Modern scientists think that life has come from matter. They say that millions and millions of years ago there was simply matter, but no life. We do not accept that. Of the two energies - life and matter - life, or spirit, is the original, superior energy, and matter is the resultant inferior energy... Spirit is independent, and matter is dependent. For example, I can live even without my hands or legs. If they were amputated, I could survive. Therefore I am not dependent on my hands and legs; my hands and legs are dependent on me, the spirit soul within my body.
The Eighth Morning Walk: On the shores of the Pacific Ocean, near Los Angeles, May 11, 1973