Soul: The Body of Our Being

I have been reading the Christian Science Bible Lesson this week, with the title of "Soul and Body." The relation between the words featured this week involved an adversarial approach - looking to the spiritual (signified by Soul) rather than the material (Body) to overcome any negativity or evil (like sin, disease or death).

However, the thought came to me, one that puts the words in an alliance: Soul is the Body of our being.

I stopped for a second. Then I looked up a couple definitions, and the "A ha!" moment came.

Soul really is the Body of our being. Let me explain one piece at a time.




Soul is one of seven Biblical synonyms for God (along with Principle, Spirit, Life, Love, Truth and Mind). And in the first chapter of Genesis, God created all of us in His image and likeness - that is, as spiritual beings.

The body - in this case, since we're all spiritual beings, I'm not referring to our mortal, material body. This is not of God, not one of His creations. I think of "body" in this context as the following definition of "body" - "consistency or density; richness; substance." Wow. Our body, the spiritual creations of God, is consistent, rich and substantial. And with God's infinitude, He made us in the same infinitude - we're infinitely consistent, infinitely rich, infinitely substantial (NOT decaying, wearing down, aging, getting diseased).

"Our being" is our existence, our life-experience. The Truth (divine, from God) about us is Soul (God, Spirit) is the body (the consistent, rich substance) of our being (spiritual).

The "A ha!" is now a "no duh!" moment. Soul really is the Body of our Being.

What a great thought.