From where does a person’s worth and dignity arise: from their body or their soul?

And in the body of another you will see the use to which you have put yours. If the body becomes a means you give to the Holy Spirit to use on behalf of union of the Sonship, you will not see anything physical except as what it is. Use it for truth and you will see it truly. Misuse it and you will misunderstand it, because you have already done so by misusing it. Interpret anything apart from the Holy Spirit and you will mistrust it. This will lead you to hatred and attack and loss of peace. T-8.VII.4:4-9

A Course in Miracles (pp. 297-298). Foundation for Inner Peace. Kindle Edition. 

Hypochondriacs don’t understand their own bodies nor the bodies of others. They live in fear of loss of the body because they identify so strongly with it, they think their peace and joy come from it. The focus of concern should be the soul not the body.

In Unitarian Universalism some of us join together to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. This worth and dignity does not arise from the body but from the soul.

Today it is suggested that we consider from where our inherent worth and dignity arise: from our bodies or from our souls?