Body, Mind, Spirit

Body, Mind, Spirit A Tract Book Essay By Anthony J. Fejfar, B.A., J.D., Esq., Coif © Copyright 2007 by Anthony J. Fejfar The first psychologists and psychiatrists were Plato and Aristotle. Both Plato and Aristotle recognized that there are at least three level to one’s Mind. They are: 3.

The Spirit or Wisdom Mind, Self, Reflection, Judgment, Reason

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The Soul or Analytic Mind, Ego

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The Body or Emotional Mind, Base Emotions, concrete operations, selfish ego

Since the time of Plato and Aristotle, thousands of years ago, nothing has changed. Many people only use the Body Mind to think. These are level one thinkers who are selfishly egoistic. Their base emotions cloud their thinking. They are not logical and they are not reasonable.

Philosophically, these people are hedonists or rigid

logical positivists. Some other people use the second level, or Soul Mind to think. This is the analytic mind. These people are very good at categorizing, and comparing and contrasting. They are rational but not reasonable These people are analytic Egoists. Philosophically, they are idealists. Finally, some people use the Spirit Mind or Wisdom Mind to think. These people are reasonable and reflective. They integrate level one and two thinking, but transcend it. They use their Higher Self for decision making not the Ego or selfish ego.

These reasonable people have the ability to compare different theories generated at level two, and intuitively judge which theory is more adequate. Philosopically, these people are Critical Thomists. Level three, Critical Thomist thinking is better than level two or level one thinking. Level three thinking takes the best of the lower levels and leaves the negatives behind.