The majority of us have fractured souls, yes, in a sense. The soul in itself is complete but from day one we have little understanding of it on the mental level. As a child your brain cannot concieve the notion that we have a divine spark, a soul inside of us, that is a part of the webbing of the universe. As soon as a child is old enough to learn to speak and grasp large concepts, we teach them the way of science. Science is great and all, but it has it's place. Just as the order of important in the mind-body-spirit connect goes (from least important to greatest) Body, Mind, Soul......Science is to spirituality as body is to soul. Science is not only something our body can work with mechanically, it is something that our brain can fundamentally understand. That which is unknowable is not something we wish to understand, it is something we wish to FEEL. That explains the longing, the feeling of loss of a part of oneself. Though our brain can rationalize and concieve these thoughts and ideas of spirituality and the unknown, you cannot truly understand unless you have first hand experience. We dont even give our spirit validation, so how can our spirit learn if our middle self (brain) refuses to believe it exists?
To answer your questions as best I can....
2: We are not limited by the family we choose. Worldly knowledge such as science may be limited to family depending on financial and living conditions. Thats more of a matter of access to education. But, anyone and everyone has the right to spiritual learning. The knowledge that is directly passed on through the bond of spirit or blood is simply like a specialization. If you have a gift or power that has been passed down in your family, its not to say that another person wouldnt be able to develop it, its just that you have a knack for it. And in cases where it is somethign present since birth, it has been ingrained deeply enough that it is utter instinct. Like I said before, collective unconcious could reveal EVERYTHING to someone. So, if not able to develop a skill or ability through development, or not having it as an instinct, one might seek to bring his or her mind/body/spirit connection in sync enough to tap into the collective unconcious. Think of it like this. The collective unconcious is a library that is hard to find your way to. Development is like borrowing a book and reading it through and practicing the said knowledge. Instinct is like your grandmother reading that book to put you to sleep, so you just grow up knowing it.
2.a : Do we or do we not choose our weakness depends on how you look at it. We may come into this life knowing what we can potentially learn. We learn from mistakes sometimes, right? Is it arrogant to believe that these "mistakes" would be taken for weaknesses, in some cases? Yes, strengths and weaknesses exist and in a sense our spirits can see them, but our soul recognizes the set parameters merely as opportunities to learn. In my opinion, basically the
soul can see the entire life layed out in front of them. They see what places they have something they still need to learn and decide if they want to enter into that life. The "future" that you see before entering the world can be altered. Not by our soul's actions but by our conciousness. Environmental influences shape our personalities, and the story can change. Some souls are destined to live a similar life over and over because the world is plagued by false pretenses, religion with no goal, and other things to impede progress. Our soul is like a passenger in the ride. Our personality and our choices shape what we will allow our soul to learn. If you choose to not be spiritual at all, obviously you might not get as much gain out of a certain lifetime.
2.b : Our spirit is complete in the sense that there is nothing missing, only something denied to it. It is comparable to a disowned child. The child starts thinking "why am I here?". The soul does the same, which is why some middle aged people suddenly embrace a religion or spirituality. It's like your soul giving you a kick, letting you know its there and it needs to be validated atleast once int he lifetime. To "complete" your spirit, you need only accept it.
3: The fractured or "disowned" spirit you accept that it is there. We already accept the mind-body connection and our higher self has been believed in since before religion. So yes, after you accept that you even have a soul inside you, you should strive to bring body-mind-soul into harmony. Doing so will effectively unlock your collective unconcious or "knowledge through blood". Like I said, gifts passed down through families is more of a bond between the souls. Like a "mother soul" (for lack of better term) teaching the "child soul" a few "family secrets". It is somethign to help you along in this life, to give you the benefit of the doubt. In a way, it can ensure that you DO gain what you need of this life. Also, we are all interconnected and our souls are all of the same makeup, so in essence, we are all "blood". We are all brothers and sisters on the spiritual level.
As far as what you say after your questions were asked, I understand that I ventured a litle bit away from the topic of the thread, but what I spoke of is atleast related. I saw alot of interest in what I was saying and do believe I was asked to elaborate further.
It is a difference of opinion, really. You believe we hold knowledge in our actual blood, which is not an absurd idea. We know that there is essentially life force (beyond mechanical needs) within our blood. Ki, Prana, whatever you want to call it. It is indeed possible that knowledge is contained in blood but I would venture to say that if that is the case, I would say that the knowledge is inside the Prana or Life Force WITHIN the blood, as opposed to the biological makeup of blood itself. Prana, or life energy, is what our souls are made up of anyways, so this would further my belief that knowledge beyond our brain's grasp is held within the soul.
