A lot of problems that humankind have to deal with, can be accorded to their failure to properly understand that the physical body is not the real you – it never has been and it never will be. Each of us, whether we so desire to believe such or to not believe such, have as our essence, our respective immortal souls. This thus signifies that in reality, there is no birth and there is no death, and never will there be for any one of us. That said, because so many of us seem to almost exclusively identify so closely to our body, there is a general belief that we are our body, and therefore for many a person, their main concern is paying homage to their own body, above virtually everything else.
When it comes to the truth, as well as to our priorities, it has to be recognized that for all those that do not understand their true nature, that they are going to, more times than not, concentrate more often upon those things and activities that probably do not represent the best usage of their time or of their mind. In other words, those that think wrong, are going to be far more inclined to do things that are damaging to not only their own soul growth, but also damaging to those that they congregate and interact with, throughout life. After all, those that have not taken the time to examine their own life, or care not to, are basically going through life with a misunderstanding of what life on this planet, represents.
In this world, each of us is going to be thoroughly tested, so as to give us the fair opportunity to determine as to whether we so desire to primarily concentrate upon that which represents selfishness, injustice, and self-centeredness, or whether, on the other hand, we desire to do our fair part to make this world a better place for our participation in it. Because each one of us has been gifted with free will, what we do or do not decide to do, is at our volition. Those then, that consistently listen and then comply to that still, small voice, within, are going to be in a far better position to make the type of meaningful decisions and corresponding actions which will truly reflect that we are all in this together, as opposed to those, that listen only to their own ego and its desires.
There are many things, and many stages that our individual bodies will go through, in this experience of life on earth. Indeed, some of those things that happen to us will be hurtful, hateful, tragic, and damaging to our body as well as to our psyche. Yet, through it all, our soul survives and will ever survive, because the nature of our being is immortal. So then, fear not, for we are not the body, but rather, we are the immortal soul, temporarily encased within a physical body for a finite amount of time.