The body and the mind

My wish as always is that you will have a Happy Monday.

There are enough people on this earth who believe that man is a two fold being for that line of thinking to be pursued. This line of thinking separates man into a physical and a spiritual being. The physical being is the aspect of man that can be seen (the physical body) and the parts of man that respond to the senses. The spiritual part of man being the part of man than displays emotions and that determines how the physical responds, that is mainly the mind and the intellect. The mind can also be stimulated because it is subject to being inspired. Inspiration is the desire to be creative an bring new things into existence.

There are some instances where the best thing to do is to  make the best use of what is already in existence. You and I are alive and living on the earth through no choice of our own or at best we had no say in our coming into existence. We can choose not to continue to exist but that makes no sense because sooner or later nature will take care of that. What you and I can do instead is seek to determine why we are here on this earth and maximize on that.

It is sad that we are sometimes seen as coming into existence as the result of an accident some billions of years in the past. If we do not see our lives as having a purpose then we become the product of the careless procreation of our parents and we are now delaying someone having to fork out our funeral expense.

Here are some options to life. We can focus on entertainment, whether to be entertained or by providing entertainment or we can  focus on uplifting our fellowmen. The focus can be on satisfying the physical body and gratifying the senses or our focus can be on uplifting the mind to achieve the highest good for mankind. Our focus can be placed on the here and now while gaining immediate gratification or our focus can be placed on eternity and those things that will last for ever. There can be the focus on gratifying the senses and the body or the focus can be on stimulating the mind and intellect to accumulating wisdom and knowledge.

This week there will be many chances to stimulate and /or satisfy both the body and the mind and it will be an individual choice as to which will dominate. There will also come our way the opportunity to please the physical body through gratifying the senses and there will come the opportunity to learn something new. We will have a chance to gratify one or the other or both.