Let us plunge ourseves into happiness

We have already seen how being led by the Spirit of God we should naturally be led into the path of permanent happiness. However, we need to ponder over matters that help us to be plunged into pepetual happiness as against the danger of leaping into darkness and permanent misery. As we are composed of both body and soul, the material and the spiritual, we are pulled in opposite directions. That the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak is a matter of experience. The body is vivified by the soul and yet the body seems to run riot attracted by the world around us ignoring the legitimate needs of the soul. Here is the source of our unhappiness.
                   Why do we see some well-heeled people committing suicide? They were apparently happy and yet they could not sustain their happiness at critical momens. why? At some point in their life, the essential alignment between their body and soul slipped and they were unable to notice it due to the preponderance of apparent happiness at the time over the real one. A slipped disc immediately alerts us to the disharmony in the bodily system enabling us to take remedial measures. In the case of disharmony between the soul and the body, there is no automatic alarm system as it pertains to two units, namely, body and soul, each with its own logic of wholeness. Unless one tries to learn the difference between the two and the rules of alignment between them, one can never reach for perpetual happiness. The difference between the two worlds of the body and the soul and yet their alignment and functions in life should be a matter of thought for us in order to be always happy.