The Ascent Of The Soul Classic Reprint

Author : Michael Timothy Sheil
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365087724
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (877 download)

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Download or read book Immortality of the Soul (Classic Reprint) written by Michael Timothy Sheil and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Immortality of the Soul As we peer into the starry depths on a clear night, when the noise of the day has softened into an impressive silence, undis turbed, our Vision penetrates to stars that retreat into mere points of light. The telescope is brought to our aid and there is revealed to us innumerable stars'far beyond the reach of the naked eye. We have no means of determining the distance to which the stars may extend in space beyond those within the field of view of the most powerful telescope. We are in the habit of placing boundaries to all existences that come within' the scope of our mental operations. We place limitations on all existences that come to occupy a place in space and time. We are aware of the limit of space, _in which the human body is con fined and the extent of its activities on earth. We are certain of the limited time allotted to the organized body in its career on earth. We are certain that the earth is limited in space and time. We do not doubt that there are regions in space, beyond the reach of the Sun's light. Although we can not escape the conscious conviction of the existences that are limited in space and duration, yet our minds are capable of apprehending that which does not admit of limitation. We can not get away from the truth that space is boundless and that we can form no con ception of the limits of its extension. How are our minds brought in touch with infinite space? What is that entity which we call infinite space? We can not apply our knowledge of mathematics, science and philosophy in demonstrating or prov ing infinite space. How then is the mind made certain that there is that which we call infinite space? We trace back the years of our lives and the entire line of our ancestors until we reach the first man. Our marvelous minds continue to revert still farther back into duration, through the ages that preceded man, until we enter into the thought of a duration that had no beginning. We are now convinced of the eternity that knows no beginning. What is time? What is eternity? We look about for the proof of this mysterious eternity, and we find that our mathematics, our smence and our philosophy can not fathom it. How are we brought to a recognition of infinite space and the eternity of duration? These truths are revealed to us by that indwelling power of the mind that was created in us, and which we call intuition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.