Millions of people living today have passed through the gates of death - but have returned to tell us about their experiences and time spent in the afterlife. "I climbed the stairs to heaven!" - Said a ten-year-old boy as he regained consciousness after waking up from a state of clinical death after a kidney transplant. And there are hundreds and thousands of such testimonies around the world.
The experience of the dying is more common than ever before, it's happening everywhere because progressive medicine is able to save more lives. Those saved from death tell us about strange and wonderful events that overwhelm them and constantly increase our awareness of life in the afterlife.
Here we do not question the stories of people about the journey of the soul in the afterlife, in other words, life after death. Since, having admitted the existence of God, it is foolish to think that he doomed his creatures (people) to a brief moment of existence. Surely in his plans for a person lies a much larger plan.
Life after death, journey to the afterlife.
Many cannot find words to describe the joy, feeling and new knowledge that they have acquired in the course of "peeping" into the afterlife. They speak of the immediate cessation of all experiences and suffering of the body. Flying quickly along the tunnel, they are not afraid of the heavenly light, which broadcasts love and can speak to them.
People are trying to express the joy of meeting the power of God, meeting the spirits of people and pets that have died before. After death, according to those who survived clinical death for one reason or another, there are meetings with higher beings from the light.
One of the consequences of such an experience is the loss of fear of the fact of death. Of course, this is an incredible case of undocumented statements, but this is the most exciting question for a person, isn't it?
Children, teenagers, young people, middle-aged and elderly people, representatives of different races, including clergy and laity - in each of these categories are people who briefly fell into the afterlife. People come back to life after a few minutes, hours or even days after being in a state of clinical death.
This is surprising, but according to information from the researchers of the phenomenon, people do not experience any harm to health as a result of clinical death. Although after four and a half minutes without oxygen, the brain begins to die and it comes to actual death, the body of these eyewitnesses of their own death and subsequent resurrection functions normally.Another thing that is amazing in these cases is that there are practically no two identical experiences of life after death. Of course, there is a general striking similarity, however, some details differ. The souls of some simply fly into the world, being fully confident that an exceptionally good beginning awaits them ahead.
They are met by quite visible bodies of relatives and friends who have died earlier. All this happens with the assistance of a bright clot of light that exudes goodwill and peace. According to some researchers of the phenomenon, this is an adaptation moment when the soul of the deceased comprehends the truths of life in the afterlife.
However, other cases of looking into the Kingdom of the Dead are described in history. If in the first variant of departure to the unknown world, the souls of people were calm, then some of those who survived clinical death experienced real horror;
- I heard terrible moans and screams, I was very scared and I was afraid to die. This is how one of the witnesses of the phenomenon describes his experience of clinical death and the flight to the afterlife. He did not have a meeting with the "light ball" of virtue. In general, no one met him except for frightening inhuman cries. However, he did not have a flight in the tunnel either, he was sucked in by a dark funnel at high speed, obviously dragging him in his womb to something extremely bad.
Many say that the time of the near-death experience made them feel the fullness of life more fully than ever before. At the same time, we have to accept the reality of dying visions on faith, without evidence from science. After all, it is impossible to exclude the fact that the “healing of the soul” from the fear of death, like the visions before death, is just a trick of the human consciousness in critical situations, right?
Neurosurgeons have identified in the area of the human brain the so-called "spot of God." This is the area of the temporal lobe above the eyes that is most sensitive to positron emission, also causing increased cravings for spiritual practices. Perhaps the “spot of God” has more functionality that is still unknown to us, but our “I” of the personality / soul can be archived there.
For many of us, the near-death experience is a fairy tale and fiction, shown by a dying brain in the last minutes of life. Millions of people consider this an introduction to higher forms of life, the revelation of new levels of being even during earthly life. Some even believe that careful study of near-death experiences can lead to an understanding of the human race, and an understanding of God's plan.
“There is a change in personality, people are acquiring a broader approach to spiritual development, more concern for others and their planet,” says researcher Dr. Kenneth Ring. Often, having experienced and returned, spiritual values dominate in people's lives. This is especially true for those people whose near-death experience was extremely extreme, who, judging by the descriptions, went to Hell).
Death visions, fact or fiction?
Some encounters and journeys to the afterlife have terrifying effects that can frighten anyone. At the same time, the researchers never met those people who received serious harm to health, excluding the mental component. In such cases, psychologists usually offer treatment for getting rid of fear. That is, the visions are very real and leave an uneasy mark on the individual, which means that there is still something.
Studies of life after death and near-death experiences in particular in the 1980s (Gallup poll) showed that 35% of the population had an experience of death. It has been recorded in history. Largely thanks to hundreds of scientific studies of dying visions, official science recognizes that such a phenomenon really exists. The experience of those who crossed the line of life and death is so incredible that the word "resurrection" is more appropriate for these cases, the researchers believe.However, there is controversy as to what exactly triggers death visions. Critics who deny such effects, ignoring countless cases of this kind, believe that the basis of visions is the work of medical drugs (narcotic nature). The argument is that simple biochemical changes induce hallucinations, thereby overriding the significance of death visions as evidence of life after death.
So - all these spiritual experiences and visions are, in fact, big hallucinations of the “turning off” brain? Definitely, this can only be decided by obtaining indisputable evidence of the existence of life after death, that we will have to wait one way or another anyway.
Only by being an eyewitness to one's own death can one become a witness to life after death, and apparently, nothing else. And yet, the fact is recognized that near-death experiences bring new opportunities to a person’s personality, opening up new horizons of knowledge in him - but science cannot yet say due to what this enrichment occurs.
BIBLIOTHERAPY: A MYSTICAL EXPERIENCE
Pavel Geleva
“To be afraid of death is nothing more than to ascribe to oneself a wisdom that one does not possess, that is, to imagine that one knows what one does not know. After all, no one knows either what death is, or even whether it is the greatest of blessings for a person, meanwhile they are afraid of it, as if they know for sure that it is the greatest of evils.
Socrates
Spiritual evidence
1. The position of the spirit after the death of a person
century directly depends on tastes and tends to
stey, manifested by him in earthly life: he was
whether he is immersed in material things or
but strove for the good of the mind and heart. If
sensual inclinations prevailed, then
he is forced to freeze at the lower levels
nyah, as dense and coarse as possible.
If he feeds his mind with high and
with your thoughts, then rises to the worlds,
related to nature and character
his thoughts. Swedenborg is absolutely right.
saying: “Heaven is in that to which we give our
2. In any case, there is a place for each
the smoke does not immediately look for it, and the transition
also not instantaneous. If the eye
human cannot suddenly go
from darkness to bright light, much less
maybe this person's soul. Death is only
brings us to an intermediate state,
which is nothing but a
new continuation of physical life and
prelude to the spiritual life. It consists
confusion; it happens more or less
it is long, depending on whether
how gross or subtle is nature
perispirit of the deceased.
3. Freed from the material
burden that enslaved her, the soul is still
is wrapped in the thinnest network
thoughts and images: sensations, passions and
emotions generated by her during her life
not in the body. She must now master
to deal with your new position, to realize
one's state before being carried away into braids
musical distance, which can be before her
foot only if the stellar
her body has reached a high degree of refinement
and radiates with sufficient force.
4. First of all, for the majority, everything is
cause for wonder in this Otherworld
a world where things are fundamentally different
from the things of the earthly world. Law of burden
tenia there is not so adamant. The walls are not
are more of an obstacle. soul mo
can pass through them and fly over
air. And yet, some ways
the nature of which she cannot determine,
still holding her. Everything overflows
her fears, insecurities; but the highest
her friends watch over her and guide her
her steps.
5. Advanced perfumes quickly free
are given from all earthly influences and again
gain consciousness of themselves. mothers
tal cover is torn under pressure
their thoughts; boundless open
prospects before them. They are almost the same
hour understand their position and with easy
stu adapt to it. Their doo
the spiritual body is an instrument of the will, an organism of spirit
Shea, with whom she never parted.
It is the product of all her past,
for she herself built it bit by bit
by their deeds.
This body is now hovering for some time in the atmosphere of the planet. Then, depending on the degree of its transparency and strength, responding to invocative impulses coming from afar, it naturally rushes towards communities of souls like it. This is a gathering of spirits of the same rank, luminous or obscured spirits, who sympathetically meet the newcomer and initiate him into the new conditions of his existence.
6. Imperfect spirits for a long time
store impressions of the material
life. They think they still live
physical life, and continue,
sometimes for years
similarity to their usual earthly occupations.
For materialists, the phenomenon of death remains incomprehensible. Not having received adequate knowledge of this in their time, they confuse the fluid body with the physical. Illusions of earthly life are thrown out of them even in new conditions. Their tastes and imaginary needs seem to nail them to the ground. Then slowly, gradually, with the help of good spirits, their consciousness awakens, the mind opens to the understanding of this new state of life. But as soon as they begin to strive to rise up, their own weight makes them fall to the ground. Planetary attraction and cosmic currents are violently throwing them back into our region, like dead leaves swept away by a storm.
7. Orthodox believers are delusional
yut in uncertainty and everyone expects
that the promises of the sacred will be fulfilled
ka and they will taste the joys of the promised
bliss. Sometimes it turns out great
:ix amazement, and they must be long
discipleship necessary to acquire
shield them to the true laws of the Cosmos.
Instead of angels or demons, they meet there the spirits of people who, like them, lived on earth and got into this world before them. Great is their disappointment when they learn that the fulfillment of their expectation is delayed, when their convictions are refuted by facts for which neither education nor education has prepared them in any way. And yet, if their life was devoted to goodness, if they were faithful to their duty, then their souls there, since deeds have an even greater influence on fate than beliefs, cannot be unhappy.
8. Skeptical minds and all those who
refused to admit the possibility
the existence of life independent of the body, considering
yut themselves immersed in a certain dream, which
will last until the delusion
nie them will not disperse.
9. Impressions of this kind vary
to infinity, as well as worthy
the realm of the souls themselves. Those of them that
during earthly life they knew the truth and the service
lived by it, they gain there all the benefits of that
some searches and works.
Evidence of this is, among many others, and the following message.
It is received from the spirit of a passionate spiritualist, a man of a fiery heart and a bright mind - Charles Fritz, founder of the newspaper "Afterlife" in Charleroi. Everyone who communicated with this direct and generous person during his lifetime will easily recognize him here by his language and his characteristic manner of expressing thoughts. He describes his feelings immediately after death and adds:
“I felt how, little by little, the paths were unraveled and that my spiritual personality, my “I” was being released. I saw good spirits all around me, waiting for me; and it was with them that I finally broke away from the earth's surface.
This disincarnation did not cause me any suffering. My first steps here were those of a toddler.
Spiritual light, full of power and life, was born in me, for the light does not come from others, but from within us. It is a ray that comes from the fluidic sheath and penetrates you completely.
The more you have worked in truth, love and mercy, the stronger this light becomes and becomes unbearably, dazzlingly bright for those who are below you.
Uncertain were my first steps, However, little by little strength began to come to me, and I turned to God for help and forgiveness. Realizing that my personality was completely freed from carnal fetters, I began at last to prepare for the work that I had to do. I saw my whole past life and made sure that it was better fixed in my memory.
The past is preserved in the fluid of a person, and therefore, the spirit. His perispirit is like a vertical reflection of all his deeds and actions, and the soul, if he lived badly, looks with sadness at his own mistakes, inscribed in the curves of her perispiral body.
I saw my life for what it was. Naturally, I was convinced that I was by no means blameless - and who on earth can have such a claim? But I must tell you that, seeing my life as it was, I felt deep satisfaction and happiness from the earthly work I had done.
I fought, labored and suffered for the spread of spiritual light in earthly humanity. Along with hope, I gave it to many of my brothers on earth through the word, research and my writings. And this very light I have now found here.
I am happy that I have labored to raise up faith, hearts, and courage. And I advise you all to turn to that unshakable faith that I had and which is gleaned from Spiritualism.
I still have to work on myself in order to see my past in previous incarnations. This is a whole study, a huge work, which I still have to do. I can already see some of that past, but I can't really define it yet, although my awakening seems to be over. Soon, I hope, these past lives will emerge more clearly before me. I have enough light to confidently move forward, seeing the future prepared for me before me. And even now I help the spirits who have lost their way and are now unhappy.
(From the book of Leon Denis "Man and his fate in this world and the next")
DO YOU NEED A DOT ABOVE THE “AND”?
1. All messages about the otherworldly
lives differ in detail
tyah; I believe, however, that most
many stories about our life on earth in
details agree with each other.
nothing more, but still, in general,
there is a certain similarity between them;
the same here.
2. We don't know much about the Coming
a life to take on the courage
describe it with the same exhaustive
as accurate as, for example, a small flower bed in the middle of the square. It is probable that those messengers who return to us are all on more or less the same level of development and represent the same vital wave rolling back from our shores.
Messages usually come from those who have recently passed away and, as one would expect in such a case, gradually weaken. In this connection it is pertinent to note that, according to tradition, the appearances of Christ to his disciples or to Paul took place only in the first few years after his death, and that among the early Christians there is no longer any claim or mention that they saw him later. In a word, all our views come from one generation, and therefore we cannot consider them final, but only preliminary and partial.
However, although the picture given by us may turn out to be incomplete, nevertheless, such as it is, it is very consistent, logically sustained and extremely interesting, since it affects our own fate and the fate of those we love. In this sense, the messages seem to me extremely encouraging, comforting, whether it concerns our own fate or the fate of our friends.
3. Those who have left, all with one voice, indicate that the transition is usually easy and at the same time painless and is accompanied by an immense sense of peace and tranquility. A person finds himself in a spiritual body, which is an exact copy of his physical body, excluding his illnesses, weaknesses and deformities, to which the new body is not subject.
This body stands or hovers near the old body and at the same time is aware of it and the people around it. At this moment, the dead person is closer to matter than he will ever be later, and therefore it is at this time that most of the cases occur when his thoughts turn to someone living in the distance, and when his spiritual body rushes together. with thoughts and appears to this person.
Such appearances occur most often at the moment of death, when the new spiritual body is still so close to matter that the eyes of a sympathetic person can perceive it, which, however, can no longer happen later.
4. Nevertheless, compared with the total number
Scrap deaths, these cases are extremely rare. IN
Basically, I tend to explain it by
that the dead person is too preoccupied
with their own unusual vpe
thoughts and feelings, in order to
to think a lot about others. Soon he
to his amazement, he discovers that
although he tries to communicate with those
ethereal touches are equally incapable
we somehow affect the human
organs, tuned only to more
gross triggers.
It is a fertile subject for reflection and research, although neither a fuller knowledge of light rays, which we know exist on both sides of the spectrum, nor of sounds, the existence of which we can prove by the vibrations of the membrane, despite the fact that these sounds are too high. in order to be perceived by our ears will not advance us one step in psychic knowledge. Therefore, leaving all this aside, let us follow the fate of the departed spirit.
5. Now he is already aware that here in
room, next to those that were in
her during his lifetime, there are others, and
among these others who represent
are as material to him as
alive, he recognizes familiar faces and feelings
how they shake hands with him and kiss him in
the mouth of those he once loved on earth
and then lost. Then together with them and with
with the help and guidance of a
radiant being who stood
immediately awaited the newcomer, he,
to his surprise, rushes through
all obstacles and material obstacles
towards your new life.
6. This is a well-defined statement
nie, and this story is repeated by everyone,
one after the other, with persistence, which
Paradise inspires confidence. All this is very
different from any old theology. Spirit
not a fallen or outcast angel,
but just the man himself with all his dignity
faculties and faults, wisdom and
stupidity, as well as with his outward
It is quite possible to believe that the most empty and stupid people, shocked by such an unusual and terrible test, will be so frightened that they will immediately and suddenly change; but these impressions will soon be dulled and blotted out, and then the former disposition of these people will be confirmed in the new conditions, and fools will remain fools, which is also confirmed by some of the results of our sessions.
new life, the spirit must survive the time
sleep, unconsciousness, which can
last a very different time, generally barely
existing with some and stretching with others
quiet for weeks and months.
It seems to me that the duration of this sleep is determined by the total amount of anxieties and mental overstrain in earthly life, since a longer rest provides greater opportunities for forgetting them. This, of course, is only a simple assumption, but there is a complete agreement of opinions regarding the existence of this period of oblivion after the first impressions of the spirit from the new form of its life and before it begins its new duties.
8. Awakening from this dream, the spirit
weak as a newborn is weak
child. Forces, however, will soon return,
and a new life begins. It brings
us to consider the problem of heaven and hell.
There is no hell as a special place and
permanent. But the idea of redemption, eyes
suffering, i.e. purgatory, under
confirmed by reports from the other world.
Without such a punishment, there would be no justice in the world, for it is impossible to conceive that, for example, Rasputin and Father Damian would have the same fate. The punishment is quite definite and very serious, although in its least severe form it comes down to the fact that the coarser souls are in lower regions and with the knowledge that their earthly deeds have determined there, but there is also hope for them that the redemption and help of those who are above will educate them and raise them to the same height as those who now deserve to be above them. The higher spirits devote part of their activity to this work of salvation.
9. Leaving aside, however, these
lords of trial and redemption, which,
perhaps it should be considered
more like a hospital and a school for the weak
shower, rather than as a prison for serving
criminals doing their time, let's say that
messages from the other world all agree
with each other in that the conditions of life in
the other world in the highest degree
pleasant. They agree that
similar tends to the only begotten with it; that those who love one another, or have common inclinations and interests, unite and live together; that life is full of interest and activity; and that the spirits would never want to go back to earth. All this, of course, is news of the highest degree of joy, and I repeat that this is by no means a humane faith or a vague hope, but the indisputable facts themselves, which are supported by all the laws of evidence, according to which, if many independent evidence give similar evidence, then these testimonies have the right to be considered the truth.
10. Every spirit in the flesh passes into
the next world exactly as it is
is, without any changes. Death
painless. People dress like
to be expected since there is no
what are the reasons to refuse modesty in
new conditions.
And our body in these conditions is an exact copy of our "earthly body, but in its best form, i.e. the young grow older, and the old become younger, and thus everyone is in the time of the greatest flowering of strength. In their world there is no bodily pain, but there may be mental anguish.Life bears a great resemblance to life on earth at its best.In that world, life is predominantly spiritual, just as it is bodily in this world.All-consuming worries about food, money, all kinds of lusts, pain, and the like come from the body and are therefore not there.They have pleasures - music among them.Music, arts, intellectual and spiritual knowledge have been greatly enriched, and their development continues.
11. Spirits live in families and communities
you, because, as expected
to give, everything similar strives for uniformity
with him, and the masculine spirit finds its
real girlfriend, although there are no sec
reality in the rough sense of the word and no
childbearing. Husbands and wives are optional
are actually encountered, but those who actually
deeply loved each other, will certainly meet again.
12. Since connections are preserved and remain
are at the same level, it is to be expected that
that nations are still roughly divided between
oneself, although the language is no longer
an obstacle, because a means of
thought itself serves as a source of relief. man there
knows more than he knew in life. Perfume
enjoy an excellent reference
library or have incredible
memory that produces something like
omniscience.
This is a world of light and laughter. The general conditions of life are much happier than on earth. The spirits are happy and do not want to return to earth. They are ruled, they have neither rich nor poor, they eat food.
13. Spirits pray and die in their
world before entering another. Wed
di them there are Catholics, Protestants, Bud
Dists and Mohammedans, but all live alone
covo. Everyone admits that not a single earthly
religion has no precedence over
different, but what character and finesse
define everything. At the same time, all
agree with the fact that every praise to
pillars of religion that institute prayer,
upholding purity and nobility
shi, inspiring contempt for worldly de
In this sense - and in no other - any form of religion can be suitable for someone as a support for the spiritual life. If the rotation of the brass cylinder makes a Tibetan think that there is something higher in the world than his mountains, and something more valuable than his yaks, then at this level this is already good. We should not be too exacting in such things. But even if a person does not believe in God, he will not suffer for this in the next life, although, it is true, he will not reach a high position in it. Prayer, however, is a wonderful thing, as it keeps us in touch with the spirit world.
14. Life expectancy in their
less in the world than on earth. All approved
give that life on the other side continues
there is a limited time, after which they
move on to other stages of being.
but there seems to be more communion between those stages than between us and the Land of Spirits. The lower ones cannot ascend, but the higher ones can descend at will.
15. They have a body which, though unacceptable by our senses, is nevertheless as material to them as ours is to us; this body is based on the most important features of our earthly body, but in its improved, idealized form. They have no age; they don't feel pain; none of them are rich or poor. They dress in clothes and eat food; they do not sleep, although they say that from time to time they plunge into a semi-conscious state, which they call sleep. This state - it is familiar to me - corresponds approximately to a hypnoid trance. After a period of time, which is generally shorter than the average lifespan here on earth, they move on to some next stage of existence.
People of similar thoughts, tastes and feelings tend to each other and live together. Spouses are not necessarily reunited, but the love of a man and a woman continues and is free from everything that here with us prevents its full expression. Immediately after death, a person plunges into a semi-conscious state of rest, the duration of which varies from person to person. They are not able to experience bodily pain, but at times they are subject to mental anguish. A painful death is completely unknown. Belonging to one or another faith does not create differences in the position in the next world, and their whole life as a whole is extremely happy, and no one there is able to imagine that he would suddenly wish to return to earth.
I never came across the word "work" as such, but there were many indications of various kinds of interests that occupy them. It's probably a different way of saying the same thing. With us "work" usually means "subsistence", and this, as I know for certain, is not the case with them, since all their vital needs are somehow "foreseen" in the most mysterious way. They say that everything that we love and that is necessary for our happiness on earth accompanies us in that life.
Nor have I come across any definite information about any "temporary punishment", but I have indications that people there begin their lives on the same mental and moral level with which they leave this earth; and since their happiness is chiefly based on sympathy, those who come there with a low level of moral development are at first for a long time deprived of the opportunity to appreciate this happiness and enjoy it.
16. It should not be forgotten that everything depends
sieve from relating to one's surroundings.
If we could conceive of a world that
which would be a thousand times denser, heavier
darker and darker than ours, we clearly saw
would that for its inhabitants it will be ka
be the same as we think
ours, provided that the strength and fabric in it
will be in the same state. EU
whether, however, the inhabitants of such a world resist
touch us, then we will show them so
substances are highly airy
mi living in some strange at
atmosphere of light and spirit. They, perhaps
do not remember what we feel and act
We play the same way as they do, provided that
our being and environment harmonize
fit and correlate with each other.
17. And now let's look at others
goy case - with the life layer, which
which is just as superior to ours, by
how much we surpass the world of lead
of people. It will then also appear to us that
these people, these "spirits", as we call them
I eat, live in the world of fogs and shadows. We
we do not take into account at the same time that everything there is on
walks in accordance and harmony, and according to
this area in which the spirits live and
move and which seems to us the world
illusions and dreams, is just as real for them as our planet is real for us, and the spiritual body is just as material for another spirit, as our earthly body is material for other people.
18. There is another question, I deserve
living in order to be here dis
viewed because at first glance
he, perhaps, is even capable of terrifying,
although it is still amenable to analysis, since
we'll take care of it soon. I have in vi
Do a permanent statement from the empty
the world of the world that, as if newcomer
they do not know that they have died, and what about
walks a lot of time, sometimes too much
a lot before they find themselves way
us to understand it.
They all agree that such a state of confusion and uncertainty is very harmful to the spirit and hinders its development, and that some knowledge of this paramount truth on earth is the only way to save oneself from a time of anguish and despair in the afterlife. It is not surprising that they, finding themselves in conditions completely different from those for which any of the scientific or religious teachings on earth prepared them, perceive their new unusual sensations as a strange dream, and the more orthodox or materialistic their views were during life, the more difficult it will be for them to accept these conditions with all that they impose. For this very reason and some others, this revelation is sorely needed by all mankind.
The achievement of the least practical importance will be that even the elderly will have to understand how much more they need to develop their minds: because if they do not have time to apply their knowledge in this world, then they will remain with them as an integral part of their mental wealth in later life.
19. This is in general terms dull
ronny life in its simplest expression
zheniya, because in fact it is by no means
is simple, and we catch only weak ones from
sparkles of endless circles below, spu
rolling into darkness, and endless circles
gov above ascending to the divine
a radiance that develops, defines and
revitalizes everything.
20. With regard to great detail
stey about the afterlife,
then they are probably even better and neglected
speech for the simple reason that it
great details. We will all soon recognize them for ourselves, and idle curiosity alone prompts us to ask about them now. One thing is clear: in that world there are spirits of a higher organization for whom synthetic chemistry, that which not only creates matter, but also makes objects from it, is a matter of habit. In some sessions we have seen them at work in our grosser environment to which our material senses are tuned. If they can create visible objects even in terrestrial conditions, during some of our sessions, then what can be expected of them in their own environment when they are working on the creation of ethereal objects?
Generally speaking, we can say about them that they are able to recreate any object similar to that already existing on earth. How they do this is perhaps a matter of conjecture and speculation for less evolved spirits, just as the achievements of modern science are the subject of conjecture and speculation for us. After all, if suddenly some inhabitant of the non-human world called one of us and asked him to explain what gravity is or what magnetism is, then how helpless we would look!
21. Famous English poet, lit.
raturny critic, subtle thinker,
Gerald Massey in the following expressions
yah expressed his attitude to spiritualism
“Spiritualism has become for me, as for many others, a true expansion of my mental horizon and the advent of heaven, the transformation of faith into actual facts; without it, life is more like a sea voyage, performed with closed hatches in the dark and stuffy hold of a ship, in which the only light available to the gaze of the traveler will be the flicker of a candle; and now, as if this traveler was suddenly allowed to go on deck on a magnificent starry night and for the first time see the majestic spectacle of the vault of heaven, blazing with myriads of lights to the glory of the Creator.
22. If a person could see, hear
shat and feel it all and yet
remain unconvinced in reality
invisible intelligent forces around him, then
he would have good reason to doubt
bask in the health of your own psyche.
He who saw, even dimly, through the canopy, the hands extended to him from the afterlife, and who touched them, even slightly, he really conquered death. There is something more powerful than just faith, and that is knowledge. Now, I affirm these things because I have knowledge of them. I don't BELIEVE, I KNOW.
23. Stand on a short leg with undeniable evidence. Expand and spiritualize your thoughts. Show the fruits of this in your life. Lack of egoism is the driving force behind all moral development. Realize, not as a matter of abstract faith, but as a tangible object, as tangible and obvious as, for example, the streets of the city that you walk on, the fact that we are stepping into another life in which happiness will be available to everyone, and that happiness is can only be delayed or even taken away from us by madness and selfishness during these few fleeting years. Embrace this majestic truth!
(From Arthur Conan Doyle's The New Revelation.)
DESCRIPTION OF WHAT HAPPENS AFTER DEATH,
received by Tommaso Palamidessi as he writes about it in his book The Technique of Splitting and Journeys in the Supersensible"), from a hierarchically high spirit called "Master of the Third Heaven" during the "journey" according to the EKCANKAR method.
1. During the death agony before
in the mind's eye of a dying passer-by
gt final vision of all events and affairs
life. As they say, he looks at the "panoramic picture" of what he did good and bad during his time on earth. Everything will prolong before him, as if he were looking into a mirror.
2. Some time, which for each
differently, the dead usually do not know that they have died. For some souls, this ignorance lasts quite a long time, and the suffering for them lasts a long time, due to the fact that they have a desire for action, but there is no opportunity to perform it, or there is no opportunity to be heard by those who remained on earth, since the deceased now has no physical body.
3. The dead are endowed with the form of a man
body, and they all claim that
rediscovered themselves in this very form, for
except for those who belong
heading towards "heaven above".
4. At the moment of separation from the body, their meeting
those relatives and friends who have died
before. Such meetings are taking place
a few days before death; sometimes
it also happens during severe
5. After death, they go through fa
healing sleep, more or less
long. It's real fainting
lasting three, three and a half days and more
more than that.
6. The environment in which
they turn out to be similar to the one that
had them on earth, but she's like
dreaming, spiritualized.
7. Dead, i.e. disembodied doo
shi, learn that in the spiritual world thought
is a creative force,
by the power of which the spirit that abides on
level of astral energy, maybe on wasps
replay your memories
environment around him.
They learn from experience
or according to the explanations of the spirits of relatives and others
Zey. They just have to think about some
object as it appears before them
and specified.
8. The dead perceive very quickly
that the conversation through pronounce
words is nothing more than an illusion, then
how do they communicate with each other
spiritual language, i.e. through direct
transmission of thought.
9. They discover that the ability
spiritual vision allows them to perceive
take, see objects at the same time
both inside them, look through them, and
from all sides outside. This phenomenon at
greater than spaces
three-dimensional. three dimensional space
characteristic of those who live on earth.
In a state of agony, the dying can see both relatives who are at the head, and what is simultaneously happening in neighboring rooms or in another city many hundreds of kilometers away. The same thing happens to them even after they have died. This phenomenon is similar to bifurcation (duplication) in a living person. (For example, ekkankar).
10. They learn that as they themselves, so
and others can instantly jump from
one state to another, from one condition
viy to others, transferred from one month
one to the other, without any restrictions,
for any distance. All this is happening
simply by the very act of volition. This
lets them move into their spirits
new environment, as well as fly more
or lesser height above the fluidic
land, which in certain cases
may also be the physical earth.
11. The dead, like their other companions
ki living in this world turn out to be
automatically and irrevocably attracted
to the spiritual realm, which corresponds
owes them, by virtue of an inevitable law, the gathering
stva and similarities. Therefore, the evil ones join
turn to the evil ones and experience horror from
rotation from the presence of "demons". On the
turnover, those who are good or perfect,
rush into a sphere similar to them, where
find themselves among friends and those who they
handsome, in the presence of "angels",
"saints", "holy intercessor", to which
Roma were treated during their lifetime, good luck
ha-driver, etc. *.
In the post-mortem state, the appearance that the face and body acquire reflects the beauty of the soul, its virtues and gives joy to other souls. In the worlds of a difficult purifying and redemptive trial, souls take on monstrous, repulsive, frightening appearances by the instability or fluid flexibility of their body, which feels on itself all the passions, torments and painful states produced by the vision of the place in which they are, as well as the presence of others, like them dead.
12. The spirits of relatives and
friends who come to spend again
arrivals before they plunge into
restorative sleep, period of unconsciousness
value. Help from family and friends
children the stronger, the more he remembered
he used them during his lifetime in his prayers and the more often he ordered commemoration in the church. This is the law of retribution in accordance with the words of St. Paul (to the Galatians, YI, 8): "He who sows to the Spirit from the Spirit will reap eternal life."
13. As for those whom the meeting
offended relatives and friends
or enemies and who have not yet reached the inside
the early world and do not know how to love those who
caused them suffering, then I meet
those who attack them come to attack
them and plunge them into deplorable conditions
Viya, helped in this by the guardian angel
body of injustice. It happens
before sleep begins, but also with
coming to after him.
14. The dead see their own
a corpse in a coffin or on a deathbed and
can also observe selection and thickening
raising your etheric body over your phi body
zymic. This is confirmed and the clairvoyant
tsami who have ever been at
head of the dying.
15. Individually disembodied
sti cannot be exactly the same
veins, and therefore, to be in a modern
in the same spiritual state,
in order to continue to work together on the same
the very path. After the death of the soul-twin
those who were such on earth, in the world
spiritual are also divided, although
Gut see each other when that ho
tyat and wish. They stay together if
they will have one common task and eslp
together surrender to the same test
tanyu in the matter of spiritual elevation. Ha
The ransom of being together is only E
one thing: to do a common thing.
16. Disembodied spirits (even if
they are able by the power of thought more
or less good to create what would
desired and what they need), when de
lo is about very complex work or
of great importance,
entrust this matter to groups of spirits, special
lysing on the implementation of such
difficult work.
17. One who is possessed by human
passion turns out to be tied to that
place, to the environment in which he lived, i:
it can take a long time or not
long time. Being deprived of healing
sleep and being under the influence of
yourself as a person - male or female
noah depending on gender - living
among the living, he abides like E:
the power of a nightmare, strange depressingly:
dreams, which can make such spirits troublemakers and pests *. 18. The soul of the deceased suffers indescribably from the fact that he sees the torment and torment of loved ones, whom she leaves at her deathbed. She freezes in indecision and does not find the strength to make contact with those who have already found themselves in this new state before her. She will need to make a huge effort to free herself from the harmful influence of those she has just left.
BURTON BRIDGE
This is the name of speech contacts with the afterlife, occurring with the help of radio equipment, a computer, television and telephone. This information is a compilation of reports received by means of this method by the German researchers Maggi Harsch-Fischbach and Dieter Virgowski.
1. Man after the death of his body pro
must live on the Third level, which
which is as real as the earth.
2. Those who live in that world have a body,
as we are. There are no diseases.
Bodies crippled on earth, in that world
are being restored. Returns to the blind
the ability to see, who were deaf
have perfect hearing. Growth,
hair and skin color remain the same
what they were during the life of a person on
earth. All people living in that world
look like they reached 25-30-
summer age. Old age and physical
deformities are completely unknown. People
live there in pleasantly furnished dwellings
lisha. They have a beautiful nature and soft
cue climate.
3. People who died on Earth in pre
clonal age, "wake up" there in
fully conscious after recovering
good sleep. In earth terms, it lasts
about six weeks, but may be
roche. Children are welcomed with love
relatives and friends living there,
who take care of them, and the children grow up and
develop up to 25-30 years of age.
4. Personality and character of the hit
there people are left without any of
changes. They can keep learning
improve.
5. People whose opinions and ideas
coincide, unite in groups and about
develop Unity. This unity is
is the first step on the way to Chet
vertical measurement.
6. Dead earthlings live in that
world together with other human
creatures that inhabited before their
forest death other planets of our ma
material universe, as well as with the best
forest creatures. There are collected
about 60 billion humanoids from all
worlds. Friendship flourishes between them.
and partnership, although it cannot be said that
all physical problems and conflicts
removed there.
7. Sexuality is no way there
is not denied, since it is inherent
human essence. The main thing that
partners harmonized with each other and
experienced mutual attraction.
8. In that world, just like here, people drink
and eat, but their food is produced by synth
tically, any kind of terrestrial pi
shcha can be materialized there.
9. Higher animals also continued
yut live on the Third level after their
earthly death, and people care about them.
There are also species unknown on Earth, on
example, birds of paradise, fabulously beautiful
you butterflies. In animals, the age is
how they feel best.
10. The third level is on the pla
nete, which its inhabitants call Mar-
duk. It is distant from Earth in time and
space and cannot be found in
solar system. Marduk has three
sun: it revolves around one, and
illuminated by the other two. There never
there is no darkness. Marduk has his own
The moon, which is larger than the earth. planet
crosses one great River of Eternity,
which surrounds it with numerous
11. After moving into the Fourth Change
man is freed from distant
our reincarnations in material
worlds. In order to carry out the con
tact with earthlings, such people come
to approach our world and
opportunity to adapt to it.
They, for their part, also explore
transcommunication issues. Many of them
achievements can be useful to earthlings
FROM RECENT PUBLICATIONS ON THE TOPIC "LIFE AFTER LIFE"
The purpose of the experiment, two young medical scientists - let's call them Enthusiast and Skeptic - imagined rather vaguely. Carry out the entire Life after life experience in a laboratory environment from start to finish. Eliminate all elements of chance, all natural (scientific) explanations: pharmacological - they decided not to use drugs; neurological - necronauts must be mentally normal; physiological - absolute health was required from scouts.
From friends volunteered two young healthy people with a stable psyche. From the point of view of the experimenters, all these qualities increased the chances of a successful return.
In the medical institution of the city of Ensk, one of the Sunday night shifts has come. All were assembled. The Sportsman was the first to lie down on the resuscitation table. This man was not religious, and he was also not burdened with knowledge of specific "near-death" literature, starting with Kübler-Ross, Moody, Grof, Halifax, Sabom.
They defined the first necrostart as "Super-speed extinction of the physiological functions of the body with full preservation of the clarity of consciousness."
Speaking humanly - in a few minutes, and the last phase lasts even seconds, a person "drives off", clearly aware of everything that is happening.
They did not yet imagine how the method of killing they had invented would affect the body. It is known that when a person dies, a certain qualitative change is accompanied by an impulse of an extremely complex configuration on the screen of an electroencephalograph. An electric silence follows. This phenomenon was also noted by experimenters.
Later they gave him two interpretations. The first one is the “impulse of transition”, a signal of an energy release, a “separation” of the soul from the body. The second: "finish signal" - all brains "closed".
So, in the next second, the Athlete was in a state of clinical death. It remained to sit and wait for the allotted time. Subsequently, they admitted that it was extremely difficult to withstand it. They intended to wait a minute, but "broke" a few seconds earlier. Nekronaut was returned quickly enough and immediately surrounded by caring attention and armed with a voice recorder. After a couple of minutes, which gave him to recover, questions rained down.
He felt well, although he was weak. Necrostartz technology was thought out and no damage was foreseen.
Analyzing the text of the soundtrack received from the Sportsman right on the resuscitation table, one can immediately say that to some extent it is similar to the stories of Dr. Moody's patients. Although not in everything.
First, the necronaut experienced a state of detachment from the body and observation of it from the side during the process of killing. In particular, being at a point behind the backs of the experimenters, he recorded the readings of one of the instruments recorded on the experiment form, but not spoken aloud, which is confirmed by the magnetic recording that was made during the entire experiment. After that, something happened to him that he could hardly describe. According to him, the picture of the world was “turned out” in a strange projection, a black void appeared from under it, and a feeling of moving at a terrible speed followed. The movement was accompanied by sensations similar to the reaction of the vestibular apparatus.
However, even the meticulous Skeptic failed to "pull out" from the necronaut what was the direction of movement. Back? Forward? Falling or flying? Considering that the necronaut could not bring any more realities - visual, tactile or auditory - the Skeptic concluded that the neuroimpulses came to the vestibular apparatus from the outside and did not find any correspondences in it. About the flight time, the necronaut noted: not very long, but it seems that it is terribly far away. Suddenly, the void "wrapped" back, and he found himself in some kind of conditional "room", but devoid of most of the usual properties. As the Skeptic quickly figured out, the concept of "room" was borrowed by the necro-naut from the realities of the local world. In fact, he felt himself in a sparkling fog, where at a small distance all contours were already lost. And, apparently, the yellowish reflection of the "fog", by association with the electric light, created the Sportsman's idea of the room.
According to him, "everything sparkled, like snowflakes sparkle in the light of lanterns." Here he found a sense of direction. There were three of them: back, to the left (but it seemed to him that it was undesirable to go there) and forward, to the “exit” from the fog. "Right" was closed to him.
And suddenly he saw the Being. It was about three meters away from him and looked like a fairly blurry, darker than "fog", shadow of a vertical orientation. When trying to determine during the analysis whether it was a person, the necronaut was confused: "someone", and that's it. At first, he gave the Necronaut the impression of a man sitting at the table. Noticing (seeing? feeling?) the appearance of the necronaut, "Man at the table", "Controller", as he would later call him, paid attention to what had arisen. And the Athlete felt not very pleasant mental pressure. Finally, the "Controller" turned to the Sportsman. Approximately, this can be conveyed as the most general question of the “Well?” type. He was accompanied by an unusual and unpleasant feeling, similar to a feeling of hunger - a sucking emptiness inside. An enthusiast, guided by the concept of Moody, asked "then, was it not like he" looked "through" you: what are you? What are you?
Then he realized that he was invited. But it is also the fact that further, forward, it is impossible to move. If he does this, he will never come back. Characteristically, he continued to remember his task. He didn't budge. The dispatcher expressed surprise: "What's the matter?". The Necronaut tried to answer with a non-existent mouth, even felt the tension of his own larynx: “I don’t need to go there. I just have to look and come back.” However, he apparently managed to convey the main emotion of this message. Reaction: how? He felt tension, excitement, anxiety. More creatures appeared and they began to exchange information about him.
And suddenly he felt how powerfully, like a vacuum cleaner, he was being pulled back. Again flight - already back. Now he was flying much calmer - he liked these sensations, even gave him a certain pleasure. But when hit in the body for a few seconds, the necronaut lost perception. He actually opened his eyes, lifting slightly heavy eyelids.
The enthusiast immediately demanded to characterize the "Dispatcher" and the "dispatcher". Does it feel like a “Light Force”, “Light Personality”? Answer: "I don't know." Can “fog” be associated with a church setting, does it not resemble, for example, the glow of candles through the smoke of a chandelier? "Yes, kind of..."
Unfortunately, the necronaut could not tell more. However, after the experiment, he changed very much. His attitude to the value of life became much more serious. When he was offered to repeat the experiment, he abruptly refused, explaining his position by the fact that this time his chances of returning are extremely small: the second time, the "Dispatcher" will not forgive his sin.
However, as it became known to the editors of the newspaper "Intellectual World", the second necrostart still took place.
If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, then if
who has risen from the dead, they will not believe.
OK. XVI, 31
1. What do modern experiments prove?
Thus, we have seen that the "post-mortem" and "out-of-body" experiences now so vigorously discussed are completely different from the genuine experiences of the other world, which over the centuries have been found in the lives of charitable husbands and wives. Moreover, in recent years, modern experiments have gained such fame and become so fashionable, not because they are really new (there are whole anthologies of similar experiments in England and America in the 19th century), or because in our time they occur more often, but mainly because the public mind in the western world and especially in America is ready for it. This public interest seems to be part of a widespread reaction to 20th-century materialism and disbelief, a sign of a broader interest in religion. Here we ask the question: what could be the significance of this new "religious" interest?
But first, let us say once again what these experiments prove regarding the truth of religion. Most researchers seem to agree with Dr. Moody that these experiments do not support the usual Christian concept of heaven ("Life after death"); even the experiences of those who think they have seen the sky cannot bear comparison with the true visions of the sky in the past; even the experiences of hell are hints rather than any proof of the actual existence of hell.
Therefore, Dr. Kubler-Ross' assertion that modern studies of "post-mortem" experiences "will confirm what we have been taught for two thousand years - that there is life after death and that this will "help us know, not just believe" (foreword to "Life after death") should be recognized as exaggerated. In fact, these experiments can be said that they prove no more than that the human soul lives outside the body and that an immaterial reality exists, but they decisively do not give any information about the further state or existence of the soul after the first few minutes of death, or about the ultimate nature of the immaterial realm.From this point of view, modern experience is much less satisfactory than the information accumulated over the centuries in the lives of the saints and other Christian sources, from these latter sources we know much more - of course, provided that we trust those who gave information to the same extent that modern researchers trust those they interviewed.But even then our Faith, not knowledge, remains the fundamental position with regard to the other world: we can know with some certainty that there is "something" after death - but what exactly it is, we comprehend by faith, not by knowledge.
In addition, what seems to be known to Dr. Kubler-Ross and her associates in life after death on the basis of "post-mortem" experience is in clear contradiction with what Orthodox Christians believe on the basis of the teachings of Christ and also "post-mortem" experiences. described in Orthodox literature. All Christian "post-mortem" experience confirms the existence of Heaven, hell and judgment, the need for repentance, achievement and fear of the eternal death of the soul, and modern experiences, like the experiences of shamans, pagan initiates and mediums, seem to indicate that in the other world there is a "resort "with pleasant impressions, where there is no judgment, but only "growth", and that one should not be afraid of death, but only welcome it as a "friend", introducing into the pleasures of "life after death".
In previous chapters, we have already discussed the reason for the difference in these two experiences: the Christian experience is the true other world of heaven and hell, while the spiritual experience is only the aerial part of this world, the "astral plane" of fallen spirits. Modern experience clearly belongs to this category - but we could not know this if we did not accept (on faith) the Christian revelation about the nature of the other world. Similarly, if Dr. Kubler-Ross and other researchers accept (or sympathize with) the non-Christian interpretation of these experiences, it is not because modern experience proves it, but because the researchers themselves already have faith in its non-Christian interpretation.
The significance of modern experiences, therefore, lies in the fact that they become widely known just at the time when they can serve as "confirmation" of the non-Christian view of life after death; they are used as part of a non-Christian religious movement. Let us now look more closely at the nature of this movement.
2. Connection with the occult
More or less obvious connections with occult ideas and practices can be seen again and again in post-mortem researchers. We can here define the concept of "occult" (literally means that which is hidden) as referring to any communication of people with invisible spirits and forces forbidden by God's revelation (see Leviticus XIX, 31; XX, 6, etc.). This communication may be sought by the people themselves (as in séances), or it may be provoked by fallen spirits (when they spontaneously appear to people). The opposite of "occult" are the terms "spiritual" and "religious", which refer to God-allowed contacts with God and His Angels and saints: prayer on the part of man, grace-filled manifestations of God, Angels and saints on the other hand.
Here is an example of such an occult connection: Dr. Hans Holper (Beyond This Life, 1977) believes that the significance of "post-mortem" experiences is that they open people to a connection with the dead, and he believes that this results in such the same messages as the "dead" give at séances. Dr. Moody and many other modern scholars, as we have seen, look for explanations of modern experiences in the writings of Swedenborg and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Robert Krukel, who is perhaps the most serious researcher in this field, uses the messages of mediums as the main sources of information about the "other" world. Robert Monroe and others involved in "out of body" are pure practitioners of occult experimentation to the point of receiving guidance-advice from incorporeal beings encountered.
Perhaps the most characteristic of all these investigators is the woman who has become the leading advocate for the new attitude toward death that emerges from modern "post-mortem" experience, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
No Christian, of course, can help but sympathize with the cause advocated by Dr. Kubler-Ross - a humane and responsible attitude towards death, in contrast to the cold, helpless and sometimes terrible attitude that often prevailed not only among hospital doctors and nurses, but even among the clergy, who are supposed to have the answer to the questions raised by the death factor itself. Since the publication of her book "On Death and Dying" (1969), the whole question of death has become much less taboo among medical professionals, helping to create an intellectual atmosphere conducive to discussion of what happens after death - a discussion that, in turn, was launched in 1975 with the publication of Dr. Moody's first book. It is no coincidence that so many of today's books on life after death are accompanied by prefaces, or at least commentaries, by Dr. Kubler-Ross.
There is no doubt that anyone who adheres to the traditional Christian view of life as a place of testing for eternity, and death as the entrance to eternal bliss or eternal torment, depending on faith and earthly life, will find her book discouraging. To treat the dying humanely, to help him prepare for death, without putting faith in Christ and the hope of salvation in the first place, when everything is already said and done, means to remain in the same dreary sphere of humanism into which unbelief has drawn modern humanity. The experience of death can be made more enjoyable than it usually is in modern hospitals, but if there is no knowledge of what comes after death, or that there is something after death, the job of people like Dr. Kubler-Ross is to give terminally ill harmless colored pills to at least feel like something is being done.
However, in the course of her research (although she does not mention it in her first book), Dr. Kubler-Ross did come across evidence that there is something after death. Although she has not yet published her own book on "post-mortem" experiences, she has made it clear in her numerous lectures and interviews that she has seen enough to know with certainty that there is life after death.
However, the main source of her knowledge is not the "post-mortem" experience of others, but her own, rather amazing experience with "spirits". Her first experience of this kind was in her office at the University of Chicago in 1967, when she was frustrated and contemplated giving up her recently begun study of death and dying. A woman entered her office and introduced herself as a sick woman who had died ten months ago. Kubler-Ross was skeptical about this, but, as she says, in the end the ghost convinced her: "She said that she knew about my intention to quit working with dying patients and that she had come to ask me not to refuse ... I held out my hand, to touch her. I was doing a reality check. I'm a scientist, a psychiatrist, and I didn't believe in that." She eventually convinced the ghost to write the note, and subsequent handwriting examination confirmed that it was the handwriting of the deceased patient. Dr. Kubler-Ross states that this incident occurred at a "crossroads where I could have made the wrong decision if I had not listened to her" (newspaper interview). The dead never appear so prosaically among the living; this otherworldly visitation, if genuine, could only be the manifestation of a fallen spirit in order to deceive its victim. And a magnificent fake of human handwriting for such a spirit is a simple thing.
Later, Dr. Kubler-Ross's interactions with the spirit world became much more intimate. In 1978, she told an enchanted audience of 2,200 in Ashland, Oregon, how she first came into contact with her "spirit guides." In a rather mysterious way, a spiritualist-type meeting was organized for her, apparently in southern California, where 75 people sang together to "increase the energy" needed to create this event. "No more than two minutes later, I saw a giant foot in front of me. A huge man was standing in front of me." This man told her that she should be a teacher and that she needed first-hand experience to give her courage and strength in her work. “After about half a minute, another person literally materialized about a centimeter from my feet ... I realized that this was my Guardian Angel. He called me Isabella and asked if I remember how 2000 years ago we worked together with Christ. Then a third "Angel" appeared to tell me more about "joy. My experience with these leaders has been a great experience of true unconditional love. And I just want to tell you that we are never alone. Each of us has a Guardian Angel, who is never more than two feet away from us. And we can call on them. They will help us."
At a medical conference in San Francisco in 1976, Dr. Kubler-Ross shared to an audience of 2,300 doctors, nurses, and other health professionals a "profound mystical experience" she had had the night before. (This experience is clearly the same as that recounted in Ashland.) "Last night I was visited by Salem, my spirit guide, and his two companions Anka and Willy. They were with us until three in the morning. We talked, laughed and sang together. They spoke, touched me with the most incredible love and unimaginable tenderness. It was the most important moment in my life." In the audience, "there was a moment's silence as she finished, and then everyone jumped to their feet as a body in appreciation. Most of the audience, mostly doctors and other health professionals, seemed moved to tears."
It is well known in occult circles that "guiding spirits" (who are, of course, the fallen spirits of the airy realm) do not show up so easily unless the person is sufficiently advanced in mediumistic receptivity. But perhaps even more surprising than Dr. Kubler-Ross's association with "familiar spirits" is the enthusiastic response to her story from an audience of not occultists and mediums but ordinary middle-class people and professionals. Undoubtedly, this is one of the religious signs of the times: people have become receptive to contacts with the world of spirits and are ready to accept the occult explanation of these contacts, which is contrary to Christian truth.
More recently, the scandals at Dr. Kubler-Ross' new southern California retreat, Shanti Nilaya, have received widespread publicity. According to these reports, many of the sessions at Shanti Nilaya are based on old-fashioned mediumistic séances, and a number of former participants have stated that these séances are a scam. It may be that there is more wishful thinking in Dr. Kubler-Ross's dealings with spirits than actuality; but this does not affect the doctrine of life after death, which she and those like her spread.
3. The Occult Teachings of Modern Researchers
The teachings of Dr. Kubler-Ross and other researchers of modern "post-mortem" experience on the question of life after death can be summarized on several points. It should be noted that Dr. Kubler-Ross formulates these points with the confidence of a person who believes that he has experience of direct communication with another world. But scientists like Dr. Moody, although their tone is more cautious and restrained, cannot but help to spread this teaching. Here is the doctrine of life after death, which is in the air at the end of the twentieth century and seems natural to all those who profess it, who do not have a clear idea of any other doctrine.
1. DEATH SHOULD NOT BE FEARED. Dr. Moody writes, "Almost everyone has told me in one form or another that they no longer fear death" ("Life After Death"). Dr. Kubler-Ross says: "Reported cases show that dying is painful, but death itself ... is a completely calm experience, free from pain and fear. Without exception, everyone speaks of a sense of calm and wholeness." Here one can see complete trust in one's own psychic experience, which characterizes those deceived by fallen spirits. There is nothing in modern "post-mortem" experiences that suggests that death itself, in its entirety, will be a mere repetition of them: this trust in psychic experience is part of the religious spirit that is now in the air, which creates a false, fatal sense of well-being for spiritual life. .
2. THERE WILL BE NO JUDGMENT NOR HELL. Based on his interviews, Dr. Moody reports that "in most cases, the reward-punishment model in the afterlife is rejected even by many of those who are used to thinking in these terms. They often found to their own amazement that even when the luminous their most vile and sinful deeds are clear, it reacted not with anger and irritation, but rather with understanding and even humor" ("Life after death"). Dr. Kubler-Ross remarks of those interviewed by her in a more doctrinaire tone: "Everyone has a sense of 'wholeness'. God does not condemn, unlike man." It never occurs to such researchers that the absence of judgment in "post-mortem" experiences could be a first, misleading impression, or that the first few minutes after death is not the place for judgment; they simply interpret these experiences in accordance with the religious spirit of the age, which does not want to believe in either judgment or hell.
3. DEATH IS NOT THE ONLY AND FINAL EXPERIENCE AS DESCRIBED IN ITS CHRISTIAN TEACHING, BUT IS MOST JUST A PAINLESS TRANSITION TO A "HIGHER STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS".
Dr. Kubler-Ross defines it as follows: “Death is simply the shedding of the physical body, like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. It is a transition to a higher consciousness where you continue to perceive, understand, laugh, retain the ability to grow, and the only "What you lose is what you don't need anymore, and that's your physical body. It's like putting your winter coat away when spring comes... and that's what death is like." Below we will show how contradictory this is with true Christian teaching.
4. THE PURPOSE OF EARTH LIFE AND LIFE AFTER DEATH IS NOT THE ETERNAL SALVATION OF YOUR SOUL, BUT AN UNLIMITED PROCESS OF "GROWTH" IN "LOVE", "UNDERSTANDING" AND "SELF-REALIZATION".
Dr. Moody finds that "many seem to have returned with a new model and a new understanding of the other world - a vision that is characterized not by one-sided judgment, but rather by joint development towards the ultimate goal of self-realization. According to these new views, The development of the soul, especially the spiritual properties of love and knowledge, does not stop with death. Rather, it continues on the other side, perhaps eternally..." ("Life after life"). This occult view of life and death does not come from the fragmentary experiences now published, but rather from the occult philosophy that is in the air today.
5. "POSTER DEATH" AND "OUT OF BODY" EXPERIENCES ARE THESELF PREPARATIONS FOR LIFE AFTER DEATH.
The traditional Christian preparation for eternal life (faith, repentance, communion of the Holy Mysteries, spiritual struggle) is of little importance in comparison with the increased "love" and "understanding" inspired by "post-mortem" experiences; and in particular (as in the program recently developed by Kubler-Ross and Robert Monroe), it is possible to prepare terminally ill people in regards to "out of body" experiences so that they "quickly understand what awaits them on the Other Side when they die" (Wheeler " Journey to the Other Side"). One interviewee, Dr. Moody, states categorically, "The reason I'm not afraid to die is because I know where I'll go when I leave this world, because I've already been there" ("Life After Life") . What a tragic and ill-founded optimism!
EACH OF THESE FIVE POINTS IS A PART OF A SPIRITUAL TEACHING DISCOVERED IN THE 19TH CENTURY BY THE "SPIRITS" THEMSELVES THROUGH MEDIUMS.
This doctrine is literally invented by demons for the sole and obvious purpose of undermining the traditional Christian doctrine of the afterlife and changing the whole view of mankind on religion. The occult philosophy that almost invariably accompanies and colors modern "post-mortem" experiences is simply the exotic Victorian spiritism sifted to a popular level, it is evidence that genuine Christian views are evaporating from the minds of the broad masses in the West. The "post-mortem" experience itself, one might say, has no connection with the occult philosophy that is propagated through it; he promotes this philosophy because the basic Christian safeguards and teachings that once protected people from such alien philosophy have now been largely eliminated and virtually any "otherworldly" experience will now be used to push through the occult. In the 19th century, only a few freethinkers and excommunicated people believed in occult philosophy. But now it floats so widely in the air that anyone who does not have a conscious philosophy of his own is quite "naturally" drawn to it.
4. "Mission" of modern "post-mortem" experiments
But, finally, why are "post-mortem" experiments so "in the air" and what is their meaning as part of the "zeitgeist"? The most obvious reason for the widespread discussion of these experiments today is the invention in recent years of new methods of resuscitation of the clinically dead, due to which such experiments have received more publicity than ever. This explanation certainly helps to understand the proliferation of reports of "post-mortem" experiences, but it is too superficial to account for the spiritual impact of these experiences on humanity and the change in the outlook on the afterlife that they contribute.
A deeper explanation can be found in the increasing openness and sensitivity of people to "spiritual" and "psychic" experiences in general, under the greatly increased influence of occult ideas - on the one hand, and on the other - due to the weakening of both humanistic materialism and the Christian faith. Humanity is once again approaching the acceptance of the possibility of contact with the other world.
Moreover, this other world seems to open itself to Humanity, WHICH IS LOOKING TO EXPERIENCE IT. The "occult explosion" of recent years has been caused by a spectacular increase in paranormal experiences of all kinds and has in turn contributed to their spread. At one end of the spectrum of these experiences are "post-mortem" experiences in which little or no effort of will is required to contact the other world; on the other end of this spectrum are modern witchcraft and satanism, where there is already a conscious attempt to communicate and even serve the forces of the other world, and somewhere between these two extremes there are a myriad of options for modern psychic experiences from Uri Geller's "spoon bending" and parapsychological out-of-body travel to contacts with UFO creatures and abductions by them. It is important to note that Christians had a large number of these paranormal experiences, and one type of these experiences (experiences "charismatic") is widely accepted as a genuinely Christian phenomenon. (An examination of the charismatic movement as a mediumistic phenomenon can be found in Chapter VII of Hieromonk Seraphim's book "Orthodoxy and the Religion of the Future," published by St. Herman of Alaska Monastery, 1979. - Note per.) a striking indication of how lost Christian awareness of the occult experience is in our times.
One of the most eminent genuine mediums of our age, the late Arthur Ford—whose growing reverence on the part of "Christians" as well as unbelieving humanists is in itself a sign of the times—gave a clear hint of what the widespread dissemination of occult experiences and sensitivity to them: "The day of a professional medium is coming to an end. We have been useful as guinea pigs. With our help, scientists have learned something about the conditions necessary for it (communication with the spirit world) to take place." That is: occult experience, hitherto limited to a few "initiates", has now become available to thousands of ordinary people. Of course, this is mainly caused not by science, but by the increasing alienation of mankind from Christianity and its thirst for new "religious experiences". About 50-75 years ago, only mediums and occultists, standing almost outside of society, had contacts with "guiding spirits", cultivated "out of the body" or "spoke in tongues"; today these experiences have become relatively common and are accepted as commonplace at all levels of society.
This now famous increase in "otherworldly" experiences is undoubtedly one of the signs of the approaching end of the world. Having described in the "Conversations" various visions and experiences of the afterlife, St. Gregory the Great notes that "the spiritual world is approaching us, manifesting itself in visions and revelations... As the world approaches its end, this world of eternity is seen closer... The end of the world merges with the beginning of eternal life" (VI, 43 ).
St. Gregory, however, adds that through these visions and revelations (which are much more common in our times than in his) we all see the truths of the future age imperfectly, because the light is still "dull and pale, like the predawn light of the sun before sunrise." ". How true this is with respect to modern "post-mortem" experiments! Never before has mankind been given such stunningly vivid evidence - or at least hints - that there is another world, that life does not end and even has a clearer consciousness and life. For a person with a clear understanding of the Christian teaching about the state of the soul immediately after death, today's occult experiences can only confirm the existence and nature of the airy realm of fallen spirits.
But for the rest of mankind, including most of those who still call themselves Christians, modern experiences, instead of confirming the truths of Christianity, serve as a subtle guide to deception and false teaching, to the preparation of the coming kingdom of Antichrist. Indeed, even those who "raise from the dead" cannot persuade mankind to repent: If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, then they will not believe even if someone were raised from the dead (Lk. XVI, 31). In the end, only those who are faithful to “Moses and the prophets,” that is, to the fullness of revealed truth, can understand the true meaning of modern experiences. What the rest of mankind learns from these experiences is not repentance and the nearness of God's judgment, but a strange, alluring new gospel of pleasant "otherworldly" experiences and the abolition of what God has established in order to awaken a person to the reality of the true other world, the world of heaven and hell, the fear of God.
Arthur Ford states quite candidly that the whole mission of mediums like himself is to "use all the special gifts given to me to eliminate forever from earthly minds the fear of passing to death." It is also the mission of Dr. Kubler-Ross, it is "the scientific conclusion of researchers like Dr. Moody: the "other world" is pleasant, and one should not be afraid to enter it. Two centuries ago, Emmanuel Swedenborg summed up the "spirituality" of those who believe in it : "I was allowed to enjoy not only the joys of the body and senses, like those living on earth, but also allowed to enjoy such delights and joys of life, which, I am sure, no one has ever experienced in the whole world, which are higher and more refined than anything that can be imagined. and what to believe. Believe me, if I knew that tomorrow the Lord would call me to Himself, I would call the musicians today to once again experience true fun in this world. When he predicted his landlady the date of his death, he was so glad, I was going to a holiday, to some kind of fun."
Now let us contrast this attitude with the genuine Christian attitude towards death throughout the ages. Here we will see how destructive it is for the soul not to have discrimination in relation to spiritual experiences, to discard the precautions of Christian teaching!
5. Christian attitude towards death
Although the occult teaching about the afterlife leads far away from the true nature of things, it begins with an undoubted Christian truth: the death of the body is not the end of human life, but only the beginning of a new state of the human personality, which continues to exist separately from the body. Death, which was not created by God, but was brought into creation by the sin of Adam in Paradise, is the most amazing form in which man encounters the fall of his nature. The fate of a person in eternity largely depends on how he relates to his own death and prepares for it.
The true Christian attitude towards death contains elements of both fear and uncertainty, precisely the emotions that occultism wants to abolish. However, in the Christian attitude there is nothing of the low fear that those who die without hope of eternal life may experience; a Christian with a peaceful conscience approaches death calmly and, by the grace of God, even with a certain certainty. Let us look at the Christian death of several great saints of Egyptian ascetics of the 5th century.
“When the time came for the death of the Monk Agathon, he spent three days in deep attention to himself, not talking to anyone. The brethren asked him: “Abba Agathon, where are you?” – “I stand before the judgment of Christ,” he answered. The brethren said “Are you afraid, too, father?” He answered: “I tried according to my strength to keep the commandments of God, but I am a man, and how do I know whether my deeds were pleasing to God.” The brethren asked: “Are you not do you trust in your residence, which was in accordance with the will of God?" - "I can not hope," he answered, "because in the court of man and in the court of God." They wanted to ask him more, but he said to them: "Show me love, now don’t talk to me, because I’m not free.” And he died with joy. “We saw him having fun,” his disciples said, “as if he met and greeted dear friends” (Paterik Skitsky; see Bishop Ignatius, vol. 3, p. 107).
Even the great saints who die under the clear signs of God's mercy maintain sober humility in regard to their salvation. “When the time came for the great Sisoy to die, his face lit up and he said to the fathers who were sitting with him: “Here comes Abba Anthony.” After a few silences, he said: “Behold the prophetic face has come.” "And again his face became especially bright; he began to talk with someone. The elders begged him to tell with whom he was talking. He answered: "The angels have come to take me, but I beg them to leave me for a short time for repentance" The elders said to him: "Father, you do not need repentance." He answered them: "Truly, I do not know about myself whether I initiated repentance." And everyone knew that he was perfect. This is how a true Christian spoke and felt, despite who during his life raised the dead with a single word and was filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. And his face shone still more, shone like the sun. All were afraid. He said to them: "Look - the Lord has come and said: bring me a chosen vessel from desert." With these words, he breathed his last. lightning, and the temple was filled with fragrance" (Paterik of Skitsky; see Bishop Ignatius, vol. 3, p. 110).
How different is this deep and sober Christian attitude from the superficial attitude of some of today's non-Orthodox Christians, who think that they are already saved and will not even be judged like all people, and therefore should not be afraid of anything at death. Such a position, very widespread among modern Protestants, is in fact not far removed from the occult idea that death should not be feared, because there is no eternal torment; no doubt, though unintentionally, she helped create such an attitude. Blessed Theophylact of Bulgaria (XI century) in his Commentary on the Gospel wrote: “There are many who, seducing themselves with vain hopes, think of receiving the Kingdom of Heaven and, thinking highly of themselves, rank themselves among the elect ...” Many are called, then God calls many, or rather, all, but few are chosen, few are saved, worthy of being chosen by God.
The similarity between occult philosophy and the general Protestant view is perhaps the main reason why the attempts of some evangelical Protestants to criticize modern "post-mortem" experiences from the point of view of "biblical Christianity" have proved so unsuccessful. These critics themselves have lost so much of the traditional Christian teaching about the afterlife, the airy kingdom, the deeds and deceptions of demons, that their criticism is often vague and arbitrary, and their ability to distinguish in this area is no greater than that of secular researchers, which is why they are deceived " Christian" or "Biblical" experiences in the airy realm.
The real Christian attitude towards death is based on the recognition of the critical difference between this life and the next. Metropolitan Macarius (Bulgakov) of Moscow summed up the biblical and patristic teachings on this issue in the following words: “Death is the limit that limits the time of exploits for a person and the time of retribution begins, so that after death neither repentance nor correction of life is possible. This truth was expressed by Christ The Savior with His parable about the rich man and Lazarus, from which it is clear that both received their reward immediately after death, and the rich man, no matter how he suffered in hell, could not be freed from his sufferings through repentance "(Lk. XVI, 26).
Therefore, death is precisely the reality that awakens in a person the consciousness of the difference between this world and the world to come, inspires a life of repentance and purification, while we have precious time. When St. A certain brother asked Abba Dorotheus about himself, why did he fall into carelessness in his cell, the elder said to him: “Because you did not know either the expected peace or the future torment. yours was full of worms, so that you would have stood up to your very neck in them, you would have endured this without weakening" (Abba Dorotheos. Lesson 12: "On the fear of future torment").
In a similar way, already in modern times, St. Seraphim of Sarov taught: “If you knew what sweetness awaits the soul of the righteous in heaven, then you would decide in temporary life to endure sorrows, persecution and slander with thanksgiving. If this very cell of ours were full of worms and if these worms ate flesh our whole temporal life, then with every desire it would be necessary to agree to this, so as not to be deprived of that heavenly joy that God has prepared for those who love Him.
The fearlessness of Protestants, as well as of the occultists, in the face of death is a direct consequence of their ignorance of what awaits them in the future life and what can be done now to prepare for it. For this reason, true experiences or visions of the afterlife are shocking to the core and (if a person has not led a zealous Christian life) change
At some point in life, more often from a certain age, when relatives and friends pass away, a person tends to ask questions about death and a possible life after death. We have already written materials on this topic, and you can read the answers to some questions.
But it seems that the number of questions is only growing and we want to explore this topic a little deeper.
Life is eternal
In this article, we will not give arguments for and against the existence of life after death. We will proceed from the fact that life after the death of the body exists.
Over the past 50–70 years, tens of thousands of written testimonies and research results have been accumulated in medicine and psychology, which allow us to remove the veil from this mystery.
It is worth noting that, on the one hand, all recorded cases of experiencing a post-mortem experience or travel differ from each other. But, on the other hand, they all coincide in key points.
Such as
- death is simply a transition from one form of life to another;
- when consciousness leaves the body, it simply passes into other worlds and universes;
- the soul, freed from physical experiences, experiences extraordinary lightness, bliss and sharpening of all feelings;
- feeling of flight
- the spiritual worlds are saturated with light and love;
- in the posthumous world there is no time and space familiar to man;
- consciousness does not work the way it does during life in the body, everything is perceived and grasped almost instantly;
- the eternity of life is realized.
Life after death: recorded real cases and recorded facts
The number of recorded eyewitness accounts of out-of-body experiences to date is so great that a large encyclopedia could be made from them. Or maybe even a small library.
Perhaps the largest number of described cases about life after death can be found in the books of Michael Newton, Ian Stevenson, Raymond Moody, Robert Monroe and Edgar Cayce.
Several thousand transcribed audio recordings of regressive hypnosis sessions about the life of the soul between incarnations can only be found in the books of Michael Newton.
Michael Newton began using regressive hypnosis to treat his patients, especially those who were no longer able to be helped by conventional medicine and psychology.
At first, he was surprised to find that many serious problems in life, including the health of patients, had their causes in past lives.
After several decades of research, Newton not only developed a mechanism for treating complex physical and psychological traumas that originated in past incarnations, but also collected the largest amount of evidence to date for the existence of an afterlife.
Michael Newton's first book, Journeys of the Soul, was released in 1994, followed by several more books on life in the spirit worlds.
These books describe not only the mechanism of the transition of the soul from one life to another, but also how we choose our birth, our parents, relatives, friends, trials and circumstances of life.
In one of the prefaces to his book, Michael Newton wrote: “We are all waiting for the return home. There, where only pure, unconditional love, compassion and harmony exist side by side. You need to understand that you are currently in school, the school of Earth, and when the training is over, this loving harmony is waiting for you. It must be remembered that every experience that you have during your current life contributes to personal, spiritual growth. No matter when or how your training ends, you will return home to the unconditional love that is always available and waiting for all of us.”
But the main thing is not only that Newton collected the largest amount of detailed evidence, he also developed a tool that allows anyone who wants to get their own experience.
Today, regressive hypnosis is also present in Russia, and if you want to resolve your doubts about the existence of an immortal soul, now you have the opportunity to check it out for yourself.
To do this, it is enough to find on the Internet the contacts of a specialist in regressive hypnosis. However, do not be too lazy to read the reviews to avoid unpleasant disappointment.
Today, books are not the only source of information about life after death. Movies and series are made on this topic.
One of the most famous films on this subject, based on the true events of "Heaven is Real" 2014. The film was based on the book "Heaven is Real" by Todd Barpoe.
Shot from the film "Heaven is Real" A book about the story of a 4-year-old boy who survived a clinical death during an operation, went to heaven and returned back, written by his father.
This story is amazing in its details. Being out of the body, 4-year-old baby Kilton clearly saw what the doctors and his parents were doing. Which is exactly what is happening in reality.
Kilton describes the heavens and their inhabitants in great detail, although his heart stopped for only a few minutes. During his stay in heaven, the boy learns such details about the life of the family that, according to his father, he could not know, at least because of his age.
The child, during his out-of-body journey, saw dead relatives, angels, Jesus and even the Virgin Mary, apparently due to his Catholic upbringing. The boy watched the past and the near future.
The events described in the book forced Father Kilton to completely reconsider his views on life, death and what awaits us after death.
Interesting cases and evidence of eternal life
An interesting incident happened a few years ago with our compatriot Vladimir Efremov.
Vladimir Grigorievich had a spontaneous exit from the body due to cardiac arrest. In a word, Vladimir Grigorievich survived a clinical death in February 2014, about which he told his relatives and colleagues in all details.
And it seemed that you would think of another case confirming the existence of an afterlife. But the fact is that Vladimir Efremov is not just an ordinary person, not a psychic, but a scientist with an impeccable reputation in his circles.
And according to Vladimir Grigoryevich himself, before he had a chance to experience clinical death, he considered himself an atheist and perceived stories about the afterlife as a dope of religion. He devoted most of his professional life to the development of rocket systems and space engines.
Therefore, for Efremov himself, the experience of contact with the other world was very unexpected, but it largely changed his views on the nature of reality.
It is noteworthy that in his experience there is also light, serenity, extraordinary clarity of perception, a pipe (tunnel) and no sense of time and space.
But, since Vladimir Efremov is a scientist, designer of aircraft and spacecraft, he gives a very interesting description of the world in which his consciousness found himself. He explains it with physical and mathematical concepts, which are unusually far from religious ideas.
He notes that a person in the afterlife sees what he wants to see, which is why there are so many differences in the descriptions. Despite the former atheism, Vladimir Grigorievich noted that the presence of God was felt everywhere.
There was no visible form of God, but his presence was unmistakable. Later, Efremov even made a presentation on this topic to his colleagues. Listen to the eyewitness account.
Dalai Lama
One of the greatest proofs of eternal life is known to many, just few people have thought about it. The Nobel Peace Prize winner, the spiritual leader of Tibet, the Dalai Lama XIV, is the 14th incarnation of the consciousness (soul) of the Dalai Lama I.
But they started the tradition of reincarnation of the main spiritual leader, to preserve the purity of knowledge even earlier. In the Tibetan Kagyu lineage, the highest incarnate Lamu is called the Karmapa. And now the Karmapa is going through his 17th incarnation.
Based on the story of the death of Karmapa 16 and the search for a child in which he will be reborn, the famous film "Little Buddha" was shot.
In the traditions of Buddhism and Hinduism, in general, the practice of repeated incarnations is very widespread. But it is especially widely known in Tibetan Buddhism.
It is not only the Supreme Lamas who are reborn, such as the Dalai Lama or the Karmapa. After death, almost without interruption, their closest students come into a new human body, whose task is to recognize the Lama's soul in the child.
There is a whole ritual of recognition, including recognition among the many personal items from a previous incarnation. And everyone is free to decide for himself whether he believes or not in these stories.
But in the political life of the world, some tend to take it seriously.
Thus, the new reincarnation of the Dalai Lama is always recognized by the Pancha Lama, who in turn is also reborn after each death. It is the Pancha Lama who finally confirms that the child is the embodiment of the consciousness of the Dalai Lama.
And it so happened that the current Pancha Lama is still a child and lives in China. Moreover, he cannot leave this country, because the Chinese government needs him, so that without their participation it would not be possible to determine the new incarnation of the Dalai Lama.
Therefore, in the last few years, the spiritual leader of Tibet sometimes jokes and says that perhaps he will no longer incarnate or incarnate in a female body. Of course, one can object that these are Buddhists and they have such beliefs and this is not evidence. But it seems that the heads of some states perceive it differently.
Bali - "Island of the Gods"
Another interesting fact takes place in Indonesia, on the Hindu island of Bali. In Hinduism, the theory of reincarnation is key and the inhabitants of the island deeply believe in it. They believe so strongly that during the cremation of the body, the relatives of the deceased ask the gods to allow the soul, if it wants to be born again on earth, to be born again in Bali.
Which is quite understandable, the island justifies its name "Isle of the Gods". Moreover, if the family of the deceased is prosperous, she is asked to return to the family.
When a child reaches 3 years old, there is a tradition to take him to a special clergyman who has the ability to determine which soul has come into this body. And sometimes it turns out to be the soul of a great-grandmother, or an uncle. And the existence of the entire island, practically a small state, is determined by these beliefs.
The view of modern science on life after death
The views of science on death and life have changed a lot over the past 50-70 years, largely due to the development of quantum physics and biology. In recent decades, scientists have come closer than ever to unraveling what happens to consciousness after life leaves the body.
If 100 years ago science denied the existence of consciousness or soul, today it is already a generally accepted fact, as well as the fact that the experimenter's consciousness affects the results of the experiment.
So does the soul exist, and is Consciousness immortal from a scientific point of view? - Yes
Neuroscientist Christoph Koch said in April 2016 at a meeting of scientists with the Dalai Lama 14 that the latest theories in brain science consider consciousness as a property that is inherent in everything that exists.
Consciousness is inherent in everything and is present everywhere, just as gravity acts on all objects without exception.
The second life in our days has received the theory of "Panpsychism", - the theory of a single universal consciousness. This theory is present in Buddhism, in Greek philosophies and pagan traditions. But for the first time, Panpsychism is supported by science.
Giulio Tononi, the author of the well-known modern theory of consciousness "Integrated Information Theory" states the following: "consciousness exists in physical systems in the form of diverse and multilaterally interconnected fragments of information."
Christopher Koch and Giulio Tononi made a startling statement for modern science:
"Consciousness is a fundamental quality inherent in reality."
Based on this hypothesis, Koch and Tononi came up with a unit of measurement for consciousness and called it phi. Scientists have already developed a test that measures phi in the human brain.
A magnetic pulse is sent to the human brain and it is measured how the signal is reflected in the neurons of the brain.
The longer and clearer the reverberation of the brain in response to a magnetic stimulus, the more consciousness a person has.
Using this technique, you can determine what state a person is in, whether he is awake, sleeping, or under anesthesia.
This method of measuring consciousness has found wide use in medicine. The phi level helps to accurately determine whether the actual death has occurred or the patient is in a vegetative state.
The test helps to find out at what time consciousness begins to develop in the fetus and how clearly a person in a state of dementia or dementia is aware of himself.
Some evidence for the existence of the soul and its immortality
Here again we are faced with what can be considered proof of the existence of the soul. In court cases, the testimony of witnesses is evidence in favor of the innocence and guilt of suspects.
And for most of us, the stories of people, especially loved ones, who have experienced a post-mortem experience or the separation of the soul from the body will be evidence of the presence of the soul. However, it is not certain that scientists will accept this evidence as such.
Where is the point at which stories and myths become scientifically proven?
Moreover, today we already know that many of the inventions of the human mind that we use now were present only in fantastic works 200-300 years ago.
The simplest example of this is an airplane.
Evidence from psychiatrist Jim Tucker
So let's look at some of the cases described by psychiatrist Jim B. Tucker as evidence for the existence of the soul. Moreover, what can be a great proof of the immortality of the soul, if not reincarnation or the memory of one's past incarnations?
Like Ian Stevenson, Jim has been researching reincarnation for decades based on children's memories of past lives.
In his book Life Before Life: A Scientific Study of Childhood Past Life Memories, he provides an overview of more than 40 years of reincarnation research at the University of Virginia.
The research was based on children's accurate memories of their past incarnations.
The book, among other things, discusses birthmarks and birth defects that are present in children and correlate with the cause of death in a previous incarnation.
Jim began investigating this issue after he encountered a fairly frequent request from parents who claimed that their babies tell very consistent stories about their past lives.
Names, occupation, place of residence and circumstances of death are given. What a surprise it was when some of the stories were confirmed: houses were found in which children lived in their previous incarnations and graves where they were buried.
There were too many such cases to consider this a coincidence or a hoax. Moreover, in some cases, young children as young as 2-4 years of age already possessed the skills they claimed to have mastered in past lives. Here are some examples.
Baby Hunter incarnation
Hunter, a 2-year-old toddler, told his parents that he was a multiple golf champion. He lived in the United States of America in the mid-30s and his name was Bobby Jones. At the same time, in his two years, Hunter played golf well.
So good that he was allowed to study in the section, despite the existing age restrictions of 5 years. Not surprisingly, the parents decided to test their son. They printed out photographs of several golfers and asked the boy to identify himself.
Hunter pointed to the photo of Bobby Jones without hesitation. By the age of seven, memories of a past life began to blur, but the boy still plays golf and has already won several competitions.
James incarnation
Another example is about the boy James. He was about 2.5 years old when he spoke about his past life and how he died. At first, the child began to have nightmares about the plane crash.
But one day, James told his mother that he was a military pilot and died in a plane crash during the war with Japan. His plane was shot down near the island of Iota. The boy described in detail how the bomb hit the engine and the plane began to fall into the ocean.
He remembered that in a past life his name was James Huston, he grew up in Pennsylvania, and his father suffered from alcoholism.
The boy's father turned to the military archive, where it turned out that a pilot named James Huston really existed. He took part in the air operation off the islands of Japan during the Second World War. Houston died off the island of Iota, exactly as the child described.
Reincarnation researcher Ian Stevens
The books of another no less famous reincarnation researcher, Ian Stevens, contain about 3 thousand verified and confirmed childhood memories of past incarnations. Unfortunately, his books have not yet been translated into Russian, and so far are only available in English.
His first book was published in 1997 and was titled Stevenson's Reincarnation and Biology: Contributions to the Etiology of Birthmarks and Birth Defects.
Two hundred cases of birth defects or birthmarks in children that could not be explained medically or genetically were examined in the course of this book. At the same time, the children themselves explained their origin by events from past lives.
For example, there have been cases of children with abnormal or missing fingers. Children with such defects often remembered the circumstances under which these injuries were received, where and at what age. Many of the stories were corroborated by later found death certificates and even by living relatives.
There was a boy with moles, which in shape very much resembled the entrance and exit holes from a bullet wound. The boy himself claimed to have died from a gunshot to the head. He remembered his name and the house he lived in.
The deceased's sister was later found, confirming her brother's name and the fact that he had shot himself in the head.
All the thousands and thousands of such cases recorded to date are proof not only of the existence of the soul, but also of its immortality. Moreover, thanks to many years of research by Ian Stevenson, Jim B. Tucker, Michael Newton and others, we know that sometimes no more than 6 years can pass between soul incarnations.
In general, according to the research of Michael Newton, the soul itself chooses how soon and for what it wants to incarnate again.
Another proof of the existence of the soul came from the discovery of the atom.
The discovery of the atom and its structure led to the fact that scientists, especially quantum physicists, were forced to admit that at the quantum level, everything that exists in the universe, absolutely everything, is one.
An atom is 90 percent space (emptiness), which means that all living and non-living bodies, including the human body, consist of the same space.
It is noteworthy that more and more quantum physicists are now practicing Eastern meditation practices, as they believe they allow one to experience this fact of oneness.
John Hagelin, a famous quantum physicist and popularizer of science, in one of his interviews said that for all quantum physicists our unity at the subatomic level is a proven fact.
But if you want not only to know this, but to experience it for yourself, take up meditation, because it will help you find access to this space of peace and love, which is already present inside everyone, but is simply not realized.
You can call it God, soul or higher intelligence, the fact of its existence will not change in any way.
Is it possible for mediums, psychics and many creative personalities to connect to this space?
The opinion of religions about death
The opinion of all religions about death converges in one thing - with death in this world you are born in another. But the descriptions of the other worlds in the Bible, the Koran, Kabbalah, the Vedas and other religious books differ in accordance with the cultural characteristics of the countries where this or that religion was born.
But taking into account the hypothesis that the soul after death sees those worlds that it is inclined and wants to see, we can conclude that all differences in religious views on life after death are explained precisely by differences in faith and beliefs.
Spiritualism: communication with the departed
It seems that a person has always had a desire to communicate with the dead. Because throughout the existence of human culture, there were people who were able to communicate with the spirits of dead ancestors.
In the Middle Ages, shamans, priests and sorcerers did this, in our time people with such abilities are called mediums or psychics.
If you watch TV at least occasionally, you may have come across a television show that shows conversations with the spirits of the dead.
One of the most famous shows in which communication with the departed is the key topic is the “Battle of Psychics” on TNT.
It is difficult to say how real what the viewer sees on the screen. But one thing is certain, it's not hard to find someone to help you connect with a deceased loved one these days.
But when choosing a medium, you should take care of getting proven recommendations. At the same time, you can try to set up this connection yourself.
Yes, not everyone has psychic abilities, but many can develop them. It is not uncommon for communication with the dead to occur on its own, spontaneously.
This usually happens up to 40 days after death, until the time has come for the soul to fly away from the earthly plane. During this period, communication can occur on its own, especially if the deceased has something to tell you and you are emotionally open to such communication.
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Descriptions of the afterlife after clinical death have already become so frequent and mundane that few people really believe in them. In addition, scientists who study the work of the human brain at the time of departure prove that all post-mortem visions are nothing more than “residual hallucinations” (you can call it whatever you like, for example, a trick of the brain) of an already fading consciousness that clings to life by any means, “ inventing "heaven for himself (or even hell, if only not to" leave "). (website)
The famous American neurosurgeon, Harvard professor Eben Alexander, naturally, was among the skeptics who did not believe any of the stories of the returnees after.
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The most interesting thing, he writes today in his book “Proof of Paradise”, is that I, like most Americans, am a believer, but this does not prevent me, or, apparently, all other religious people, from living and not believing in some mythical afterlife.
As you rightly guessed, fate (or, most likely, higher powers) “played a joke” on Eben and his skepticism (it was not for nothing that the great Indian yogi Sri Aurobindo claimed that the Almighty is a great joker), once sending a doctor of science to the same clinical death - a journey into the afterlife.
And Alexander's soul ends up in an amazing place, which he calls paradise, because that world, according to all the sensations of a neurosurgeon, was so different from ours, and at the same time captivatingly beautiful and exciting, that it is difficult for him to find any other definition from the available earthly ones.
In that paradise, says Eben, he talked with an unfamiliar girl who literally radiated love. She said that here he has nothing to fear: he is loved, he is very valued and he simply cannot do anything wrong.
And then the neurosurgeon was shown truly spiritual things, about which he had not had the slightest idea before. But the most interesting thing is that after Eben returned from there, his biological parents (Alexander grew up in a foster family) sent him a photograph of his sister Betty, who died in 1998, about which he knew nothing - it was the face of a girl who met a scientist in paradise ...
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Eben did not understand then why he was so honored to see paradise while still alive, since that beautiful girl Betty immediately warned the scientist that he would have to return.
And Eben Alexander - returned, and to put it in an earthly way: he came out of a coma. After this out-of-body experience, the scientist decided to write the above-mentioned book.
Why? There is a simple explanation for this, he says. I have already written a lot of various scientific works, I don’t know if they have benefited humanity, but I think that a book about the afterlife of a neurosurgeon, Ph.D., teacher at Harvard will certainly bring it, because many will believe in my posthumous experience, in its veracity easier than in a similar experience of a simple layman. And to believe means to spiritually change for the better. Therefore, even if my book helps only a few readers in this, I will consider that I did not write it in vain ...
