As
we trod forward in what is usually called
"Spiritual Growth", there is one
thing that is kind of really important to
know about ourselves. Or maybe I should say:
three things.
In debates about the Trinity, I usually
refer to the fact that we as humans are
little trinities ourselves. I find the fact
that we are created in His Image kind of
relevant here, too.
How can it be, that we have the Father, the
Son, the Spirit, all having a
Self-consciousness and still One Person?
Pages, pages, pages of debate...
As usual, we only have to look within to
find many answers. We only have to look to
ourselves in order to see how this
"can" be...
Well, simple.
We are Body, Soul, Spirit, and all these
three "aspects" of us have a
self-consciousness.
Our bodies have a self-consciousness. We can
find this out by simply realizing that our
brains will tell our hearts to keep beating,
for example. This is a self-consciousness of
our bodies, that "we" are not
always aware of.
"we"? Yes. Usually, when we talk
about "me, we", we talk about that
second aspect of us: our souls. In our souls
we feel, we meditate, et cetera. In our
soul, our personality can be found and every
artist as well as music lover knows that the
soul is very, very real.
We are not aware of the self-consciousness
of our bodies. At least, not to the
fullness. We would become crazy if we would
have to keep our bodies alive on a
soul-conscious level.
Now, watch this.
This very same principal applies to our
spirits, too.
Let me just speak about the situation as it
applies to ones who are born of Spirit.
Our souls are not always, not fully, aware
of what our spirits are doing. Our spirits,
born of JAH, can not sin, will not stop
praying, will work for JAH, will not have to
learn anything.
When we talk about "we", when we
talk about "consciousness", all of
the above is very relevant to take into
consideration.
For what do we mean with
"consciousness"?
Which level are we speaking about?
Usually, we will be conscious on the soul
level. Our souls will be conscious of the
self-consciousness of our bodies, too, but
only to a certain degree.
Just try to breath consciously in your soul,
use your soul to make your body breathe, and
you will know what I talk about here: there
really is a self-consciousness of the body
that we do not always have in our souls.
And this goes for our spirits, too!
I believe, that what we call
"growth" is not as much that our
spirits grow, but it is more that our souls
become more and more aware of our spirits.
However, most people will not reach this
level. And the reason for that is, that they
are not able to discern between what is
their soul and what is their spirit.
And I have seen this too many times.
People getting in total confusion because
they do not know that what they think is
their spirit in reality is their soul.
That's why I started explaining to people,
how we have these three levels of
consciousness.
There is much more to say about this, I hope
that I could give your soul a little bit
food for thought, I hope that Jah will use
this meditation too...
One Love,
Messian Dread
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