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Since they all work together
and never would there be one without
the others backing them up and completing them,
i would say a synergistic balance
upon a spiritual awareness/foundation
is the important one for me.
I'd rather take it one step further and point out the amazing gifts each one affords.
Strength of the physical affords you to expend body energy and enjoy life by being in command of one's temple, their physical body and all the beneficial ecstatic experiences that affords. Good health, stamina, good first foundational step in being strong in the other areas as a rule. Not always. Not the most important quality of all the ones you named.
Strength of the mental is a two-edged sword. While it affords us "will power" that power can turn against us when we abuse it. If we are too detached from the physical because we are always in the mental realm, we can do harm to ourselves. But if we are strong mentally we can really have a most useful tool at our command. We can accomplish most anything that needs a physical, logical result.
Strength of emotion? More important that most anything else except strength of spirit.
When we are in control of our emotions? We have almost everything. I am not talking about stifling emotions. I am talking about realizing what they are and how to understand and avoid the agonizing pitfalls of taking them too seriously and clinging to something we feel we cannot let go of. That is a weakening of the whole person.
Finally the paradox is that it is very hard to have strength of spirit without being tested over and over and over again to see if we can withstand each test. Once we do not worry about the outcome of any test, we are HOME Free. We are IN GOD.
We understand that we have always been IN GOD and GOD is the doer, not our perception of what we are. Not the physical, emotional and especially not the mental. That is only for this particular plane of existence. All we ever were was and is the soul.
We are not humans having a spiritual experience. We are souls having a (nother) human experience.
Sai Ram
Sorry I did not have time to edit the last paragraph.
It should have read 'all we ever were and ever will be is the soul', rather than that goofy awkward sentence I wrote there.
Thanks.
S.
Thank you for your reply Baba.
I opt for that choice as well Sapphira. I think folks are either guided primarily
by their intellect or emotions. Emotions can get you into all kinds of perilous situations. Thank you for your reply and Happy Monday! :)
To me spiritual strength is what has gotten me through the difficult times in my life.
Me too, I think. There is something within that seems to flex its muscles and take over when you think you just can't do it or bear it or survive it. I don't have a name for it but maybe you do..maybe it is spiritual strength that is always there when you really need it but keeps quiet and doesn't attract attention when you don't. I'll have to think about that some more Autumn. I know the feeling of it though. When I've been confronted by things too big to handle I physically feel a calming down which is weird if you think about it. Then I become very stoic. It's as if I put my emotions aside and go on automatic pilot. I don't know if that resonates with you at all. But I have experienced it more than once in my life and it is very comforting
. Thank you for your reply m'dear! :)
i think theyre all equally important
:) "humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time. While you throw all your anxiety on him, because he cares for you." (1 Peter 5:6,7)
