Abstract
The nature
of the soul is attribute-less and boundless. To experience its true potential, the
dimensionless soul manifests itself in the physical dimension as a body. Materialism
originates with the creation of the body as it grows around the soul and in the
process of forming, enchants the soul with its materialistic conducts. The soul
has the ability to materialize and dematerialize into bodily forms as per will,
but such an entropic amendment may change the true essence of bodily life. The avarice
for materialistic needs mutilates the body physically and mentally, and unshackles
the soul; for as we grow in our materialistic conducts, the body and its senses
endure this burden, gradually progressing towards a lesser body and more soul.
Keywords
Body, Soul, Materialism, Disembodiment
Positing
the Experience of Disembodiment
Disembodiment
or dissociation is a state when the body loses consciousness only to experience
the limitless true experience in another world; where thoughts flow with no
restrictions; for there are no bodily features, but oneness with creation. Conscious
disembodiment is the body’s expression of freedom to experience the elusive soul.
We are conscious to the limit of our body, beyond which consciousness does not
exist; it is a pure energy with forces and senses beyond those that can be only
germane to the body. In the physical
world, a material body gives rise to a non-material shadow, but the laws of the
other world could be different; hence one can think of the material body as the
shadow of the non-material soul. As this bodily attachment grows, our physical
desires get deeply rooted within the egotism and sense pleasures of the bodily
self, where the compulsion of materialism through our senses overpowers the
exquisiteness of the soul.
Soul
loves to experience the freedom from the known, so it prefers to impound its
own self as the body. The physical body is like a piece of cloth that wraps the
soul and is acquired as we develop from a unicellular to multi-cellular being; it’s
a cover-up for the true self that resides within us. Death is a mere dropping
off of the body that has accumulated over a period of time to release the self.
For the survival of the body we need the soul that thinks and collates
information processed by organized structures like the brain; which can be
retrieved so long it stays connected. We are not what we think we are; for we
are beyond the body and its senses. We vibrate not with the body but without
the body and through these vibrations we perceive all that is around us; we
resonate. Be it the brain or the body, they are mediums that help us understand
the meaning of bodily life just like the God’s of the countless religions that
act as mediums in spiritual life.
We
must realize that everything that happens around us is needed, and does not
happen without a cause; for we are the cause and pain for our own bodily life.
Similarly everything that we are made up of is made for a reason; a small
change in this design can result in the loss of the body and liberation of the
soul. The body clings to the soul and forms a bond that seems unbreakable;
breaking such a bond is difficult for the body but not for the soul. Without
the body the soul bears no shape, but with the body the soul takes shape of the
body. So long the shape of the body remains intact the shape of the soul
retains; for a detached soul will stay alongside a body until the body is
completely blemished mentally and physically, which is when the release or
dispersal takes place.
The growth
of the body depends on what it gathers during its survival, but the soul only
sustains itself; for it is unchangeable and unlimited. To experience its true
potential, the dimensionless soul manifests itself in the physical dimension as
a body. It crafts a phenomenon called the mind to identify and experience
itself. Even though the soul knows that the experience is limited by the senses
of the body; it craves to perceive its boundless and vast nature from the
bounded envelop and glimpse into state of attribute-less through the attributed
doorways of the body. Thus the mind is linked to the body, thinks for the body,
but when the soul is out of the body, the mind can think no more; for the
liberation of the soul is liberation of thoughts created through materialistic
needs and beliefs. The soul when with the body vibrates at frequencies that
build connections with one another and with the universe. Upon dropping the
body, the frequency of the soul blends with the frequency of the universe, making
us resonant beings.
Fate
of Being Embodied
In
today’s world, the greed for materialist needs has led to the liberation of
many souls, but has hurt and mutilated the bodies of many. A body of a child
that has partially grown over its soul and with its mind gradually maturing; ready
to understand and explore the beauty of this world, can be shattered in no
time. The shape of the body can be ruined to a state where even the soul may
weep for the body; where being conscious does not feel magical, but feels like
a curse.
This 5
year old boy never expected his body to be mutilated in such a manner; he never
meant to have memories that cannot be wiped away easily. At the age of 5, his
body is growing and so is his brain, this is the age he needs to play, explore,
understand, and most importantly smile. But in a flash of a second, an
airstrike destroys him within and puts him in a state of shock where he is
neither conscious nor unconscious; a state where you don’t know whether to
smile or not to smile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZw3VpGPqM4 Video
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“They
may torture my body but my soul will stay unhurt; for their materialistic needs
cannot last forever; someday these needs will perish to the real"
“There
will be a time when my vibrations will be felt and appreciated; my awareness
will flow beyond limits; this is when I will truly smile”.
Why be
in a body when being out of it is so beautiful and peaceful? Why is the
embodied state so materialistic driven? Is there so much happiness in
materialism, that the soul is forgotten? To be embodied in today’s world means
to experience pain mentally and physically especially with the ones that hurt
the most. The soul watches the body beyond its senses and the bodily
limitations of time and space and asks “Why am I in this body?”
“Disembodied,
I shall be free of misery that my body is facing; for in this instance my
clothes have been torn of my soul and as time goes by they will be ripped
further to release my soul.”
Towards
Less Body and More Soul
The
world is gradually becoming dark with destruction. Death at all stages occurs
across the globe as the killing continues and the greed for materialistic needs
progresses. Bodies are growing and bodies are perishing. Every now and then, souls
are liberated and souls are clothed, and with this change the body is losing
its identity, its vigour; for someday the body may be more soul than the body
itself. The soul has the ability to materialize and dematerialize into bodily
forms as per will; such an irreversible entropic change may change the true
existence of life. The avarice for materialistic needs mutilates the body physically
and mentally, and unshackles the soul; for as we grow in our materialistic ways,
the body and its senses will need to bear this excessive burden as we gradually
progress towards a lesser body and more soul.
Dr. Contzen
Pereira
Independent
Scholar, Mumbai, India
Corresponding Author. Address: Nandadeep,
302, Tarun Bharat Soc, Chakala, Andheri (East), Mumbai 400 099, India. Tel:
+919819642456, +912266750530
Email Address: contzen@rediffmail.com,
contzen@gmail.com
J.
Shashi Kiran Reddy
M.S
(Engg) Research student, EMU, JNCASR, Bangalore.
