Many people lack the basic understanding necessary to obtain good spiritual health.  We address all of our physical aspects  to health, but neglect the one very important element, the spirit.  Here at Higher Performance Living we are strong advocates of spiritual health and in educating people in maintaining good health on this level.

To begin with, it is essential to know that we (humans) are not bodies.  When we look in the mirror, the person that we see is not who we really are.  We are spirits or spirit beings.  As a spirit, we are eternal.  For those of us who grew up in traditional religion, we may have heard or read the term “heart” and wondered where that fits in as well.  Mainstream religion is very concerned about the condition of the “heart.”  This term is not referring to our physical organ that pumps our blood, but rather is referring to the spirit.  In this sense, heart and spirit can be used interchangeably.  And when you think about it, it makes sense.  Since we are a spirit, that is what is at the “heart” or center of a human.

As a spirit we possess a soul.  The soul is another misunderstood term.  Basically put, our soul is our mind, will and emotions. Many people wrongly term the spirit as the soul.  The spirit and soul are not the same.  Every spirit has a soul.  Because we possess a soul, our soul is eternal as well with the spirit.  In eternity, we will carry our same consciousness as we currently do.  I counsel many people people who are concerned about this aspect of the soul.  To you, no worries.    You will always know who you are and have your memories.

The final piece to this is that as a spirit we live in a physical body.  Both our physical body and our soul are in submission – or should be in submission to us, the spirit.  Unfortunately, misinformed by society, tradition and religion, we go through life out of balance.  We tend to feed and nurture our bodies and our minds, while completely neglecting the spirit.

Before we go further, let’s recap.  We are a spirit.  We possess a soul.  And we live in a body.  If you can get that much down out of this article, you are worlds ahead of most of the world in gaining good spiritual health.  If we don’t understand this, we will always listen to the needs of the body and the soul first and we will starve ourselves spiritually.  Our lives will structure and focus around the needs of the body and the soul.  For the record though, good health in your soul and your body is important.

At this point you may be wondering how to improve on your spiritual health.  It  is not complicated, but rather quite simple.  Every time we connect with our Creator, we feed our spirit.  This may be in song or in conversation or in meditation.  This even extends to reading and writing, to dance, to art, and to every creative work.  The important aspect is in communion and connection with the Creator.  Please let this article set you free to commune with Him as you are led.  Don’t try to define how to connect with Him by some rules and regulations that have been set forth by a group of people rather than by He, Himself.  He gave us His Word.  Anything in addition to that, just puts Him in a box.  Nobody has the right to tell you how to connect with the Creator.  Every one of us has been given different personalities, different gifts, talents and different, specific purposes in this life.  Our Creator speaks to us with a still, small voice deep in our spirits.  We don’t have to sing a certain song or recite a special prayer or read some special scripture to connect with Him.  If we can quiet our mind a bit, we will learn how to hear Him.  When that happens, your spirit will grow by leaps and bounds.  As you (the spirit) become stronger from feeding yourself (the spirit,) then the spirit will begin to assert its role as head over your soul and your body. This will, eventually, bring perfect balance to your health.  This is the mind, body, spirit connection.  Be well.

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