The experience of life consists of the experience which the spirit has of itself in matter and as matter, in mind and as mind, in emotion, as emotion, etc.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Life is the spirit experiencing itself through physical and mental forms.
- In plain terms
- Life is the mind experiencing the body and emotions.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience is the spirit encountering matter.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we experience reality?
- What is spirit?
Another view
This abstract view ignores biological or social factors.
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