{"id":1359,"date":"1992-09-25T09:46:40","date_gmt":"1992-09-25T09:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2013-12-01T15:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T15:34:31","slug":"blues-aint-nothing-but-a-good-soul-feeling-bad-0925","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=1359","title":{"rendered":"09\/25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=1535\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1432\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?attachment_id=1432\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"205,300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Blues Ain&amp;#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blues Ain&amp;#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-1432 alignleft\" alt=\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?resize=70%2C102\" width=\"70\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>The spirit and the soul are not the same. Metaphorically, we think of our spirit as trying to ascend toward angelic perfection- all light and no heat. On the other hand, our soul goes through a spiraling descent toward the depths of all that is human.<\/p>\n<p><abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Adj. 1) of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit 2) of or relating to sacred matters b : ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal 3) concerned with religious values 4) related or joined in spirit 5) [a] of or relating to supernatural beings or phenomena [b] of, relating to, or involving spiritualism'>Spiritual<\/abbr> seeking is an attempt to transcend frailty; it is a cleansing accomplishment. Unfortunately, it is also accompanied by an evangelical insistence on saving all the other people who have not yet risen to as high a <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Adj. 1) of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit 2) of or relating to sacred matters b : ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal 3) concerned with religious values 4) related or joined in spirit 5) [a] of or relating to supernatural beings or phenomena [b] of, relating to, or involving spiritualism'>spiritual<\/abbr> plane as we imagine we have reached.<\/p>\n<p>Soul searching is more like giving in to acceptance of our impurities and affirming that it\u2019s okay that we\u2019re not all we\u2019ve been taught to expect ourselves to be. It\u2019s less a triumph of overcoming than a surrender to the way we are.<\/p>\n<p>Earnest soul searchers don\u2019t try to convert other people. They know that everyone already has everything that is needed and hope they are able to enjoy the fun of how funky we all are. Too often self-righteous seekers try to rise on the shoulders of sinners below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>To rise up to a higher plane, we must begin by heading down and into ourselves.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spirit and the soul are not the same. 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