A while ago (5/2006) I had to read some book for work, which I"m afraid I don't remember off hand. But it spurred on these thoughts....
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Thought #1
The soul is the body and the spirit combining the human (animal) with the Godly(celestial).
Within every person two natures exist, with their own instincts and desires. How does one grow stronger than the other?? Is this what accounts for the vast spectrum of human behavior? The moments of pure animalistic passion opposed to those of quiet, introspection or selfless compassion.
For example, fasting. The animal hungers, the automatic response is to feed the hungar, stop the feeling. By denying the animal desire, the second half is strengthened, a feeling becomes slightly more evident that there is a second nature within us, that is sometimes hidden, unheard above the animal. A strength and potential exists beyond the physical.
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Thought #2
Rationalizing emotion, pain as a way to protect one's self.
Disconnection feelings from events, disregarding emotion as physical/human repsonses not connected to the mind/soul.
Why? Is it the fear that if it's not rationalized the years of emotional/traumatic events, or one major episode would render us useless, weak, unable to recover and continue on?
It's desensitation, a refusal to learn, feel, be weakend to again grow stronger as a result. But overtime does it effect compassion, the ability to empathize/sympathize or even care for others?? Does it force the soul into submission, the nature of the being into a sociopathic mindset?
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Interesting thoughts, I'll come back to them later.
ah 5/2007
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Thought #1
The soul is the body and the spirit combining the human (animal) with the Godly(celestial).
Within every person two natures exist, with their own instincts and desires. How does one grow stronger than the other?? Is this what accounts for the vast spectrum of human behavior? The moments of pure animalistic passion opposed to those of quiet, introspection or selfless compassion.
For example, fasting. The animal hungers, the automatic response is to feed the hungar, stop the feeling. By denying the animal desire, the second half is strengthened, a feeling becomes slightly more evident that there is a second nature within us, that is sometimes hidden, unheard above the animal. A strength and potential exists beyond the physical.
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Thought #2
Rationalizing emotion, pain as a way to protect one's self.
Disconnection feelings from events, disregarding emotion as physical/human repsonses not connected to the mind/soul.
Why? Is it the fear that if it's not rationalized the years of emotional/traumatic events, or one major episode would render us useless, weak, unable to recover and continue on?
It's desensitation, a refusal to learn, feel, be weakend to again grow stronger as a result. But overtime does it effect compassion, the ability to empathize/sympathize or even care for others?? Does it force the soul into submission, the nature of the being into a sociopathic mindset?
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Interesting thoughts, I'll come back to them later.
ah 5/2007
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