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We,The People, are not happy
14 - Link between body and soul
The contact between body and soul seems to be in the brain:
If we have a body and a soul, there must be a point of contact between them. Where could it be?
Every day, the human body stores in the brain the energy extracted from our food. This is where the soul finds the resources necessary for its development. Some civilizations believe that the link is in the liver. You can also place the link in the lungs because breathing keeps them in contact with the outside world. There is a strong possibility that the contact between the soul and the body could be in the brain.
If an organ is not used, it withers and fades away. In the past 200 000 years our neurons have had many opportunities to disappear. If they are still here, there must be a use for them that we are not aware of. If we don’t use them during the day, would it be possible that we use them at night?
Have you ever watched someone asleep? It is obvious that there is nobody home! We leave our body in bed like we leave the car in the garage. The driver is free from the limitations of his body. Freedom at last! Nighttime could be the best part of our life.
NDE Near Death Experience
Being desperate makes it easier to remain open to new ideas. In the 1980’s, some people began claiming they could leave their bodies and remain conscious. It usually happened during surgery. They called it an NDE (Near Death Experience). They talk about pure bliss, perfect happiness, even a connection with God. We would not recommend surgery as a way of achieving perfect happiness, of course! This is only a testimony that it is much easier to reach happiness when the soul is free from the limitations of the body.
The first patients coming with such stories were not welcome. They were sent to the psychiatrists and put on drugs. When they realized that pills could become the main part of their diet, the best way out of their predicament was to blame the stress on the surgery operation. They decided to forget the whole thing and ask the psychiatrist to do the same.
As more people came out with similar stories, the psychiatrists started to pay attention. Would it be possible for the body and the soul to get separated and be put back together while we are still alive? Surgeons like Dr Lloyd Rudy can testify to their surprise
In the 1970’s Raymond Moody published “Life after life”. He is the father of the modern NDE movement.
Let’s have some fun:
Our literature always ignores what happens at night. What a pity! We could take famous plays and insert what the characters could have done at night. What they do during the day would remain the same. Their motivation would be different. For instance, at night, Juliet’s mother could tell Romeo’s father,
“Because we are having an affair during the night does not mean that your son and my daughter should have an affair during the day. Everybody in town knows that there is a heredity in your family. Sometimes, it is transmitted by men and affects only women. Search ‘hemophilia’ for details. The most famous case happened in the Royal English family. It was transmitted by women and affected only men. All the men had the same blood cell disease, and the women were not affected. I don’t want the heredity in your family to pollute the life of my grandchildren. I can understand why Juliet and your Romeo fell in love. I don’t want their love to go down to the material level. Love is between the souls – not between the bodies. We kept our relationship at the soul level. They can do the same. If you cannot keep your Romeo away from my daughter, I will send her out of town.”
The plays in our theaters are full of holes. Take a play you like and fill the holes. Enjoy!
Motivations
At the junction of body and soul is human motivation.
They result from the combination of two components like the tide and the waves. Our long-term motivations may be the most important, but it is our short-term motivations that get most attention. It is our priority. The human body is high maintenance. It must be fed three times a day. It smells bad unless it is cleaned regularly. It needs clothing, shoes, and glasses. There is is a long-term motivation hiding behind this short-term motivation: “What is the purpose of our lives?” Every individual takes part in the same general evolution of human society. We are never alone. We can go even deeper and ask what the purpose of the Homo sapiens on Earth.
Civilizations rise and fall like flowers bloom and wither. We know of the Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures. In the 15th century, Portugal was leading Europe, followed by Spain, The Netherlands, France, England and the USA. All these countries seemed to follow a similar pattern. The people living during those times were unaware that they were fulfilling the same purpose. They were not separate individuals. They were part of a flow of people like a river moving through the centuries. They serve a common purpose, consciously or not.
We are never alone.
In the 21st century, this flow is speeding up. It is a waterfall. That doesn’t make us smarter. To answer the question of “What are we doing on Earth?”, some people turn to religion. Others decide they will be happy once they have enough money or become famous. Everybody is searching for love. The problem is that they don’t know where to find it. Looking for love can’t be a daily activity like going to work.
