Sunday, July 15, 2018

The Material versus the Immaterial

The inner world versus the outer world has always been a difficult idea. The idea is the understanding of all things material versus all things immaterial. Psychologically, it is all things introverted versus all things extroverted. Spiritually, it is the spirit versus the flesh, as stated clearly by St. Paul: "For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit."

But what will be further challenging comes after the comprehension of all things material versus all things immaterial: What to do with these things once recognized and gained. Jesus states in the New Testament that our flesh is "transient," that is, used by us for here and now. Once our mortal life is gone so is our flesh and possessions, once worthy, are now rendered useless---but, the spirit lives on.

The spirit lives on when aquaintances carry the memories of a person and share them, which leads to the purpose of life: to positively affect as many people as possible.