New empirical discoveries

To describe the spirit world would seem an impossible task for a mortal. After all, it doesn’t seem to be of earthly origins and is such a mystical place, seemingly full of ghosts, angels and spirits. This strange place, as if a world of dreams, also seems
responsible for all the unexplainable phenomena and miracles which occur. It is a place without substance and, we’re told, where God surely dwells. Of all things we believe to exist, even theoretically, the spirit world is by far the most bizarre. It has always been beyond the capacity of almost every human to make sense of it. It is so absolutely alien that just the reason for its existence is baffling. In fact, the spirit world is so far removed from our ability to logically comprehend it… it is often dismissed as mere fantasy. After all, since it defies all logic and can’t be rationally explained, most any intelligent person would think it couldn’t possibly exist.

Well, there is something these ‘intelligent’ people are overlooking. Even though it took most of my life to figure it out, it seems so simple now and should have been obvious. Albert Einstein once said “If it is beautiful, it must be true” and in my pursuits I’ve always kept that in mind. Therefore I knew there had to be a simple answer and not something complicated. I also knew spiritual realizations would be available to anyone who sought answers, not just reserved for the brilliant. It’s something I thought God would set-up.

Before I address why virtually no one has been able to comprehend the spirit world, metaphysics in effect, I need to point out a few things first… otherwise to prematurely relate what I’ve discovered wouldn’t make sense. It probably isn't a new discovery
though, thousands, if not more, should have thought of it before. The reason it isn't  well known is because this discovery is practically impossible to explain, so few tried. Metaphysics is also something many people don’t like to talk about in public. Anyway, this discovery has to do with mankind's 'frame-of-mind' which I'll try to explain next... and while my approach may seem unusual, it is necessary.

Faith

While faith is paramount for all religions, practically the foundation, I’ve always had a problem with that. I always thought beliefs should be backed up with facts, at least some. I was always critical of religions for pushing the faith thing, in other words… don’t question it, just believe. Now I understand why they do that. The spirit world and all that associated has, for centuries, been almost impossible to describe in comprehensible terms. That perhaps explains the reason for all the Biblical parables. Still, it seems, only a few clergy within each religion actually understand it, otherwise, it seems, they’d try harder to teach it in more straightforward terms.

I can also understand why many intellectuals have long dismissed the spirit world as being a fantasy. But now I realize they weren’t so exceptionally intelligent after all, especially for boxing themselves in… limiting themselves to a constricting frame-of-mind. Primarily that is the fault of science. While scientific thinking has been proven extremely effective since it was introduced 2,500 years ago, systematic and calculating, backed-up with basic research in almost everything, with standards of proof, testing and verifying… but this only serves the physical world. It utilizes a train of thought and logical disposition that can’t incorporate such things the spirit world is comprised of, or for that matter, what it has to offer. Besides the spirit world’s indescribable essence, of incredible proportions, it still remains physical nothingness, the ethereal. It isn’t incorporated because any rationale suggesting its existence wouldn’t logically follow applying the same standards which faithfully apply to the physical world. The spirit world just doesn’t fit anywhere utilizing scientific thought and those who subscribe to scientific thinking find it sensible only to rationalize in a scientific manner. Compounding their problem, science has prematurely determined what is real and what isn’t.

Empirical thought

When scientific thought began to dominate just prior to classical times, or about 500 B.C., empirical thinking was being tossed aside as being unproductive. It was true; proceeding with projects without factual knowledge was getting mankind nowhere.
It was a time of trial and error, of limitations. Yet there was a benefit having an empirical mind, yet long forgotten… importantly being a way to more accurately fathom metaphysical matters. That shouldn’t be surprising, after all, without due regard means unrestricted thought, not bound by any rules. Rules have a tendency to limit creative thought, to discourage thinking outside the box. They're not really rules though, just a group-think mentality to stay on track. keep in step. At any rate, however badly empirical thinking proved itself for the physical needs of civilization, it, without question, is more suitable for metaphysical and spiritual matters. As I’ve often pointed out, the combination of the two mentalities can be dynamite, profoundly effective as the ancient Greeks once demonstrated.

Before scientific thought came along, early man hadn’t yet realized the benefits of carefully plodding along, to first understand fully the makeup of things from which to systematically build upon. Yet, in the meantime, our ancestors were pondering life itself in a way the scientific minded, being more ‘practical’, can’t. The conclusions of science are based on the laws of physics, not metaphysics. The result is the inability to comprehend a diametrically-opposed mentality (effectively) that is sound. While empirical thinking may not be systematic, and indeed often unsound, depending on the person, it can reach greater heights. If one can consider thinking as an art, and it
is largely, then it shouldn't be hard to imagine that, as in a classroom, a controlled environment will never create a masterpiece.

Believe it or not, the spirit world actually has an active logical disposition. It thinks, has a mentality and operates at the highest possible intellectual level. On the other hand, in our world, we have adjusted to and merely live by the laws of physics, which is, in effect, a subjacent reality and a lower form of existence.

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