WHAT ARE SPIRITS?
Introduction | Definition | Origin | Physical Nature | Perispirit
Origin
The exact, intimate
nature and origin of spirits is still unknown to us. Even the
intelligent spirits that communicate to us are unable to explain it,
either from their own ignorance, or due to the inability of our
language to express it. What we do know is that spirits are a creation
of God, that God has existed and created from all eternity, that the
creation of spirits is ongoing, and that the existence of spirits
has no end1. The
spirits tell us2 that each spirit is created in an
equal state of simplicity and unawareness, whereby it's mission is
of "self-enlightenment and gradual achievement of perfection
through the pursuit of knowledge and truth", acquired through
the experiences of trials and atonements undergone over the course
of multiple, material, existences.
1
("The Spirits Book", questions 78-80; 83) |