THE HUMAN DILEMMA - SPIRIT, SOUL & FLESH

"HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM." THAT PHRASE HAS BEEN MISQUOTED AS THE FAMOUS WORDS UTTERED BY astronaut Jim Lovell during NASA's Apollo 13 mission to the moon. BUT WELL BEFORE HE SPOKE THOSE WORDS, AN "AGE OLD" PROBLEM OF "BEING" HAS PLAGUED US! THE ACTUAL WORDS WERE "WE'VE HAD A PROBLEM HERE." AND THAT PHRASE IS IN LINE WITH THIS POST. WE BATTLE A DILEMMA AND THE PROBLEM WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IS IN COMPROMISE. WE CANNOT SELL ANY ASPECT OF OUR "BEING" WITHOUT MAKING A CONCESSION IN ANOTHER FACET OF OUR EXISTENCE. OUR "BEING" IS COMPOSED OF pHYSICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND SPIRITUAL ELEMENTS. OUR "BEING" IS INTEGRATED WITHIN A DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN MANKIND AND ALL OF CREATION. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WAR WE FIGHT PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF NOT FORFEITING OUR QUALITY-OF-LIFE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE QUANTITY OF LIFE'S ATTRACTIONS!

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 A GAMBLING SOUL HEEDING A SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE EVENTUALLY PAYS WITH ITS BODY

Most of us do not lose our freedom in one fatal swoop or suddenly by a single act, it's generally a slow process that progresses for a lifetime. Clipping our own wings is easy. We sell and trade our freedom for pleasure, power and prestige. Many of the quiet and secret thoughts we have are not necessarily our own. Our soul contains and decides how to apply the values we embrace, just as it was educated to do. Our spirit is sensitive to all kinds of attractive energy and objects that appeals to "the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life." Our flesh connects us to the tangible and visible world we interact with and has its own unique appetites and needs. Thoughts are where desires live and actions are how thoughts express themselves. Thinking must be trained too! Thinking works in patterns. Patterns create pathways. The soul is our thought police. We direct what we think on not just what we think about! The world is full of distractions tempting us to think about multiple things, but we are in control. The dilemma we face is navigating the forces pulling and pushing against each component of our "BEING." We are free moral agents. That means we can do whatever we want and however we want to; but there are consequences. Health, so often narrowly defined, in actuality characterizes the wellbeing of our entire existence. The Bible defines the entirety of our human existence in the book of first Thessalonians chapter five and verse twenty-three. “And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” True Health is a multidimensional state! All of creation connects into it. Wholistic Health contains emotional, environmental, mental, physical and spiritual aspects of well-being. Health is not defined by the absence of difficulties, dilemmas, disease, hardship, issues and trials but rather by the ability to face and weather them. Health is measured by our connection to the shared energy of our environment. Health is composed of emotional (felt), living (animate), non-volitional (inanimate), invisible (non-tactile), spiritual (sensed), visible (observed) and universal connectivity. Health is governed by lifestyle choices as well as systemic factors. Healthy environments demand balance and our attention to keep them that way. Health is a shared phenomenon distributed among all of existence but presided over by the highest ranks of any species.

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THE APPLICATIONS - WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?

Once again, our endeavor is to apply practical applications to spiritual principles. The slow pace of the gradual compromises we make in life have a tendency to deceive us. This will be expressed without clarifications, deep analysis and lengthy explanations. This post will be shorter and get straight to the point. The training of our "BEING" begins once we become self-aware. As we grow, abstractions enter into the process. Our physical, biological, psychological and spiritual profile is practiced over a lifetime. We adjust, hone, refine and perfect them but we cannot be perfect. Many of us do as best we know how and as best we can. As a result, thankfully, GOD has allowed us to "adapt to" a corrupted diseased environment through the process of healing. One of the greatest paradoxes we face is that many of our practices do not fit the prescriptions for healing. We have been traditionally taught about a "fight or flight" mechanism that occurs when we are under stress. However, it is important to include the "freeze" mechanism that we naturally used as a child whenever we were feeling threatened. Young children don't normally run away or ball up their fists when they are under duress, they get scared and ball up their bodies into a fetal position. They cry, shake and tremble. We forget that freezing up or shock can be reaction too. "The Polyvagal Theory" deals with this concept in depth and particularly focuses on the vagus nerve to explain how it shapes our emotional, social, and behavioral responses. Sometimes freezing like a deer in headlights, going limp like a mouse caught in the mouth of a cat or playing dead like an opossum is the only option left. A car that swerves around the deer, a cat that relaxes its grip for a critical second as the mouse escapes and the predator that loses interest in eating something already dead, allowing the opossum to survive, have the same result. Consider the command Moses gave to the Israelites trapped between Pharoah's chariots and the Red Sea to do nothing. Freezing and taking no action was enough! Sometimes, GOD's way is to freeze, stand still and see the salvation he has for us.

​Our "BEING," which include all features of a combined and synchronized universal existence seeks a balance with all of nature that has been subordinated by the disobedience of sin. The body is designed to HEAL itself. However, chronic (persistent) behaviors inherently and over decades can degrade and destroy this ability. Healing mechanisms are a part of our anatomy. The body is also designed to PROTECT itself. Both our innate and adaptive immune systems respond to pathogens that attack us. There are relationships between muscles like the psoas, the vagus nerve and our spirit that most people including doctors are unaware of. Without clicking these links our ignorance will continue as well. The mind must also be protected at its three levels of conscious, subconscious and unconscious thought. Care must be taken at every level of our existence. Acute care is the goal; however chronic care has become the standard and is much more profitable. "Heavenly Assurance" always beats "earthly insurance." Too many people fail to take GOD at his word. "Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's." GOD gives us the benefit of blessed assurance paid with the blood of Jesus. Man made systems can offer us health care insurance we pay for out of our own pockets. However, caring for our own health is and should be our personal responsibility. Relief from symptoms is not a real fix. Eliminating the root cause is key to addressing health issues. One of the greatest paradoxes we face is that many of our practices do not fit the prescriptions for healing that address the issues. The world is interconnected. Our D.I.P. (design, intent & purpose) includes more than our own bodies. Healing is all inclusive. The body has autonomous protections and regulatory systems built into it and the mind as well; but the spirit must be consciously managed and regulated by the soul under our daily control! 

BEYOND THE BODY, MORE THAN THE MIND, PAST THE PSYCHE

Many of us will find ourselves chained to things that in reality steal our freedom. In most cases we are not bound by others but have purchased the chains and imprisoned ourselves. ​We have been sold a narrative that frames life falsely and defines happiness as things rather than relationships. We were designed to love people and use things but instead we tend to love things and use people. Buying into the "zeitgeist of the day" is a part of the system that is brainwashing, gaslighting, grooming and indoctrinating us. We are now existing in a world of pain and symptom relief rather than resolution. Many of us feel ok temporarily but underneath it all we are covering an underlying level of misery. When we are continually distracted from the most important things in life and our attention is diverted to selfish fulfillments, our "BEING" has been compromised. Our spirit, the attitude of our behavior and "existence" which our soul directs expression through, enables our flesh to sustain feelings that are validated by emotions. This is why people can say they believe in GOD but act in ways that dishonor his name. "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me." The perfect example was JESUS; his manner and practices set the standard. It's popular today to get on the "give GOD the glory" bandwagon. More and more actors, athletes, celebrities, entertainers, leaders and politicians now proclaim and profane the name of GOD. This is a prevalent trend today. We see it in competitions, conquests, victories of all sorts and even war. Modern life presents a mixture of things that appear as freedom but come with chains. Liberty without peace is slavery is disguise. Prosperity defined by possessions is spiritual poverty. The dilemma we find ourselves in is of our own making perpetuated by values that lead us astray. Spirits, which we define as attitudes of behavior embodied and expressed in our "BEING," are emboldened within various atmospheres that support the energy they exist and thrive within. This allows them to exhibit their real aims, identity and objectives inside of the platforms that facilitate them. We see this manifested in mob mentalities at rallies, sporting events and other assemblies. When people express graphic unbridled disrespect towards others, in either private or public forums, this is one of the sure signs that "spiritual wickedness" is at work.

THE BATTLES & "BEINGS" OF THE UNIVERSE 

Well beyond our own realm of awareness and experiences there is a bigger and broader universal body of inhabitants. There are other "BEINGS" and creatures simultaneously sharing existence with us. We are not alone! The universe whether described as observable, open or closed is interrelated. Yes, there is a logbook that records and reflects our relationships with GOD, our neighbors and all nature. Of all the creatures GOD created, humanity is the only one recorded as given a kingdom of his own. Imagine how the other creatures of the universe must have felt when GOD created man. What is man that thou art mindful of him? One Angel has more abilities, majesty and power than scores of puny humans. So why does GOD regard humans so highly? Is this what provoked Lucifer into rebellion? Envy and jealousy are powerful feelings! Is this what caused the sons of God to take to themselves wives of the daughters of men? Is this a part of the reason why man was tempted in the garden? Is this why the heavenly host are intrigued? The bigger picture suggests a struggle over dominion and a resulting war than most of us are not aware of. The sad fact of the matter is that mankind has been corrupted and continues in and on a corrupted path. We received the genius of GOD gifted creative mental abilities and imagination. The fact that we continually express it in an unbridled and ungodly manner is undermining us all. We have become intelligent enough to search out, duplicate and manipulate many of the ways life itself operates. It seems that we've gotten too smart for our own good. Our theories of what happens and the processes behind life's operations have allowed us to play god in multiple ways. Be not deceived! An overwhelming number of breakthroughs in medicine, psychology and science have come as a result of man digging into, analyzing and deciphering the secrets behind the "way things work." Unless it's corrupted, science is a self correcting path to further discovery. Blood work and Laboratory results may be informative, but they are incomplete. Science is important; and "suckers for science" believe in it whole heartedly. However, this does not include the core knowledge of GOD's Spirit which is the energy and lifeforce behind "how things work." The Tower of Babel clearly demonstrated that! When we, as arrogant mortal men, set our minds to something pride can cause us to easily overstep our bounds. This has been clearly and repeatedly illustrated in many innovations and inventions. From the development of nuclear weapons to "gain of function" biological lab leaks like (Covid-19), man continues playing god. Artificial intelligence, quantum computing and "conquering" space are the newest technologies destined to get away from us! Although we discover, make and develop things it does not mean we can control them! Whether its weapons of mass destruction, biological agents, pharmaceutical drugs, synthetic foods or technological controls, as inventors of evil things we are destined to reap what we sow! As we lose control of these developments man will come to the ultimate conclusion that there is a GOD that directs the energy behind the essence of life itself. ALTHOUGH WE OFTEN DECIPHER HOW THINGS WORKS, WHY HAVE WE YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE BEHIND WHAT'S WORKING IT? 
In many instances man may be able to figure out what's going on when it comes to the processes involved, but "misses the boat" on the enabling spiritual powers behind it!

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EXPERIENCES AND MEMORIES ARE GATEWAYS - GUARD THEM!

The body keeps the score. Yes, our "BEING" accumulates and can retain all kinds of energy both beneficial and detrimental to us. "The Body Keeps The Score" is a book written by Bessel van der Kolk. The pdf can be downloaded from this link. Although the majority of our patrons will gloss over this post, not download the pdf and only listen to the audio we are still committed to delivering this type of information and relating it to the spiritual aspect of our existence. We operate in an environment filled with multiple types of forces. This includes the powers of advertising, entertainment, politics, religion, sports and the multiple other topics we have addressed over a decade. We have no medical, scientific or theological credentials. Everything we write is in chalk. We take no credit for the source only the synthesis. Beware, there are powers that our posts expose which seek to prevent us from presenting and receiving this information. Be not deceived this is a spiritual battle! We are determined not be deterred. Although we have no advanced degrees or letters following our name our calling and mission are clear. Many "callings" come without worldly recognition. The Bible is full of menial, barely recognized and unpopular characters that carried critical messages. Memories and the act or idea of remembering is narrowly defined by many people. In reality our "BEING," bodies brains, emotions, eyes, feelings, flesh, mind, muscles and nerves all have their own banks of stored experiences. Many memories are NOT simply stored in the brain. Actions, events and all types of experiences can trigger memories located in places we may not have been consciously aware of. This applies to people, the planet and all of existence. We can ignore the abuse of the planet, but the earth keeps score earthquakes, extreme weather, hurricanes and global warming remember. We can act as if there is no higher power to answer to, but we will give an account. Nature herself will be a witness, and "life" itself will set the record straight. Just listening to a conversation, music or program of some sort can open hidden pathways. Seeing something that shocks, stimulates or stuns us can both awake and/or create places for memories to dwell in. Thoughts are things and they occupy energy and room in existence, our "BEING" and our spirit (The Attitude of Behavior, Expression and Existence). We must "mind our minds." An uneducated soul will permit an undisciplined spirit to allow the lusts of the overrated body to go amok! Our "BEING," which includes the body, encompasses the effects of our diet, environment, exercise, pursuits and socialization that affect thinking. This theme rings true in whatever we do. Please read, research and comment as inspired. Revisit our posts to pick up on addendums and edits. We control our own destiny to the extent of what we feed our body, our soul, our spirit, our mind and our "BEING." Existence or "BEING" is a shared phenomenon with all things. We are not alone and there is a GOD that keeps track of it all!