Daily Meditation: Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Three worlds (the) - the body, the soul and the spirit

04/17/2024

Take the physical world, the spiritual world and the divine world – or, if you like, the form, the content and the meaning – or again, the world of action, the world of laws, and the world of principles: yes, it is always the same trinity – the body, the soul and the spirit. The spirit is an expression of the divine world, the soul corresponds to the spiritual world, and the body corresponds to the physical world. So the soul lies between matter and spirit: it is an intermediary, a vehicle that transports elements from heaven towards the earth, and from earth toward heaven. Everything that travels downwards or upwards passes through the soul. The spirit can only reach downwards, and the body can only reach upwards, but the soul moves up and down between the two. This is why the spirit has power over matter only by passing through the soul. Observe what happens in nature: the sun cannot act directly on the earth; it needs the intermediary of air and water. In the same way, our spirit cannot touch our physical body directly; it can only act through a go-between – our soul.