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The Visible Substantial
World And The Invisible Substantial World
Internal
character is invisible to the physical senses and yet
it is responsible for the behavior of the external reality
that is observed, directly or indirectly, by humans. The
implication of this is that the invisible inner world
of creation is causal and therefore more important than
the world known to human senses. Yet little is known about
the internal, spiritual, dimension of reality. This is
due, in part, to the fact that it is a realm intangible
to the five senses of the body and beyond the reach of
scientific instruments; consequently its study has remained
the province of religion, which is the object of considerable
skepticism in the modern, scientific world. Nevertheless,
science itself recognizes the existence of invisible,
causal forces that are only known through the impact they
have on the observable world and recent extensive research
into "near-death-experiences", "remote-viewing"
and "the presence of spirits in madness" is
bring science around to recognise the existence of the
"invisible-substantial-world" and it's impact
as it interfaces with the physical world
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. The physical world, which is known to human beings through
their five physical senses, is complemented by an invisible
substantial world, or simply spirit world which is also accessable
through humanity's other five senses, called the "spiritual
senses". . This is not a world of fantasy or imagination
but a completely real environment for the human spirit. The
spirit world is a separate realm of existence, but it interfaces
with the physical world.
The reality of the spirit world can best be understood by
recognizing the reality of intangible forces in life, such
as the power of love to influence people through the invisible
bonds of family, friendship, nationality, race and religion.
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Actually
it is fair to say that most peoples' lives are governed by
invisible influences stemming from belief, relationship, tradition
and culture. The world of humanity's physical environment
is shaped by these internal forces because the activities
of the body are directed by the mind. The realm of mind and
spirit is causal to the world of body. Religions have arisen
to deal with this "spirit world's" impact upon human
life and culture with a history recording
1,000s of years the causal relationship like Jesus holding
a conference
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17:1-3) And after six days Jesus took with him Peter
and James and John his brother, and led them up a high
mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them,
and his face shone like the sun, and his garments became
white as light. And behold, there appeared to them MOses
and Elijah, talking with him. |
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meeting with
the "spirit personage" of Moses and Elijah and Christ's
laughing at Peter's suggestion to construct a tent for the
"spirit bodies" of these two Prophets physically
dead. While most people believe in some kind of life after
death, few are conscious that even during our physical lifetimes
we are existing in two realms simultaneous-a material one
and a spiritual one. Thath there is an invisible spiritual
world that surrounds and interpentrates the physical one and
is inhabited by those who have passed on. Because the two
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the spirit self of a person near death can float out of his
body and then return later on. For this same reason the spirits
of Moses and Elijah could could converse with Jesus and appear
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Spiritual
Self and Physical Self |
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Cor 15:44) It is sown a physical body, it is raised
a spiritual body. If there is a physical body., there
is a spiritual body. |
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The physical
person is created at conception and continues to live until
physical death; the spirit person begins its autonomous existence
at the birth of a baby. It exists |
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to the physical person, and then, once the body dies, in the
spiritual world. An awareness and proper understanding of
this reality is important in the shaping of one's physical
life to serve the larger purpose of eternal spiritual existence.
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The spirit
person has both a spirit mind and a spirit body, which responds
to the desires of the spirit mind. The spirit person is
completely substantial in the sense that it appears as a
distinct shape (visible to the spiritual eyes of others)
and functions much like the physical person, though without
the limitations of time and space. The physical person has
a physical mind, which operates through the brain and central
nervous system, and a physical body, which responds to the
desires of the physical mind.
The spirit mind is the core of the spirit person, controlling
the eternal life, love and ideals of individuals. Through
it, human existence gains value as emotion, intellect and
will pursue, respectively, beauty, truth and goodness. It
is the place in humans where God can dwell. The physical
mind is similar to an animal's mind, manifesting rudimentary
intellect and instinctive desires for nourishment and exercise,
self-protection and comfort, and for reproduction - thereby
maintaining life.
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The human mind, then, essentially
is an invisible, spiritual aspect of humans that is subject
over the physical person and provides direction and purpose
to human existence. In an individual who is alive physically,
the physical mind interacts with the spirit mind to create
the human mind, the causal aspect of a human being. The union
of spirit mind and physical mind centered on giving true love
and returning joy to God is the original mind. The original
mind is the voice of God in human beings.
In an ideal state, the strong desires of the physical person
are naturally subordinate to even stronger desires of the
spirit person, and they are harmonized through the perfection
of the mind-body relationship. But when people are separated
from God through the violation of His principles, the desires
of their minds are dominated by those of their bodies in an
inversion of the first blessing. These disordered human desires
create the type of chaos and suffering seen in the world today
where rampant physical lusts are pursued at the cost of spiritual
values.
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people towards a proper relationship between spirit and body.
The conscience guides according to what one believes to be true,
but the conscience is subordinate to the original mind and is
to be educated by it. The conscience seeks to direct humans
towards fulfillment of their true purpose as beings of absolute
value, guiding them according to their levels of maturity. Only
a perfected mind can fully comprehend absolute values of beauty,
truth and goodness and thus direct humanity in a life of perfect
oneness with God. In the fallen world relative standards prevail,
hence the diversity in moral codes and ethical systems. It is
the role of religion to educate the human mind to develop ever
more accurate and profound understanding of absolute values,
going beyond the limitations of relative standards. In this
way religious truth serves as the basis for the true working
of conscience. The more the original mind dominates human thinking
and behavior, the closer the conscience comes to directing people
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| the spiritual world and its
relationship to the physical world, in particular the pivotal
role of human beings who are endowed with spiritual nature and
created to be the center of harmony between the physical and
spiritual worlds. |
what is the nature
of the spiritual world? How does it relate to the physical world?
How do human beings mediate between the two worlds? How does
the human spirit grow? Where does an individual's spirit go
at death? What are hell, paradise and heaven? |
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