Sentence examples for a higher existence from inspiring English sources

In the 19th century Socrates was regarded as a seminal figure in the evolution of European thought or as a Christ-like herald of a higher existence.

According to Kook's philosophy of repentance, man's separation from God is not an objective fact but a consequence of human "forgetfulness" of a higher existence.

In the title role, Joaquín Martínez smolders quietly with a hard, bright, charismatic flame sparked by the clash of the sacred and the carnal — and by the metaphysical lure of a higher existence achieved through absolute destruction.

And then, when he gets rolling on the film, Facebook itself is his real problem: "This is what I see when I go to Facebook: an egocentric universe in which a higher existence is absolutely not supplied".

People who hold this opinion are often unsure about the existence of a higher being, but don't feel certain enough that the existence of a higher being has been disproved.

I like to be surrounded by nature because nature to me shows the existence of a higher being and it makes me feel more alive.

One may have faith in a higher being; one cannot objectively and empirically test, however, for the existence of a higher being.

It doesn't look good for him, but he meets a wonderful woman (Meryl Streep) who is clearly headed for a higher spiritual existence.

Largely invisible in the past, special education students now slap hands with lettermen in the hallways, chat with new friends and live a high school existence that "feels normal," said one parent, Kelly Shearer.

It lifts them to a higher plane of existence outside the mundane day-to-day world they live in.

In these and other stories, Bottoms's characters bang their heads against the reality of life -- trying to smash through to "compelling myth," to a higher plane of existence where birds "so beautiful that they didn't exist or have a name" might soar overhead -- only to find that reality impenetrably bricked over.