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What Is the Soul?
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And, through this, man increases his power to exist in and over the universe, and incurs responsibilities for the universe, which are commensurate with this knowledge. Therefore, we know that discovery, that the Platonic principle of hypothesis, is a universal physical principle in the universe, because it is physically efficient in the universe, in changing the universe.
Therefore, we call this quality, as distinct from life, which we share with the animal, we call this quality of discovery, distinct from mere life, “spiritual.” And, the spiritual quality, which has permanent effects upon the universe around us, continues after we're dead, through the ideas that we have brought into play, in humanity, through discovery. Thus, we recognize, because of the nature of the personality of this process of discovery--that it's only done by sovereign individuals--that the Creator, whom we imitate, is also a sovereign individual.
So, you know it. I've made it brief, but you know it. You know the soul, unless you're a Norbert Wiener, or a John von Neumann, or a Bertrand Russell, who deny the existence of the soul. Obviously, they have no souls, the poor creatures. I wonder what kind of a biological specimen they are! We don't want one of those in our family.
So anyway, the point is, it's a matter of knowledge. Now, once you have a sense of that, a sense, that spiritual is not something that tells you "there's God up there." "What d'you mean, there's God up there'? I don't see Him!" But, once you know what you mean, and know it as a scientific certainty, then you have the knowledge of these matters, which the state must have. Which government must have.
Government does not need to be taught by preachers, particularly the type that can be bought cheaply by Moon. We don't need that. Government must be taught the way I've indicated, to know the truth. And, when anybody comes to them, from any religious profession, and says to them, “Well, this, this, this, this.” You say, “Wait a minute! I, as government, will act only on what I know to be true; or what I should know to be true. And if I don't know it, I shouldn't be in government.”
So, government is actually a sacred responsibility. Because it's based on a comprehension, and responsiveness to universal principles, which are otherwise known, by the name “Creator,” or “God,” or known as “spirituality,” or “individual soul.”
And the person who does not know that, is not qualified to govern, because they haven't learned the first step about government: “Govern yourself.”
Debra Freeman: We have approximately 150 questions, that I have not given to Mr. LaRouche. I will give them to him. Some of them are institutional questions. I'm sure that he will pick out the ones he thinks are most relevant, and he will answer them, via the Internet, since we do have people's e-mail addresses.
You have been an extraordinary audience. And I'm sure that you feel privileged, as I do, in having participated in this historic event. The full transcript of today's proceedings will be posted on the Internet, hopefully by tomorrow morning. We intend to move very rapidly into publication, with the transcript of these proceedings. We will count on all of you to help in the distribution of that. And, really, at this time, I would like you to join me in thanking Mr. LaRouche for this extraordinary address.
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