God has united body and soul for human flourishing

[Karadeniz]

1. This one is difficult! I can only contribute based upon my own personal experience and what I've deduced from NDE's and

accounts of reincarnation cases. In my experience, I awakened to find Self consisted of two things: soul and mind. No body, no body shape, no human. There were lots of other souls there with lots of variations in size, frequency, color. Those qualities reflected the extent to which each soul had developed its divine nature and how close we could approach the Source, to which we wanted to return, and the Radiance cascading from it and which increased our above qualities. The Mind was detachable; I detached mine in order to identify my Self as my Soul. During the experience, I detached it to look around and see exactly what this place was like. That is how I learned the World of the Source, that the Source never leaves its World and that Souls must make it there themselves. This is part of the meaning behind the parable of the Prodigal Son. It's true what NDErs and out of body experiencers attest: the Mind doesn't need the human's eyes and ears to see and hear! From that, I've sort of deduced that the Mind accumulates brain energy and soul energy, a product of both, but not part of either. This is why Jesus can say "Don't hide your light under a basket." There's a place where they coexist and which motivates our understanding and character, but Mind wasn't an organic part of my Soul. Mind can help the Soul develop its divine nature...if its Soul energy is enough to influence the brain's survival instinct and ego. Reincarnation reports show that the "next in line" remembers its previous human existence, so both Soul and Mind must travel together to the new life.