The body

"A man bears a wound on his body, and his soul is cheerful, he does not feel the wound. A man bears a wound in his soul, and the body digests in peace, as if it had nothing to do with it. Feelings are physical and spiritual. This should be understood. The body is a handcuff. The soul carries it wherever it wants. But will the prisoner die if his shackles fall off? If we had no body, what would bind us to the earth? If we didn't have to eat, if we didn't have to preserve our race, if we didn't have to defend anything, would we work? But we must work for ourselves and for each other. He who sent us down to earth knows what he has done, and we who are here on earth can see the power, the order, the light above our heads every day."