Brain

Material instrument through which the spirit manifests itself

December 10th 2026
It is not our soul and spirit that need to evolve, but the physical instruments through which they manifest themselves, and one of the most important of these, of course, is the brain. When you meet someone who is mentally deficient, know that it is not their spirit that is defective—their spirit may be that of a great sage—but the material instrument through which the spirit must manifest itself, their brain, that is not functioning properly.
Give a violin with slack strings to a violinist, even the greatest virtuoso in the world, and they will be unable to play. The spirit, too, is a great virtuoso, but it needs a good instrument on which to play. We ask too much of the spirit: we give it a broken-down body and expect it to do wonders. Well no, it cannot. And here is another image: how can you strike a spark from a damp match?
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