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The Body, the Machine

What is this strange thing that our Spirit inhabits? This thing
we refer to is more commonly known as the body. In some religious
circles, the body is seen as the vehicle for the Spirit. Again in dreams,,
we encounter experiences of being in a car travelling to some place,
either as the driver or the passenger. The interpretation of this
symbolic car is that it represents the body and indicates the manner in
which your Spirit is transported through this life.
When we are manifesting physically it is hard to see the body
as just being a machine. In a car the most important functionary is the
driver. Whether the vehicle is in operation or not, if the driver is
absent the car has no conscious direction. Nor has it the means to
animate itself. Often we find careless drivers in control. Other times
the vehicle is in control of itself. If the latter is the case, the first
obstacle it encounters will create an interesting scenario. Maybe the
vehicle will manage to circumvent the obstacle or perhaps it will
collide with it.
When the body is the machine in question, the usual outcome
of encounters with obstacles in our lives is distressing sickness. The
driver being the Spirit suffers the consequences of the car’s (the
body’s), actions..
The body is a machine. Taken from this point of view, we can
marvel at the engineering of Creation. The skeleton, how it supports
the movements of this body. The muscles, and how they cause the
limbs to move. Do not forget the clever layout of the joints, their
lubrication and usability, building in flexibility to the body.