Proofs for existence of the spiritual world

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Soul’s originOnce we understand the difference between body and soul, eternal an temporary, we find there is drastic diversity contrast in the nature of spirit and matter, raising the question where does the soul come from?

GOLD ANALOGY

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SoulSpiritual World

Paranormal phenomena

• Many things are unexplained by science• William James(psychologist) : The

examples of such(paranormal) phenomenon are so many and so widespread that if we dismiss them then it is a bad science.

• Alfred Wallace(Co-founder theory of evolutution): I do not ask for faith I ask for the doubt of infallibility of preconception.

Innate longing for eternal shelter

Longing and fulfillment • We want something lasting or permanent but we see around

us everything is temporary.• In nature if we observe, then we find our Inner most longings

are always fulfilledE.g. thirst, hunger, etc• Thus all our core longings have fulfillment.• Similarly we have an innate longing for an eternal shelter. All of

us want to be in place which we can call our eternal home. So from deductive understanding that place has to exist and it is the spiritual world.

Revelation of scripture and realization of saints

If one studies scriptures open mindedly then one can find profound wisdom present in it.All of them describe about the existence of the eternal spiritual world.

Greatest thinkers in the history were saintly personal.

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Inconceivable consistency of diverse traditions

• Various world traditions have many diversity in various aspects like religion, custom, worship, etc.

• In spite these diversities which are constantly there in all traditions, one point is consistent that beyond this temporary there is eternal

• There is remarkable similarity in gross cultural cosmology too.

Transformational potency of spirituality

• When people become spiritual they become detached to matter and attached to something higher and that higher reality is spiritual reality.• Not only they become transformed but also they transform others.• When people follow the process, they achieve higher happiness which make them detached from the lower happiness.

Answer Summary as the acronym SPIRIT

S – Soul’s originP – Paranormal phenomenaI – Innate longing for eternal shelterR – Revelation of scripture and realization of saintsI – Inconceivable consistency of diverse traditionsT – Transformational potency of spirituality