Who Created the Body Mind Spirit Concept?
When the human unit—mind/body/spirit—is activated in benevolence toward the community of which it is a part, the integrity of life substance is honored, and human potential tends to thrive। (Ellen G। White, Education (Mountain View, Calif.: Pacific Press Publ. Assn., 1903), p. 13.) More than one hundred years ago, Ellen White counseled that when the human body and mind connects with the mind of God, the Holy Spirit takes residence in the heart. When that occurs, the effect of love has a powerful, beneficial influence on the mind and the body, she explains. Subsequently, an atmosphere forms around us that is beneficial to all who come near. Negative emotion, on the other hand, is detrimental to self and to those near us. (Ellen G. White, "Life, Love, and Union," The Signs of the Times, October 20, 1898, b.; "Sabbath-School Influences," Sabbath School Worker, April 1, 1886, a; Sons and Daughters of God (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publ. Assn., 1955); Mind, Cha...