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Post 2: Experiences Are Stored in the Body
Our bodies carry more than muscles and bones, they carry our stories. Every fear, heartbreak, and unspoken word leaves its trace, just as every moment of joy, safety, and love does too. Trauma research confirms what ancient teachings always knew: the body remembers. The heaviness in your chest, the knot in your stomach, or the warmth of a true embrace are all imprints of what you’ve lived. These imprints don’t make you broken, they make you human. And because they live in the body, they can also be released, making space for your soul to feel at home again.
Post 1: If I Am a Soul in a Body, Why Am I Here?
If I am a soul in a body, why am I here? It is the question that emerges in our quietest moments, when joy feels too vast to hold, or when pain feels too heavy to bear. If the soul is eternal, why would it choose such a temporary and fragile form?
The answer offered across wisdom traditions is strikingly similar: the soul comes into the body to learn, to grow, and to expand its capacity. The Upanishads call the body a garment worn for a season. The Bhagavad Gītā frames life as a training ground where each challenge refines our alignment with truth. Stoic philosophy sees difficulties as teachers, and modern science affirms that both joy and trauma shape the body in ways that guide our becoming.
The body, then, is not a prison, it is the classroom. Earth is the school. Experience is the teacher. Every moment, whether filled with sweetness or struggle, becomes part of the soul’s curriculum, reminding us that we are here to walk our path, expand our capacity, and remember what we truly are…