The natural movement of one's soul is upwards. But just as any object is dragged down when a heavy weight is tied to it, the burden of the body drags down the soul.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The soul has many motions, body one.
When the soul looks out of its body, it should see only beauty in its path. These are the sights we must hold in mind, in order to move to a higher place.
Dost thou not understand that there are two distinct forces in us, that of the soul and that of the body, that is, a movement and a regulator?
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul.
The body regulates the soul, and, like the balance-wheel, it is submitted to regular oscillations.
Leanness of body and soul may go together.
The soul, like the body, lives by what it feeds on.
Souls are designed to fit inside a body.
The soul, who is lifted by a very great and yearning desire for the honor of God and the salvation of souls, begins by exercising herself, for a certain space of time, in the ordinary virtues, remaining in the cell of self-knowledge, in order to know better the goodness of God towards her.
PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.