![]() ![]() Religious people get a bad name because of those who use it as a weapon to judge and criticize, and otherwise beat people over the head with it. This is not a theoretical declaration, but a painful lesson learned from having dealt with too many such persons who There is another important difference. They want to discover their own abilities and they do not want to wait for what comes from the outside. Violating your own freewill happens when you make a choice during an ignorant state, like when identifying with the ego and acting upon its impulses, that violates a choice made during a more spiritually sober state. They noticed that some people were strangely one dimensional and hollow inside. If you deeply contemplate what this entails, you will understand how this postulate explains the full gamut of observations we have concerning so-called “empty” people. There is a certain simplicity, flatness, and inertness to their essence, even if their intellects are highly developed. This artificial intelligence is hereby termed “ego.” Its fundamental purpose is to ensure survival of the body by optimizing its behavior for the surrounding physical and social environment. ![]() Good job to both of you, it is not an easy thing to do and I don't believe it is your fault if you didn't know. For example, casual readers unfamiliar with the proper definition of “soulless” thought it meant “completely devoid of consciousness” when in reality it meant “devoid of individualized consciousness.” No, they do have some kind of soul energy by virtue of being alive, but the soul is not imbued with a higher spark of true sentience and self-awareness. Our daily consciousness, also known as the lower self, is a blending of both, namely the portion of spirit that shines through the mask of ego and identifies with it, analogous to a driver so absorbed in the act of driving that for him the car has become an extension of his bodyNow the soul, in residing between body and spirit and mediating between them, is influenced by both. While they are not necessarily any less intelligent, successful, or physically healthy as anyone else, they nevertheless show no indication of having any higher components to their consciousness. Without spirit, they are temporary beings whose awareness forms shortly before birth and dissolves shortly after death. Some lack spirit, others are asleep to spirit.The difference is that a spirited but infantile/asleep person still has latent spiritual potential. ![]()
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