We emphasize the "need for clarity", "using intelligence", "understanding" as mankind in the 21st century needs to "understand", needs to "criticize", needs to be "convinced" in order to fully cooperate with the voice of ones' heart. We see these attributes as qualities and not obstacles, as when these tools are sharpened, tuned, and used properly, they increase the potency and depth of the spiritual quest.
Understanding of the journey of the soul will assist us with deepening our view of the human layer of our existence, as well as seeing more clearly what is the purpose and goal of a true spiritual journey. What is a soul ?, does it really exist, or is it just a sentimental concept that we use in order to describe a certain feeling within us. There is no way to know the answer ahead of time. Some trust and intuition will have to be applied. The soul does exist !!!
The spiritual path, the journey into Truth, is a journey of a soul. At a certain point and for a mysterious reason, the Divine supreme subjectivity, which is the Divine essence dwelling within itself only, manifested itself towards the outer. It was done in the form of manifesting relatively separated entities, that we call here a "Soul" into this dimension, which is the dimension of this earth. These entities are manifested into the physical form of a human. Animating it, and by that initiating the journey of the human into forgetfulness.
As the human becomes conscious of the outer reality, one inherently shifts into forgetting the pure, direct experience of oneself ,as a Divine spark, as a soul. This direct existential Divine connection is almost instantly anesthetized and forgotten. Attention shifts to the outer reality. Apparently the reason for this immediate forgetfulness might be the "shock" of being born, which triggers a defense mechanism within the soul. This defense mechanism is essential as the soul in its' essence is extremely sensitive and Divinely open and fragile. Such quality wouldn't survive the energies of the manifested reality without wearing upon itself some protective energetic shields and wise layers.
The birth into the this earthly dimension is relatively a painful and complicated process for most souls. Especially for mature souls which had visited earth before, in their previous incarnations. The shift from dwelling within the Divine, where no object exists outside of the Divine domain, a supreme subjectivity, resting within itself, the soul is now exposed to the dimension of objectified reality. Reality of the outer. Reality of movement and objects.
As the soul animates the human body, it animates mental skills which within short time develop linguistic skills, accumulating knowledge and words which will assist the soul with mentally understanding and locating itself within the realm of objects. The need to participate in life and make decisions using mental skills arise. Even a very young child learns quickly to call his mother when one is hungry or asks for attention. The language within the mind is born at a very young age. The next step in soul's journey is adopting to the external life, developing linguistic, verbal skills. From being just aware of objects and staring at them with amazement, the new born shifts to using the words which describe these objects and learns how to communicate with the objectified reality of humans. The part in the brain which knows how to relax the consciousness of the human into itself is forgotten fully and replaced by a constant awareness of objects outside of the oneself. The beginning of amnesia towards the Divine dimension.
Within a short time, usually at age 2-3 the human is already almost completely lost within the objectified reality. The automatic adaptation to the energies of survival which this dimension is based on, completely absorb its' attention into it. The human begin to unconsciously perceive life as process in which one simply has to try to survive better and improve ones' well being on earth itself. The inherent link to the soul and its' intuitive guiding wisdom is slowly blurred till in most cases it's completely eradicated. The memory and link as a Divine spark within the human is slowly forgotten, giving place to the neurotic constant surrender to the mind and its' unpleasant nature.