Vedanta - Body, Mind and Soul
BAHÁ'Í PERSPECTIVEWe have three aspects of our humanness: body, mind and an immortal identity -soul or spirit. The mind forms a link between the soul and body , and they impact each other. In existence, there is nothing so important as spirit, the meeting between man and the Divine; the animus of human life and the collective centre of all human virtues; the cause of the illumination of this world.
Certainly , there is a reality that is not the physical body .Sometimes, the body becomes weak, but reality is in its own normal state. The body goes to sleep, becomes as one dead; but reality is moving about, comprehending things, expressing them and is even conscious of itself.
Inner reality is the ethereal form that corresponds to the body . This is the conscious reality that discovers the inner meaning of things, for, the outer body of man does not discover anything.
The inner ethereal reality grasps the mysteries of existence, discovers scientific truths and indicates their technical application. It discovers electricity , invents the telegraph, telephone and opens the door to the world of arts.
If the outer material body did this, other animals would, likewise, be able to make scientific and wonderful discoveries, for, the animal shares with man all physical powers and limitations.
What, then, is that power that penetrates the realities of existence and that is not to be found in the animal? It is inner reality that comprehends things, throws light on the mysteries of life and being, unseals mysteries.
Certainly , there is a reality that is not the physical body .Sometimes, the body becomes weak, but reality is in its own normal state. The body goes to sleep, becomes as one dead; but reality is moving about, comprehending things, expressing them and is even conscious of itself.
Inner reality is the ethereal form that corresponds to the body . This is the conscious reality that discovers the inner meaning of things, for, the outer body of man does not discover anything.
The inner ethereal reality grasps the mysteries of existence, discovers scientific truths and indicates their technical application. It discovers electricity , invents the telegraph, telephone and opens the door to the world of arts.
If the outer material body did this, other animals would, likewise, be able to make scientific and wonderful discoveries, for, the animal shares with man all physical powers and limitations.
What, then, is that power that penetrates the realities of existence and that is not to be found in the animal? It is inner reality that comprehends things, throws light on the mysteries of life and being, unseals mysteries.
