day no. 15,685: the soul of the world

"In a word, what the soul is in a body, this the Christians are in the world. The soul is spread through all the members of the body, and Christians through the divers cities of the world. The soul hath its abode in the body, and yet it is not of the body. So Christians have their abode in the world, and yet they are not of the world. The soul which is invisible is guarded in the body which is visible: so Christians are recognized as Being in the world, and yet their religion remaineth invisible. The flesh hateth the soul and wageth war with it, though it receiveth no wrong, because it is forbidden to indulge in pleasures; so the world hateth Christians, though it receiveth no wrong from them, because they set themselves against its pleasures. The soul loveth the flesh which hateth it, and the members: so Christians love those that hate them. The soul is enclosed in the body, and yet itself holdeth the body together; so Christians are kept in the world as in a prison-house, and yet they themselves hold the world together. The soul though itself immortal dwelleth in a mortal tabernacle- so Christians sojourn amidst perishable things, while they look for the imperishability which is in the heavens." --  The Epistle to Diognetus, chapter 6, J.B. Lightfoot translation

The man who gains the world and loses his soul is a fool. Whatever you gain in trade for your soul cannot be yours. If your soul belongs to someone else, whatever you have, isn't yours.

Mark 8:36

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

The world seeks to save itself and loses its soul in the process. It ignores its soul and loses its ability to retain ownership of anything

Matthew 16:25

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

A man seeking to preserve his body yet paying no attention to his soul will end up having both of them taken from him. He does not know the value of what he had until it is no longer his and too late to retain it. What he failed to value in life cannot be redeemed by regret after death. A soul scorned will be avenged.