Soul Blindness

You would know the desire has left your body when all you can feel for a person is pure affection. It is indeed a strange feeling, when all of society, the entire world continuously feed you the idea that without desire, love will fizzle out. But is affection not the very fuel of humanity? Desire and lust are but the sparks, you cannot sustain a bonfire with sparklers.

When people meet, it is without a doubt a meeting of bodies. The acknowledgement of the existence of another cannot even compare to even an iota to the awareness of another. An exquisite sensation, awareness is. Mortality for example, death shadows life, our every second of life is made more precious simply because it might be our last. When we are aware of death, we become acutely aware of life. When bodies meet, they touch and soon the touch is forgotten, lost in the sea of sensations to come. The meeting of souls will leave an indelible mark in the lives of all involved. In a shallow world, a world of the visual and the carnal, we have come to lose the ability to see each other’s soul. Our eyes pick up the light, our ears pick up the vibrations in the air, but we cannot really hear and we cannot really see those who we are talking to. Hence, we are soul blind. Souls are not ghostly apparitions, intangibles spectres floating in space, Souls are who we are under what we seem to be, and we have become blind to that.

When souls meet, when they can hear and see each other, a strange thing happens. One’s empirical senses become dull, one loses the ability to see the physical flaws, the face, the hair, the poverty. A light in the dark and blind world, a beacon of hope and source of warmth; such is the foundation of friendship and the cornerstone of love.

Every single one of us walk around with a mask over our face to protect our pride, to protect our hearts, we erect walls of steel and stone. Coupled with the soul blindness of the world, is it of little wonder why relationships are so superficial.

But all is not lost. When you meet someone, when bodies meet, a dance ensues. A parry of words, and an exchange of ideas later, the acid corrodes away the masks leaving naked pride. During the vanguard, bodies try to keep the masks on; now during the aftermath souls are ripping away the walls of stone and steel.

There are two groups of people in our lives. With one group, we plan and execute elaborate schemes to keep ourselves protected from them, to keep locked down our deepest insecurities and our most sincere dreams. To the other group, we think of ways to show them our deepest insecurities and most sincere dreams. Why? Because happiness is multiplied and sadness divided when shared with those we love.

The foundation of all love should be good friendship. Parents, siblings, and lovers are no exception. We are born into families, but we choose the families we create. Deep mutual respect, open and honest communication and a clear vision for the future are important elements in a good relationship.

… to be continued