The Soul: Potentiality and Actuality

On my June 18th blog I quoted Aquinas;


Whether the Soul is Composed of Matter and Form? by Thomas Aquinas: "It would seem that the soul is composed of matter and form. For potentiality is opposed to actuality...the soul has a cause of its existence, since it is created by God. Therefore the soul has matter..." 


In world philosophy
In philosophy, Potentiality and Actuality^[1] are principles of a dichotomy which Aristotle used throughout his philosophical works to analyze motion, causality,ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics and De Anima (which is about the human psyche) Aristotle define the soul as "the human psyche" Philosophy is for ever pleasant to the ear and causes the flesh to crave more. The things of this world always tries to define God to justify there actions. "For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds." 2 Pet. 2:8 To explain the existence of God is to be at a higher plane than God. When the only way to know and understand God is through His Son, the man Jesus. "No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." John 1:18.


Potentiality: Potentiality and potency are translations of the Ancient Greek word Dunamis or dynamis (δύναμις) as it is used by Aristotle as a concept contrasting with actuality. Its Latin translation is "potentia", root of the English word potential, and used by some scholars instead of the Greek or English variants.

Dunamis is an ordinary Greek word for possibility or capability. Depending on context, it could be translated "potency", "potential", "capacity", "ability", "power", "capability", "strength", "possibility", "force" and is the root of modern English words "dynamic", "dynamite", and "dynamo". In early modern philosophy, English authors like Hobbes and Locke used the English word "power" as their translation of Latin potentia."

Without going further into world philosophy we will continue understanding the God given and created - Soul. 

The purpose of these definitions is to bringing you to the awareness the world teachings and how they have influenced our thoughts of scripture and views of the soul, spirit and body. 

The soul is real and is a place within to be discovered through the Tabernacle. God created the soul and knows its place and purpose. The soul is in us, the center of who we are and the most valuable part of our existence. Every man woman or child has this place within called the soul. What are the dangers, weaknesses, abilities, fragility and fears, its strengths and growth. These are the things needed to repair, fill and strengthen the soul of man...

Is the soul real or is it thoughts & emotions?

Is the soul real?  Gen 2:7 "...and man became a living soul." Some Bibles exchanged the word soul for creature. A popular interpretation of the word soul is ego. The thought of man having a soul is far to hard to comprehend. It is something out of reach. Creature, yes, is within my ken but, how do I get around the thought of a living soul? I read an article entitled: Whether the Soul is Composed of Matter and Form? by Thomas Aquinas (1240) an immensely influential philosopher and theologian wrote: "It would seem that the soul is composed of matter and form. For potentiality is opposed to actuality...the soul has a cause of its existence, since it is created by God. Therefore the soul has matter..." 

       Today I leave you with a thought: If the soul is real, God created within everyone of us, shouldn't we strive to consider and learn its ways?

Soul & Truth

"Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through 

the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently" 1 Peter 1:2

The battle between the flesh and the soul will end when we finish our course. Meanwhile, we press toward the higher mark. In my book, Darkness Behind The Veil, I describe the soul as a reservoir, filled with life's joys and sorrows. The soul, which many scholars call "Ego", define who we are and what we have become. Within confounds determined by borders created within, the ego sometimes keeps us imprisoned, not allowing us to freely live and be the true person God created us to be. By barriers - walls within the soul - we block Him out. 

Freedom of the soul is a learning process not mandated by the flesh, the world, or its scholars, but by God through His Word. Tabernacle of the Soul is the way to understand and know the soul. It is not by highfalutin, pompous, or pretentious words, but by humble, plain, and simple adumbrate and symbols in the wilderness... So that in this we can truly "love one another with a pure heart fervently"...

Monthly blog

I just received a letter forwarded to me from RG that reads;


"Darkeness behind the veil? That sounds sooo interesting. I'm still longing for something to help me recover from a broken heart. Its been a long miserable 17 year journey and I keep making bad decisions from it. Will I ever be set free!!!"


RC, I know what you're going through I've been there. It may seem foolish to carry something for seventeen years, some might say; "Get over it" It is easily said from the mouth but, the soul is to most people unknown. The first principal of the soul is: "The soul can not lie" You can say, think, and believe all you want but, in the quiet moments of the night, when you're all alone, truth from within comes to the surface. Scriptures says: "The Father which sees in secret..."Matt 6:18 - because it is there in the secret place of the soul that all truth is revealed.

RC, You don't have to carry that pain anymore. God wants to free you permanently and forever. Learn and follow the patterns of The Tabernacle of the Soul and you will be free to live a more abundant and fruitful life.