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Introduction.
I had to pick a cute non-boring title. Of course I might upset
a few folk with that title. Such is life. Not that I would seek
to annoy or upset anyone, or take enjoyment from it. I have decided
to write this booklet so that I can give it to folks who are interested
in hearing about the next world - our eternal destination. And as
I age, naturally I meet more and more folk who have lost a dear
one. This is often the stimulus to ask, "What happens after death?"
It is my objective to try and write something that is largely devoid
of undue moralizing, or religious framework. I initially decided
to leave out the sources of my findings, but in this latest revision
I have decided to add a list of the more significant sources. This
will allow someone who would like either to review this summary,
or obtain greater insight, to do so. I have read very widely on
this subject, and this now summarises some ten years of research.
There are sometimes great differences in opinion out there. That
does not mean I am right, but I will have good reasons why I believe
what I believe.
Where does all this stuff come from? The other side of course!
And of course, none of us has "proof." The fact that I believe I
spent thirty minutes talking to my deceased mother does not constitute
scientific proof. Although the comments she directed to me, that
referred to one-way thought conversations I had had with her, pretty
well convinced me.
That fact, as far as science is concerned, is limited to my spending
30 minutes in the company of a dear friend who is a trance medium.
Even the bit about trance medium is not accepted by science, although
just recently they have found that some people can know things about
total strangers that is way beyond statistical chance. Incidentally,
my mother contributed virtually nothing to this paper, as she was
still too new in spirit to know what is going on.
First I would like to add a caveat. If you were to pick 1,000 holiday
destinations across this earth, and offer these in a lottery, and
then take the description of that winning holiday as a perfect example
of life on earth, clearly there are going to be many who would have
significantly different experiences to that single sample of earth
life. So too are life after death stories. Expect differences in
the experience that every person will have, but if you look for
similarities, these you will find. Enough, into the good stuff.
However, now that this document has been revised over a six year
period, it is becoming difficult to keep short and to the point.
In fact the more you learn, the more you realize that life after
death is even more complex than life here.
Death.
I guess the first question to ask is whether we all survive death.
Until recently I would not have had any doubt about that, but it
seems there is a small complication for some folks. The universe
recognizes our free will choices, to a very large extent. Those
folk who are adamant that there is no life after death often do
not pass immediately from one realm to the next in a conscious state.
They are termed "sleeping survivors." These folks almost get their
most fervent wish, annihilation. They may sleep for centuries, before
a group awakening. More recent information now indicates that relatively
few folks pass over as "Sleeping Survivors" at the present time.
This may be because the rules have been changed, as we enter the
"Correcting Time" and also possibly because there are far more Celestial
helpers available at this time.
But the majority of us simply pass from one state to another, with
very little lost time. Some reports state three days are lost in
this transition, but I now believe that is probably incorrect, and
may simply be an attempt to insert some Biblical material. Depending
on your health as you depart this life, you may be instantly conscious
of your existence in the next realm. Thus you may pass almost without
any break in consciousness.
If you are awake, there is no knowing quite how death will unfold.
This is because as the brain shuts down, you can experience many
different effects. Most of these are anything but spiritual, although
you might think that they do feel spiritual. They are simply the
results of the brain shutting down. You might have a "life review",
sort of like a movie. You may see white tunnels, or black tunnels.
But you might have an instant out of body experience, where you
are floating above your body, looking down on the scene, and that
is a spiritual event, I admit. Sometimes if the body is about to
be badly damaged, the spirit body is withdrawn before impact or
injury. This gives rise to the out of body experience, where you
look down as an outsider on your own body.
If you are consciously expecting death, things are probably going
to be a bit different. Many folks know that they are dying, and
seem to gain additional abilities or insights. They often start
to see their spirit guides, and may feel the presence of their love,
and be quite calm. There is no reason to panic. For one it is not
going to help, and secondly, for the vast majority of us, what follows
is a big improvement over life on earth. The folks who are full
time workers assisting us to pass over will be in attendance at
your passing. Generally this job is left entirely to these skilled
folks, and your family generally waits until you are settled, and
then arrives to welcome you. If you are weakening in the last hours
of life, you most likely may see one or two of these folk, as this
will avoid any concern when you see them from the other side.
You might even be met by dear loved ones who passed over before
you, but it is more likely it will be one of those tasked with this
function. Initially they, or other advanced spirits whose job it
is to manage this transition, are simply seen as a bright white
light. This is the basis of the reported white tunnel. Some folks
have reported meeting Jesus, but this is very unlikely to happen.
Not that he is not around, but if he was there, you almost certainly
would not recognize him - unless you already know what he looks
like - and more to the point he has far more important things to
be doing. Might he have welcomed Mother Teresa? I think that is
very likely, but I do not know that for a fact, but I do know of
another he did welcome. Take it from me, you need to have been doing
a pretty special job on earth to warrant that compliment. And the
chances are that you would not need to be reading this, if that
is true.
However it seems that those who see the "tunnel of light" or actually
recognize some of the beings who are there to meet the newly departed,
are in the minority. Far too many depart this life with inadequate
spiritual preparation, and the result is that they have great difficulty
in triggering their spiritual vision and spiritual hearing. You
can imagine that moving from a situation where you operate out of
a physical brain, even though linked to a spirit mind, is a very
different situation when that physical brain is gone, and you must
operate entirely with spirit faculties. The result is that many
spend a period of time in a dazed state, in almost complete silence,
and in almost total darkness. In the mean time, their "greeters"
are frantically trying to make some sort of break through. So if
it happens to you, and you hear music, or see shadows or faint voices,
do make an effort to hear and see more clearly. The irony is that
because the next realm is subject to the influence of our thoughts,
simply believing and saying: "I can see" or "I can hear" will trigger
the required spiritual vision and hearing.
You may notice that you are completely naked, but this is not often
remarked on. Probably because almost immediately, your spirit companions
will "create" spirit clothes for you. There are various opinions
as to whether they wear diaphanous gowns, or clothes that you are
familiar with. It seems that it varies, and varies particularly
according to your station in the next realm. So the attendants may
in fact change into our style of clothing for some hours to ease
the transition. These spirit clothes are great. They don't get dirty
and they don't wear out either. And you can change them just by
thinking a new outfit, assuming you are sufficiently spiritually
advanced. But as folks progress, they seem to all adopt a sort of
gown which has specific colours reflecting the development of the
individual.
The very first thing that is going to happen to you, as you begin
to realize something strange is happening, is that you will travel.
I have only a vague idea how far that is, and it will probably not
take more than a few seconds, or maybe a few minutes. While a lot
of people report going to a way station, each person can have a
unique experience. So from this point on, it's very hard to say
what will exactly happen to you. For example if you departed this
earth life in need of significant spiritual repair, it's almost
certain you will be taken unconscious to a hospital for recovery,
and you would regain your consciousness in that location.
Let's assume that you will arrive at a way station, a collection
point for recently deceased folk, as this is relatively common.
No doubt with much coming and going. It is very pleasant, attractive,
with a very loving atmosphere, and you will soon feel very relaxed.
It has been described as a station concourse, but I don't think
that describes a loving atmosphere, although it may well be accurate
in terms of comings and goings, and meeting loved ones. Most often
these places are described as outside, on a hillside. It will undoubtedly
feel like the best place you have ever been to. Things are looking
up, you conclude. When you arrive in the next realm you will immediately
notice an up step in frequency, not just in your own spirit body
but in your surroundings as well. What you begin to experience is
a higher frequency in which you exist. The colours are more vibrant;
the plant life is more lush and alive.
If at this point you start to think about what you have left behind,
you will find that you are right back there. In other words, you
can travel, virtually instantly, just by thinking about it. So you
might well see your family back on earth, shedding tears about your
passing. But they won't see you, or hear you. You are better off
at this stage going back to the transition place. Back on "earth"
you may be able to see everything just as you used to, but you will
find that nothing is solid. You can pass through people, walls,
everything. But the ability to discern things on earth seems to
be directly related to the degree of spiritual advancement, and
is one of the faculties that can be lost quite quickly. However,
you will notice that you "hear" dear mortal friends, thinking about
you, and you may instantly visit them. If you are really lucky,
you may find a few who can "feel" your presence, and this will give
you a big thrill, just as it will give them a thrill to know you
are around. You may even be able to create a few "signs" that let
folk know you are still around. Things like leaving a telltale cigar
smell, or making a noise or two, or leaving your favourite flower
where it will be seen. Perhaps leaving a scent in the air. How they
do those things, frankly I don't know.
But back at the way-station, things are very solid. You can hug
old friends, and they can certainly "hear" you. The spirit body
appears quite solid, and still appears to need to breathe, but does
not need sleep or food as sustenance. While you can talk in the
old conventional way, you will also discover that it seems to be
possible to converse just via thoughts. Then you notice that they
must be hearing your thoughts, and you hearing their thoughts. And
then you have a dreadful realization - these folk know everything
about you! They can simply read your memories. And they hear your
thoughts! You recall that time you got Fred fired by making up a
confidential report, and rather stretching the facts to suit, now
here you have to look Fred in the eye. He knows, but strangely he's
not mad. Or maybe, you remember wearing that really low cut dress
for the Christmas party and how successful it was in starting that
affair with Joe. And here is Sally, Joe's partner, smiling at you.
Total openness leads to the rapid realization that all of us fail
from time to time. Actually not all thoughts are shared, so we can
still have some secrets!
During this period of orientation, you start to notice that not
all spirits are quite the same. Some have a beautiful countenance
and way about them. And they are brighter, and amazingly loving.
This brightness seems to come right out of them. Others are baser,
dark, indeed some are downright ugly. Even racial differences somehow
seem to have melted away. As you wonder why this might be, you suddenly
begin to wonder where you fit in. Are you ugly, or beautiful? Bright
or dark?
At this point you will also know that you are just the same person
that you were in the mortal life. With the same beliefs, memories,
attitudes, values, fears, unresolved issues and loves. How did this
happen? After all, your brain is already consigned to dust. Quite
simply, as a mortal on earth you had three major components. There
was your soul, which as far as we can tell, was probably billions
of years old. Then there was your spirit body, which encapsulates
the soul, and takes on the appearance of the mortal body. Just as
well, because none of us can see souls, but we can see spirit bodies.
It seems that the spirit body is a sort of reflection of the enclosed
soul. If this soul is pure, the spirit body is literally full of
light. If the soul is tarnished, the spirit body is dark, even ugly.
And finally of course you had a mortal body. While you may have
thought that all your memories were in your brain, it seems it is
not quite so. The spirit body houses the mind, and the brain is
the transducer that allows the physical body to interact with the
spirit body and its mind. So you may have lost the physical body,
but most folks report feeling much lighter, and far prefer only
having a spirit body. For one thing, it has no defects. If you lost
a leg, you will find you are now perfect. If your brain suffered
from senile dementia, you will have no such limitation now. And
there are some neat tricks you will learn in the future in regards
to your spirit body, as you progress spiritually. I have recently
learnt that the spirit body itself is complex, and has at least
two constituents, one being a relatively gross astral body, and
the other a more etheric spirit body.
Just at this point, the spirits who manage this transition process,
explain that in the heavens, the Law of Attraction is paramount.
Every spirit has to live where it fits in - where it is in harmony.
And, yes, those beautiful ones, that seem somehow ethereal, are
more advanced, and no, most probably you won't live with them. You
can look down at your hands, or ask for a "mirror" to see how you
rate. They will explain that you can progress beyond where you start
out, but probably you won't be listening closely enough. You are
concerned that you are not going to be living with your dear Madge,
who passed some years before you. She says that she will come and
visit you regularly. Things are beginning to sound more complicated.
The Structure of the Heavens.
I guess most practical folk have long realized you can get almost
no sense out of most religions when you ask about heaven. All that
singing and harp plucking stuff that is supposed to go on, strutting
around on streets of gold. Or maybe the idea that you are going
to be asleep until some great day of judgment.
It is far more logical to consider that since mortals have been
around a very long time, probably over a million years on earth,
that there has been a heaven all that time, with spirits in it.
Certainly the holy books, like the Bible, happily report interactions
with the spirit world going back many years before Christ. Perhaps
I should point out here, that the spirit realm that I am about to
discuss would appear not to be the Kingdom of God that so many orthodox
Christians expect to enter via Jesus' help. This is undoubtedly
the cause of a great deal of confusion, and even heartache. It is
what has led so many Christians to conclude, incorrectly, that only
they will get to "heaven" and everyone else will only
get to "hell." The real issue is "which" heaven,
something they have not considered, even though a significant clue
is given in the Bible that there may be more than one "heaven",
in a reference to the "third heaven" in the New Testament.
The main part of this paper covers the Kingdom of Spirit, also called
the Spirit Spheres and not the Kingdom of God.
It may even be the case that we create this spirit heaven ourselves.
Not to suggest God has nothing to do with it, but as spirits we
have great powers, which powers increase as the spirit advances.
So it would not surprise me if in fact the "realities"
that are found are created by the spirits that are there. And this
creation need not necessarily be conscious. This would explain why
some spirits, and indeed many NDE's, (near death experiences) seem
to describe confusingly different places. We have explanations of
Jewish heavens, and the classic Christian heavens, complete with
harps, witnessing and bright holy images. We have descriptions of
fire and brimstone hells, and also dark places that are simply cold,
sad, dead places. One thing that is quite clear, the belief system
of the spirit has a very large effect on the experience it will
have. Whether this is only a function of the Law of Attraction,
which causes like-minded spirits to congregate, or whether it is
the will of the spirit that creates a "reality" it expects,
is uncertain. But what is certain, is that real places exist, that
vary substantially.
The most common description of the Kingdom of Spirit talks about
seven "spheres" or "worlds". However these should
not be taken too literally. But it seems that however they are constructed,
they are immense in size. There is absolutely no shortage of space.
Then there are also the vast uncountable heavens beyond the seventh
sphere. Where are all these planets? Well, we are not sure, but
the universe is very much larger than man has supposed. Apparently
what we humans think is the entire universe is but a very tiny corner
of one of many super universes. And some 80% of the material is
apparently not visible to man anyway, but is visible to spirit.
Could it be another
dimension? It almost certainly is, because these Spirit Spheres
are located right here, in the spaces about and around the sun.
But irrespective of the number of dimensions that may exist, the
distances involved in traversing our Universe are immense. The solid
material of the next realm can co-exist in space with solid material
from our realm. So different solid objects can occupy the same spot,
one in each dimension. Apparently the lowest spirit sphere is very
close to our earth, and the first sphere has been suggested as taking
up the approximate space of the orbit of our earth around the sun.
That is extremely large, and obviously very close.
One of the difficulties or problems in getting a good description
of the heavens comes from the apparent fact that the bottom up view
is so limited and confused. We are accustomed, on earth, to always
know who is in charge, and how things are organized. But in the
next realm free will is paramount. You will not be used to this
idea, as earth is quite different. If you want to believe something,
you will be allowed to believe that, and furthermore, the Law of
Attraction will ensure that you find yourself amongst others of
like mind, who will agree with your outlook. So, you will be in
the situation that unless you ask for information, you will be left
with your belief. It is not going to happen that someone will knock
at your door, proselytize and hand out a few pamphlets. That might
be a relief for quite a few of us! Even the issue of religious groups
is interesting. There are still many folks that insist on following
their old earth based religion. However they are absolutely not
allowed to proselytize.
There is another problem. Spirits are confined, to a large degree,
to the sphere in which they reside. This is where they are in harmony,
and they would not feel comfortable any higher or lower in the scheme.
This does not mean that all in the same sphere are identical in
outlook. One can still find intellectuals and religious folk in
the same sphere, but typically not in close proximity. Indeed there
are many such diverse groupings, called planes, within each sphere.
There is also the issue that your perception is a function of your
spiritual development. So, if you are in the first sphere, you may
be told there are other spheres, but you can't see them. This is
not like living in Australia, and knowing that there are other continents,
such as the Americas, and knowing you could live there if you wanted
to, or go there for an extended holiday. It is possible to have
a very short visit to a higher sphere, but to achieve this you need
to be taken there by someone with the power to enable you to travel
there. What I am sure of is that you will find Catholics living
together, groups of intellectuals, Muslims, Jews etc. And each of
these groups will believe that their current happiness is a function
of what they believe. Which is not surprising, except if they compared
themselves carefully with others, this would immediately illustrate
the falsity of the idea. In this sense I describe things as confused
from the bottom up. A great many other folks have simply given up
their earth based religious beliefs. In fact in the list of sources
is a fabulous tale by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson who although
a Roman Catholic cleric, gave up all his prior beliefs inside a
few hours. Such is the reality of the next realm, that many of peoples'
earth beliefs simply cannot withstand the reality. And I suspect
that the rest who cling to outdated beliefs, mostly through a sort
of comfort, and it being what they are used to. Indeed modern statistics
will tell us only a small percentage of us are "early adopters"
- people who are happy to try new things and are out there looking
for new experiences.
There is no overall agreement about what happens next, and what
is best for spiritual progression or what is the "right"
belief. In fact I don't even think these lower spirits generally
know who is in charge, and maybe some are only vaguely aware of
the desirability of seeking to progress. So I would guess there
may be spirits in the First sphere who might dispute that there
is a Second sphere, never mind an almost unlimited number beyond
that!
Those "in charge" always respect the free will choices
of these spirits, so it is only through a conscious choice to follow
a leader's direction, that folk can be said to be led. The leaders
are far more advanced, live somewhere else where you cannot go,
and cannot be seen unless they decide to make themselves visible.
This is because the more advanced spirits have this ability to conceal
themselves from less advanced spirits. In some ways it is like it
is on earth when we try to understand what happens after death.
Our perception of the next realm is limited, and indeed there are
many on earth that would dispute that there is any life after death.
The authority that we were used to on earth is simply absent. In
that sense you can experience total freedom of choice to do as you
please. Whether that might be doing something, or doing almost nothing.
But it also means you can follow dozens of spiritual paths that
don't lead anywhere special. In fact almost everything that you
do will probably lead to increased happiness, so it is very easy
to believe you are on the "right" path. And this is typically
how spirits continue. They ascribe their current happiness to the
path they are on, but it may be that there is nothing special about
that path compared to many other paths.
However in another respect the spheres are supremely organized,
with no chaos or poor organization. There is always someone in charge
of a specific function, and they love their job, and have been superbly
trained to perform it perfectly. So if you feel like being trained
in a specific activity, this can be accomplished perfectly.
Of course there are other things that make it easy. You don't NEED
to eat, although folks apparently enjoy nuts and fruits in the Spirit
Spheres. They don't have digestive organs, so these foods are not
eaten as we do on earth, but apparently more like "inhaled."
The same with water. This refreshes, but is not used to sustain.
Since you don't need to eat, clearly you don't need a job to earn
money to survive. Indeed there is no money, because all you need
is given. So, you will do things because you enjoy them, not because
you have to. Well, that depends on where you are. These comments
would appear to not apply in the lowest spheres that we will talk
about soon.
Although we describe the Spirit Heavens as having seven spheres,
in reality there are an almost infinite number of "planes"
within these. In a sense, one's spirituality acts like a sort of
gravity. The less spiritual you are, the further down you will sink,
possibly right to the bottom. And the bottom is called hell. In
fact, the really advanced spirits consider that all of the first
and second spheres contain some darkness. But, for us earthlings,
anything from the top of the first sphere upwards is just great.
There are in fact three portions of the first sphere that could
almost be called separate spheres, and seem to be numbered separately
by Spiritualists. They typically also name them such as Twilight
Lands, Dawn Lands and Summerland.
Hell.
You will find plenty of "new age" folk will deny there
is any hell at all. They will tell you they have never had any feedback
from the other side to suggest anything like it. They report that
all spirits are loving and that there is only love. That may be
so, mostly because very few spirits in hell are keen to admit this
to loved ones on earth. Certainly there are not a great number of
detailed reports of life in the darkest spheres, but there are enough
to satisfy a determined researcher. I have personally worked with
people who were seriously troubled by dark spirits, and my mother
has also told me my sister is in darkness. And, once you understand
how the universe works, there has to be a place where those who
are seriously out of harmony reside until they learn. It is just
inconceivable that God would suddenly make loving spirits out of
those who have chosen to be unloving. No, our progress is entirely
dependent upon ourselves. That is what it means to be a free will
creature.
What is it like in hell? Here is a description:
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In this hell of mine, and there are many like it, instead
of beautiful homes, as the other spirits described, we have
dirty, rotten hovels all crooked and decayed, with all the
foul smells of a charnel house ten times intensified, and
instead of beautiful lawns and green meadows and leafy woods
filled with musical birds making the echoes ring with their
songs, we have barren wastes, and holes of darkness and gloom
and the cries and cursings of spirits of damnation without
hope; and instead of living, silvery waters we have stagnant
pools filled with all kinds of repulsive reptiles and vermin,
and smells of inexpressible, nauseating stinks.
I tell you that these are all real, and not creatures
of the imagination or the outflowing of bitter recollections.
And as for love, it has never shown its humanizing face in
all the years that I have been here - only cursings and hatred
and bitter scathings and imprecations, and grinning spirits
with their witchlike cacklings. No rest, no hope, no kind
words or ministering hand to wipe away the scalding tears
which so often flow in mighty volumes. No, hell is real and
hell is here.
We do not have any fire and brimstone, or grinning devils
with pitch forks and hoofs and horns as the churches teach;
but what is the need or necessity for such accompaniments?
They would not add to the horrors or to our torments. I tell
you my friend that I have faintly described our homes in these
infernal regions and I
cannot picture them as they are.
But the horror and pity of it all is that hope does not
come to us with one faint smile to encourage us that there
may at some time be an ending to all these torments, and in
our hopeless despair we realize that our doom is fixed for
all eternity. (See a later explanation about the duration
of hell)
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This is of course but one description, and as mentioned earlier,
you should not be surprised to discover many variations on a theme.
Some hells are places of isolation, others are cities of shared
horrors, presided over by tyrannical rulers with very nasty temperaments,
and stronger wills than their subjects.
Perhaps we should not use the word hell, because it is not a permanent
situation, although commonly believed to be so by its inhabitants.
There is no eternal damnation. In fact there is no damnation at
all. Hell is simply a place where dreadful spirits live, until they
choose not to be dreadful. So how long could you be there then?
It all depends on you. How low in the hells you are, and how soon
you start to try to get out. Yes but how long? From feedback, there
are two ways out, the normal way, which is pretty slow, and the
short cut way.
The normal way involves the spirit realizing that he/she is there
because of their attitudes and values, and then deciding to change,
and slowly changing, by being kind to his companions. If you were
really bad on earth, you could expect this process to take longer
than a lifetime, but it is often long because it may take the individual
a very long time to discover that they are causing this unpleasant
experience by virtue of their own behaviours. There is another curious
thing about the hells that spirits trying to change seem to be more
at the mercy of their compatriots than those who are not interested
in change. The hells also seem to have well demarked districts which
are physically hard to exit; both in terms of finding a way out,
and in getting past those that would prevent your exit. Generally
it is only with the assistance of a substantially more developed
spirit companion who is tasked with this job that anyone gets out.
Some historically bad spirits, like the Roman Emperors, seem to
have spent up to a thousand years in darkness. Julius Caesar was
still in hell in 1915, but got out with some help, in 17 months.
That means he had been in hell for 2040 years, a very long time
indeed. Judas also learnt of the short cut, naturally from the apostles.
Apparently Andrew and Mary Magdalene were always close to Judas,
and they encouraged him to apply the knowledge that Jesus had taught
them. Judas had not really understood these spiritual teachings,
and in fact neither did the Apostles till after Jesus had departed.
The first thought that probably you might realize, if you end up
here, is that you did not appear to have a big day of judgment.
You did not end up in front of God, and get judged. In fact, judgment
happened every day and every second of your mortal life. When you
broke a Spiritual Law, your soul was encrusted immediately, and
that was that. Now you have to in effect clean your soul yourself.
You could have done that on earth, if you had chosen to, but it
did not seem to affect your material life having an encrusted soul.
Well I might debate how much real happiness and peace you felt on
earth with a heavily encrusted soul, but you can retort that it
did not affect starting the Ferrari. Or distributing illicit drugs,
whatever took your fancy.
So how bad is hell really? It depends. Frankly, the upper reaches
of "hell" would be better than many folk's experience
of life on earth. The darkest depths are not good however. Here
it is reported one can be in total darkness, unable to perceive
anyone or anything, totally alone with only your own thoughts and
memories. Many spirits report that they would choose annihilation,
if it were an option. The emotional darkness and irritations and
attentions of the other dark spirits make it a very unpleasant experience.
It also appears that in the lowest of levels, the spirit bodies
are very dense, and deformed. They appear to be affected by things
like thirst and fire, even though these things do not affect more
advanced spirits. It also appears possible to inflict physical damage
on a spirit body, at the lowest levels, so that they do suffer injury
and pain. And because the spirit body repairs itself very quickly,
this pain can be repeated over and over again. The ability to move
above the surface seems absent because these dark spirits are so
gross. So they can be trapped in physical obstacles like swamps
or holes, or have to physically ascend cliffs and mountains while
trying to get out of some divisions.
What are my chances of ending up there? If you are a normal person,
neither particularly good, nor particularly bad, then you will probably
land up at the top of the first sphere. It could be a bit lower,
or possibly a bit higher. You might not ever realize that this is
"hell", and just simply think life after death is simply
no where near what you had expected. On the other hand, if you were
a poor African, or Asian, eking out a tough existence on earth,
battling disease and hunger, you may think this "hell"
is a huge improvement over your earth experiences. If you have really
tried on earth, and consider that you adhered strictly to your religious
beliefs, and more particularly those relating to living in love,
and caring for your fellows, which basically all religions espouse,
you might make the second sphere, or higher. But statistically,
the "normal" result is the first sphere.
So how do you get out of darkness? Actually help is always available,
although right at the bottom, it may take some time before that
help can be perceived. The problem is that most spirits in darkness
are too embarrassed to even acknowledge the help offered to them.
We are none of us an island, and thus everyone knows someone, and
so it's almost always the case that there is someone who you know,
who is more advanced, and who you could therefore trust. The more
advanced spirits are always trying to help those that are less developed,
even in darkness, particularly if there is a personal relationship.
But their advances are most often rebuffed. So the first lesson
is to be prepared to ask for, and accept help. The spirits that
can help are those that are visually bright, or brighter than your
companions. They will be loving too, which is always a clear indication.
The second lesson is to know that there is hope, and that hell
is not eternal. The Christian Churches have done mortal man a great
disservice in preaching that hell is eternal. Spirits either believe
this themselves, or hear it constantly from their companions. Thus
it is very hard to have hope. Admittedly the environment is not
conducive to hope. Imagine this:
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It seemed as if I was standing at the top of a mountain
or hill. Below I could see a pretty valley, with forests,
meadows, springs and streams. I heard birds singing, it was
like a beautiful summer day. Suddenly, everything began to
dry off. The green colors turned brown, the leaves fell off
the trees, and after a short time, I saw a disastrous landscape.
Everything was dry, the earth cracked, a few trunks like skeletons
without life, the streams had disappeared, leaving behind
only their stony beds. There was no sunshine anymore, everything
seemed dark, like a winter dawn in the northern regions, but
without snow, and the silence of death reigned.
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Let's assume you accept help. There are two types of advice that
you will get. The first is basically to develop your natural love,
and to start helping others. One needs to repent, in the sense of
accepting responsibility for where you are, and wanting to change.
But most of all one needs to learn to be more loving. This as one
can expect, is not easy. Particularly when those around you are
not loving. While saying that this is the category of help you might
get, if it was a Catholic priest offering help, you might expect
him to suggest you follow his faith. The extent, to which this sort
of narrow religious advice is given, really depends on the level
of the spirit offering the advice. I tend to think that the more
advanced spirits do realize that many conventional religions have
much the same effect, and that therefore love is the common denominator.
But lower down, most spirits cling tenaciously to their religious
beliefs. So you may get a lot of pastors, all favouring their brand
of religion, trying to help you. But there are also many organized
groups of people, who do not ascribe to any specific religious belief,
who offer help to those in the dark planes. They typically have
names like: "The Brotherhood of Hope".
The reason why this process is so slow is that we are as we think.
Amazingly, thoughts have been described as real, and as having a
real existence in this realm. We have to change our thoughts in
order to change, and that can be hard.
The second category of advice that you might receive introduces
a totally new concept. Here you will be told that if you pray from
the heart (soul) to God and ask for His Divine Love, you will feel
this Love. It may take a few days, or a week, but you will feel
this Love as a real sensation. If you keep on asking, each time
you will receive a small portion of Divine Love. This Love is a
physical reality, and will purify your soul. This is the short cut
method. Not only does it get you out of darkness faster than any
other way, but also it will accelerate your spiritual progress through
the heavens. Many dark spirits have attested to its effectiveness,
but they also caution how hard it is to think of spiritual things
while in hell. Of course since almost no body has heard of this
short cut method, they may dismiss it out of hand. But since it
promises almost instant results, I suggest it is well worth trying.
You don't have anything to lose.
This technique also works on earth. That is to say, you can feel
the Love, and you will notice yourself changing over the next year
or so. And we have had confirmation that humans following this method
are in general much brighter in their spirit body than the general
mortal population. It does something at a very fundamental level.
The Astral Plane
The exact relationship of the Astral Plane to the Spirit Spheres
is at this time not clear to me, but it appears to be simply a grosser
dimension. There are higher levels and lower levels of the Astral
Plane. The Earth Plane, which is the third of the seven divisions
of the Astral Plane and is also in the first Spirit Sphere, simply
because of the poor "average" soul condition of us mortals
currently. If it were not so, there would be more "heaven on
Earth" at this time. If you realize that we are all spirit,
even as living mortals, you will understand that our physical Earth
also has a place in the spiritual realm, which represents our average
spiritual condition. However, in order to reach the Spirit Spheres
proper, we have to discard BOTH our physical bodies, and another
body called an astral body. People who have out of body experiences,
can travel in the astral, using their astral body, or leave the
astral body and the physical body, and travel in the spirit spheres
with their spirit body. It seems the silver chord that is reported
as joining us to our physical bodies while alive is a part of the
astral body.
Although earlier I described the "passing over" after
death to a special arrivals area for newly arrived spirits, there
have been countless descriptions of others who did not even notice
that they had died, so instantaneous was their transition. These
folk, sometimes even thirty years after death still do not realize
that they are dead. Very frequently their description is of passing
from life to death virtually instantly, only that the room and mortals
that were there pre-death suddenly become hard or impossible to
see clearly. These events seem typical of passing to the Astral
Plane, rather than the Spirit Spheres. Another difference, related
to the Astral Plane, is spirits reporting that immediately after
death that they are tied to something, which may last hours or days,
although time is hard to discern, but during that period they may
notice the funeral and burial. It appears that the astral body may
take quite some time to separate from the physical body after death,
and this gives the sensation of being tied to an invisible object.
It is the silver chord which ties the astral body to the physical
body which has not yet broken.
While I cannot be sure that the arrivals areas described earlier
are all located in the Spirit Spheres, I currently believe that
to be the case. The spirit can however only reach an arrivals hall
if the recently deceased mortal is not still wearing their astral
body. The older one is, the more likely that one's astral body will
decay rapidly after death and release one for the Spirit Spheres.
The same is true of those that are advanced spiritually. But those
that die young have a very strong astral body, and they will often
spend considerable time in the astral planes, of which there are
seven, until they are able to cast off the astral body. The astral
plane appears to give spirits who had very little earth time an
opportunity to find their way spiritually. They can interact with
both evil ex-mortals and spiritually advanced ex-mortals here, and
they have an added ability that deception is not possible on this
plane. However, if they are attracted to earthly pleasures, this
desire will remain, and can prove their undoing.
Those that fall into this category without exception have no understanding
of what really happens after death. Many believe that the dead lie
asleep till the "great resurrection." With that in mind,
they conclude they can't be dead. Others don't even have that concept
and just complain that they can no longer see because of the darkness.
But later they recover their vision, and find a world that is very
similar to earth, yet with differences.
Other spirits of a very material bent find themselves in the Earth
plane. There seem to be many reasons for this. They may have had
an unexpected bad experience, such as being murdered, and this may
have left them with a desire for revenge. It seems the shock of
a sudden death may indeed be a factor in how successfully one transitions.
They may also be of limited spiritual development, but not necessarily
bad. Another reason is a desire to look after a family, or even
to try to enjoy, or protect material possessions. They may then
hang around their last place of living, for a long period of time.
Some are intensely religious, but of the mindless type. Yet they
start out no better off than someone who never gave life after death
a moments thought.
In the Astral Plane, it is possible to eat and drink, and apparently
the astral body will produce excreta. However there is no need for
either and this is typical of the choices spirits face. If they
indulge the desire for food and drink, this generally leads to a
dark entity suggesting at some time that they can get a better experience
by obsessing a living mortal. And since that carries a heavy spiritual
penalty, eventually they pass into the hells. There are churches
here too, but sadly they seem incapable of actually teaching anything
more useful than that learned on earth, and many of the pastors
are here, precisely because they are not spiritual.
There are also a class of entity which we often see as "ghosts",
who are not actually earth bound spirits. Specifically in the case
where a mortal has a lot of negative experiences, as might be if
they were tortured, murdered, or otherwise badly treated, these
experiences have to be resolved. And until they are resolved, which
includes the individuals who caused the trauma, they may leave an
energetic signature which behaves and looks like an earthbound.
In fact these are simply astral shells, devoid of a soul, because
the individual has moved into the spirit spheres, but this energetic
bundle still may be tied to a location, or another entity in darkness.
It is very difficult from our side of the veil to know whether one
is dealing with an astral shell sans soul, or a real spirit entity.
These astral shells are dissipated only when the emotional issues
surrounding them are resolved. There are some other entities in
the Astral Plane, some of which are wonderful, and others which
are dangerous. Provided that you have not distanced yourself from
your guide, you will be protected, but if you have totally ignored
spiritual matters, your guide will not be there to protect you,
and the experience can be very unpleasant. While a spirit body can
experience pain, and even be apparently damaged, it repairs itself
rapidly, but it cannot be destroyed. The astral body will also repair
itself normally, but as it is not eternal in nature, apparently
it can be completely destroyed by some of the evil elementals, and
this results in that (dark) spirit passing into the dark planes
of the First Sphere - hell. This sort of thing can only happen in
the lowest of the astral divisions, which are considered the anti-chamber
of hell.
The First Sphere.
Hell is of course in the first sphere, but most of us would not
consider the upper reaches of the first sphere as being in darkness.
That is because we are used to earth, a planet that is itself largely
in darkness. Above "hell" one finds the "Twilight
Zone", and then "Summerland". These are spiritualist
terms. Some spiritualists teach that Summerland is the Third Sphere,
but that is apparently not so, they are simply numbering sub-spheres
as major spheres.
In the upper reaches of the first sphere, spirits use tools to
create things, just like here. Later on, this is unnecessary. They
live in homes, and learn how to manipulate their spirit bodies.
They can for example create a perfect physique, or a full head of
hair. Most spirits choose a physical form from somewhere between
twenty and thirty, one which I guess represents their physical prime.
They also discover making love in the spirit is a bit different,
and very enjoyable. It is accomplished by a sort of fusion of energy
between the souls. Having been fortunate enough to experience it
a few times, in out of body experiences, I can report that it is
indeed something to look forward to. Apparently some spirits really
get into this new love making. Homes are provided too. The way in
which buildings and other created items are made is intriguing,
and explained by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson. Apparently you can
decorate or change your home. Folks specialize in all these activities,
including for example making flowers. The flowers are eternal in
nature, and responsive. I rather suspect we will not have an autumn
in heaven, and that slightly saddens me. There is no decay, so I
can't see how one achieves the magic show of autumn leaves that
we have here on earth.
Even the homes in the upper planes of the first sphere are very
comfortable, allowing for the fact that they don't have kitchens
or bathrooms, but later on they seem to be better than the grandest
mansion one might imagine. In hell they are hovels or caves, although
apparently many cities also exist there. The old Bible phrase -
"in my Father's house are many mansions" has more than
a ring of Truth. But the weather is so benevolent, that if you did
not want to live in a house, you could entirely do without one.
Animals and pets are found in spirit. There is no doubt at all,
if you have a much loved cat, dog or even elephant, that you will
enjoy its companionship again. It is not the case that all animals
automatically survive death, but much loved ones are found again.
It is likely that this is a creation emanating from the love that
we hold for that animal. On the other hand, apparently there are
places in the spirit world where you can go and see the dinosaurs,
so no doubt all manner of animal can be found,
for our enjoyment. Of course many pets pass over before us, and
thus someone will be looking after them there.
Strangely many spirits report feeling cold when they first arrive,
but later this is not a problem. It is quite widely accepted that
spirits are cold when they appear in our realm, and at least one
spirit has reported being able to feel the heat from a fire in our
realm, as well as clearly hearing sound from our realm. When they
first arrive in spirit, spirits continue to talk, and it is also
reported that they can breathe, although that seems surprising.
Later on they simply use thought communication.
Spirits spend a great deal of time discussing God. Does He exist
etc. Naturally religious groups exist, and spirits will follow those
beliefs by attending church etc. Spiritual ignorance abounds, as
one would expect. That does not mean spirits are un-opinionated.
Indeed it seems some of the most opinionated spirits can be found
in the first and second spheres. The old adage of the empty can
making the most noise seems true of spirit as well. Arguments are
even more intense than on earth. This is because each spirit will
now have some experiences that support their belief.
The level of ignorance is actually very high, but that does not
stop many spirits attending séances and coming through with
a great deal of misplaced authority. These are the spirits who may
use Jesus' name, or even call themselves God.
One also finds spirits here who are mischievous, and immature,
rather than evil. They will also delight in frightening mortals
at séances. Summerland has been described as having a climate
similar to California. But without the pollution no doubt! There
are a great number of children in Summerland, but they are not found
lower, which is quite reasonable. The landscape is beautiful, with
pretty villages and cities. Spirits can choose to live in a city,
or in the country. I may finally get that water view I always wanted!
The cities don't have roads, indeed there are no roads anywhere,
and typically the height of the buildings is limited to a few stories.
So the typical landscape of a city would be quite different to what
we might be used to, with no pavements or tables on sidewalks.
There is still a degree of negativity, which is illustrated by
gossip, differences of opinion, and anger. But most spirits are
pretty used to that from earth, and probably don't really notice
it. Sports are indulged, but there are issues playing ball sports.
Apparently the gravity is quite different, and to launch a ball
one needs to use thought power. Once so launched, it will not stop
until redirected again by thought. So sending a ball towards the
goal would always reach the goal, and rather seems to make sports
such as football and golf irrelevant. That might hugely upset some
folks, so I hope there is something as addictive for the golfing
fraternity. I was very pleased to discover one can have a boat,
if one has the development, and that this can be "motorised"
by thought. It is even possible to sail, but as the winds are very
gentle, I guess it is again largely thought powered.
It is here in the First Sphere that spirits tend to discover what
they really want to do, and what talents they have. As they don't
have to work, and there is no authority chasing them, they are totally
free to devote whatever time they like to pursuits. Spirits find
that they can follow material pursuits here, but in time the attractiveness
of that fades, and suddenly they begin to realize that spirituality
is important, and a greater source of happiness.
Here the spirits find that their desires result in changes to their
spirit bodies. So, although they do not have conscious control over
this aspect, they do look attractive, with perfect bodies. In time
these pleasures pall, and the spirit finds itself drawn more to
spiritual avenues, and that this gives it increased happiness. They
are then starting to progress out of this sphere.
The Second Sphere.
The essential requirement for a spirit to reach the second sphere
is the recognition that material pursuits are limited, and does
not lead to real happiness. In the second sphere, spirits choose
their spiritual path. These are by no means uniform, and in general,
if a spirit decides later to change to another spiritual path, they
will return to this sphere.
In fact there are two great classifications of spiritual path,
but this distinction is probably not obvious to most spirits. The
first classification is the natural love path. In this class, one
finds all the religions, and even those following an intellectual,
and non-religious path. Slowly but surely, spirits become more loving,
and advance steadily through the spheres, stopping at the sixth.
The sixth is a heaven of complete happiness, so complete that spirits
there lack nothing, and cannot envisage anything
better.
The second classification is the Divine Love path. If you took
the short cut out of hell, you will have found so much happiness
flowing into your soul, that this will be the path you will follow.
Not many spirits follow this path however.
In this second sphere, which can be called a sphere of decision,
it is really like a kindergarten. In the first spheres, many things
were built by machine. Here in the second, spirits are learning
to use their spirit powers, assisted by other more advanced spirits.
There are many institutions of learning, and this sphere is well
known to many
spiritualists.
They learn to modify their clothes, to build their houses using
spiritual power, and to even modify aspects of their spiritual bodies.
This exposure to the spiritual powers that are available generates
a state of euphoria, and as a result many spirits stay here a long
time. It is such fun. That is no bad thing; there is no timetable
to keep.
In deciding what development path to follow, spirits are influenced
by those from more advanced spheres. Thus a spirit from the fourth
sphere may well extol the virtues of his path, and the beauty of
his sphere. Spirits in many cases retain some of the spiritual ideas
they had in the first sphere, but they may be beginning to modify
those to some extent. Some of them have a period of confusion, for
example if they believe that they should now stand before God, or
perhaps Jesus. As that does not happen, it takes a while to rationalize,
and evolve a new spiritual or religious
strategy.
Jesus does visit these spirits, but they do not generally recognize
him. He cannot display himself as he really is, because his spiritual
brightness is far too powerful to be revealed in these lower spheres,
and hence they generally do not accord him any special status. We
have been told that the sun is like a candle compared to his spiritual
brightness.
The second sphere is really a real heaven, as it has immense facilities
for study, facilities that cannot be dreamed of on earth. Eventually
however, each and every spirit eventually arrives at the highest
plane in this sphere.
There a tremendous change occurs. They remember that they have
got this far through the help given them by numerous spirits, and
a great urge overtakes them to perform a similar function. It is
an atonement task.
The Third Sphere.
Spirits in the third sphere have both sufficient love, and spiritual
understanding to begin to perform a useful task of helping other
spirits. Because of their greater spiritual development, they can
also begin to perceive the Will of God, although this is not because
they can perceive God.
Typically the tasks that they undertake have something to do with
their earth life. I came across a fellow getting a lot of help from
an ex-playgirl. This fellow had very strong sexual desires, and
she was trying very hard to influence him away from those. Clearly
she had to atone for inciting so many fellows to sexual desires
by being a playgirl. Another may be a pastor, who has spent a lifetime
spreading false doctrines. He may find himself trying to undo those
false beliefs. This work can be very hard,
and these spirits do experience frustration. However this does not
mean that all these spirits are teaching only truth. These spirits
still have many of their earth beliefs, provided always that none
of these are seriously harmful from a spiritual perspective. Where
that is the case, they do not progress, until they come to a realisation
that their belief is false.
Those spirits following the Divine Love path may spend a long time
in this sphere, because they feel the importance of the task of
teaching this "new" Truth.
When finally what started out as a work of atonement, and now becomes
a vocational choice, the spirit is ready to move on.
Here is a description of a home in the Third Sphere:
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Yes, my home is very beautiful and I am perfectly delighted
with it. It is made of white marble and is surrounded by lawns
and flowers and trees of various kinds. The grass is so very
green and the flowers are so beautiful and variegated. The
trees are always in foliage and have such beautiful limbs
and leaves. I am most pleased with my home, I mean the building.
There are many beautiful pictures on the walls, and the walls
are all frescoed and hung with fine coverings, and the floors
are inlaid with beautiful mosaics. I have all the splendid
furniture that I could possibly wish for, and my library is
full of books of all kinds, especially of those that tell
of God and His Love for man. You would be in your element
if you could be with me.
I have music, such as you never heard on earth, and instruments
of various kinds which I am learning to play, and I sing with
all my heart and soul as the days go by. I have beds on which
I lie down, but I never sleep. We do not need sleep here;
we only rest, for sometimes we get tired from our work and
are greatly refreshed by lying on the beds and couches which
are so comfortable that we do not realize that we are tired
after lying down a little while.
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The Fourth Sphere.
The spirits in this sphere are now used as teachers, in the various
learning institutions, and they develop in this sphere their sometimes
astonishing healing abilities. It is largely an intellectual sphere,
and some spirits following a Divine Love path spend almost no time
here, moving virtually directly on to the Fifth sphere. Others chose
to stay here, although they can do much the same work in the Fifth
sphere. There is
beginning to be a bigger and bigger difference between spirits following
the natural love and the intellectual path, and those following
the Divine Love path.
Earthly bonds weaken, and spirits are not much interested in the
affairs of earth. Even familial bonds weaken. This does not mean
that they do not care for other members of their genetic families,
but their general love for all mankind is now so strong, that familial
love recedes in contrast.
Soul mates now begin to be a topic of great interest. It is true
we all have a soul mate. This is because the initial creation of
souls creates pairs of souls. This appears to be yet another technique
that God has provided to gather his creation closer. Inevitably
one soul mate will be more advanced. Their great love for each other
spurs the less developed one to make great efforts to catch up,
so that they can live together. Some times this is in fact the way
a soul is "extracted" from the hells. The more advanced
soul mate is able to influence the less developed one to make the
effort to get out of darkness. What is intriguing is that this soul
mate attraction is so strong that a bright and pure spirit is actually
attracted at all to a dark spirit.
The fourth sphere, with its great facilities is often a sphere
where spirits stay a very long time. By the time that these spirits
have reached the upper planes of this sphere, they will have all
but lost interest in the affairs of mortal man. Their only interest
is in helping man to progress, but they take no personal interest
in his affairs.
The Fifth Sphere.
This is what is termed a soul sphere, and those spirits following
a natural love path do not spend much time here. But it is an important
sphere for Divine Love spirits. The only thing that natural love
spirits lack is absolute purity. They must eradicate the last traces
of sin. They may still cling to false beliefs, but none of these
will be harmful.
This last stage of purification does not take long, and the natural
love spirits then progress into the sixth, the ultimate goal of
their spiritual path.
There is no reason for them to tarry here, since there is more
happiness to be had in the sixth. There is also little commonality
between them and Divine love spirits. They have a fundamentally
different belief, and spiritual path, and this leads to different
interests.
In fact many of the Divine Love spirits also hasten to enter the
sixth, and then return. The sixth is not entirely congenial to them,
and they have much development that they can do in the Fifth. And,
once they have received more of the Divine Love, they can progress
directly to the Seventh Sphere.
It was reported that Mother Teresa passed over into the Fifth Sphere,
and that is the highest that we have heard of for a mortal, although
there have been others, apparently. Just recently we heard that
Francis of Assisi also passed into the Fifth. Few could doubt the
love that she had, or the spiritual fervour that he had.
Here is a description of a home in the Fifth Sphere:
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I am living with your mother in her home, but I am not so spiritual
as she. We are both very happy though, and have everything that
the heart could wish for. The music is so beautiful that I cannot
describe it to you, and even the love which helps to make the music
is of such an intensity that you could not possibly understand if
I
should attempt to tell it to you. My home here is much more
beautiful than that which I had in the third sphere, and everything
is beyond what I conceived when I lived there. The house and trees
and flowers and fruits are very much more beautiful and delightful.
No one could be anything but happy in such a home. We have
nothing to interfere with our happiness and every one is a
delightful companion and full of love and beauty. I have met many
spirits that I did not know either on earth or in the spirit world
before I came to this place, both men and women.
Yes, we have rivers and lakes and fields and mountains and all
the
beautiful landscapes that you can imagine, I not only enjoy these
things, but they are more real than those of earth. I am sometimes
engaged in painting these flowers and landscapes, and have many
pictures which others painted. I find that I can paint with a more
artistic touch than when on earth. I have no trouble in drawing
as
you know I had some in my earth pictures. I am also studying
music, and especially my vocal lessons. You will be much surprised
when you hear me sing as you cannot conceive what a different
voice I have. Sometimes I try to sing some of the songs that I used
to sing to you, but they are not pretty in comparison to the songs
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The Sixth Sphere.
This is the pinnacle of spiritual development for natural love
spirits. It represents a return to the Adamic state. However, they
quite possibly simply dispute that there are any higher spheres.
Certainly Divine Love spirits find that these spirits are not interested
in listening to this concept. They enjoy themselves with many very
advanced intellectual and moral discussions. One should realize
that mental capacity has expanded enormously along with spiritual
development.
This is a perfect heaven, and spirits lack for nothing, and cannot
imagine anything better could exist.
The sixth sphere is a purely intellectual area, and by that I mean
that in spite of the great spirituality of the place, the zeal of
its inhabitants goes much more for increasing their knowledge, while
they live a life in absolute harmony with God's laws of spirituality.
It is a place where science has reached its most spectacular results
compared to all the spiritual spheres, and where the intelligence
of its inhabitants is supreme, and where absolute fraternity exists,
such as people dream of on earth.
There are great social events, amusements, all of which provides
them with great happiness, their class of happiness. Paradise, yes,
the sixth sphere is the paradise which the Hebrews dreamt of and
continue dreaming of, and it is the paradise that Christian churches
teach of, in general, and also spiritualists.
Religion is important too, and there is a great diversity of religious
practice. That indicates that the inhabitants are not in possession
of absolute truth. It is rare for these spirits to communicate with
mortals. But many work as teachers and professors in lower spheres.
Divine Love spirits can enter this sphere, but generally do not
stay long. They simply find that their interests are different.
So they return to the Fifth until they are able to pass into the
Seventh.
As these sixth sphere spirits do not progress any further, it is
not known what their long-term future will be. Some sources suggest
eventually all will awaken to the fact that something is lacking
- God's Divine Love, and progress will then resume. Other sources
suggest that in fact the "second death" will mean that
these spirits are isolated, and the "gates" to the Kingdom
of God will be closed, leaving them excluded.
The Seventh Sphere.
This sphere is only populated by Divine Love spirits. It marks
the beginning of a series of changes that will eventually leave
them quite different to other spirits. So different, that it is
said they cannot be considered to be of the same family. The first
change is that the soul manifests a mind, which is different to
the mind that all other spirits utilize. This begins to dominate.
Eventually, before the spirit leaves this
sphere, the mind of the spirit body will have entirely withered
away, leaving the spirit using the mind of the soul.
The duration of the process of the last stage of transformation
varies. It may be achieved in a relatively short time, but many
spirits stay longer in this wonderful paradise, enjoying and experiencing,
like tourists taking their time to explore the last corner of their
unknown world.
They gain enormous knowledge in this sphere, in this process, and
without study. The knowledge simply comes to them. Eventually they
are ready for the transition. In the transition to the Celestial
heavens which lie above the seventh sphere, they fuse with their
Divine Spirit, or Father Fragment which has accompanied them since
their earliest years. This gives the Divine Fragment a personality,
and the spirit gains Divinity and immortality. Spirits who have
passed this stage tell us they KNOW they
are immortal. There is no debate, such as exists in the Sixth. They
then become spiritual beings, as opposed to semi-material beings.
This difference must be subtle, because other less developed spirits
do not seem able to discern the difference.
There are "un-numbered" spheres in the Celestial Heavens
above, each more magnificent than the rest. Spirits who reside here
complain that words simply cannot describe these spheres, and generally
they just won't try. These would appear to be the classic Kingdom
of God that the Christian Bible talks about. But this concludes
our summary. Ironically, because this is probably only the start
of our next adventure, the re-birth by spirit that the Christian
Bible promises to those who have faith that
Father loves us. And an eternity of growth and spiritual adventure
lies ahead. Perhaps there will be another narrow path we might have
to navigate beyond the Kingdom of God?
Original : 21st April 2003
Revision: 6.0 23rd November 2009. GJC.
Sources:
All these sources are listed on this site.
In no particular order.
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True Gospel Revealed Anew by Jesus, Volumes
I to IV.
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Contemporary communications on
the New Birth web site. |
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Life in the World Unseen, by
Anthony Borgia |
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More About Life in the World
Unseen by Anthony Borgia |
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Here and Hereafter by Anthony Borgia |
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Through the Mists by Robert James Lees |
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The Life Elysian by Robert James Lees |
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The Gate of Heaven by Robert James Lees |
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Spirit World and Spirit Life by Charlotte Elizabeth
Dresser |
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Life Here and Hereafter by Charlotte Elizabeth
Dresser |
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The Blue Island by Pardoe Woodman and Estelle
Stead |
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30 Years among the Dead by Dr Carl Wickland |
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A Wanderer in the Spirit Lands by Franchezzo. |
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Gone West by J.S.M Ward |
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A Sequel to Gone West: A Subaltern in Spirit Land
by J.S.M.Ward |
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