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study guide for superdomain03d ["Creating reality"]
Heindel, M. (1939). Where are the dead? In: M. Heindel, The Rosicrucian Christianity lectures (pp. 10-18). [Global Grey Books: 2019, globalgreybooks.com]
1. Know whether or not we live in a world of effect, which is the result of visible causes. Know whether or not Electricity, magnetism, and steam are names given to forces that (though unseen) we have made our most valuable servants. Know whether or not Anyone can demonstrate the truth of a proposition in geometry to a person unacquainted with the principles of mathematics. Know whether or not occult science asserts that there is an invisible cause at the root of all visible phenomena. Know whether or not nature forces are neither blind nor unintelligent as we mistakenly think.
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2. Know whether or not the infinitude of space, of the great and of the small seems to be beyond question and independent of our cognition. Know whether or not there exist things that are “supernatural” or “unnatural,” existing outside Nature. Know whether or not even during life in the dense body we know and deal with the invisible world at every moment of our existence. Know whether or not the investigations of science have been limited to the world of sense of the dense physical world. Know whether or not our bodies are preserved only so long as they serve the purpose of the Spirit.
3. Know whether or not to “infer” the existence of an invisible world is the only means of proof. Know whether or not even after one’s death the idea may be found in the Memory of Nature. Know whether or not according to Lodge, the existence of an invisible world, inhabited by the so-called dead…[has] been established beyond peradventure in such an abundance of cases as to leave no room for doubt. Know whether or not John McCreery’s poem sees physical death as the absolute end to a life. Know whether or not Joan of Arc’s answers showed a singleness of mind, an innocence and a straightforwardness unequalled in the annals of history. Know whether or not that, to all who will take the trouble to awaken their latent faculties, the opening of the proper sense is but a matter of time. Know whether or not everything we see about us and contact with our senses and call real, is but the evanescent shadow of the intangible, invisible world.
4. Know whether or not Joan of Arc convinced the King of the truth of her mission by whispering in his ear an exceedingly weighty secret known only to himself. Know whether or not Socrates sealed his testimony to the voice of guidance from the invisible world with his life blood. Know whether or not, as a child, Joan of Arc was very bold. Know whether or not the authors argues that no man has a moral right to assert that NO ONE knows, except that he himself is omniscient. Know whether or not though matter may pass beyond the range of our perception it still persists. Know whether or not Joan of Arc testified to hearing voices which spoke to and directed her.
5. Know whether or not we can perform acts that are not connected in some way with our previous acts. Know whether or not the wise man will always have an ear open for new evidence. Know whether or not there is an abundance of direct testimony to show that there is an invisible world. Know whether or not Joan of Arc’s knowledge of military tactics was the constant wonder of her associates, and in itself a proof of the guidance she claimed. Know whether or not the author thinks it is just as foolish to be too skeptical to investigate as to be overcredulous and take for gospel truth everything we hear.
6. Know whether or not Joan of Arc was subjected for years to threats or cajolery to induce her to acknowledge that there had been no voices. The author argues against the existence of another world, intangible to the five senses but readily investigated by means of a “sixth sense.” Know whether or not physical science inductively recognizes the existence of an invisible world as a necessity in the economy of Nature. Joan of Arc was subjected for years to threats or cajolery…to induce her to acknowledge that there had been no voices.
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