God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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discharging their energy. There is nothing in
the id which can be compared to negation,
and we are astonished to find in it an
exception to the philosophers’ assertion that
space and time are necessary forms of our
mental acts. In the id there is nothing
corresponding to the idea of time, no
recognition of the passage of time, and (a
thing which is very remarkable and awaits
adequate attention in philosophic thought) no
alteration of mental processes by the passage
of time. Cognative impulses which have never
got beyond the id, and even impressions
which have been pushed down into the id by
repression, are virtually immortal and are
preserved for whole decades as though they
had only recently occurred.
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This theory of the subconscious has gained general
acceptance in psychology, this in turn, giving
credence to the idea that every good or bad thought
that comes to mind is indelibly engraved upon the
human psyche. The passage of time or different sets
of circumstances do not cause even the minutest
changes to occur. This process of thought
