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A Perspective of Soul |
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There is no real easy way to describe the soul perspective of life because it is
much like trying to teach electronics to a dog - it is simply beyond its
capability to understand. In man however there is something that is not found in
an animal, and this is the ability to reason - and because of this capability to
reason, man can eventually grasp a soul perspective, as he gradually develops
his ability and improves upon what he formerly was incapable of. We understand
this process because we call this, "education" in a formal sense, but education
of one's own soul self takes on a completely whole new meaning that is beyond
the starting point of education.
In order to address the questions of soul I will describe myself in a way that
most people rarely consider, and in doing so, bring into the open the relevant
issues that are perplexing and difficult to reason through. Let us begin. My
name is Emmanuel, but this is only my present birth name. If I were to
examine myself by my name I would begin by taking into account where I came from
- my origins, and why I was named the way I was. To most people their origins
are in their family - the traditions, and the roots of their heritage. From a
soul perspective this is also true - yet we all have a common origin.
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For those who are familiar with family names, it may be readily apparent that I come from Polish or Ukrainian descent. But what nationality is my soul? Does my nationality in this world have any meaning in this respect? Is there a soul hierarchy based upon national origins, or noble descent and lineage? While many would hope not - if it means they were forced to live on the bottom of the totem pole - what is the answer to the question of, what race is my soul? |
What about my given names? Do they have any relation to my soul-self? Does my
soul answer to the name, Emmanuel? Or is this just something that my parents
came up with to suit the occasion?
As many may surmise, I grew up with a family that had biblical based beliefs.
But why is this important? In the case of my life it helped to provide a
foundation upon which the mind could be built upon, to grow into higher reality.
The fundamentals help to nourish the mind and provide the framework into which
it can develop a greater perspective of soul by building upon basic symbols of
life and reality. But how does this relate to who I truly am?
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Our soul self is an intelligent Being of Light, our source of being manifested itself in this world at birth by uniting with our body-vessel. This union makes everyone special, everyone important, everyone here for a reason.
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In scriptures it is known about, but the problem is not understanding what the
scriptures say - even by those who think they know, and teach others. The body,
mind, and spirit is what the scriptures tell us about ourselves. Sometimes this
is called body, soul and spirit. And this is true - that we are a threefold
vessel, but the soul-self, Being of Light that I refer to is not of our lower
body.
People are easily confused because they forget what they are looking at. The
scriptures are intended to reveal our nature by giving us a perspective of soul.
This perspective does not begin with the mind or soul of our lower body vessel
(who we think we are), but we must consider this threefold pattern as an
explanation of a greater reality of both soul-self and spirit. Thus we cannot
get a right view until we are able to look out at things from the perspective of
our soul-self, Being of Light, first, and then move on to higher things, like
our Spiritual body (which is not the same as the spirit in our lower vessel),
and ultimately our Creator.
For those who are familiar with the Christian Bible, these things are explained
within the allegory of the prodigal son, who represents the being that we are,
and who has come to this
land of the "far country" and has fallen in under the citizen,
until we are ready to begin our journey back to our Father. To illustrate this
meaning I am going to give some personal accounts that most may be surprised by.
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