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There is a powerful comparison between the muscles of the body and the muscles of the soul - except the soul is an exponent more complex.
In the U.S. Army, they say there are these dimensions of physical fitness:
- Muscular Strength
- Muscular Endurance
- Cardio-resperatory Endurance
- Body Composition
- Flexibility
I would add "Coordination".
But, if there are about 6 dimensions of physical fitness, there are 36+ of soulish fitness. Examples:
- Short-term Patience
- Long-term Patience
- Forgiveness Depth
- Forgiveness Speed
- Short-term recall
- Remembering something like a password...
- Remembering names
- Pronouncing words correctly
- ...many more.
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Brother Luke pointed out to me that it is hard to learn to use new muscles (such as pronouncing a letter like the "Ayin", or wiggling one's ears). It should be clear that it is hard to learn to use new "muscles of the soul".
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Can we extend the description to include the spirit?
What dimensions would be on what side of the soul/spirit split?