"O Son of the Supreme! Death have I ordained even as
glad-tidings for thee; wherefore dost thou sorrow? Light have I made to
illumine thee, why veil thyself from it?" (From the "Hidden
Words" of Baha'u'llah)
There is not a question of this twentieth century which
interests people more, perhaps, than the scientific proofs of life after death.
It is a great privilege, therefore, to present some of the scientific proofs of
immortality from the Baha'i teachings.
Baha’u’llah teaches that the physical body, just as science
tells us, is composed of atoms which through attraction cohere, and thus the
body is formed. But later these atoms disintegrate and we have what is called
destruction or death; but that the spirit within the body is entirely
different. It is not composed of atoms which cohere and disintegrate; the
spirit is composed of one element, one substance, therefore it can never
disintegrate.
The spirit is an effulgence which shines upon the body as
the sun shines upon the mirror. One can never point to any part of his body and
say, "The spirit is located here." The spirit, in its very essence is
immortal, and when the spirit within us is once awakened - and this constitutes
what is called in the Bible "being born again" - we become immortal
here and now; and when we pass on, this awakened spirit goes with full
consciousness into the higher kingdom. It puts off the body as one would a
garment, and it will function more powerfully without the limitations of the
body. 'Abdu'l-Baha teaches that when the spirit enters the kingdom of light it
puts on a spiritual body - a celestial body which will never change, and the
spirit continues its progression in the higher realms.
'Abdu'l-Baha also teaches that there are many worlds of God.
Everything in the physical world has its counterpart in the spiritual world,
For example, the scientists say that there are three hundred million worlds
quite as large as this little earth. If there are three hundred million
physical worlds then there are also many spiritual worlds, even as Christ
indicated when he taught, "In my Father's house are many mansions."
