Body vs Soul Consciousness

 

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Body vs Soul Consciousness

Throughout our life we live under the control of our physical body – how is that you may ask! All decisions are taken by our mind based on mental imprints which are left behind over several births. Quite a few people have certain fears imprinted in their psyche and they are absolutely clueless about the reason for such fears. Layers upon layers of dust have gathered upon the soul and one has stopped listening to it a long time ago. As children, we probably heard our soul talk to us and we may have even said aloud what it told us – but invariably the adults in our house – parents, relatives, elder siblings would have said that this is just baby-talk and ignore it. Over time, after being ignored repeatedly, you too stopped believing in your inner voice and the soul went quiet!

I am sure it keeps warning you now and then, don’t do this, don’t do that – but you ignore it because your mind tells you – that is rubbish, you do what I am telling you! Subsequent events tell you that you should have listened to your soul – but by then it is too late as you now have to endure the consequences of your mind’s advice! That is the difference between body consciousness and soul consciousness – in body consciousness it is the material world which holds sway with the mind telling you what to do and what you shouldn’t do.

A person is said to be body-conscious when the Soul identifies itself with the physical body – meaning when the thinking, feeling, actions and behaviour are with the awareness of being a physical body or the mind. When you are in body consciousness you are susceptible to all the evils in the world because the vices of lust and desire begin by looking at others as a body. Anger is another enemy of wisdom whereas peace is a source of wisdom. Thus, your spiritual Master keeps telling you to become soul-conscious and bring that awareness into your existence. Each one of us is a tiny point of spiritual light, we just need to awaken our soul-consciousness and make that tiny point of light into a burning flame.

When we live in awareness that – “I am a Soul and not this physical body”, then our powers become unlimited, as the soul is not limited by anything, it is free! In other words, it thinks, feels, acts, responds, etc with the awareness that it (the soul) is the master of the body. When we live in soul-consciousness, the original qualities of the soul – peace, purity, love, bliss, compassion naturally emerge. In these circumstances the soul is not dependent on external factors for peace and joy – as this is our innate inner nature. Thus, through meditation we develop our soul-consciousness and live our lives with peace, joy, love and compassion in the moment and with full awareness. Become soul-conscious!