LIFE AFTER DEATH

man, know theyself! ~ 19 ~ conscious or subconscious doubts as to its existence. If, however, we give serious thought to this reality, it ceases to be difficult to understand. God-wishing to put us to the test—has not told us the secrets of life after death. But He has scattered His signs throughout the world, and it is then for us to mark them, think earnestly about them, and in this way find a true picture of the essence of all things. This universe is, indeed, a mirror in which we can gaze upon the image of the next world. It is well known that human beings pass from a prior state to their present state. Man takes shape from a substance which, itself formless, grows inside the mother’s womb until a fully-fledged human being develops, ready to enter the outside world. This process of change, which turns an invisible, unfeeling, valueless substance into a six foot tall human being, is an every day event, so why should there be any difficulty in understanding how the tiny particles of our bodies, after being scattered in the ground, will once again take on a human form? Every individual that one sees walking around is, in