Body is a Drug

My husband and I were talking about the veil a little while ago and how our carnal bodies are the restraint on our spirits, limiting our vision and even our understanding as we traverse this life.  That’s when this analogy hit me.  Our bodies are like a drug for the spirit.  Think about it this way: our carnal bodies literally bind our spirit, limiting the things it can process as it is overwhelmed as our bodies block most everything except the senses.  Life is the “high” and “low” as we experience this quite literal, “other world” sensation.  Now I don’t have much experience at all with drugs other than narcotics I tool after my car accident, but I remember how they dulled my mind, separating my mind from my experiences in order to deal with the pain I was experiencing.  My other little knowledge comes from my loved one who experimented with several different varieties and shared with me a few situations where he would be having a conversation and feel like the things they were discussing were the most insightful, intelligent things man could think up when in reality it was often no more than trivial talk.  I feel that can also translate in my analogy as our carnal minds try their hardest to grasp spiritual matters.  I know I have this high elation when I finally understand, or gain a new understand of a gospel principal I have been struggling with.  I feel like I finally have the understanding I need when in truth we still only understand the very basics of the gospel that is offered us on the other side of the veil.