Can the mind exist without a material host?
The question here “can the mind exist without a material host?” could possibly be answered in the Urantia Book, but since it is difficult to define what the soul is, and after death, the Book indicates that the physical attributes are, to some degree, retained by an angel and the Thought Adjuster retains what could be considered as a soul, assuming that this person or personality has retained a union with the T.A., the question moves to a spiritual question, in that spirit is defined as invisible to the eye, so can this spirit mind, or identity retain a consciousness without a physical body?
Now there are the Midwayer’s who it is said, can make a physical appearance, and would also imply a morontia type of body, as we have been told that this type of body was used by Jesus to make His appearance after His resurrection, or after having died, but what would retain Jesus’ mind or personality, in an eternal type of environment? Then could we ask, how does a morontia body appear in material form, if there is no assumed physical structure behind its consciousness or mind.
Then one, might say that this spirit mind is energy, which could be assumed to have some kind of vessel or force field to retain the thought of mind or consciousness; but then can these energy identities communicate with other like kinship, if so how would this be manifested as we might be able to compare this to what we know about physics today, also by using our imagination to think outside of a box, so to speak.
If we assume that a physical host is required to retain a mind and that there are other entities, be they spiritual or not and if they are able to maintain observation of our physical realm, the closest probability would be an alternate dimension which is so close to our own that would make it seem that there might be a very small time difference between one dimension and another, but as we currently understand time, these spirits minds or identities would only be able to know what we did if they are behind in time, or would know what we will do, if they are ahead of us in time. But would this not cause a problem with communication between dimensions? Or, is it possible that these alternate entities can share our vessels and minds, but then there is the question of whether this alternate entity can exist outside of a material body, where, if possible, how do they get from one place to another without some container or retainer to keep this energy together between vessels.
We also have been told that the T.A. does not enter the body or mind until a certain point of age or for those who do not follow this format, until either requested or somehow received; which then must pose the question of how this is possible, and must we rely on faith alone that this is so, or the way it is? Does the Urantia Book give us any clue as to the science by which this can be understood, or explained, otherwise even the fact that the Urantia Book exists, cannot be validated to any degree, or must be assumed as a work of fiction, much like the Bible or the Qur’an; where, it is left up to us to translate into spiritual thought what is truth and what is not, which may result in enumerable interpretations or understanding?
So, can we, through our own minds, validate that spirit entities exist within our minds, who can aid us or who make us who we are?
