God Arises
Argument for the Life Hereafter
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very cells would have disintegrated to the point of
non-existence by the time of recollection. Where
then was this subconscious record maintained
within my body?
This is clearly evidence of an empirical nature
which shows that, apart from this visible and
tangible body, there is another invisible, intangible
entity which does not die with the death of the
body.
The results of psychical research—a branch of
modern psychology which makes an empirical
study of supernatural faculties in man—likewise
establishes the existence of life after death at a
purely observational level. What is most interesting
is that such research does not merely establish
survival; rather it establishes the survival of exactly
the same personality—the entity that was known to
us before death.
The first institution to conduct research in this field
was established in England in 1882. It exists till
today under the name of “Society for Psychical
Research.” In 1889, it began its work on a large scale
by contacting 17,000 people for the purpose of
