(06-17-2014, 09:09 PM)vervex Wrote:(06-17-2014, 01:44 AM)anagogy Wrote: So how do you personally define mind, body, and spirit vervex?
In all honesty, I do not have a clear cut answer to this question for you anagogy But here's my current understanding of the mind, body and spirit:
Consciousness in its purest form is the mind. The mind is pure thought; it does not have form, but it is what gives birth to form. It is without vessel, it is the realm of thought, potential and ideation.
The mind gives rise to form; the body. Light is furthermore a physical manifestation which imbues all forms. It is the primordial manifestation. The reality we experience and navigate, the body, is, in my understanding, an abstraction of light.
The spirit is, in my understanding, the domain of thought and form interacting seamlessly.
I believe it is difficult for us to grasp the full extent of the spirit from our view point as we are immersed in the body to such an extent we become unaware of parts of the mind. The form is both a result of an expression and (temporary) suppression of the mind, hence the perception of limitation we experience.
Furthermore, I do not make a difference between spirit and soul; to me, they are synonymous. I see no reason to see them as disparate and I believe employing them as separate concepts is a misunderstanding of the nature of the spirit. That is, of course, my personal opinion.
Thanks. Your explanation helps me characterize your perception of the experience you described.
Your perception is similar to mine, but somewhat different.
From my perspective, how I define them is:
mind = inner subjective consciousness expression
body = outer objective consciousness expression, or, as you say "form"
spirit = the shuttle or relationship of energy, information, or consciousness between macrocosmic undifferentiated intelligent infinity, and the microcosmic Logos which is the mind/body/spirit complex
The mind, body, and spirit, in my view, circumscribe the boundary of what I would call a "soul", or "self". The distinction between "inner" expression and "outer" expression depends on the apex of "self" for these distinctions to exist. The distinctions don't exist in pure "spirit", or intelligent infinity, which is just undifferentiated beingness or consciousness.