Wednesday, 26 December 2007
Astral love and sex!
Can you really have sex on the astral plane?The answer is yes,but astral sex is quite different.
Friday, 7 December 2007
Message!
If the great politicsperson take on not anything, now is expected coming the great catastrophe in the near future!
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
Sunday, 25 November 2007
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Astral Love and Sex
Love is a word that has meaning at every level of being. At each level this meaning is somewhat different, even though there is enough of a shared basis of significance to justifY using the same word.
However, love in the astral world is love very much as most humans understand it: strongly emotional with much influence from the instinctual and physical side of life, but also with incursions and illuminations from the mental and spiritual levels.
The word "sex" has a few meanings, too; and the fact that several of these meanings are often to be found confused together, is-well, that's the nature of sex.
About astral love, then, there's no problem; but clearly, astral sex is not the same thing as earthly sex.
Certainly it can feel the same-it can feel like earthly sex, raised to a high mathematical "power" -but it can't be the same, because the bodies involved are of astral substance, not of earthly substance. Nor can our thoughts about astral sex be contained within the conventional framework, because human law and custom alike are geared to regulate the conduct of earthly bodies, not of psychic entities.
Such a variety of questions are always raised by the topic of astral sex. It seems best to consider a number of them now as question and answer, insofar as answers can be given
However, love in the astral world is love very much as most humans understand it: strongly emotional with much influence from the instinctual and physical side of life, but also with incursions and illuminations from the mental and spiritual levels.
The word "sex" has a few meanings, too; and the fact that several of these meanings are often to be found confused together, is-well, that's the nature of sex.
About astral love, then, there's no problem; but clearly, astral sex is not the same thing as earthly sex.
Certainly it can feel the same-it can feel like earthly sex, raised to a high mathematical "power" -but it can't be the same, because the bodies involved are of astral substance, not of earthly substance. Nor can our thoughts about astral sex be contained within the conventional framework, because human law and custom alike are geared to regulate the conduct of earthly bodies, not of psychic entities.
Such a variety of questions are always raised by the topic of astral sex. It seems best to consider a number of them now as question and answer, insofar as answers can be given
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Unconditional love
Unconditional love is a concept that means showing love towards someone regardless of his or her actions or beliefs. It is a concept comparable to true love, a term which is more frequently used to describe love between lovers. By contrast unconditional love is frequently used to describe love between family members, comrades in arms and between others in highly committed relationships. It has also been used in a religious context to describe God's love for mankind.
Some secular authors make a distinction between unconditional love and conditional love. In conditional love: love is 'earned' on the basis of conscious or unconscious conditions being met by the lover, whereas in unconditional love, love is 'given freely' to the loved one 'no matter what'. Conditional love requires some kind of finite exchange whereas unconditional love is seen as infinite and measureless. Unconditional love should not be mistaken with unconditional dedication: unconditional dedication refers to an act of the will irrespective of feelings (e.g a person may consider they have a duty to stay with a person); unconditional love is an act of the feelings irrespective of will.
Harold W. Becker, author and founder of The Love Foundation, Inc., defines Unconditional Love as "an unlimited way of being." From his book of the same title, Becker goes on to say that "the greatest power known to man is that of unconditional love. Through the ages, mystics, sages, singers and poets all expressed the ballad and call to love. As humans, we searched endlessly for the experience of love through the outer senses. Great civilizations have come and gone under the guise of love for their people. Religions have flourished and perished while claiming the true path to love. We, the people of this planet, may have missed the simplicity of unconditional love. ...Simply stated, unconditional love is an unlimited way of being. We are without any limit to our thoughts and feelings in life and can create any reality we choose to focus our attention upon. The qualities of love are endless and the expressions are infinite. The power of unconditional love is within each of us."
unconditional love is something special and it does not fail. It goes through to the end.
Unconditional love within marriage
Psychotherapist David Schnarch compares traditional views of unconditional love versus 'conditioned' love in marital relationships. He believes that genuine love, as he understands it, in committed relationships requires conditions. He questions the idea that unconditional love is indeed 'true' love within intimate relationships. He calls for a kind of 'rising in love' where each lover establishes conditions vis a vis the other lover that improve (or end) the love relationship. This differs from the more conventional constructs of love where people 'fall into love' unconditionally. Schnarch focuses on passionate love as essential to committed sexual relationships and paradoxically as a condition for personal growth as well.
In this kind of analysis much depends on what the author or his subjects regards as "true" love — there is no universally agreed definition. Lady Heather Mills in replying to accusations that she was "a gold digger" in marrying former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said that she "fell in love unconditionally" as well as highlighting her charitable work.[1]
Unconditional love as a tool for authoritarian control
Authors Kramer and Alstead assert that the concept of unconditional love, is false, misleading, and a pervasive cause of authoritarian control in religion, relationships and families. They believe that unconditional love, along with what they perceive to be the closely related religious concept of 'unconditional forgiveness', are false concepts used to perpetuate ongoing cycles of injustice and abuse. To them, the entire concept of Christian unconditional love is embedded within one of the "most authoritarian, thus conditional, structures on the planet" and is therefore far from condition-free.
They note "that in order to get Christ's love, one has to believe in him; in order to be forgiven, one must not only repent and plead for it, but one must acknowledge the authority that designates what the wrong-doing is." In their view, Christ's love depends upon obedience to his authority. Therefore, to them, Christ's love is, in fact, highly conditional despite being called 'unconditional'.
They make a similar analysis of so-called unconditional forms of love and compassion in Eastern 'Oneness' religions.
Religious perspective
In Christianity the term is commonly encountered but vaguely defined. It may be used to indicate God's love for a person irrespective of that person's love for God. The term is not explicitly used in the Bible and advocates for God's conditional or unconditional love, using different passages or interpretations to support their point of view, are both encountered. It may be considered to be closely associated with another non-explicitly biblical, but commonly encountered and vaguely defined, saying: "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin". Once again people have argued, based on variant interpretations of biblical texts, that God does not love the sinner nor the sin.
Whilst the phrase has never been used in its official teachings documents the then head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II was recorded as saying during a homily in San Francisco, in September 1987, that God "loves us all with an unconditional, everlasting love". He explored issues touching upon this theme in his work Dives in Misericordia (1980) in which the parable of the Prodigal Son becomes a framework for exploring the issue of God's mercy. The civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as saying “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality”.
Neopaganism in general, and Wicca in particular, commonly use a traditional inspirational text, Charge of the Goddess , affirming that the Goddess's "law is love unto all beings".
Some secular authors make a distinction between unconditional love and conditional love. In conditional love: love is 'earned' on the basis of conscious or unconscious conditions being met by the lover, whereas in unconditional love, love is 'given freely' to the loved one 'no matter what'. Conditional love requires some kind of finite exchange whereas unconditional love is seen as infinite and measureless. Unconditional love should not be mistaken with unconditional dedication: unconditional dedication refers to an act of the will irrespective of feelings (e.g a person may consider they have a duty to stay with a person); unconditional love is an act of the feelings irrespective of will.
Harold W. Becker, author and founder of The Love Foundation, Inc., defines Unconditional Love as "an unlimited way of being." From his book of the same title, Becker goes on to say that "the greatest power known to man is that of unconditional love. Through the ages, mystics, sages, singers and poets all expressed the ballad and call to love. As humans, we searched endlessly for the experience of love through the outer senses. Great civilizations have come and gone under the guise of love for their people. Religions have flourished and perished while claiming the true path to love. We, the people of this planet, may have missed the simplicity of unconditional love. ...Simply stated, unconditional love is an unlimited way of being. We are without any limit to our thoughts and feelings in life and can create any reality we choose to focus our attention upon. The qualities of love are endless and the expressions are infinite. The power of unconditional love is within each of us."
unconditional love is something special and it does not fail. It goes through to the end.
Unconditional love within marriage
Psychotherapist David Schnarch compares traditional views of unconditional love versus 'conditioned' love in marital relationships. He believes that genuine love, as he understands it, in committed relationships requires conditions. He questions the idea that unconditional love is indeed 'true' love within intimate relationships. He calls for a kind of 'rising in love' where each lover establishes conditions vis a vis the other lover that improve (or end) the love relationship. This differs from the more conventional constructs of love where people 'fall into love' unconditionally. Schnarch focuses on passionate love as essential to committed sexual relationships and paradoxically as a condition for personal growth as well.
In this kind of analysis much depends on what the author or his subjects regards as "true" love — there is no universally agreed definition. Lady Heather Mills in replying to accusations that she was "a gold digger" in marrying former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney said that she "fell in love unconditionally" as well as highlighting her charitable work.[1]
Unconditional love as a tool for authoritarian control
Authors Kramer and Alstead assert that the concept of unconditional love, is false, misleading, and a pervasive cause of authoritarian control in religion, relationships and families. They believe that unconditional love, along with what they perceive to be the closely related religious concept of 'unconditional forgiveness', are false concepts used to perpetuate ongoing cycles of injustice and abuse. To them, the entire concept of Christian unconditional love is embedded within one of the "most authoritarian, thus conditional, structures on the planet" and is therefore far from condition-free.
They note "that in order to get Christ's love, one has to believe in him; in order to be forgiven, one must not only repent and plead for it, but one must acknowledge the authority that designates what the wrong-doing is." In their view, Christ's love depends upon obedience to his authority. Therefore, to them, Christ's love is, in fact, highly conditional despite being called 'unconditional'.
They make a similar analysis of so-called unconditional forms of love and compassion in Eastern 'Oneness' religions.
Religious perspective
In Christianity the term is commonly encountered but vaguely defined. It may be used to indicate God's love for a person irrespective of that person's love for God. The term is not explicitly used in the Bible and advocates for God's conditional or unconditional love, using different passages or interpretations to support their point of view, are both encountered. It may be considered to be closely associated with another non-explicitly biblical, but commonly encountered and vaguely defined, saying: "God loves the sinner, but hates the sin". Once again people have argued, based on variant interpretations of biblical texts, that God does not love the sinner nor the sin.
Whilst the phrase has never been used in its official teachings documents the then head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II was recorded as saying during a homily in San Francisco, in September 1987, that God "loves us all with an unconditional, everlasting love". He explored issues touching upon this theme in his work Dives in Misericordia (1980) in which the parable of the Prodigal Son becomes a framework for exploring the issue of God's mercy. The civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was quoted as saying “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality”.
Neopaganism in general, and Wicca in particular, commonly use a traditional inspirational text, Charge of the Goddess , affirming that the Goddess's "law is love unto all beings".
The relationships!
Life not consist only sex and this is not important.The very important is relationships and understanding therein Life.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
The earth energy!
The earth energy is now a very negative status,becasuse wars,
waste, especially Irak war, super-high-speed expansion economy,
exessive waste and the global climatic warming.
waste, especially Irak war, super-high-speed expansion economy,
exessive waste and the global climatic warming.
Monday, 7 May 2007
Astral Projection
Astral Projection
Imagine this scenario: your physical body becomes paralyzed and you enter into a hypnotic trance; you blackout for a few moments; a second body rises above your physical body in a horizontal direction and finally uprights itself; you now look back and observe your physical body on a chair or bed; a pulsating silver cord connects these two bodies; and finally you return to your physical body, reversing the above steps. This is called astral projection, and trips that this astral body undertakes are astral voyages.
The previous description is most commonly reported, but there are other possibilities. For example, the astral body may simply rotate out of the physical body in a spiral-like fashion, and return the same way. The voyager may experience a vibrating or rocking motion, accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness and a sensation of flying or falling. Suddenly, the astral body rises quickly, the physical body now feeling cataleptic and paralyzed.
This second body not only appears to be weightless, but it may radiate a glow that can illuminate a dark room. The astral body floats to the ceiling, glides around the room, or just appears to take a walk down the street. Trips encompassing great distances may also be experi~ by this second body. You could travel to foreign countries, or end up hundreds of miles above the Earth during one of these voyages.
As we shall explore in this book, an astral voyage can lead you to an etheric or unreal environment characterized by shadowy figures moving through a fog-like mist. This environment may take the appearance of a heaven with vivid colors and a brilliant white or gold light. You may even travel back or forward in time.
Throughout history there have been many terms used to describe this phenomena-among them: astral projection, out-of-body experiences (OBE), remote viewing, soul travel, astral travel, near-death experience (NDE), and traveling clairvoyance.
The second body to which I alluded has been referred to with various terms: a double, the subtle body, the desire body, the soul body, the astral body, or the light body.
We will discuss these terms in greater detail in chapter 3. For now, let us assume it is certain that we have a second body that can safely leave and return to our physical body. While out of our physical body, it is quite possible for this second body to travel to other places, even other dimensions, and experience the most unusual and spiritually uplifting voyage we will ever undertake.
Many astral voyagers have described this phenomena as a "state of ecstasy:' Ecstasy literally means to "stand outside one's self." Others have used such terms as "beside oneself with joY:' Working with thousands of individuals in training them to leave their bodies, I can testify to the fact
that most of my patients relate their experience as a fascinating, pleasant, and even joyful trip. The great majority of them want to do it again and again.
Those of you who are concerned about safety need not be fearful of
an out-of-body experience. Not only have none of my 11,000 patients ever been harmed by this experience, there has never been a report by the metaphysical and scientific literature in this field of any injury. What they do report is a spiritually uplifting experience that can result in therapeutic growth of all kinds.
Astral Projection
Characteristics of a typical astral voyage include:
+ The physical body becomes immobile and rigid (this effect can be neutralized by white light protection and other techniques in my tapes). The voyager is unable to move his or her limbs. This response ends once the two bodies separate.
+ A pulsating silver cord connects the astral body to the physicalbody. This cord appears to become thinner as the distance between the two bodies increases.
+ The astral body is weightless, but possesses very acute perceptive abilities, especially toward sounds and bright and vivid colors.
+ It is the physical body that now appears as an empty shell. The focal point of consciousness is from the astral body.
+ Awareness of being out -of-body is usually due to the inability to move objects on the physical plane.
+ We see some portion of the environment that could not possibly be perceived from where our physical body is known to be at the time.
+ We know at the time that we are not dreaming or experiencing a fantasy. Although we may deduce that this cannot be happening, we are in possession of all of our critical functions and later can state with absolute certainty that the astral voyage was not a dream.
+ Voyagers commonly describe a sensation of moving through a dark tunnel and entering a white light. + The senses of perception are more acute in this new dimension. + The soul commonly leaves the physical body at the solar plexus or stomach area for those individuals who are relative novices at astral voyaging. When you become more adept at leaving the body, other exit points are: the third eye region between the eyebrows, the back of the head, the heart chakra, and the 7th chakra, located at the top of the head (some studies report this as the most common exit point).
+ When beyond the physical body, there are no physical laws as we know on the Earth plane. All time is simultaneous, so that you can view any past, present, or future activity on the physical plane.
. The presence of spirit guides, other departed souls and fellow astral voyagers are reported.
. Distances are traveled at the speed of light. All the astral body has to do (when properly trained) is think of a location and arrive there in an instant.
. Some astral voyagers remain in the same location with the physical body, while others travel thousands of miles away.
. Sensations of "tugging" at the back of the head are felt when the OBE is too long in duration. This precedes the return to the physical body.
. A common fear is that the unattended physical body will die-the most common trigger for the astral body to reunite with its physical counterpart. A loud noise can also bring about the end of this metaphysical sojourn. This final step occurs in an instant.
Imagine this scenario: your physical body becomes paralyzed and you enter into a hypnotic trance; you blackout for a few moments; a second body rises above your physical body in a horizontal direction and finally uprights itself; you now look back and observe your physical body on a chair or bed; a pulsating silver cord connects these two bodies; and finally you return to your physical body, reversing the above steps. This is called astral projection, and trips that this astral body undertakes are astral voyages.
The previous description is most commonly reported, but there are other possibilities. For example, the astral body may simply rotate out of the physical body in a spiral-like fashion, and return the same way. The voyager may experience a vibrating or rocking motion, accompanied by a feeling of weightlessness and a sensation of flying or falling. Suddenly, the astral body rises quickly, the physical body now feeling cataleptic and paralyzed.
This second body not only appears to be weightless, but it may radiate a glow that can illuminate a dark room. The astral body floats to the ceiling, glides around the room, or just appears to take a walk down the street. Trips encompassing great distances may also be experi~ by this second body. You could travel to foreign countries, or end up hundreds of miles above the Earth during one of these voyages.
As we shall explore in this book, an astral voyage can lead you to an etheric or unreal environment characterized by shadowy figures moving through a fog-like mist. This environment may take the appearance of a heaven with vivid colors and a brilliant white or gold light. You may even travel back or forward in time.
Throughout history there have been many terms used to describe this phenomena-among them: astral projection, out-of-body experiences (OBE), remote viewing, soul travel, astral travel, near-death experience (NDE), and traveling clairvoyance.
The second body to which I alluded has been referred to with various terms: a double, the subtle body, the desire body, the soul body, the astral body, or the light body.
We will discuss these terms in greater detail in chapter 3. For now, let us assume it is certain that we have a second body that can safely leave and return to our physical body. While out of our physical body, it is quite possible for this second body to travel to other places, even other dimensions, and experience the most unusual and spiritually uplifting voyage we will ever undertake.
Many astral voyagers have described this phenomena as a "state of ecstasy:' Ecstasy literally means to "stand outside one's self." Others have used such terms as "beside oneself with joY:' Working with thousands of individuals in training them to leave their bodies, I can testify to the fact
that most of my patients relate their experience as a fascinating, pleasant, and even joyful trip. The great majority of them want to do it again and again.
Those of you who are concerned about safety need not be fearful of
an out-of-body experience. Not only have none of my 11,000 patients ever been harmed by this experience, there has never been a report by the metaphysical and scientific literature in this field of any injury. What they do report is a spiritually uplifting experience that can result in therapeutic growth of all kinds.
Astral Projection
Characteristics of a typical astral voyage include:
+ The physical body becomes immobile and rigid (this effect can be neutralized by white light protection and other techniques in my tapes). The voyager is unable to move his or her limbs. This response ends once the two bodies separate.
+ A pulsating silver cord connects the astral body to the physicalbody. This cord appears to become thinner as the distance between the two bodies increases.
+ The astral body is weightless, but possesses very acute perceptive abilities, especially toward sounds and bright and vivid colors.
+ It is the physical body that now appears as an empty shell. The focal point of consciousness is from the astral body.
+ Awareness of being out -of-body is usually due to the inability to move objects on the physical plane.
+ We see some portion of the environment that could not possibly be perceived from where our physical body is known to be at the time.
+ We know at the time that we are not dreaming or experiencing a fantasy. Although we may deduce that this cannot be happening, we are in possession of all of our critical functions and later can state with absolute certainty that the astral voyage was not a dream.
+ Voyagers commonly describe a sensation of moving through a dark tunnel and entering a white light. + The senses of perception are more acute in this new dimension. + The soul commonly leaves the physical body at the solar plexus or stomach area for those individuals who are relative novices at astral voyaging. When you become more adept at leaving the body, other exit points are: the third eye region between the eyebrows, the back of the head, the heart chakra, and the 7th chakra, located at the top of the head (some studies report this as the most common exit point).
+ When beyond the physical body, there are no physical laws as we know on the Earth plane. All time is simultaneous, so that you can view any past, present, or future activity on the physical plane.
. The presence of spirit guides, other departed souls and fellow astral voyagers are reported.
. Distances are traveled at the speed of light. All the astral body has to do (when properly trained) is think of a location and arrive there in an instant.
. Some astral voyagers remain in the same location with the physical body, while others travel thousands of miles away.
. Sensations of "tugging" at the back of the head are felt when the OBE is too long in duration. This precedes the return to the physical body.
. A common fear is that the unattended physical body will die-the most common trigger for the astral body to reunite with its physical counterpart. A loud noise can also bring about the end of this metaphysical sojourn. This final step occurs in an instant.
After we die a theory
THE PROBLEM WITH THE IDEA of dying is that most people are so afraid of death that they do not even want to discuss it. It is one of those topics one talks about in whispers and with the utmost reluctance. We would rather forget about the distasteful subject altogether and concentrate on living life to the fullest, pursuing its many pleasures with the most devoted concentration. Ignoring the gloomy perspective of our unwelcome demise will not make it go away. From time to time, especially when we are faced with a personal crisis, the thought of death rears its ugly head, and we are again forced to consider the inevitable moment, our minds numbed with fear.
What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive. The reason for this inability to face the end of life is that we are so immersed in our own sense of awareness that we cannot bear the idea of losing it forever. It is not so much that we do not want to leave this life, but rather that we do not want to stop experiencing it. We do not want to stop being.
Many human tragedies and sorrows could have been averted if we were not so afraid of dying, if we did not feel so hopeless about the idea of unbeing. In many cases it is far less traumatic and painful for us to think of the end of our own awareness than it is to think of the end of another deeply cherished and most-beloved person. There is an inexpressible, soul-rending pain in the loss of a loved one that is unlike any other pain we experience as human beings. There is no comfort to be had at that time. No religious belief and no words of kindness can soothe or drive away the terrible sense of utter desolation and despair. The reason for the despair and desolation is the feeling that this person is irretrievably lost to us, that his or her personality has ceased to be, that we cannot hope to share love or joy or even pain with him or her ever again. Religion may give us hope for a future life in a much better world, but at the moment of death, our deepest religious convictions are tried to the utmost and often rejected in anger and resentment.
Therefore, it is personality survival that we are concerned with when we think about death and of what may happen after we die. It is our innermost thoughts and feelings, the very essence of our humanity, that we are afraid of losing. We are so afraid to lose them, and so sure we inevitably will, that our frantic existences are concentrated on the pursuit of life's pleasures while ignoring the most important moment of our lives: the time when we will be embarking on the most awesome of all adventures.
If we were not so afraid of death, if we knew without any doubt that we go on living after the death of the physical body, if we knew for certain that the conscious personality survives and the mind continues to be, we would be able to face life with a deeper sense of purpose, with gratitude and joy for the great gift of living. We would lose all sense of despair and misery at the loss of a loved one because we would know that we would indeed meet them again in another wondrous world. We would see other human beings with a sense of love and unification and learn to enjoy life with more excitement and commitment than ever before.
Above all, we would prepare for that final voyage by being better people, by accepting the experiences of life-bofh positive and negative-as fulfilling and enriching t}1e growth of our spiritual and personal awareness. We would be gaining the greatest gift of all: the gift of hope.
Interestingly enough, there is a great deal of scientific data sustaining the notion that our awareness, as well as o1lr personality, survives the trauma of death. Many scientists are convinced this is indeed the case but are hesitant W express their views because of lack of empirical proof. Tl1e very nature of science demands proof for every theory aI1d postulate; for a scientist to make a statement about life afttr death that is unsubstantiated by verifiable and replicable experimentation is to endanger both name and reputation. This is why we must find the scientific evidence ourselve:s, examine it, and piece it together to form a cohesive add weighty case for personality survival. Among the most powerful arguments supporting the concept of life after death are the laws of nature.
One of nature's basic laws is the first law of thermodfnamics, which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Its form can be changed by physical or chemical processes, but its essence can never be altered. On the oth~r hand, matter is anything that possesses mass and occupies space. It is also a form of energy. A simple example of ma tter is paper. According to the first law of thermodynamidS, if a paper is cut into several pieces, each piece is still paper, even though there is a physical change in the matter that we call paper. If the paper is burned instead of cut, its matter is transformed by the chemical process of combustion, which divides the paper into different atoms. These particles scatter into the atmosphere, leaving only ashes in our han&S, but this does not mean the energy that formed the pap,er was destroyed. What happened was that the different components of the paper were separated but still exist individually in our surroundings, even though we do not see them. That particular form of matter may not exist as paper, but all the particles that formed the paper still exist. Nothing has been lost. The matter of the paper was not destroyed, only transformed.
These are all simple teachings we learn in elementary school. But it has often been said it is the simple things that hold the answers to our most profound questions. And so it is with the first law of thermodynamics.
When this law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it is referring to the electromagnetic energy that forms the atom and its subatomic particles. The whole universe is based on this radiant electromagnetic energy. The atom itself is made up of three main particles: the proton with a positive electrical charge, the electron with a negative charge, and the neutron with a neutral charge. Both the protons and the neutrons are in the nucleus, while the electrons revolve in tiny orbits around the nucleus. The number of electrons and protons that form an atom are always equal and are what determine the various elements and the different manifestations of energy that are known as matter. Recently science has discovered new elementary particles, such as quarks, and the possibility is now beginning to emerge that all forms of matter may consist of a small number of these particles.
The simplest element is hydrogen, with only one proton and one electron. The element oxygen has eight protons and eight electrons in its atom. Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom give us a visible form of matter that we all know as water. If water is heated to a boil, its atoms become separated through the process of evaporation, and the liquid is transformed into vapor. Although the physical qualities of the water are different, the atoms that formed it stil exist even though we don't see them. Eventually some of I hem will reunite through the process of condensation and become the phenomenon we know as rain. This is what the first law of thermodynamics wants to express when it says that energy cannot be created or destroyed. In other words, nothing is new in the Universe. What we are constantly seeing are different formations of the same atoms, which separate and regroup through different physical, chemical, and biochemical processes.
At this point you are probably asking: What does this have to do with life after death? In this chapter, we want to establish a theory about what happens after we die. In order to do this, we must first provide a foundation for this theory, and this foundation is the first law of thermodynamics. So far we have seen that this law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. How does this affect the death phenomenon? Before we attempt to answer this question, we should look into what science tells us about the human mind.
As we stated previously, everything that has matter, or mass, is formed by atoms, which are a form of electromagnetic energy. Our brain is constantly producing this kind of energy. How do we know? Because there is a machine called the electroencephalograph that neurologists use to measure electrical activity in the brain.
Neurologists know if an electrode is connected to each side of the head, the resulting energy produced by mental activity can light a five-watt bulb. This tells us the brain is emitting electromagnetic waves of great intensity as long as a person lives. This electrical activity is related to what we call thought and the activities of the human mind. When a person dies, the electroencel'balograph stops registering electrical activity in the brain,
If neurology is the science that studies the brain and the nervous system, psychology is the science that studies the thought processes. NeurologY can explain the distinct processes by which the brain ~d nervous system work, but it cannot explain why we thiJ1.k, nor can it explain the extraordinary phenomenon that is the mind. These explanations come from the world of psychology.
Although modern psycholOgy has taken great steps toward understanding the hum~n psyche, it is still a long way from knowing exactly what the mind is. Many neurologists and psychologists have beguJ1 to suspect that the mind is not really part of the brain, b~sed on the fact that nobody has been able to locate the miJ1d or to explain the phenomenon of thought in,any of the {unctions and activities of the brain. It is certain that a link exists between the mind and the brain, but they seem to exist separately from each other. What we do know is that thought is electromagnetic in nature because mental activity can be measured electronically.
We have all heard many acCounts about the phenomena of telepathy and clairvoyance. Most human beings have had several experiences of this tyPe in their lifetime. Almost everybody has had the experience of thinking about someone and then "accidentally" meeting that person in the street or getting a telephone call from them. There are also premonitory dreams, in which we clearly see a specific event that occurs shortly afterward.
Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav lung theorized that the combined unconscious minds of all of humanity form a great lake, which he called the collective unconscious. According to lung, when people are asleep or drifting into sleep, in what is known as the alpha state, they automatically merge with the collective unconscious, where they may come into contact with other human minds. It is during this time that a person may meet someone he or she knows on an unconscious level and in this way exchange messages or information. This unconscious exchange is one of the explanations given to the phenomena of telepathy or clairvoyance.
When we sleep, our minds are moving in a world formed almost entirely of images from our memories and experiences. This other world can also contain ancestral memories, consisting of the experiences of our forebears, passed on to us genetically through our parents. The world of the mind, often identified with the astral world, is formed of images and symbols. It is a world that is highly visual and in which we are usually spectators. It is also a world in which nothing is as it appears: all or nearly all that happens is symbolic. Many of these symbols are personal and have meaning only for the dreamer. Other symbols are elements, or symbols, that have the same or a similar meaning for all members of the human race.
Nothing that is seen, felt, or done in a dream surprises us while we dream. The most unlikely experiences, the most impossible situations, seem perfectly normal. Extraordinary beings, phantasmagorical figures, strange colors, cataclysmic events, divine or terrifying experiences-all this and more form a natural part of our dream life, a life we accept as readily as the one we experience in the physical world. Sometimes, but not very often, we realize that we are dreaming. This is a state known as the lucid dream. For the most part, we simply accept our nocturnal foray into the astral or mind's world as a very real and natural experience. This world of images where everything is possible and nothing seems strange, the world of pure mind, was known by the ancients as the true world of the spirit.
In his enduring classic Origin of Species, Charles Darwin tells us that only the strongest survive in nature. Those that do not adapt, perish. Those who are strong, who adapt, or who are valuable in the natural scheme of life, survive. And we know that through four billion years of evolution, nature has preferred and preserved that which has demonstrated itself to be strong and versatile. Dinosaurs lived for forty million years because they were admirably adapted to the natural world in which they existed at the time. The lowly cockroach is one of the oldest species on Earth. It has survived because it is adaptable and can live anywhere and eat anything. It may not be one of the most appealing species, but it is undoubtedly one of the most successful on the planet.
So far in our search we have established following facts:
1. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that matter, or electromagnetic energy, can neither be created nor destroyed.
2. Neurology tells us that the brain emits measurable electromagnetic waves that can be used to identify activities associated with the human mind.
3. Many psychologists and neurologists suspect that the electromagnetic field that is the mind, and can be identified as human thought processes, may well function independently of the brain.
4. Jung has taught us that the unconscious part of the mind can communicate with other unconscious minds during sleep or when in an alpha state.
5. The world of the mind, called by many the astral world, is a world of images and symbols where everything is possible and nothing is surprising.
6. This astral world is the world of dreams, where we
travel whenever we sleep.
7. For his part, Darwin has shown us that nature pre
serves aU that is strong and valuable.
Based on these simple and well-known data, we can the orize the following:
1. The human mind is made of electromagnetic energy,
and since energy cannot be destroyed, then it follows
that the human mind cannot be destroyed either.
2. If the mind functions independently of the body, as
science suspects, then when the body dies, the mind
will continue to exist independently of the body.
3. The mind, and the awareness of the personality, will then exist in the astral world that we know as the world of our dreams. This is the world of symbols and images that is the culmination of our experiences and the experiences of our ancestors.
4. If nature has seen fit to preserve millions of species for millions of years, it is logical to assume that it should also seek to preserve the human mind and its great creative potential. This is supported by the fact that nature preserves that which is strong and valuable, and the most valuable thing that has ever evolved on this planet is the human mind.
According to all of this, after we die, the physical body decomposes into its basic elements, which are then recycled by nature to create other life forms. The mind, which is pure electromagnetic energy, once disembodied has no physical substance and continues to exist in the astral world, where it becomes a part of the collective memories and experiences of that world. This is what is called the human spirit, the personality of an individual, and it is how we identify ourselves in the world. While the world of matter passes after we die, the world of mind-our true essence, where we rest each and every night-is the final resting place where our awareness continues to exist after the end of physical life.
In other words, based on what science has to tell us, we can postulate that our personality does survive the trauma of physical death and continues to live in another world or on another spiritual, or astral, plane. But for how long? Can we contact other entities in the spiritual plane? Do angels and spirit guides exist? What is the death experience like? Is there such a thing a§ evil spirits? What happens to criminals and people who commit suicide? What happens in the astral plane? Are there other worlds or planes? Is there a heaven or a hell? These and other similar questions will be addressed in this book.
Much of what will be presented here has nothing to do with science. It may be labeled speculation, fantasy, imagination, or spiritual insight. It is the human spirit's answer to science's unanswerable questions. Nothing we can imagine, no matter how fantastic, can come close to the spectacular designs of the Universe. In the images transmitted back to Earth from Voyager's trip across the solar system, there are photos of one of the moons of Uranus, called Miranda, that reveal landscapes more fantastic than anything we can find in our science fiction. Golden mountains traversed by
gigantic fountains of molten metal soaring thousands of feet into the air stunned astrophysicists. The ten-year Voyager project uncovered enough startling new informaI ion to force us to reexamine all our previous theories "bout the solar system. Many scientific texts must now be rewritten to include the new data. Also in the last few years, astrophysicists have discovered a dark matter they believe forms about 90 percent of the Universe. Nobody knows what it is made of, but scientists suspect that only about 10 percent of the Universe is visible, the remaining 90 percent being composed of invisible dark matter. It has been speculated that these invisible particles are passing through our bodies all the time, radically altering our lives. What are they? Where are they from? Nobody knows.
There are many things we know nothing about. We do not know how the Universe originated. We do not know what, if anything, existed before it came into being. We do not know all the laws that regulate it. We do not even know if the world as we know it is simply a figment of God's imagination. Compared with these mysteries, the enigma of life after death and our own puny existences seem almost an afterthought.
What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive. The reason for this inability to face the end of life is that we are so immersed in our own sense of awareness that we cannot bear the idea of losing it forever. It is not so much that we do not want to leave this life, but rather that we do not want to stop experiencing it. We do not want to stop being.
Many human tragedies and sorrows could have been averted if we were not so afraid of dying, if we did not feel so hopeless about the idea of unbeing. In many cases it is far less traumatic and painful for us to think of the end of our own awareness than it is to think of the end of another deeply cherished and most-beloved person. There is an inexpressible, soul-rending pain in the loss of a loved one that is unlike any other pain we experience as human beings. There is no comfort to be had at that time. No religious belief and no words of kindness can soothe or drive away the terrible sense of utter desolation and despair. The reason for the despair and desolation is the feeling that this person is irretrievably lost to us, that his or her personality has ceased to be, that we cannot hope to share love or joy or even pain with him or her ever again. Religion may give us hope for a future life in a much better world, but at the moment of death, our deepest religious convictions are tried to the utmost and often rejected in anger and resentment.
Therefore, it is personality survival that we are concerned with when we think about death and of what may happen after we die. It is our innermost thoughts and feelings, the very essence of our humanity, that we are afraid of losing. We are so afraid to lose them, and so sure we inevitably will, that our frantic existences are concentrated on the pursuit of life's pleasures while ignoring the most important moment of our lives: the time when we will be embarking on the most awesome of all adventures.
If we were not so afraid of death, if we knew without any doubt that we go on living after the death of the physical body, if we knew for certain that the conscious personality survives and the mind continues to be, we would be able to face life with a deeper sense of purpose, with gratitude and joy for the great gift of living. We would lose all sense of despair and misery at the loss of a loved one because we would know that we would indeed meet them again in another wondrous world. We would see other human beings with a sense of love and unification and learn to enjoy life with more excitement and commitment than ever before.
Above all, we would prepare for that final voyage by being better people, by accepting the experiences of life-bofh positive and negative-as fulfilling and enriching t}1e growth of our spiritual and personal awareness. We would be gaining the greatest gift of all: the gift of hope.
Interestingly enough, there is a great deal of scientific data sustaining the notion that our awareness, as well as o1lr personality, survives the trauma of death. Many scientists are convinced this is indeed the case but are hesitant W express their views because of lack of empirical proof. Tl1e very nature of science demands proof for every theory aI1d postulate; for a scientist to make a statement about life afttr death that is unsubstantiated by verifiable and replicable experimentation is to endanger both name and reputation. This is why we must find the scientific evidence ourselve:s, examine it, and piece it together to form a cohesive add weighty case for personality survival. Among the most powerful arguments supporting the concept of life after death are the laws of nature.
One of nature's basic laws is the first law of thermodfnamics, which states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Its form can be changed by physical or chemical processes, but its essence can never be altered. On the oth~r hand, matter is anything that possesses mass and occupies space. It is also a form of energy. A simple example of ma tter is paper. According to the first law of thermodynamidS, if a paper is cut into several pieces, each piece is still paper, even though there is a physical change in the matter that we call paper. If the paper is burned instead of cut, its matter is transformed by the chemical process of combustion, which divides the paper into different atoms. These particles scatter into the atmosphere, leaving only ashes in our han&S, but this does not mean the energy that formed the pap,er was destroyed. What happened was that the different components of the paper were separated but still exist individually in our surroundings, even though we do not see them. That particular form of matter may not exist as paper, but all the particles that formed the paper still exist. Nothing has been lost. The matter of the paper was not destroyed, only transformed.
These are all simple teachings we learn in elementary school. But it has often been said it is the simple things that hold the answers to our most profound questions. And so it is with the first law of thermodynamics.
When this law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it is referring to the electromagnetic energy that forms the atom and its subatomic particles. The whole universe is based on this radiant electromagnetic energy. The atom itself is made up of three main particles: the proton with a positive electrical charge, the electron with a negative charge, and the neutron with a neutral charge. Both the protons and the neutrons are in the nucleus, while the electrons revolve in tiny orbits around the nucleus. The number of electrons and protons that form an atom are always equal and are what determine the various elements and the different manifestations of energy that are known as matter. Recently science has discovered new elementary particles, such as quarks, and the possibility is now beginning to emerge that all forms of matter may consist of a small number of these particles.
The simplest element is hydrogen, with only one proton and one electron. The element oxygen has eight protons and eight electrons in its atom. Two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom give us a visible form of matter that we all know as water. If water is heated to a boil, its atoms become separated through the process of evaporation, and the liquid is transformed into vapor. Although the physical qualities of the water are different, the atoms that formed it stil exist even though we don't see them. Eventually some of I hem will reunite through the process of condensation and become the phenomenon we know as rain. This is what the first law of thermodynamics wants to express when it says that energy cannot be created or destroyed. In other words, nothing is new in the Universe. What we are constantly seeing are different formations of the same atoms, which separate and regroup through different physical, chemical, and biochemical processes.
At this point you are probably asking: What does this have to do with life after death? In this chapter, we want to establish a theory about what happens after we die. In order to do this, we must first provide a foundation for this theory, and this foundation is the first law of thermodynamics. So far we have seen that this law states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. How does this affect the death phenomenon? Before we attempt to answer this question, we should look into what science tells us about the human mind.
As we stated previously, everything that has matter, or mass, is formed by atoms, which are a form of electromagnetic energy. Our brain is constantly producing this kind of energy. How do we know? Because there is a machine called the electroencephalograph that neurologists use to measure electrical activity in the brain.
Neurologists know if an electrode is connected to each side of the head, the resulting energy produced by mental activity can light a five-watt bulb. This tells us the brain is emitting electromagnetic waves of great intensity as long as a person lives. This electrical activity is related to what we call thought and the activities of the human mind. When a person dies, the electroencel'balograph stops registering electrical activity in the brain,
If neurology is the science that studies the brain and the nervous system, psychology is the science that studies the thought processes. NeurologY can explain the distinct processes by which the brain ~d nervous system work, but it cannot explain why we thiJ1.k, nor can it explain the extraordinary phenomenon that is the mind. These explanations come from the world of psychology.
Although modern psycholOgy has taken great steps toward understanding the hum~n psyche, it is still a long way from knowing exactly what the mind is. Many neurologists and psychologists have beguJ1 to suspect that the mind is not really part of the brain, b~sed on the fact that nobody has been able to locate the miJ1d or to explain the phenomenon of thought in,any of the {unctions and activities of the brain. It is certain that a link exists between the mind and the brain, but they seem to exist separately from each other. What we do know is that thought is electromagnetic in nature because mental activity can be measured electronically.
We have all heard many acCounts about the phenomena of telepathy and clairvoyance. Most human beings have had several experiences of this tyPe in their lifetime. Almost everybody has had the experience of thinking about someone and then "accidentally" meeting that person in the street or getting a telephone call from them. There are also premonitory dreams, in which we clearly see a specific event that occurs shortly afterward.
Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Gustav lung theorized that the combined unconscious minds of all of humanity form a great lake, which he called the collective unconscious. According to lung, when people are asleep or drifting into sleep, in what is known as the alpha state, they automatically merge with the collective unconscious, where they may come into contact with other human minds. It is during this time that a person may meet someone he or she knows on an unconscious level and in this way exchange messages or information. This unconscious exchange is one of the explanations given to the phenomena of telepathy or clairvoyance.
When we sleep, our minds are moving in a world formed almost entirely of images from our memories and experiences. This other world can also contain ancestral memories, consisting of the experiences of our forebears, passed on to us genetically through our parents. The world of the mind, often identified with the astral world, is formed of images and symbols. It is a world that is highly visual and in which we are usually spectators. It is also a world in which nothing is as it appears: all or nearly all that happens is symbolic. Many of these symbols are personal and have meaning only for the dreamer. Other symbols are elements, or symbols, that have the same or a similar meaning for all members of the human race.
Nothing that is seen, felt, or done in a dream surprises us while we dream. The most unlikely experiences, the most impossible situations, seem perfectly normal. Extraordinary beings, phantasmagorical figures, strange colors, cataclysmic events, divine or terrifying experiences-all this and more form a natural part of our dream life, a life we accept as readily as the one we experience in the physical world. Sometimes, but not very often, we realize that we are dreaming. This is a state known as the lucid dream. For the most part, we simply accept our nocturnal foray into the astral or mind's world as a very real and natural experience. This world of images where everything is possible and nothing seems strange, the world of pure mind, was known by the ancients as the true world of the spirit.
In his enduring classic Origin of Species, Charles Darwin tells us that only the strongest survive in nature. Those that do not adapt, perish. Those who are strong, who adapt, or who are valuable in the natural scheme of life, survive. And we know that through four billion years of evolution, nature has preferred and preserved that which has demonstrated itself to be strong and versatile. Dinosaurs lived for forty million years because they were admirably adapted to the natural world in which they existed at the time. The lowly cockroach is one of the oldest species on Earth. It has survived because it is adaptable and can live anywhere and eat anything. It may not be one of the most appealing species, but it is undoubtedly one of the most successful on the planet.
So far in our search we have established following facts:
1. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that matter, or electromagnetic energy, can neither be created nor destroyed.
2. Neurology tells us that the brain emits measurable electromagnetic waves that can be used to identify activities associated with the human mind.
3. Many psychologists and neurologists suspect that the electromagnetic field that is the mind, and can be identified as human thought processes, may well function independently of the brain.
4. Jung has taught us that the unconscious part of the mind can communicate with other unconscious minds during sleep or when in an alpha state.
5. The world of the mind, called by many the astral world, is a world of images and symbols where everything is possible and nothing is surprising.
6. This astral world is the world of dreams, where we
travel whenever we sleep.
7. For his part, Darwin has shown us that nature pre
serves aU that is strong and valuable.
Based on these simple and well-known data, we can the orize the following:
1. The human mind is made of electromagnetic energy,
and since energy cannot be destroyed, then it follows
that the human mind cannot be destroyed either.
2. If the mind functions independently of the body, as
science suspects, then when the body dies, the mind
will continue to exist independently of the body.
3. The mind, and the awareness of the personality, will then exist in the astral world that we know as the world of our dreams. This is the world of symbols and images that is the culmination of our experiences and the experiences of our ancestors.
4. If nature has seen fit to preserve millions of species for millions of years, it is logical to assume that it should also seek to preserve the human mind and its great creative potential. This is supported by the fact that nature preserves that which is strong and valuable, and the most valuable thing that has ever evolved on this planet is the human mind.
According to all of this, after we die, the physical body decomposes into its basic elements, which are then recycled by nature to create other life forms. The mind, which is pure electromagnetic energy, once disembodied has no physical substance and continues to exist in the astral world, where it becomes a part of the collective memories and experiences of that world. This is what is called the human spirit, the personality of an individual, and it is how we identify ourselves in the world. While the world of matter passes after we die, the world of mind-our true essence, where we rest each and every night-is the final resting place where our awareness continues to exist after the end of physical life.
In other words, based on what science has to tell us, we can postulate that our personality does survive the trauma of physical death and continues to live in another world or on another spiritual, or astral, plane. But for how long? Can we contact other entities in the spiritual plane? Do angels and spirit guides exist? What is the death experience like? Is there such a thing a§ evil spirits? What happens to criminals and people who commit suicide? What happens in the astral plane? Are there other worlds or planes? Is there a heaven or a hell? These and other similar questions will be addressed in this book.
Much of what will be presented here has nothing to do with science. It may be labeled speculation, fantasy, imagination, or spiritual insight. It is the human spirit's answer to science's unanswerable questions. Nothing we can imagine, no matter how fantastic, can come close to the spectacular designs of the Universe. In the images transmitted back to Earth from Voyager's trip across the solar system, there are photos of one of the moons of Uranus, called Miranda, that reveal landscapes more fantastic than anything we can find in our science fiction. Golden mountains traversed by
gigantic fountains of molten metal soaring thousands of feet into the air stunned astrophysicists. The ten-year Voyager project uncovered enough startling new informaI ion to force us to reexamine all our previous theories "bout the solar system. Many scientific texts must now be rewritten to include the new data. Also in the last few years, astrophysicists have discovered a dark matter they believe forms about 90 percent of the Universe. Nobody knows what it is made of, but scientists suspect that only about 10 percent of the Universe is visible, the remaining 90 percent being composed of invisible dark matter. It has been speculated that these invisible particles are passing through our bodies all the time, radically altering our lives. What are they? Where are they from? Nobody knows.
There are many things we know nothing about. We do not know how the Universe originated. We do not know what, if anything, existed before it came into being. We do not know all the laws that regulate it. We do not even know if the world as we know it is simply a figment of God's imagination. Compared with these mysteries, the enigma of life after death and our own puny existences seem almost an afterthought.
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