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Our Eternity
Maurice Maeterlinck
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THE SURVIVAL OF OUR
CONSCIOUSNESS 1
Next comes survival with our consciousness of to-day. I have broached this question in an essay on Immortality,[2] of which I will only reproduce a few essential passages, restricting myself to supporting them with new considerations.
What composes this sense of the ego which turns each of us into the centre of the universe, the only point that matters in space and time? Is it formed of sensations of our body, or of thoughts independent 38of our body? Would our body be conscious of itself without our mind? And, on the other hand, what would our mind be without our body? We know bodies without mind, but no mind without a body. It is almost certain that an intelligence devoid of senses, devoid of organs to create and nourish it, exists; but it is impo. . . Read More
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I found Maeterlink's reasoning, use of language and clarity of thought excellent. The translation is clear and crisp and quite poetic. I have to read more of his works and started on the Life of the Bee.
Parts of this essay by Maeterlinck were extremely insightful. His explanation of why we can’t look to religion for clues about death is rational and persuasive. The discussion of the nature of consciousness is also excellent. He lost me when he got into the “incontestable” proof of ghosts. It was a