Our soul requires a functional human body in order to express itself. The human spirit has an existence that transcends the body, although it is deeply interrelated with the soul and body.
Our spirit is that part of our being that is capable of complete functionality without the help of the body.
Humans have two sets of memory/thinking ability, as well as will and emotions. One is resident in the spirit and the other in the soul. And, yes, at times the two sets of emotions are diametrically opposed to each other, resulting in a battle of wills internally.
Brain Deficits
Much research has been done on the connection between the soul and the organic.
The functionality or dysfunctionality of the brain massively affects our emotional state, our ability to use our will and our ability to reason from the past to understand the present.
When you have a healing model that majors on the organic component, it removes human responsibility and often removes hope. When certain areas of your brain are not functioning up to par, it is impossible for your soul to make wise choices. Truly impossible.
There are some serious limits to how much your soul can transcend the dynamics of the organic structure. Thus, a whole industry has arisen which justifies hopelessness and aberrant behavior, proclaiming that the person should not be held responsible for their actions, since they cannot override the dysfunctional brain.
We must revisit that paradigm in light of the emerging body of evidence that the spirit not only has an existence apart from the body, but the spirit can transcend and at times, even control, a biological function that the soul cannot.
One of the most startling examples of this is two reported cases of grand mal seizures being arrested at mid-point when the human spirit was commanded to take charge of the body, and it did. The soul cannot choose to make the brain stop a seizure.
What to Expect.
We are obviously just inches inside an unexplored piece of territory. Judging from past learning curves, I suspect we are two to five decades out from having a well-rounded theology of the human spirit.
While this is an embryonic study, the initial results are absolutely thrilling, and I invite all forerunners to dig in and explore this new frontier.