Daily Excerpt: The Seven Wisdoms of Life (Tubali) - Introduction
excerpt from The Seven Wisdoms of Life (Tubali) - Introduction Man is not just flesh and bone. By saying that, I do not mean to support abstract and romantic ideas such as the soul . On the contrary, I mean to stress a whole realm of physiological dynamics, which may be invisible to our outer eyes but nonetheless are active all the time. Invisible is not irrelevant, just like atoms are a necessity in the total understanding of matter. There is another anatomy for man, a subtler one, which envelops the visible plain of the physical body like invisible sheaths. This anatomy is extraordinarily important both for the complete understanding of our psyche and for the realization of the further evolution of our consciousness. In-depth inquiries into the nature of this anatomy have taken place in many cultures throughout human history—from the ancient Egyptians to the Mayans , from the yogic culture in Hinduism and Buddhism to the Jewish Kabbalists , and from Chinese medicine to th...