“Mind, body, and soul” are three words used often these days when talking about holistic or new age exercises or treatments.  So, we are all too familiar with them, but have you ever really thought about them?

As you reflect on the words, it makes you realized we should look at ourselves at three parts: a body, a mind, and a soul.  As I dig deeper into my spiritual journey, I can appreciate more and more the separation of the three within the same vessel.

Years ago when I was in church, the priest was talking about the body as a tomb as he was reflecting on John 2:19-“Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”  And we all know that in 3 days, he was resurrected after being nailed to a cross.  At that moment, it clicked for me.  We are all but a vessel for this soul.   We should honor the tomb that encases the soul, but the golden nugget, the light for all to see, is hidden beneath all these carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms that make up the body.  Being a visual person, I immediately thought about Minion from Megamind!

Minion is the fish dude on the left

Minon is the little fish character that lives inside this walking fish tank.  It’s a bit robotic, but he does help save Metropolis from the DNA altered Hal (bad guy) by driving the spider bot. Anyhoo, he popped into my head because I envision the little fish guy as the soul and the robotic body as the well, the body.  I am not sure if the visual works for you, but it helps me.

Everyone seems so worried about the body component. That has become the priority.  We MUST exercise, diet, color our hair, and get Botox to look good, but a big part of “US” is being forgotten!  We need to cater to the soul.  It’s what has everlasting life, not the body.  The soul is why we are here; it wants to learn and grow in this life.  I believe, we need to train and tame them all to get a balanced triad or trinity.

     Too much ego!

Despite not being able to see the soul, we can feel it in others.  Do you feel the strength of their light? We need to grow our own light by feeding it what it wants.  We all have a soul’s purpose. We just need to get the mind chatter out of the way to hear it!  Think about training the brain!!!!  If you overuse the brain, the ego takes over and you get a”big head” like Megamind, Minion’s best friend!

Train the brain to listen to your soul…and the body will take you where we need to go!  And the trinity within will become more balanced!

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