Some thoughts about eternity

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How are we going to find out if eternity is a reality? It's an intriguing question and i'll try to formulate some thoughts about it.

If we believe in a physical reality only, the question is superfluous. Our physical bodies die after a lifetime of some 60 to 100 years. Who cares what comes after you when you're anyway non-existent in a few years from now? So, eternity, when it exists, must be connected to the spiritual reality.

What is the spiritual reality? The spiritual reality cannot be proven by experiments or observations or laws of the physical world. The physical is the physical and the spiritual is the spiritual. When we conduct inquiries about spiritual phenomena in the physical world, approaching the subject with scientific methods that are usually applied to physical phenomena, we can be sure to not get any deeper insights. At best we might get some understanding of people who have spiritual experiences and an overview of the mysteries of the paranormal. Always doubt arises then. Maybe the person did not experience anything, but just imagined it. Maybe it's possible to explain the phenomenon as a magical trick. One doesn't really get anything further in that way.

The spiritual reality can only be understood while yourself being in the spiritual reality. I believe we are spiritual beings in addition to having physical bodies and a physical life. To understand about the spiritual reality we must use our spiritual senses. The problem here is that many people haven't developed their spiritual senses. They do have them, but they just haven't learned to use them well.

Everyone experiences dreams. Of course, they can be explained as outcomes from brain functions. But what about dreams that prophecy the future, as some dreams do? What about some mediums who appear to have correct information they couldn't have gotten from physical sources? What about those who have seen spirits? And what about the meaning of life? Why do many people believe in something that extends the physical reality? Why are many people religious? How could such concepts exist and such experiences occur at all if people were only physical beings?

To me it is clear that there is a spiritual reality. The question is only what this spiritual reality entails. From here on i must tell you about my own experiences. I cannot prove anything. I can just tell you about some of my observations that are very real to me.

The spiritual reality is one that exists on top of physical life. There is a factor though that binds and unites the spiritual world with the physical world. That factor is energy. Love is also a form of energy, it could be called the highest form of energy. Everyone knows that love is very real. You cannot explain love with physical terms. Of course, love expresses into physical actions, but love is much more than just that. Love can be felt on a distance. I can feel the love of someone in America who is far away from me. I can also feel it when someone hates me. I don't need physical proof for such things.

The spiritual world is in essence the world of love. We also could call the spiritual reality the world of creative energies. When you are a deeply loving and creative person, the spiritual world will open to you.

What is love worth when you know that one day the object of your love will disappear? It cannot be that your love will just die out because there comes an end to existence. In the nature of love is embedded the concept of eternity.

Nothing can be proven here, but we can nevertheless be absolutely sure. We cannot be sure that the physical world will continue to exist as we know it. The earth might one day be struck by a gigantic meteorite that extinguishes this planet forever. But there is the reality of my love and there is the certainty of the spiritual existence and the eternity of my spiritual reality.

May 21, 2006