6. THE PURPOSE OF THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE I THINK OF THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE AS BEING LIKE THE CATERPILLAR STAGE: WE MUST LEARN AND PRACTICE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES SO THAT WHEN WE LEAVE THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND METAMORPHIZE INTO THE BUTTERFLY IN THE SPIRITUAL PLANE, WE CAN FLY AND BE THE BEST BUTTERFLIES WE CAN BE. I BELIEVE THE PURPOSE OF THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS SO THAT WE CAN PRACTICE CONSCIOUS CONTACT, LEARN WHAT SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES ARE, PRACTICE SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES BY LEARNING HOW TO APPLY THEM IN OUR LIVES, SO THAT WHEN WE LEAVE THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE AND MOVE ONTO THE SPIRITUAL PLANE, WE WILL HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE USING THE TOOLS OF THAT EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE THAT WE EACH HAVE FOUR NATURES, OR ASPECTS, OF OUR HUMANNESS: EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, AND PHYSICAL. THIS HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS ABOUT LEARNING TO FIND BALANCE. I LIKEN OUR FOUR DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO A SQUARE PLATE BALANCED ON THE CENTER POINT UNDER THE PLATE, WHICH ACTS AS A PIVOT POINT. IF WE PLACE TOO MUCH EMPHASIS, OR WEIGHT, ON ANYONE ASPECT OF OURSELVES, WE BECOME UNBALANCED. WE CAN BECOME UNBALANCED BY TRYING TO LIVE OUR LIVES AS: TOO EMOTIONAL, TOO LOGICAL, TOO PHYSICAL, OR TOO SPIRITUAL. WE MUST BE IN TOUCH WITH ALL THESE ASPECTS BUT NOT ALLOW OURSELVES TO PUT TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON ANYONE OR TWO OF THEM. THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL ASPECTS ARE ON OPPOSITE OR DIAGONAL POINTS ON THE PLATE, AS ARE THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF OURSELVES ON OPPOSITE OR DIAGONAL POINTS. WE CAN BECOME UNBALANCED BY PUTTING TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON ANYONE ASPECT OR A COMMON SIDE (TWO ASPECTS) OF THE PLATE, CAUSING THE PLATE TO TILT AND THUS OUR LIVES WILL BE UNBALANCED.