We can say that meditation has a triple dimension of the human being – Spirit, Soul and Body – from the Indian, Chinese, Egyptian, Semitic, Greek, Roman, Sufi, Celtic civilisations and many others. Christianity has also shared this anthropologic vision for many centuries as illustrates this text from Ephrem the Syrian, an oriental Christian from the 4th century:
Because the soul is precious, even more than the body. And precious is the spirit, even more than the soul. And the divinity, more hidden than the spirit. The beauty of the soul, the body will wear. When the end will come. The soul will wear the beauty of the spirit. The spirit will wear on its own face. The divine Majesty. The body to the rank of the soul will be elevated. The soul to the rank of the spirit. The spirit to the height where is Majesty.
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