102 DATE WITH THE GODS
certain cosmic force we could call 'spirit,"' she said.
"We're going to study the spirit in detail. Don't look so
surprised. Once you understand it, how it works, its
components, your learning is going to become easier."
I began taking notes.
"When I said you will be able to live forever, I meant
it," she continued. "By seeing and knowing your own
spirit, you'll be getting closer to living forever. Remem
ber, Jesus Christ promised eternal life as the ultima te
reward."
"That's what I wa s taught in Catholic school."
"But we're going to be more academic and open
minded about it."
"That's more my style."
"Yes, I know. What we're dealing with is simple
science and logic."
"I'm listening ."
"On this planet Earth, modern science still refuses to
recognize the existence of the spirit. To understand
anything about nature is to recognize the working of an
intelligent force in the universe. But in this world of
yours, science doesn't go beyond the atom. So let's start
with it. In a very elementary way, let's revise your
underst anding of the atom."
She took my pad and drew the whole atomic concept
with its parts. "This is a proton," she said, drawing a plus
sign, "and an electromagnetic charge is found in the
nucleus of the atom. Now this negative sign(-) we call an
electron. You know from your science classes in college
that negative and positive attract each other and equal
signs repel each other. Both of these signs carry a charge
of equally balanced energy. And when they unite, they
form a simple atom."
"The electrons rotate constantly around the proton at
great speeds," I interjected; "the same way the earth and
other planets orbit around the sun."