Body and Soul

In all ways man is dependent upon his inner self, the soul that is his eternally and that he brings into each life as the central part of his being, his cause for existence.

It has always been difficult for man to distinguish between body and soul. The corporeal being lends itself easily to earthly analysis, to examinations minute in detail and analysis. The relationship between body and mind, though the latter is incorporated as part of the body, has been pursued assiduously and much of consequence has been determined of the dominance of the brain, of its essential nature in the governance of the physical existence each man born to life knows.

The soul, though, is another matter. The soul stubbornly resists human analysis. Its existence is indisputable. Its importance to each life exists always in human consciousness. It asserts itself in times of doubt. It speaks encouragement in times of trial. Who, then, can dare to say that man is body alone -- that he is animated from birth to death solely by the mechanics of his corporeal being? No man claims this untenable conviction. Yet few men are united in explanation of what lies beyond corporeal reality.

Let us conclude then that ready answers are not available in this earthly life, but that man nevertheless continues to seek in the absolute conviction that the body, even the mind, is not all, that there is a future reality not readily understandable or accessible but nevertheless significant and essential, and that lends itself to intuitive understanding, to perception beyond the ordinary, and that this extension of awareness holds infinite reward.