So I woke up one morning with these thoughts going through my head.
You know that stage between sleeping and coming fully awake? When you feel like you're still in "Wonderland" wherever the spirit/soul was travelling all night in your dream and just before you come fully awake to "Reality?"
I feel so sorry for Body. Although an intelligent being, it still acts in fear of Soul and Mind, especially you know, the humans who talk about "Mind-Body-Spirit" being one entity and equal.Who gets blamed all the time? Body. Because body craves "comfort food" Whose comfort?
If you listen closely, next time you eat comfort food...listen closely. What do you hear? A sound coming from deep deep inside "uuuum uuum.uuumuuuuuuum, that's so good, even deeper murmurmurimg sound, almost orgasmic. Chocolate, deep, rich, chocolate cake; rich creamy ice cream, cheese cake, 4th serving of ribs, sauce dripping off the fingers...sounds of deep appreciation. Where do you think this is coming from? Yes. You idiot. It's the Soul!!! Did you know that the soul could make those sounds while the Mind is sitting there panting and waiting because the Mind is just waiting its turn to enjoy the sensations. Of course, it can not feel; it can only respond to the sounds the Soul is making...that registers in the pleasure centres. That's how Mind enjoys itself.
But Mind is a two faced hypocrite! One side is the snivelling mamby pamby that says to Soul, "Ooh my, this is good. Great idea!" sharing the sensations with Soul. Then when Body steps in and realizes what is happening and goes "Hey Youse! What the heck are yah doing? You know I should not be having this stuff!" Mamby pamby Mind sides with Body and, "I know. We won't eat it," in the softest, silkiest voice you'll ever hear on a two faced hypocrite. Like the snake in the garden of Eden.
The Soul let's go and... the senses hit Mind...taste it, mmmmmy oh my...smell it ...sniff, sniff oh my...Oh angels in heaven, nothing in this Universe is as good; (Soul says)...oh my....so intense it almost blows Mind. The senses explode and Mind "thinks" and Soul "feels." And Body goes, "here we go AGAIN! I'm going to be blamed again! It's going to be my gut that suffers, my ass that's too big for those jeans! Come on!"
The human entity feels it in all areas of the Body, Mind and Soul. Now Mind holds on as long it can "think" it...possible, probably longer than Soul because Soul experiences are infinitesimal...small in duration. In the million and million of things it experiences over its immortal evolving existence, its transformative, it's like a kid with ADD. Soul knows on the Earthplane, in a human entity, it can gorge itself with sensations it couldn't feel otherwise. This is the only place it can get chocolate cake and ice cream and cheese cake and ribs! If this human entity gets fat, that's okay. It has lived many lifetimes in may different kinds of entities and shapes. Don't bother Soul/Spirit none!
Soul also likes to try things to get back at Mind/Brain, whatever! You know who wants to try a snow cone on a hot day? Mind knows what will happen, so does Body! But Soul tries a snow cone and forces Brain to get a Brain freeze. Soul loves new experiences and sensations; that's why it keeps on going back to the same comfort foods. Mind gets back into sensations registering, grudgingly letting it filter into Body's realm. A nano-second on Soul senses and maybe a little longer in Mind's thoughts and a life time on Body - the hip, the thighs, the belly fat. That's what happens to Body. Don't get Body wrong, Body needs food to survive. It enjoys food. But what it doesn't like is when Soul and Mind lose control and take control.
What it doesn't need is "comfort food" Whose comfort is it? It's comfort is water, heat, clothing to shield from hot/cold temperatures; it needs to be hydrated, washed regularly and sunlight. It needs foods like it needs clean air. Its wonderful function, and Body isn't bragging but it knows its wonderful and is pleased in how it is structured. Body believes in feeding heart, liver, lungs, eyes, ears, muscles, bones, legs, every aspect of it well. Of course it only has one Body. It knows what it needs. Its got a marvelous digestive system that knows what it wants and what it can take. What it stores, discards, re-uses...except Body hates the "comfort foods" that Mind and Soul like so much!
But if it gets angry when Mind and Soul take control, it's Body who really suffers. Now Mind and Soul think they control all Body functions. Now sometimes he shows who is in control and shuts down by going into a coma or scares them by "being sick! (Sick of their bossing) but Soul and Mind gang up against Body and the two always win over Body. Once this starts it's not as if Body gives in or gives up but at this point it's boils down to "cutting off its nose to spite its face." That hurts Body and Mind but Soul just retreats until Body and Mind give in.
Now if Body gets really angry and shuts itself down like yeah, go in a coma. That should show them! Soul just retreats further and that rotten Mind just sits like a bump on a log and taunt Body until it gives in and agrees that Mind and Soul are in control.
Now a strange thing can happen. When Mind really wants to get back at Body (who is playing possum, you know, in a coma) Mind cranks up the pain in Body and it hurts like HELL! Now Body really feels it. The unfortunate or the fortunate thing is mind knows that Mind cannot take much pain and will skedaddle permanently if the pain gets too much. And so will Soul. This is what you call a stalemate!
They are all forced to work together. Give in or give up and let go. In order to do this Mind has to stop it with the pain crap, because "you're what you think" and Mind has been projecting pain on Body. Mind has to convince Body to scream, wince, talk, express pain and discomfort because of the three, only Body has Mouth to speak.
Body agreed to use Mouth to articulate what Mind wants. Spirit, the shit disturber in the first place, returns and realizes without Mind and Body, Spirit is out of freaking luck and would be floating around limbo until it finds another stooge, (sorry human entity person) on the Earthplane. How much cheese cake, ribs would Soul be missing in the interim? Could be another millennium in human entity years (although a nano-second in Soul time!) but regardless, it behooves Soul to find its butt, (if it had one) back into the threesome!
Mind and Body agree when they do agree on anything, they sometimes get fed up with Soul/Spirit (as it sometimes wants to be called) when it starts talking that, "it gives the human entity colour and personality, greater wisdom and connection to all things." Sometimes when Soul/Spirit goes on about being the oldest of the threesome and come off very superior it gets ignored a lot by the other two. The one time Mind and Body agree on anything is when they want to say, "Hah! You're nothing without US!"
But getting back to the present situation. It's a no-win situation, because Mind-Body-Spirit need each other. One is no better or superior to the other or more or less important than the other. If Body had pulled a Michael Jackson and some fool had given Body wrong injection thinking it was helping pain which Mind was inflicting; if Mind had decided enough and "thrown the towel in;" and Soul/Spirit had pulled an "Elvis has left the building" ( okay the Earthplane) the battle this time would have been over. Caused by something as silly as "comfort food" that are truly discomfort food for Body and Mind. Of course we hope that because they are called "Soul food," "food for the Soul not the body," that Soul has learnt it's lesson and cut down on discomfort food! Let's work together. Let's hear it for Mind-Body-Spirit (soul). As the human entity realizes the importance of this discussion it needs to play it's part by ensuring there is balance between the tree aspects of SELF!
P.S. You know I actually overheard this debate in that state of sleep-wake. My stars!
Nice article...looking forward to your next post
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