The Relationship Between The Soul And The Body – Explained With Interesting Examples

"Human being" means the consciousness, the soul or "being" (living energy),
experiencing life through the physical body, the "human" (non-living). The
body is perishable and temporary, whereas the soul is eternal and without
physical dimension.

·         *The soul is the driver; the body is the car. *

·         *The soul is the actor; the body is its costume. *

·         *The soul is a diamond; the body is the jewelry box. *

·         *The soul is the musician; the body is the instrument. *

·         *The soul is the guest; the body is the hotel.*

·         *The soul is the deity; the body is the temple.*

I can use a knife to chop vegetables. I can use the same knife to kill
someone. The knife neither decides (outwards) nor experiences (inwards), but
can be washed easily under water. Now look at the fingers which held the
knife. They neither decide nor experience the actions. They too can be
washed under water. It's easy to realize that the knife is an instrument,
but it is more difficult to realize that the fingers as well as the arms are
instruments too. The legs are instruments for walking, the eyes for seeing,
the ears for hearing, the mouth for speaking, the tongue for tasting, the
heart for pumping food and oxygen (via blood) around the body, and so on.
Even the brain is an instrument used like a computer to express all thought,
word and action programs through the body and to experience the results. If
every physical part of the body is an instrument, who or what is it that is
using this instrument? Very simply it is "I", the self, the soul. The soul
uses the word "I" for itself and the word "my" when referring to the body;
"my" hands, "my" eyes, "my" brain, etc. "I" am different from "my" body.