2006-12-30 12:53:58 · 34 answers · asked by greensky 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
If you assume that your soul is like the SUN and your body like a MIRROR, the connection between the body and the soul is like the the relation between the sun and the mirror.
" In order to seize the actions of the rational soul, we need the mediation of the body; but the soul can act directly without this intermediary. Thus, when we sleep the soul sees without the help of the eyes. The auditory nerves are inactive, but the soul hears. Our members are in repose, but the soul is in movement. Our body is in the room, our soul is traveling through all horizons. It is clear, therefore, that the soul evolves with and without the intervention of the material body. In the same way when we study an object, sometimes we observe it with the help of some optical instrument and sometimes with the naked eye. Sometimes we move by ourselves, sometimes with the help of a machine of locomotion.
The soul acts in the physical world with the help of the body. When it is freed from the body it acts without an intermediary. We see with our physical eyes, but with the help of our thoughts we can see other lands. America was discovered through the mind. The day the soul becomes detached from the body it has but this second means of action — without intermediary.
It is the same with the holy messengers when they have left the earth. Christ acts to-day without an intermediary. His expressions in the world are numerous. The sun shines once through the medium of the mirror and again without it. Now we are looking at the sun which is reflected in the mirror and when the mirror is broken we look at the sun itself. The body is the horse, the soul is the rider and sometimes the rider moves without a mount. But people who do not reflect say that when the soul has left the body it can no longer act. The divine teachers act more powerfully after the detachment of their souls from the body. In his time the Christ was not able to influence many people. Afterward his influence became widespread. Spirit has no body. Reflect on this subject.
What becomes of the soul after its separation from the body? The question concerns that which has a place and that which is placeless. The human body is in space; the soul has no place in space. Space is a quality of material things and that which is not material does not partake of space. The soul, like the intellect, is an abstraction. Intelligence does not partake of the quality of space, though it is related to man's brain. The intellect resides there, but not materially. Search in the brain you will not find the intellect. In the same way though the soul is a resident of the body it is not to be found in the body.
When man dies, his relation with the body ceases. The sun is reflected in the mirror; the mirror reflects the light and brilliancy of the sun, but the sun does not reside in the mirror. It does not enter nor come out of the mirror, nevertheless one sees it in the mirror, so the soul reflects itself in the body. If the mirror be broken the sun does not die. The body is the temporary mirror; the spiritual soul suffers no change, no more than the sun does remaining eternally in its own station. Even as in the world of dreams when all the physical faculties are in abeyance and the soul travels in all realms seeing, hearing, speaking, so when the physical body decomposes, the soul is not affected."
2007-01-01 02:43:14 · answer #1 · answered by apicole 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It just is. we don't know how or why.. No scientist on earth is EVER going to figure out how the two work together. the only thing that knows the deep secret of the two mysterious elements is God. God made us the way we are- for a reason.
A human without a soul is nothing, and a human without a body.. well, doesn't exist. So the soul and the body complete the human being. That doesn't necessarily mean they are "connected", but they do interact. They make us who we are. Although we may not realize it, our soul is a huge part of who we are. So to sum up the answer to your question, the soul is not connected to the body with string, or nails, or silly putty or whatever lol.. they are just two elements that equally contribute to the person we are. every day of our lives!!
2006-12-30 13:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Lifeforce and conscious awareness. The soul isn't always connected to the body. In the dream state, deep meditation or unconsciousness the soul is free of the body and is no longer limited by time and space in this physical dimension.
2006-12-30 13:11:56 · answer #3 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life in the body when the body expires the soul and spirit depart elsewhere. Good bad or indifferent the soul stays until then
2006-12-30 15:24:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our mind and ability to think connects the soul to the body. Think about it we can't live without tour soul because our soul is who we are, our body is matter that proves we exsist. The mind connects it all together by the mere ability to think.
2006-12-30 13:46:26 · answer #5 · answered by lalahappybunny 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The soul chooses to stay until the body can no longer provide an interface with this reality/plane of existence. It can also choose to leave for extreme psychological reasons. It can also draw other souls to it for the same reasons.
2006-12-30 13:01:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe is the Spirit. Spirit and Soul are not the same, but the soul makes us feel and the feelings are transmited to the body.
We have heard about spiritual people, I would say that the soul remains in the spirit then makes the transition to the body making us cry when we are sad. etc.etc.
2006-12-30 14:02:11 · answer #7 · answered by C R 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have heard of a silver thread, Every thing in the universe is but unconditional love. AS the colors of the rainbow are contained within sunshine so to are we all contained within the light of Gods unconditional love, See stephen-knapp.com/articles_To_read. The answers are in this unbiased, factual site, on vedic scripture.
2006-12-30 13:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by Weldon 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Param Ojas....there are 8 drops....it connects the soul to the heart....
2006-12-30 13:40:50 · answer #9 · answered by nabhi333 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the soul is the center of our being... who we really are.... The body is just a shell around it.... we have tricked our mind into believing that one contains the other.... they are body the same thing... just one is percieved as touchable
2006-12-30 13:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Eric E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋