Body=Soul

"Neurons that fire together wire together"

So says my General Psychology professor. It's like Pavlov's dog: you hear the bell and you automatically slobber. It's a conditioned response. It works the same way with addictions. People see their old friends that they used to shoot up with, familiar places and settings, and it doesn't matter if they've kicked the habit, those nerves have wired together and they start desiring a fix. I wonder how many other things in life this works with. And I look at my own life and my thought patterns and habits and it worries me. I worry about what has wired together in me and I need to know if those neurons can be separated, because I know there are patterns that I need to break and things that need to change. My spiritual struggles are linked to my physical and psychological functioning: my neurons are affecting my soul, and though observing my brokenness is tragic, I also observe the beautiful interplay of body and soul and see a more whole self. So often we separate the body and soul in our language and belief system that we don't recognize that they are so completely woven together and overlapped as to be inseparable.

My neurons need to be separated and it is a struggle of the soul.
And I do hope they can be separated.

9/20/11