good post gio. the only thing i do not agree on the soul is our spiritual self. spirit is spiritual. soul is mind and heart. and yes i agree that the soul is the link between the 2. def. spirit: Incorporeal consciousness. def.soul: The animating and vital principle in humans, credited with the faculties of thought, action, and emotion and often conceived as an immaterial entity.

Your perception is different because you identify the roles played differently. I see the soul as the spirit, the body as the body, and the mind as a gateway between the two. The reason is this: When your body does, so does your mind. In your next life you begin with very little recollection of your past life, even if you are an extremely powerful or 'old' soul. Some individuals have gotten the rebirthing process so finely tuned that they can begin to re-open their past-life's potentials in only a few years after the start of their new life, others it takes ages, others never do.

The body is filled with natural instincts that we cannot control. Survive, be happy, procreate. Simple animalistic instincts, because our body's without a mind or soul are just that: animals. Our mind holds another set of instincts, and our soul as well. Certain instincts overlap, such as "survival", but others do not, such as "procreate". It is my experience that the soul has very little if any 'procreation directives' by itself. I have begun writing theses regarding the inability of 'ancient' creatures to procreate..

and yes i agree that if you take out the body from the equation. what is left is soul and spirit. but if you see soul has the spirit. it would be the same has seing soul has the body.

It is a common story in mythology that any cross-bread species (such as mythical sirens / harpies, or non-mythical mules) either very RARELY reproduce, have extreme difficulty with the process, or must perform very intricate rituals in order to catalyze the process. An example of the latter would be creatures that are only allowed to reproduce once every X number of years, or creatures that elect specific 'breeders' who are the only ones capable of producing offspring. This is why I cannot include the 'mind' and 'heart' in the perception of the soul, and both will die when your body dies.

When I use the monikers 'soul' and 'spirit' I am referring to our non-physical selves, comprised of an energy that most people cannot perceive. When I refer to the 'body', or the 'physical being', it is the carnal equivalent of the soul. The mind I believe is a middle ground, that exists both in the spiritual realm and the physical one, and serves as a communication medium between the two sides of your ONE "self", the two sides being your physical and spiritual selves.

So regarding your most recent statement: If you were to "take out the body from the equation", you would be left with only the soul, and your mind would die, because your mind relies on both spiritual power and physical power to survive. The absence of one or the other can be ignored for awhile (an example of this being adrenaline allowing a physical body to survive long after a fatal wound) but eventually the result will be inevitable.

often also people mix the 2 together to talk about brain and mind. very similar but not quite the same.

It depends on what context you are using, and that is a problem with English as a language, there are many overlapping definitions. I agree it is worth separating the identity of the two, because I identify the 'brain' as only the "thought center" of your body, whereas the "mind" would be a combination of both the brain and the soul's "mind", which I believe is more like a "heart" but that is another story.

yes the brain could die after 27 day if we agree on what some yogy have done to leave the body here and go by their own will. but the fact is that you still exist and think and have emotion on the other side with out the body.

That is very intriguing. After the destruction of your physical body in this realm? I am aware people can "jump into another realm" and leave their physical body here, and if it is left here long enough then it will wither and die, but I've never heard of anyone retaining any emotions after the loss of their body. The reason for this is because your emotional perceptions, your moralities, may be created from influences on both the spiritual and physical sides, but the 'storage device' for these memories is MOSTLY on the physical side. I suppose an extremely powerful soul would not need a body

But the amount of sheer and extreme power you refer to is a very... daunting concept. I've come across some very powerful creatures in my day, some who could do things that I could not even begin to explain, which bothers me to no end of course. But I've never actually heard from someone who was capable of doing what you refer to, but I suppose that would make sense because they probably wouldn't be sitting around in this reality if they didn't have to.

I am speaking of clinical schizophrenia, which has assorted varieties and types- not "split personality" which is NOT schizophrenia at all...I had hoped to avoid this discussion- I have worked with many schizophrenics and know the true nature of it and all of its many faces. I hoped not to offend, and did not mean to suggest the word lightly!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

By the way great answer Jai.

Yes, food allergies can do this...but again, I am just talking about people with "true" schizophrenia, whose symptoms are not alleviated by diet or any other outside source except anti-psychotic meds. And thanks! Happy Christmas to you!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

both could be part of your destiny a lesson to experience and live, a realization of difference, a frustration from not being one

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