Meet Your Most Powerful Self…
- Mark Johnson
- Mar 6
- 5 min read
Who You Really Are…
Most people move through life without ever asking one of the most important questions a human being can ask:
Who am I, really?
Not your name.
Not your job title.
Not the roles you play in society.
Who you really are at the deepest level.
Understanding this changes everything about how you approach life, goals, and personal growth / development / and transformation (unfoldment).
You see, as a human being you are not just a physical body walking around the earth. You are made up of three distinct but connected elements or dimensions:
Soul
Mind
Body
And there is a hierarchy.
The Soul: The Source of Life
The highest order of your being is the soul.
The dictionary definition from Merriam-Webster describes the soul as the actuating cause of human life — the animating principle that makes life possible.
In other words, the soul is what gives you life / makes you alive.
This idea is also reflected in the creation narrative in the Book of Genesis.
According to that account, three things happened in sequence:
Man (body and mind) was formed from the dust of the earth.
The breath of life was breathed into the nostrils of man.
Man became a living soul.
Notice the order.
The body (including the mind / brain 🧠 / or mental computer) existed first.
But it was not alive.
Life began the moment the breath of life (the soul) entered the body.
You can observe this same principle at birth.
When a baby is delivered and the umbilical cord is cut (severing it from the breath of life in the mother) the child must take its first breath (receive the breath of life for itself).
If that first inhale does not occur, life cannot continue.
And when life ends, something equally significant happens.
The final act of a human life is an exhale.
If another inhale never follows, life ends.
Between the first inhale and the final exhale is the entire span of a human life (your era).
The breath of life animates (enlivens) the body.
And that animating force is what we call the soul.
The Mind: The Instrument of Creation
If the soul is the visionary, the mind is the strategist / architect / planner.
The mind translates vision into strategy, and strategy into executable plans.
It does this through thinking, learning, planning, and discipline.
The mind itself operates in two regions:
The conscious mind (critical thought and learning in sequential processing.)
The subconscious mind (preprogrammed multiprocessing instruction execution.)
The conscious mind is the seat of all learning.
The subconscious mind is the execution engine.
Think of the mind like a computer.
When you buy a new laptop, it already contains an operating system. But it cannot perform specialized tasks until additional programs are installed.
Human beings are similar.
At birth, certain programs already exist:
Breathing
Blinking
Circulating blood
Sleeping
But everything else must be learned.
Language
Financial habits
Beliefs about success
Biases
Work ethic
These become mental programs.
And those programs shape the boundaries of our lives because unless and until they are replaced, they run 24/7/365 on auto start.
The Body: The Vehicle of Action
The third dimension of your being is the body.
The body is the physical instrument through which intentions become visible results.
If the soul provides the vision and the mind provides strategy and execution plans, the body provides execution.
The body follows instructions.
If the mind says move, the body moves.
If the mind says build, the body builds.
If the mind says scroll social media for two hours, the body does that too.
The body does not lead.
It obeys.
The Corporate Model of a Human Life
One of the easiest ways to understand this hierarchy is to compare it to how a corporation works.
Every successful organization has a clear chain of leadership.
At the top sits the CEO.
The CEO sets the vision and direction of the organization. The CEO determines what the company will become and where it is going.
Below the CEO sits the executive leadership team — the C-suite.
These are roles like the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Legal Officer, and others. Their job is to translate the CEO’s vision into strategy and operational plans.
Below them are the directors, managers, and employees who execute the mission. They are the people who perform the day-to-day work that brings the strategy to life.
Now compare that to the architecture of a human life.
CEO → Soul
Executive Team → Mind
Employees → Body
The soul is the CEO of your life.
It holds the vision.
It senses purpose.
It generates desire.
The mind is the executive team.
It builds strategy.
It develops plans.
It organizes resources.
The body is the workforce.
It executes the actions required to produce results.
Life works best when this hierarchy is embraced.
Two Relationships That Govern Your Life
Understanding the hierarchy is important.
But even more important are the two relationships that connect these levels.
Soul → Mind
Relationship: Desire, Will, and Discipline
The soul produces desire.
Desire is the emotional energy behind vision.
But the mind is already programmed with habits and behaviors learned over years.
Left alone, the mind simply repeats those programs.
This is why people remain stuck in cycles.
So when the soul introduces a new vision, something else must happen.
The soul must exert willpower.
Willpower invokes discipline.
Discipline forces the mind to redirect its activity.
It reallocates time and attention toward designing a new strategy for life.
Desire creates the vision.
Will applies pressure.
Discipline redirects the mind.
Mind → Body
Relationship: Command and Execution
Once the mind develops a strategy and supporting plans, it sends instructions to the body.
The body obeys.
If the mind says write the plan, the body writes.
If the mind says learn a new skill, the body practices.
If the mind says take action, the body moves.
The body is the executor.
The Architecture of a Human Life
When all three levels work together correctly, life becomes aligned.
SOUL → Vision and Desire
↓
MIND → Strategy and Transformation Plan
↓
BODY → Action and Execution
The soul dreams the future.
The mind builds the strategy.
The body executes the work.
This is why I like to say if you want something you’ve never had, you’ve got to do something you’ve never done!
Now it’s Time to Invest 5 Minutes to Snap Yourself Into a New Reality! R. W. A.
Reflect
What vision has your soul been quietly calling you toward?
Write
Complete this sentence:
“The vision my soul is calling me toward is ______.”
Act
Take one small action today that moves that vision forward.
Send the message.
Open the document.
Schedule the meeting.
Start the plan.
Because once the body begins acting on a vision, the future begins to materialize right before your eyes.
Your new reality begins the moment you decide and commit to act - differently, in alignment with your vision and purpose.
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Mark Johnson
March 2026
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