83. Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul

Even the possibility of such a state of affairs initially repels the human being. He is, after all, of the opinion that everything that comes into his consciousness in this way can only be thoughts. He cannot imagine that thoughts can come into his soul that do not depend on being justified by something other than himself. When he becomes aware of something that merely speaks to his inner being, he will demand that it speak to him in some other way as well, so that he does not have to consider it merely a thought. But what if, of all that man can experience, the idea, the thought, the inner experience, is the only thing in which a disembodied spiritual world can make itself known?