More and more of our contemporaries are beginning to show interest in spirituality, self-development and are asking questions about the Universe, about the higher mind, about the universe, about the power of the soul … They seek and find answers in literature, religion, in various esoteric knowledge and other sources. We know from the Bible that the soul is the breath of God into the physical body of a person. By accepting this breath, the body acquires Life. Having lost it, it dies. About what the human soul is, its qualities, strength and manifestations, will be discussed in the article.
Soul and Spirit
The concept of the soul and spirituality are closely related, but have very serious differences.
The first is enclosed in the body at the time of birth or conception. The power of the soul gives motivation to a person for existence, knowledge of the world. Three lines of action - feelings, desires and thoughts - connect the personality of its owner with the world. They, like blood, permeate the entire body and penetrate into its smallest components. The power of the soul allows a personcontinue to live. And besides, to feel, to see, to breathe, to speak, to desire, to dream… A person has a soul in the same way as a body. The soul is the essence of man.
The spirit is called to give life to the soul. And it cannot belong to the body. He aspires to the Highest and calls the soul behind him. He is not attracted by earthly joys, he easily leaves the body of a person and also easily returns. It is his presence that puts a person at the highest level in the hierarchy of all living things.
Soul qualities
Psychologist Oleg Gadetsky says:
All the higher qualities are the manifestation of the soul, all the lower ones belong to the material nature.
Positive spiritual qualities are virtues inherent in her from the creator. They are most easily recognized by the things the person does:
- Help your neighbor.
- Respect and care for the elderly and the infirm.
- Charity.
- Hospitality.
- Internal and external cleanliness of one's own body and its surroundings.
- The ability to celebrate and rejoice.
- Fulfillment of promises and vows.
- Child care. Pet care.
- Compliance with moral and ethical standards.
The power of the soul directs the consciousness to perform good, pious deeds and deeds that help develop the best spiritual qualities in oneself.
And people are coming…
It is also worth remembering the statement of St. John Chrysostom:
Nothing gives the soul more strength than freedom fromworries, and nothing makes her so weak as the burden of worries.
Many people don't think about their soul. They are more concerned about acquiring various kinds of material values, receiving bodily pleasures and other things. And it's not their fault. Public standards and the values of society impose on us from early childhood that a person needs to acquire as many things as possible and achieve a prestigious position.
And only when suffering or going through difficult times, we think about the forces of the soul and body. We turn to the Supreme for help and support.
Few people consciously go in search of their spiritual beginning. Fortunately, there are more and more of them. Those who have completed the spiritual search come to the knowledge of their own soul. They talk about the path traveled, carry the Great Knowledge, which provide invaluable assistance to those again going in search.
Find your soul
The soul has an invisible connection with the body. In some teachings, it is described as a silver thread, which, at the time of the physical death of the body, releases the soul to freedom.
Is it possible to give a material description of the soul? In some practices, they use their own tools to describe its color, size, and flaws. Time will prove the veracity of such information.
We believe that the soul is invisible, because it is consciousness. And belongs to a dimension where only true Light and Sound exist.
The outer expression of the soul is our attention. The mind is constantly busy commenting on the reportage of life and diverts attentionfrom the door leading to the Supreme. The endless stream of thoughts can be stopped with the help of various techniques (prayer, meditation, trance, and so on) and look inside yourself, discovering the power of the soul and the coordination of the will.
Her tongue
What do we feel when we say: "the soul hurts or ache", "the soul grows cold", "the soul screams" and so on. Anxiety, fear, pain. Where does it come from? How else can the Universe or God communicate with us? We ask them for protection, help, but often do not pay attention to the signs that they send us.
We are constantly cared for and protected. The language of the soul is different from ours. This is the language of subtle feelings, which describes our emotional, energy state. It is important to listen to what they want to tell us. It is important to keep an eye on what signs are being sent to us.
If a person is calm or excited, then he is on the right track. And his soul sings! If, on the contrary, the feeling of depression, anxiety does not leave, it is worth reconsidering your path. Perhaps they want to save a person from something.
- The language of kicks. These are incredible random events. Example, you stumbled, broke something, or you were "touched to the quick" by a phrase accidentally dropped by someone.
- The language of the situation. Example: being late, an important meeting was disrupted, an agreement was violated, and so on.
- The language of failure. In this case, the most important attachment for him is "taken away" from a person. For example, money, relationships, career.
- The language of direct contact. In search of an answer, a person goes to grandmas,clairvoyant. Or suddenly receives a book, or an invitation to classes. With this help, he finds the reason for the negativity happening to him.
- Dependency language. From bad habits, slot machines and so on.
- Language of choice. Severe illness, accidents.
The Creator is like a wise parent. Starts with a little shake. But if a person rejects the information, does not change his attitude to what is happening, does not want to take lessons, the punishment becomes tougher, up to the termination of any independent choice.
Love
Words by famous writer Erich Maria Remarque:
If someone's soul reaches out, don't resist… She's the only one who knows exactly what we need!
It is impossible for a person to live without love. Each of us has a need to satisfy emotional-sensory needs.
But how often he is deceived, taking for a true feeling of simply physical dependence on another person, the ability to possess someone else's will and feelings. The love of a person makes a slave out of a person, who is attached to the object of desire and sees the meaning of life in his beloved, and connects his future only with him.
Real love is the achievement of the strength of the soul. Unconditional, quiet, filled with trust, freedom, warmth and wisdom. She gives wings to loved ones, does not impose any stereotypes or opinions.
The power of the human soul is able to hear the thoughts of other people's hearts, to see their unity. And find true happiness in this unity.
He alth
Own he alth and the he alth of our loved ones is the most precious and important thing for a person. This is something that is hard to buy, but very easy to lose. This is a state that allows you to do what is intended or to carry out what is felt. The strength of the soul and human he alth depend on two main components:
- Maintaining the balance of the actions of filling with strength, and the actions of cleansing from the unnecessary.
- Unity of body, soul and spirit.
Second - the unity of the physical, mental and spiritual - is manifested:
- in the feelings that a person is capable of experiencing;
- and what emotions these experiences evoke; what is their manifestation.
The greater the strength of the soul and the stronger its he alth, the higher the feelings that its owner experiences and, accordingly, the brighter and more positive the emotions shown by him.
Filling and cleansing
John Holland thought:
Your soul is very wise and always attracts what you need to learn in life.
To maintain mental he alth requires serious work with the body and thoughts. It is thoughts that cause us to express both positive and negative emotions. And thoughts are born from experienced feelings.
The strength of the soul is weakened by anger, envy, anger, hatred, resentment and the like that destroy it. And vice versa, it becomes more when a person experiences joy, admiration, gratitude, sympathy, love, tenderness.
Experts recommenda kind of set of "tools" for cleansing the body and filling it with strength, which will help get rid of negative thoughts and, as a result, lead to mental he alth.
Cleansing Tools:
- correct therapeutic fasting;
- post;
- physical activity and exercise;
- bath practices;
- massage;
- hardening of the body.
Filling tools:
- proper, he althy eating;
- travel;
- outdoor walks;
- creativity;
- hobby.
A he althy mind in a he althy body. Trite, but simple and true.
Labor
The soul goes through certain stages of development and growth.
The birth of a child is a real miracle. Communication with kids brings a huge amount of positive emotions and causes the birth of high feelings. How can this be explained?
The soul of a baby is pure. And the same pure soul of an adult reaches out to her. But she has been imprisoned by solid walls made up of past negative experiences that contain resentment, failure and loss, anger and intolerance towards others.
To release the forces of the soul to achieve a state of love and peace, trust in the world and the Higher, to receive joy in life - this is the goal of many seekers.
Awakening
Created by God in his own image and likeness, Man is a powerful being. It contains the colossal forces of the spiritual and energy sphere of the universe. But, unfortunately, most of them just leave.having known your higher nature without awakening the hidden powers of the soul.
But it's easy. Look around! There are so many people around who need your help or participation. Do good. Provide support to family and friends. Sometimes someone really needs to just say: "It's good that you are!".
The great power of the human soul was shown by those who, not fearing death, saved others. From fire, from water, from bullets, hunger, cold. Those who defended their country, people.
Three ways of life
Pay attention to the words of St. Maximus the Confessor:
When the three powers of the soul: rational, irritable and desirable - from the simplicity of the one and only good will turn to the consideration and discrimination of evil and good things that exist here in the world. Then desire, thought, and feeling inseparably rush towards that which is contrary to the will of God. For then the irritable force moves only towards and among these things.
Man combines three ways of life:
- plant life;
- animal life;
- life of angels.
The plant (lower) component is manifested in the awareness of the physiological functions of the body - nutrition, respiration, reproduction. The bodily state is characterized by ego reason (emotions, desires).
Animal (intermediate) - in the appearance of sensual desires, the implementation of arbitrary activities. The state of mind is characterized by moral reason (feelings, will).
Angelic (higher) rewards a person with the ability for spiritual life, for communion with God. She has a spiritual mind(feelings, intentions).
Needs
According to the Creator's Plan, a person should have spiritual needs leading, so that the spirit controls the soul, and the soul controls the body. Violation of this hierarchy is a perversion of human nature. Spiritual needs are above all, without their satisfaction we cannot find harmony.
The great power of the human soul leads him to the realization of his essence. To understand the unity of everything and everyone on Earth. Gives him a sense of responsibility for everything he did, thought, felt, felt.
Soul Recognition
Probably, everyone happened to get into a situation where, when meeting with a stranger, it seems that you know him very well. He is so close, painfully dear. This meeting awakens you to experience the strongest, amazing to the core, emotions and feelings. This phenomenon is called soul recognition.
It is unlikely that this person "recognizes" you. But this fact serves as proof that our souls communicate and are closely related to each other. And it does not depend on our consciousness.
In esoteric science, two types of connections are described that lead to each other and unite them with one destiny:
- karmic;
- and space.
Karmic connection is part of the normal order of evolution. Cosmic communication is supernormal in the sense that it belongs to a completely different set of laws. This is one of the Great Mysteries. It is the lot of the initiates and is only mentioned because so many people try to approach it without being initiated. That is, they experiment with great forcesnature in complete ignorance of their character and power, which is very unsafe.
