The centers, often referred to as the triadic self, demonstrate the tripartite view of humanity found in the teachings of Plato (concisely tucked into this quote often attributed to him: “Human behavior flows from three sources: desire [body], emotion [heart], and knowledge [head]”) and echoed in every major world religion. In this tripartite understanding, the composite of our existence is expressed through three distinct components of the human person, commonly referred to as the body, the soul, and the spirit. Jesus references this view in his call back to the Hebrew Scriptures’ greatest
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