Mind with a Soul — or Soul with a Mind?
In recent weeks, I’ve found myself reflecting on how easily we slip into living as the mind rather than the soul. It often shows up quietly — in our need to plan, to understand, to hold things together. Yet in prayer and communion with the Divine, I’m reminded that the mind was never meant to lead the way. The soul — our true self in relationship with God — is the one meant to guide and express through us.
This simple realization opens a deeper question:
Do you relate to yourself mainly as a mind that has a body and soul — or as a soul that has a body and mind?
It may sound subtle, but how we answer changes everything.
Living as the Mind
Many of us move through life identifying with the mind — believing we are the thinker, the planner, the doer. From this place, the mind leads and the soul follows. We analyze, organize, and try to manage life as though it were a problem to be solved.
The mind is a wonderful servant, but when it becomes master, we often find ourselves striving and weary. There is little room for mystery, and still less for the quiet movement of love that wishes to guide us.
Living as the Soul
But what if the truth is that you are first and foremost a soul — a beloved creation of God — and that your mind and body are sacred instruments through which your soul fulfills its purpose?
When we begin to live from this awareness, something softens. The mind no longer needs to control every outcome. The body becomes a vessel for expression rather than a limitation to overcome. Life unfolds from the inside out — and we begin to recognize that love itself can live us.
The inflowing of Divine Love makes this truth undeniable. When we open our soul and yearn through heartfelt longings this invokes the Divine’s response with the inflowing of Divine Love. The mind quiets, the heart opens, and we know — not as theory, but as experience — that we are souls being transformed by the Essence of God.
A Living Question
Perhaps this is not a question to be answered once and for all, but to be lived moment by moment:
Am I living today as the mind observing the soul, or as the soul informing the mind who serves its divine purpose?
Each time we pause and remember, there is a shift that opens the mind, and the soul takes its rightful place — leading gently, listening deeply, responding in harmony with Divine Love.
Closing Reflection
May this awareness rest softly within you.
May you remember, in quiet moments, that you are not defined by your thoughts or the busyness of your mind.
You are a soul — beloved, creation of God, loved and cared for in all ways.
Let your mind and body serve the soul’s highest purpose, and allow Love to guide each step of your journey.
From my heart to yours — may Divine Love guide your every thought and breathe new life into the soul that you are.
Always in love,
Maureen
