CHAPTER 4: THE HUMAN BEING - A BRIDGE BETWEEN MATTER AND SPIRIT

The bridge and the two riverbanks

Two riverbanks argued about which side mattered more. The bridge said:

If I were not here, you would only stare at one another and never meet.

The human being is the bridge-between the visible and the invisible, between earth and heaven.

1. Body - Heart - Mind: three layers of being

A human being is not only a body. The body is what is seen; the heart is what feels; the mind is what knows.

These three layers operate together like three instruments in a symphony:

• - The body enables us to act.
• - The heart enables us to feel.
• - The mind enables us to understand.

When these three elements are in harmony, we live in balance. When they are out of alignment-the body grows tired, the heart suffers, the mind becomes confused.

2. The soul and the evolution of consciousness

The soul is the most essential aspect of a human being-unborn and undying. The body changes, emotions change, thoughts change-yet the soul remains the unbroken current of awareness.

The soul's purpose is not to avoid suffering, but to learn through suffering. Through experience it matures, brightens, and evolves.

Highly evolved souls often need very little doctrine. They live by intuition and love, because they have remembered their true nature.

3. When the three layers harmonise, energy rises

When the body is healthy, the heart is at peace, and the mind is clear, a person's energy becomes light, flexible, and naturally attuned to the universe. At that point there is no distance between us and the world. Breath, earth, wind, water, and fire-are all us.

One who knows who they are no longer needs to search anywhere else.

The human being is the bridge between matter and spirit, between the visible and the invisible. When we live fully in awareness, we are no longer separate-we are part of the Universe becoming conscious of itself.

The universe is within us, and we are within the universe. There are not two.

Conclusion of Part I

From the tiniest grain of dust to the endless spiral of the Milky Way, everything moves within a harmonious order-where energy, consciousness, and love mingle as one unified stream.

Science helps us understand how the universe operates. Spirituality helps us understand why it exists.

When these two directions of seeking meet-reason illuminating faith, and faith opening the way for wisdom-human beings draw closer to the True, the Good, and the Beautiful in life.

The outer world is only a mirror reflecting the inner world.

If we see chaos, it means the heart has not yet settled. If we see pision, it means there is still separation within us. And if we see the universe as beautiful, it is because light has already arisen inside.

Understanding is not for proving that we are right, but for listening to what is Right speaking through us.

Hoàng Nhật Minh
Excerpt from the book: Spiritual Science - A Journey Back To Your True Self

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Part Vi - Realisation (Hoàng Nhật Minh)

Group 1: Social Realisation - Humanity (Hoàng Nhật Minh)

Realisation 01: On Racial Discrimination (Hoàng Nhật Minh)

Realisation 02: On Religious Discrimination (Hoàng Nhật Minh)

Realisation 03: On Gender And The Roles Of Men And Women (Hoàng Nhật Minh)

Realisation 04: On Good And Evil (Hoàng Nhật Minh)