The Soul Garden Pathway

Spiritual Life Within the Vessel There are three integrated forms of life energy within our human vessel: the Mind, the Body and the Spirit. The Body is a temple, a holy place that is made in the image of our creator. It is a miraculous work of art, structure, and function that nourishes our physical being and mind. The human body is a universe unto itself, wherein every organ, vessel, muscle, nerve, tissue, bone, and cell has specific capabilities and purpose. Before we were born we were designed. Conception begins a series of miraculous processes as unique strands of infinitesimal DNA weave complex codes, the blueprints to build our structure, gender, and interconnectedness. Everything symmetrical, balanced and woven by Divine Plan. There is nothing by chance. In our earliest form, the embryo follows specific stages of formation, yet each of us is a unique individual. Each phase of our development enhances growth so we can functionally utilize all capabilities we are blessed with. Within the body there are specific elements that act as messengers and receivers to initiate responses that promote optimum health and physiological balance. ~ The body is a sacred garment. It’s your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor ~ Martha Graham American modern dancer and choreographer The Mind is credited with being our primary source of intelligence. Through thinking, reasoning and understanding, we determine our thoughts, behaviors and actions. The Brain is an organ of the body, dense tissue and matter, which conducts and transmits signals to stimulate actions. The Mind is the culmination of that connectedness, interpreting and instructing our body actively and passively, voluntarily and involuntarily to optimize its collective reasoning. Thoughts are processes of energy transmission. Using the mind we create ideas, feelings, and responses. We choose to envelope them, ignore them, or project them. Regardless of their source, thoughts give insight to our personality, life situations, and our interpretation of states of happiness, challenge, emotion, and fear. Emotions are the products of sensory perception. Sensory receptors transmit signals through our body to be interpreted by the mind. Emotions are powerful stimulators of feelings. Feelings embed impressions that influence the way in which we react to sensory stimuli now and in the future. Emotions are often described as another dimension of self, an additional layer to mind~body~spirit. Different from physical characteristics of our being, emotions begin to bridge vibrational frequencies from mind to heart, the entry to spirit. It is through emotion that we embody the physical and mindful aspects of the world and discover the meaning they hold for our lives. Emotions frequently override logic and objectivity. The release of past emotional patterns is essential in becoming an enlarged self, the self we are meant to be. In order to understand emotions we need to center ourselves. When a wave of emotion rises from within, accept it as being genuine and allow it to process. What you feel is what you interpret. What you feel is what you know. Center your mind~body~spirit within your heart. Begin conscious breathing to release energy and open passageways for new thought to come forward. Visualize your heart space and its expansiveness. Embrace yourself with your loving arms, encircling the ALL of you. You are loved. You are safe…… you are given the time you need to process all that comes forward. When you experience new peace and balance you are ready to move on. Trust the guidance inside you to be the person you desire to be. The mind stores memory and knowledge and is an important source of learning by converting experiences into a perceived reality. These perceptions and inferences guide choices, communications, behaviors, and actions. In the earthly plane we use our minds as a navigational tool to effectively manage the physical self. Beyond ourselves, we can open our minds to receive guidance and messages from the flow of Divine Energy channeled to us. When we accept this limitless gift the universe is able to assist us in envisioning and creating that which we desire. ~ The shell must break before the bird can fly ~ Alfred Lloyd Tennyson British Poet The Spirit is one with our higher self, our being of Light and Love within us, connecting our body and mind to greater awareness and purpose. Through our heart space we are able to connect with spirit and be in a place of oneness with soul, the life force energy that guides our journey and reveals all that is, all that has been, and all that will be. When we are with spirit we are in unity with the whole, one as infinite one. There are things we believe and things we know. The understanding, attachment, and power we give each word, believing and knowing, creates commitments and expectations of ourselves and others. I Believe ….. is an act of the mind. It conveys a level of confidence upon the subject and as a result there is a level of faith that is generated. There is an expectation that something will come forward, something in return. I Know… is an act of the spirit. To know is an embodiment of truth without doubt or distance. Knowing is finding your inner truth…. it has been trying to find you all your lifetimes. There are no expectations with knowing beyond its own truth. ~ Earth is crammed with heaven ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning British poet Spiritual life within the vessel integrates mind~body~spirit into one unifying form. As an integrated being we are capable of discovering and knowing our truths and purpose.