Immortality of the soul
From Bahai9
References[edit]
- Some Answered Questions, Chapter 15, 60, 61
The soul persists after the body[edit]
"To hold that the spirit is annihilated upon the death of the body is to imagine that a bird imprisoned in a cage would perish if the cage were to be broken, though the bird has nothing to fear from the breaking of the cage. This body is even as the cage and the spirit is like the bird...Therefore, should the cage be broken the bird would not only continue to exist but its senses would be heightened, its perception would be expanded, and its joy would grow more intense."
- ('Abdu'l-Bahá, Some Answered Questions, Chapter 61, par. 3)
Proofs of[edit]
Our spiritual instinct itself points to continuance of existence[edit]
"The very fact that our spiritual instinct, surely never given in vain, prompts us to pray for the welfare of those, our loved ones, who have passed out of the material world: does it not bear witness to the continuance of their existence?"
- (Attributed to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Paris Talks, p. 90)
See also[edit]
To-dos for this page[edit]
- Reconcile with Life after death/soul?
