noun: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli OneLook Dictionary
Christ
"What is the difference between the soul and psyche? I am now going to explain the difference which your earthly psychologists may dispute, but nonetheless, this is the truth. The Soul is the 'Divine Flame' - a metaphor used to describe the essence of Divine Life which is drawn into individual being at the moment of conception. LIFE FORCE takes on personal form and releases the energy of 'electrical force of activity' and the magnetic impulses of 'bonding - rejection' to embark on the intricate work of construction of the body.
"Therefore, you have, at the core of your being,
this is Divine Intelligence / Divine Love
Which is the powerful Divine Impulse to create, grow, nourish, nurture, heal, protect, fulfill every need, within a system of perfect law and order.
"This is the Reality which is your soul.
"Therefore, when you have overcome the ego impulses and invited the SOUL to hold dominion in your thoughts and feelings, you will be driven to express all of the Divine Impulses described above. You will be possessed by a desire to only promote the highest good of all living things and the universe itself. You will have become a true messenger from Divine Consciousness, expressing all Its qualities of Being.
"Until that time of soul re-unification with Divine Consciousness, the psyche occupies the deepest recesses of your human consciousness and draws its awareness from your soul. It is the hidden instinct within you which knows right from wrong." [Christ Returns - Speaks His Truth, Letter 7, page 166-167, (13)]
"When a person penetrates the spiritual dimension and is imbued with LIFE characteristics, the person begins to realize and eventually KNOW that the human ego-drive to 'look out for the self' actually shuts the SOUL off from the continuous inflow of DIVINE LIFE into the mind, heart, body, relationships and daily experiences.
'Looking out for yourself' is a human, earthly experience.
Total, sincere surrender of the self-hood to Father-Mother-Life removes the block between the spiritual dimension and the SOUL.
A person no longer has to 'look out for himself', all that DIVINE LIFE is, now flows into the individual's body, mind, heart, experiences and relationships.
Such a person lives by instinct and follows hunches which always work out perfectly in the long term. DIVINE LIFE is always there to be accessed, whenever the person surrenders self-will and turns to IT for every need." [The Christ Letters, Letter 8]
Nikola Tesla
"But instinct is something which transcends knowledge. We have, undoubtedly, certain finer fibers that enable us to perceive truths when logical deduction, or any other willful effort of the brain (thinking), is pointless." [Nikola Tesla, Quotes from Autobiography]
Russell
"Aeons pass before aught but sensation - then instinct - makes bodies aware of the centering Light of that Divine Presence. Long ages pass before thinking and knowing transcend sensation and instinct. When thinking begins, knowing also begins. More long ages pass before God's ultimate Creation - MAN - knows of his divinity through full comprehension of the whisperings of the Inner Silent Voice which forever says to him: "What I am you also are." [Atomic Suicide, page 107]
See Also
Awareness
Conscience
Intuition
Knowing
Sensation
Thinking
Wisdom