By Dr. Francisco Coll
Let’s talk about who you really are. Figure 1 is a symbol of universal man. It is a symbol of you. Above your head is a circle which represents your real life source. This little halo is the symbol of your intelligent part. We can think of it as an intelligent vibration or intelligent energy. Let’s call this vibration “light.”
Fig. 1
Science tells us that every human being is equivalent to about four watts of power. This energy is measured in your body by British thermal units, or heat, and it keeps the cells of your body together. When you see a cadaver or dead person, three things are missing from that body – the head, the intelligent part, and this power or energy.
The connection between this intelligent part and your physical body is known as the “silver cord.” The energy flows from the intelligent part or soul and feeds energy to the body. In the Bible there is a reference to the silver cord:
Before the silver cord is snapped, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern, and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. [Ecclesiastes 12:6-7]
In these verses the bowl, pitcher and wheel are symbolic terms for the physical body.
The moment a person finishes his job here on earth, or when a person becomes so confused that he destroys his body, he severs this silver cord. When you pass on, your body remains here and goes back to dust because it is composed of the things of planet earth. Your soul, the real you, will leave the earth because the law of gravity cannot keep it here anymore. The soul or intelligent vibration no longer has a physical body to serve as an anchor, so it moves out and returns to the Universe or the All.
Fig. 2
The man of science calls it the Universe or the Cosmos (Figure 2), while the religious man calls it God. No matter what you call it, you are one with it. There is no separation. The only separation we have is the one we think we have.
Once you understand that your physical body cannot exist without oxygen, the rays of the sun, the vegetation, water or the pressures of the Universe, you’ll realize you are the total component of all things. Religion says you are the expression of God, and sciences says you are the total component of the Universe.
Man has two natures – intellect and feeling. In Figure 3 the top half of the circle represents the intellect, and the lower half represents feeling. The intellectual nature wants to know and understand the world around it, and the feeling nature wants to be a part of things.
Fig. 3
The intellectual nature is the analyzing, dissecting, proving part of you. It is like the front wheels of your car that steer the car and provide it with direction. The feeling nature is like the rear wheels of your car. They are connected with the engine and that is where the real power lies. Without power you’re not going anywhere. We need both the front wheels (intellect) and the rear wheels (feeling) in order to move with direction.
If we do a lot of thinking, but fail to put our ideas into action, we are just daydreamers. On the other hand, if we act without thinking about what we’re doing, we just go in circles. We are without any real direction. Either way, we’re out of balance and of no good to ourselves or anyone else. In fact, we may become problems for other people. We need to have a balance between the intellect and the feeling. In this way we have a thought for every feeling and a feeling for every thought. This brings purpose and balance to our lives.
(Above content excerpted from “Man and the Universe” by Dr. Francisco Coll, © 1970 & 2008 Alley Creative Inc., All Rights Reserved)
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