RICHNESS OF SOUL AND SPIRIT
- Question number one: what is spirit and soul?
- The second: is my spirit rich and soul fertile?
- Is my body well-connected with my spirit and soul?
I don’t know the exact answer, but my gut feel is that it is the summary of all good that I have felt, experienced, seen, observed and done. All the good intentions that I carry in my heart and mind, translated or un-translated — my spirit absorbed all this and shaped itself.
Thus, if now I have to feel my spirit is very light and fulfilled, as whatever I experienced and achieved is embedded in the will of God and as he is only kind and giving, my spirit too is nothing more than a microcosm of the infinite mercy and energy of kindness and giving that it receives from the source of all that is visible and invisible.
Defining spirit is not easy, as it is converted to the infinite and eternity.
But this small note does direct me towards the answer and I cannot put it into words or visible explanations, but I can feel the richness of my spirit via the infinite source.
Another way to understand the reply to the question is, if I ask myself if I do love my loved ones, and just how much I really do love them.
If the answer is that I love my loved ones infinitely and will do everything for them, I can then surely say that my spirit is full of love, care and concern, and thus I do live in the spirit of love and care. A short metaphor can explain this. If a container, which is made of plastic, is full of pure water, people will generally not be too concerned with the type and quality of plastic. They will, however, be very focused on the purity levels of the water. The soul and spirit to me are like the water quality in a human being’s existence and not the body, which is like the plastic container: it has a lower significance in the hierarchy.
As soon as I write this, my spirit lifts to a high, I am in loving spirits that can made me do everything — large or small— on a path of love, care and compassion.
This small experiment with my own feelings of love and care reignites my spirit, which in turn prepares my brain and heart to respond to challenges that will have to be undertaken as I, in the spirit of my love for my loved ones, can reshape the strength of my head, heart and body and achieve the call of the soul and spirit. It is about creating the right intent to make positive action possible.
In same spirit of love, care and compassion, my head will guide me to keep myself fit and fine. If I am not fit and fine, I cannot serve my spirit of love and will not be able to positively serve and nurture the purpose of my spirit.
I hope this indirect very small explanation shed some light on the questions as to what is spirit? It’s role in my life?
It also makes me go through the simulated experiment and experience the depth and purpose of the spirit. Once we are in harmony with our spirit and our self, we are much more well-aligned with Allah and his purpose as to why he created us.
