Mike,
Yes, and you can see how this ties in with the "spiritual" aspect of
things,
"spirits" being made of more "subtle" stuff....From the Hebrew traditions
of
Sheol and the Greek Tartarus, to some of the Hindu stuff (the different
physical nature of the asuras, etc.) and the Islamic (the different, more
subtle physical nature of the jinn), this would explain much.
Right. The Vedic version (Bhagavad-gita etc.) says the matter has various
density and can be divided into two categories:
* gross, physical matter - solid, liquid, radiant, airy, and etheric (orgone,
prana etc.)
* subtle matter - mental (Sanskrit: manas), intelligent (buddhi), and false
egoistic (ahamkara)
Beyond both of these is immaterial reality: jiva/atma, usually translated as
soul (although not exact choice because "soul" and "spirit" are often confused
with subtle matter in the West), other types of immaterial energies and God.
Jan2
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