Matter vs. Spirit.
About the origin of life. Dear reader, take a deep breath, or several if you feel so. Look out of the window, at the sky or at the trees in the garden. Feel your body and make yourself comfortable. Are you thirsty? Get yourself a glass of water or a cup of tea, because I want you to be fresh, no, you should to be fit for yourself, not for me. Give your full attention to this reading, which starts with questions, fundamental questions. I am a big fan of these kinds of questions; I ask them all the time, every day, because they are like water for my soul. So, let’s go: Questions. Is matter the origin of life and the cause of itself, or is it merely the effect of a force that we can call spirit? Where does intelligence come from, and is our intelligent self the mere product of molecular reactions in a network of neurons? Can I understand myself as an independent self who is free from his body, as someone who was there before and will still be...