Today, I am going to talk us through the diagram in the last Blog. It’s easy to explain what this diagram means because we have discussed the particulars before in other blogs. So, in brief:
The consciousness of the Godhead embraces thoroughgoing pure goodness which permeates every aspect of soul, molding the soul of the Godhead into what it is—pure goodness of character.
Further, within the Soul, Emotion is allowed free access to the Mind but seldom (lovingkindness being one notable exception) to the Will.
In fact, the Godhead’s carefully edited Emotions interact with and influence the Mind, the one blending with the other in a dynamic ebb and flow, creating rich mind-emotion bonds indicated by the horizontal tie-line between Mind and Emotion on the chart.
And Emotion affects the Will also, yes, but not in the open field of Will, but rather in a fenced paddock arrangement, restricted to the borders of the open field of Will. In paddock after paddock (so to speak), Emotion binds into unique blends of Will-and-Emotion that are separate and distinct from the basic dynamic of pure Will in the Godhead.
In effect, Will in many ways remains deliberately outside the influence of Emotion and is preserved that way by the Godhead. When and if the Godhead invests Emotion into Will dynamics, the resulting states no longer reside under the classification of Will. Instead, they essentially become an outstanding feature of Soul in and of themselves, like a sixth classification of soul in addition to Mind, Emotion, Will, Life and Personality. Therefore these terms have their own vertical tie-line between Emotion and Will to signify the existence of their distinctive states, their paddocks of attitude and behavior.
All in all, Will can affect Emotion directly, but Emotion does not affect Will in general. Emotions may only emerge partnered with Will in certain repetitious and well-defined cases—such as the Hebrew Hesed, Ahab, and Châshaq.
To be continued . . .
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