The Essence of Man

The Essence of a Man by Judith A. Middlebrooks

The essence of a man lies not in his riches or status but in the strength of his backbone, spirit and word. For a man without, is like…smoke…dark smoke drifting in the night wind.

The essence of a man permeates in his word, his thought, and deed. The strength of the spoken word, when done with love and warmth emanates an attraction so strong for truth that it reveals itself effortlessly.

The essence of a man if envisioned is a thin flat silver ray of energy, spiraling, which emits tones that bind a man’s word to his spirit, credibility and integrity. When used positively these rays spin an invisible razor sharp blue light expressing perfection in word and love.

The essence of a man deals not with size, shape or complexion but in, what energy do I feel from you Brother? Do we vibe? Is the energy good? Do you believe in God? Do you seem sane? Oh, I did say seem. Are you undercover psycho? Can I let my guard down around you brother? Whoa.

The essence of a man lies in response to, do you treat me like you’d treat your mother, your sister, you daughter? This is a reality-based question in the game of life. If the answer is a dead silence or no, next move is…oh hell no this is not Monopoly, or a game show…this is life… so step.

The essence of a man lies in his ability to step up to the plate and be a man. The decisions made dictate the life led just as intention creates experience. So I know what I have experienced is well what you intended for me Brother. Yeah my bad or yours baby. Follow heart, mind, spirit and soul for the higher good and be the man God intended.

The essence of a man is the utter life force energy God chose to breathe into the soul of man, the light that guides, strengthens and loves. The life choices made by a man determine whether the light in that holy breath given to him, will get brighter with each moment or dim with each additional life experience.

The essence of man is man. In all his glory and faults, hurts and pains sufferings and joy. Each man derives his own essence from the whispers from God given him during prayer and meditation. Don’t close the door on those leads, listen, and hear the word. Take the time to sit, be still and listen. Grow, create, live, love and flow brother.

Brothers listen; find your God given essence. It’s not about your house, your car, your cash and flash, your profession or looks and especially not your package. It’s about your backbone, your spirit, your soul, and your ability to feel and use this greatness. Black man, White man, Brown man, Asian man, man of every walk of life and nationality seek out your essence and flow Brother flow.

What Is the Essence of Man?
By Bas Rijken van Olst
Before we ask "What is the essence of man?", we might well ask ourselves: What is man? What is he composed of? St. Paul was of the opinion that man is composed of body, soul, and spirit. Where would he have placed man's consciousness? Is it in the spirit, in the soul, or somewhere else? What forms the essence, the deepest, most fundamental principle of man?
When enumerating man's components in this way, it seems reasonable to say: the body is not the essence; the body is an aid to something else -- an aid to our feelings and thoughts. But our thoughts, in their turn, can be viewed as an aid to our will; or, conversely, there is a part of our consciousness that uses our thought. This consciousness, this part of our self is thus more essential than our thinking. The essence of man, therefore, goes beyond the mind and the body.
Do our feelings then constitute our essence? This seems not to be the case, for our feelings are quite variable. Our sense-organs often give rise to divergent feelings. If we are moved by the changeable nature of our sense-perceptions and the way we react to them, will our essence be moved in the same way? Sometimes we can control our reactions with our thinking, though this can be achieved only after continual practice. This leads us to the conclusion that these kinds of feelings do not form the essence of man. Our word "self-control" implies that there is a "self" which is more essential than our feelings and which can control them.
Sometimes we use the word "feelings" for other levels of consciousness -- feelings such as love and unselfishness, conceived in the highest sense. In this light, man may be viewed as a series of interlinking levels of consciousness; the body is the last or lowest link in the chain, and every link above it is more essential. At the level of consciousness where man's higher feelings come into play, such as the feelings of unselfishness and love, the limits of our personality fade away -- indeed, we begin to work for the welfare of the greater whole.
If we follow these interlinking levels of consciousness upwards in a figurative sense, or further and further toward the innermost essence of man, then we draw nearer and nearer to the idea that all of us are essentially one -- and this is the very basis of the idea of brotherhood.