From Body to Spirit: Shifting Your Perspective to Unlock True Power
The way you experience the world is shaped by how you identify yourself. When you see yourself as merely a body, your world becomes a stage for the mortal drama the body endures: pain, aging, competition, and loss. However, there is another way to perceive reality—one that shifts your identification from the body to the spirit. This shift in perspective changes everything.
The Laws of Identification
You are bound by the laws of the world you identify with. If you identify with the body, you live in a world of limitations, scarcity, and fear. It’s a world of loss, where things constantly change, and competition is a daily reality. In the material world, giving means losing something. When you give money, you have less. When you give time, you have less of it for yourself. It’s a zero-sum game.
On the other hand, when you identify with the spirit, abundance reigns. In this world, giving leads to receiving more. If you give love, you get more love in return. If you share wisdom, you become wiser. The spirit operates under the law of abundance, where there is always enough for everyone. Things in the spirit realm do not change; they are eternal and unshaken by the turbulence of the material world.
Building on Rock vs. Building on Sand
In the context of career or personal development, this difference becomes profound. You can build your “house”—your sense of well-being—on sand or rock. When you build on sand, you base your identity and self-worth on the shifting tides of the mortal world. Success or failure in your career, financial status, or relationships becomes the foundation of your emotional stability. And when these things change, as they inevitably will, your self-esteem is shaken.
But when you build your house on rock, your sense of identity is anchored in the spirit. It’s grounded in something unchangeable, beyond the material world. Your self-worth is no longer dependent on external circumstances. You become empowered, not because of what happens to you, but because of how you think and perceive reality.
The Power of Immortal Thoughts
Your empowerment in the mortal world hinges on your capacity to think immortal thoughts. When you align your mind with eternal principles—like love, peace, and abundance—you gain power in the mortal realm. If your thoughts are not grounded in this higher perspective, you become trapped in the illusion of the material world.
Reality, as you experience it, is persistent, but it is also an illusion. While illusions have power over you as long as you believe in them, they are not reflective of ultimate truth. The truth is found in the spirit, where eternal love and abundance reside.
Emotional Reaction: The Real Obstacle
In the material world, the stress of work, finances, and success creates pressure, especially with wealth becoming more concentrated at the top. However, the real issue isn’t the economy or the scarcity of resources. It’s the emotional reaction you have to these challenges. Fear, anger, frustration, and a sense of injustice constrict your potential. These emotional responses lower your vibration, and in doing so, keep you stuck in a lower state of consciousness.
By identifying with the spirit, you can transcend these reactions. The spirit is like an anti-gravitational force field, lifting you above the stress and competition of the material world. Just as you train your body to be strong, you must also train your spirit muscles. The more you focus on spiritual growth, the stronger and more empowered you become.
Beyond Labels and Identity
Anything that makes you feel separate from others—whether it’s your gender, religion, race, or profession—belongs to the realm of the body, not the spirit. These are temporary aspects of your physical life, not your true self. If you identify solely as a businessperson, a writer, or any other role, you’re like a wave in the ocean thinking it’s separate from the rest of the water.
The truth is, we are all connected, part of a vast ocean of divine love. When you think with love, you align with the thoughts of God. But when you identify with the body and all its labels, you are hallucinating, mistaking the illusion of separateness for reality.
Transcending the Mortal Plane
To truly have power in the mortal world, you must realize that the things of the mortal world do not ultimately matter. They are to be respected, but your perspective should extend beyond the body and into the realm of the spirit. The spirit is eternal, unchanging, and filled with infinite abundance.
By shifting your focus from the body to the spirit, you unlock a higher level of existence—one where giving leads to more, where fear is replaced with love, and where your sense of self is grounded in something far more enduring than the fleeting experiences of the material world.