{"id":2384,"date":"1992-08-02T07:01:07","date_gmt":"1992-08-02T07:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2384"},"modified":"2014-08-02T07:10:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T07:10:39","slug":"blues-aint-nothing-but-a-good-soul-feeling-bad-0802","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.goodsoul.us\/?page_id=2384","title":{"rendered":"08\/02"},"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&#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blues Ain&#8217;t Nothing But a Good Soul Feeling Bad Book Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?fit=205%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.goodsoul.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1992\/09\/BluesAintNothingBookCover.jpg?resize=70%2C102\" alt=\"BluesAintNothingBookCover\" width=\"70\" height=\"102\" \/><\/a>Every Self is divided and each includes contradictions that can never be settled once and for all. The opposing aspects of our personalities remain in an uneasy state of tension.<\/p>\n<p>Within every one of us, there are the polarities of masculinity and femininity, reason and imagination, and individual needs and a sense of social responsibility. In addition, we have to come to terms with simultaneously possessing both higher <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> consciousness and base biological instincts.<\/p>\n<p>These dilemmas are too troubling to be faced head-on all the time. Fortunately, self-awareness fluctuates enough for us to periodically escape the strain of coping with so much internal contradiction.<\/p>\n<p>Still, we eventually have to get a clear concept of who we are or we will never feel in charge of ourselves.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>We cannot do what can\u2019t be done, but still we must do what we can.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every Self is divided and each includes contradictions that can never be settled once and for all. 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