Body, Shadow, Spirit
The poem "Body, Shadow, and Spirit" brings up a time-honored question of what one is living for in life. The poem also shows that internally these three parts are arguing with which one should be remembered for, should it be ones actual body (flesh), ones shadow (what you will be remembered for), or ones Spirit (what lives inside of you). This poem is written on T'oa Ch'ien's opinion and beliefs about what is important in life. In return I believe that the only thing that one should live for is spirit, the actual presence that lives inside of ones self underneath ones body (flesh) and ones shadow (fame). The spirit helps one do what is morally right (acting as a "guilty conscious").If in life one lives "in the flesh", one is just building up ones self here on Earth and will not take that with one when on
As I have shown, the following reasons why to live by the spirit and not by the body nor Shadow. These three objects can totally contrast with what the one true presence that one should live every day for, the spirit. Not only can this be inferred in a religious way, but in a way of saying, "let your conscious be your guide". The spirit will help one stay out of bad situations by making one fell guilty of partaking. Probably if not any other reason that one should live for ones spirit is that one can take it with them once one dies, into eternity where life on Earth seems as of a spec unto its enormous span of time. This is why one should live for spirit and not for body or Shadow. Not only should one not live for ones "body" but also one should not live for ones "shadow". This shadow according to T'oa C
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Approximate Word count = 545
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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