I like to use the analogy of the baby in the womb. Right now you are carrying a little baby in your womb. The baby is developing eyes, ears, arms, legs, etc. These are all components that the baby NEEDS to survive when it is born. It has also developed inside of amniotic fluid, with a placenta to nourish it, and a cord to deliver those nutrients. When the baby is in the womb, its life is based on the womb, the placenta, and the umbilical cord. These are what the baby's existence relies on. But when the baby is born, those things are no longer needed. In fact, the baby needs its eyes, ears, mouth, legs, etc. now that it has come into this world. These are all things the baby did not need to have to survive in the womb. So now the baby is surviving using its physical self. But it is also developing in other ways it does not yet need. It develops a sense of love, a personality, emotions, and other things that it does not yet need to survive in its basic means. What we don't often realize is that love, friendship, personalities... these are our eyes and ears for when we are born into the next world. Since we will not have our bodies, the development of our soul in this world is extremely important for our survival in the next.
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I like to use the analogy of the baby in the womb. Right now you are carrying a little baby in your womb. The baby is developing eyes, ears, arms, legs, etc. These are all components that the baby NEEDS to survive when it is born. It has also developed inside of amniotic fluid, with a placenta to nourish it, and a cord to deliver those nutrients. When the baby is in the womb, its life is based on the womb, the placenta, and the umbilical cord. These are what the baby's existence relies on.
But when the baby is born, those things are no longer needed. In fact, the baby needs its eyes, ears, mouth, legs, etc. now that it has come into this world. These are all things the baby did not need to have to survive in the womb.
So now the baby is surviving using its physical self. But it is also developing in other ways it does not yet need. It develops a sense of love, a personality, emotions, and other things that it does not yet need to survive in its basic means. What we don't often realize is that love, friendship, personalities... these are our eyes and ears for when we are born into the next world. Since we will not have our bodies, the development of our soul in this world is extremely important for our survival in the next.
sorry for ranting and hijacking your post :/