By Astro D’ Great
Have you ever stood beside a fire and watched the flames dance, flicker, and rise, almost like they had a mind of their own? You can’t grab the flame. You can’t bottle it up and keep it like water or hold it like a stone. But it’s real. It gives heat. It burns. It transforms. Now take that feeling… and ask a deeper question:
What is fire? What is spirit? Can they be touched? And what does this tell us about the unseen realities of life and God Himself?
What Exactly Is Fire?
Fire isn’t a thing you can hold. It’s not a solid, not a liquid, and not even just a gas. Scientifically, fire is a chemical reaction a process where fuel meets oxygen and creates heat, light, and energy. The flame you see is the result of hot gases and, in many cases, plasma a mysterious, high-energy state of matter.
So, is fire a state of matter? Not really. It involves matter (like gases and plasma), but it is not one specific state. It’s a reaction an event, a dance of energy. You can’t touch it without getting burned, but it’s very real.
Then What About the Spirit?
Unlike fire, the spirit doesn’t burn wood or heat the air. The spirit is intangible a word that simply means, “You can’t touch it.” You can’t weigh it, bottle it, or photograph it.
The spirit is believed to be the breath of life, the inner being of a person. It’s what makes you “you” when everything physical is stripped away. Religions and cultures across the world Christianity, Islam, African traditional beliefs, Eastern philosophies all agree on one thing: the spirit exists, even if we can’t touch it.
Let’s make this simple: You can’t see love, but you feel it. You can’t touch hope, but it lifts your soul. You can’t hold fear, but it grips you. Spirit is like that real, powerful, but not physical.
Wait Is That Like Gas?
Great question! Gases, like oxygen or the air around us, are also invisible, but here’s the key difference: gases are physical. They are made of atoms, have weight, take up space, and can be measured with instruments. You can’t see air, but you can feel wind and that’s air in motion. You can’t grab it, but it presses against your skin, fills your lungs, and inflates balloons.
So yes, gas is invisible and hard to touch, but it is still matter.
The spirit? Not so. The spirit is not made of atoms. It has no mass, takes up no space, and can’t be studied with microscopes or sensors. It belongs to a completely different dimension one beyond science.
What About Neutrinos Could They Be “Spirit Particles”?
Now we’re getting even deeper.
Neutrinos are mysterious subatomic particles. They’re unbelievably tiny, move at near light-speed, and pass through your body by the trillions every second without you ever noticing. Scientists can barely detect them. Sounds spiritual, right?
But don’t be misled.
Neutrinos, while strange and invisible, are still physical particles. They come from stars and nuclear reactions. They follow the laws of physics. They can be measured, even if it’s hard. In contrast, spirits cannot be tracked or captured by any machine. They are non-material, immortal, and, for many, divine.
Some poets and philosophers like to say: “If the spirit had a cousin in science, it might be the neutrino.” But that’s poetry not physics.
Can Humans Teleport?
Let’s jump into science fiction or is it?
Teleportation, in stories and movies, means disappearing from one place and instantly reappearing in another. In real life? Humans cannot teleport. There’s no machine that can scan every cell, atom, and memory, transmit it, and rebuild you on the other side.
Quantum teleportation does exist, but it only applies to tiny particles and even then, it’s about information, not actual movement of matter. No human brain, body, or soul is being teleported anywhere. Not yet. Maybe not ever.
Some people refer to biblical stories, like when Philip the Evangelist was caught up by the Spirit and appeared elsewhere. That wasn’t science that was a miracle. Something only God can do.
So… Is God Nature?
Now for the biggest question of all.
Is God the tree? The wind? The ocean? Is God the thunderstorm or the sunlight?
Some religions and spiritual philosophies especially pantheism say yes. They believe God is everything: the stars, the soil, the soul. There’s no distinction between the Creator and the creation.
But the Bible gives a different picture. It says God is not nature God created nature.
The tree reveals His design. The thunder declares His power. The stars whisper His glory. But none of these are God.
Think of it this way: an artist paints a beautiful masterpiece. The art reflects the artist’s soul but the painting is not the artist. You admire the creation, but you worship the Creator.
God is not limited to the tree. He’s the One who made the tree grow, who called it into being. He rides on the wind, but He is not the wind.
Faith vs. Reality: Where Do They Meet?
Science tells us what is. Faith tells us what could be.
Science says, “Teleportation is impossible.”
Faith says, “With God, all things are possible.”
Science says, “The spirit cannot be measured.”
Faith says, “The spirit is eternal.”
Faith doesn’t cancel reality. It just goes beyond it. Faith stands on the floor of science and reaches for the ceiling of God.
Final Words: Fire, Spirit, and the Wonder of the Invisible
We live in a world where we’re told, “If you can’t see it, it’s not real.” But fire proves that’s a lie. Love, wind, fear, and the spirit all shout that invisible things can be powerful.
Fire burns. Wind blows. Neutrinos pass through us. And the spirit well, the spirit lives, moves, and returns to God who gave it.
Don’t be afraid of mystery. That’s where faith begins. And don’t ignore reality that’s where wisdom lives.
Let both speak to you.
Because sometimes, what you can’t touch is what’s most real of all.
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