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The Healing Papers
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2,2: the Spirit In the Flesh
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11: The Experience of the Soul through the Body
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The Healing Papers
2,2: the Spirit In the Flesh
11: The Experience of the Soul through the Body
The soul experiences life through both mind and body. Without the mediation of the mind, the body would be incapable of acting as a proper vehicle of the soul. To put it plainly, the mind is the vehicle of the soul and the body is the vehicle of the mind. Many believe that the brain thinks and the heart feels; but in reality the brain enables the mind to think concretely, and the physical heart enables the heart, the factor of feeling, to feel clearly.
The soul stands aloof as a mirror in which every activity of the mind and body is reflected. The soul accomplishes its purpose through these vehicles, the purpose that it has set before itself from the beginning of its manifestation. As great as is the purpose, so great is the strength that the soul applies to its fulfillment; and as fine as is the purpose, so fine does the intelligence become for its accomplishment. This is very well said by Sa'adi: "Every soul is born for a certain purpose, and the light of that purpose has been kindled in this soul."
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