What is the Science of Mind and Spirit position on immortality and the afterlife?
We believe that every individual, being an expression of God-life or of the One life, is already immortal. The one life in each of us is not subject to what we call “death.” We hold that death is a change of form to another. The essential spirit of us does not die; rather it puts on a different form. We believe that life is an on-going continuum. The spiritual principle of life in each of us already has eternal life. Youre not waiting to die. You are here to live right now. At some point, the life inside of us will let go of the physical body and manifest another form suitable for the next stage of your journey. As Paul said in the Bible, “Oh grave, where is thy victory. Death, where is thy sting.” So, we come to realize that we are spiritual beings. Paul also said in the Bible, there is the body terrestrial — this physical body we’re so familiar with. There is also the body celestial. Paul is talking about the real spiritual essence, and that’s what lives on and continues to evolve.
