gandhi
We think of vulnerability as being weak when in fact it's the opposite. Being vulnerable is being courageous and is a love vibration. Vulnerability is also about loving oneself enough to admit to and forgive one’s iniquities. God and Jesus will forgive us for anything we have done to our higher Selves but we have to be able to forgive ourselves.
Soul Loss is more extreme than Soul Sickness and can come from:
Self-abuse including that from sex, drugs, alcohol and addictions. Severe abuse from another or others. Critical illness, trauma, violence, war and rape. Indulging in cults especially, satanic and religious especially when associated with war, murder or violence (Isis, Boca Haram, drug cartels and others.)
Spiritual diseases such as intrusive spirits and even possession by a dark spirits, energetic pollution, witchcraft and sorcery can cause sickness or even soul loss. These are unsupported by western thinking and are discounted but are real.
Soul sickness and loss are also associated with the symptoms of their causes including; “dis”-ease, misery, isolation, fatigue, depression, anxiety, suicide, divorce, family disintegration, substance abuse, eating disorders, hopelessness, doubt, denial, resignation, detachment, depression, desperation and false convictions arising from lying dogmas. “Dis-ease” can also lead to disease.
Will be discussed next week.
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