Soul Dis-integration is like a 'Dirty Bomb'

I have been thinking a lot this week about the damage that can be done by someone whose soul has disintegrated. The lead news all week has been about extramarital affairs, deception and entanglements. I don’t know all the intricate details of this unfortunate situation but it is not the first time in history and certainly won’t be the last time that these kinds of events take place.

The question has been asked more than once, in a number of different ways, ‘How could this happen?’ or ‘How could someone so smart and so experienced and with so much to lose do something like this?’ Those are great questions to ask, but they are tough questions to answer.

From the perspective of someone who works with people and their souls, it is clear from experience that people make these kinds of choices not from a soul that is ‘integrated’ but from a soul that is in some way ‘disintegrated.’ A soul where the mind has been disintegrated from the emotions, will, relationships and consequences will make poor choices and even catastrophic choices.

In a very real way we’ve witnessed the effects of a ‘dirty bomb’ going off and the destruction that it can bring. A ‘dirty bomb’ combines radioactive material with conventional explosives in order to contaminate the area around the explosion. A dirty bomb is not immediately life threatening. The effects of the contamination are real. They leave areas unable to be lived in, worked in and traveled in. They leave people who have been contaminated with long lasting health issues that can ultimately be fatal. The emotional and psychological effects can leave people socially paralyzed for a long time.

When an affair occurs it is like a dirty bomb going off. There isn’t immediate death, but almost everything experiences contamination. One man with a disintegrated soul gets involved with a woman who has a disintegrated soul and eventually the bomb goes off. The wife of the man, the husband of the woman, the children of both families, the co-workers, the subordinates, the authorities over and the world around watch as the contamination spreads.

The only prevention to this ‘dirty bomb’ going off and other ‘dirty bombs’ going off is the integration of the soul.

Lord, integrate my soul! Lord, integrate our souls!

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