Three Essences

[Russell Smith]

Three Essences

Man has three "essence" centers:

Instinctive center – the essence of his lower story.

Emotional center – the essence of his middle story.

Higher Emotional center – the essence of his upper story.

The lower story’s essence is based on sensation. It sees, hears, smells, tastes, and can touch. It sees a puddle. Puddles are caused when a depression collects and holds water.

Thank you ‘lower story’ for seeing the puddle.

The middle story’s essence is based on meaning. It is able to interpret a sensation by comparing it to "previous sensations". If you step in a very shallow puddle, the water will not rise above the sole of your shoe and your shoe and your foot will most likely stay dry; if you step in a not so shallow puddle, the water will rise above the sole of your shoe and could penetrate your shoe; if you step in a deep puddle, the water may rise above your shoe, your foot will get wet, and you might ruin your shoe.

The former would not be too bad but the latter two could be disastrous… so, you hop over the puddle.

Thank you ‘middle story’ for avoiding a potential disaster.

The upper story’s essence is based on morality. It is capable of considering how your interpretation of a sensation – or how your actions, which follow your interpretation of a sensation – might impact others. If you are wearing waterproof rubber boots, a puddle is of little concern to you – but, if you step in that puddle (whether it be deep or shallow), you might cause the water to splash or to ripple outward and overflow the soles/shoes of someone else… so, again, you choose to hop over the puddle.

Thank you ‘upper story’ for considering a potential disaster which could impact someone elses’ shoes.

Note: Meaning and morality will change as we mature. A small child – who sees a puddle – may run through it (without considering its depth or the impact that water could have on his own shoes)… or he may jump into the puddle with both feet (without considering the impact that the water may have on mine).

With maturity – and the input of all three essences – man can easily maneuver through life (with very few disasters) – and… peoples’ feet will stay dry. 😀

Love,

Russ

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