Affection and thought are not limited by time and space. They cannot be weighed or measured by any material standard.
Spirit and matter are distinct in kind. We cannot justly think of spirit, or the spiritual, as refined matter,——etherealized matter,—matter so attenuated that it is only a finely diffused mist or essence.
Matter and spirit, we repeat, are distinct and on distinctly separated planes. Even if we think of two of the most etherealized forms of matter, gravitation and electricity, we cannot think of them as on the same plane as affection and thought. This is clearly shown by applying material standards of weight or measurement to spiritual things. We cannot say that an affection or thought weighs so many pounds or ounces, or is so many inches or yards long, whereas the attraction of gravitation can be so weighed and electrical current definitely measured. The physical energy or atomic displacement caused by affection and thought may be measured, but not the things themselves.
In speaking of spirit we have purposely thus far included mind with spirit, for the mind is also spiritual, but it will be more illuminating
