“Development of the spirit is of eternal consequence. The attributes by which we shall be judged one day are those of the spirit. These include the virtues of integrity, compassion, love, and more. Your spirit, by being housed in your body, is able to develop and express these attributes in ways that are vital to your eternal progression.”
It is always interesting to me to consider the relationship between the spirit and the body. After all, a tenant of our doctrine is that we came to earth to gain a body. Which means that obtaining a body is crucial to or progression. There are lessons we learn through the wise use of a body that we could never, ever learn in a million years as a spirit. There is truly something special about our bodies.
But it is our spirit which should be in control. I think of it this way, imagine you are strapped into a massive jet engine. Imagine the amazing amounts of power you have at your control. And unless you maintain control, you will most certainly die. So it is with our bodies, we must learn to keep them under control.
Considering the opposite situation is also interesting. Think of all those unhappy souls who are victims to an addition. In their case, their body rules, and their spirit is still learning a lesson, but of the wrong kind. And when they die, those lessons are ingrained into their spirit, they cannot forget, their spirit is in thrall to a body they no longer have, truly a torture.
