In hell, where everything is seen in its own true light, the passing of time—or rather time passed assumes an awful significance, for truth and reality are upon us. It was time which, for us, also, included the largess of life—the manifold blessings shed abroad by the hand of God. Time is past now, and hope has fled. Ay, we ourselves are thrust out of it, never to enter again—time for us has vanished, leaving existence behind.
18 April 2026
In Hell?
Do we not know that love for us brought him to the cross?
Feel the power of the cross—think of it as a symbol.
When troubled, call its thought to mind and restore quiet. It seems marvellous, but it is natural after all, for do we not know that love for us brought him to the cross?
How to feel the power of the cross?
Feel the power of the Cross—think of it as a symbol.
When troubled, call its thought to mind and restore quiet. It seems marvellous, but it is natural after all, for do we not know that love for us brought him to the cross?
Is there life after death?
Conceive of an invisible plane of life, begin to conceive of a hereafter that is within the realm of Nature, a realm equally ruled by just laws of cause and effect.
What is soul life?
The soul life is the great consideration―the entire object of your sojourn on this planet is to develop and educate the soul that its vibrations may be constantly raised and constructed according to Divine Law.
As the mind moves―or vibrates, going out in the Universe in search of knowledge and experience, only those experiences are retained, which are imprinted upon the soul, and you reflect into objectivity those impressions because the soul's vibrations are radiated through the physical expression, and if the body, mind and the soul vibrate in harmony, the effect is construction and life.
―Spirit Ione
What is the authority of the law of cause and effect?
Pity that man also, and let the Law of Cause and Effect deal with him as it must, for there is no favouritism in that court and no appeal to a higher jurisdiction.—The Judge [War Letters]
How to overcome any difficulty?
There is a certain Karma, taking Karma to mean cause and effect, which in past incarnations we have set up and built into our character, and this naturally brings us in touch with certain conditions.
And because they are the result of such cause and effect, these conditions are very difficult to meet and conquer. For their cause is built into our nature, hence we should understand the true meaning of Karma—
That it is not only the cause of these conditions built into us, but also opportunities to gain the power to overcome their effects.
Therefore, it is very different from that which we call fate. For instance, suppose you had as Karma inherited a bad temper, and the effect of this temper would naturally be to bring you into many difficult conditions, yet in the very inheritance of this temper, there is the power to overcome the difficulty if we ask by the power of the Christ to find it.
—The Teacher
Does the spiritual world co-exist with the physical world?
The spiritual world co-exists with the physical world and the Universe. It is within and around and about, and intermingled with all physical matter.
Why is life more spiritual than physical?
Do not imagine that you live in the physical world.
You only inhabit this world, and that, in an imperfect way. All your senses fail you. You do not catch the sweetest melodies that are wafted to you on the wings of silence—melodies that come to you from each and every separate thing in Nature. Nor do you behold the beauties of Nature that are about you except imperfectly, and with the eye of the camera, the telescope, the microscope, the x-ray, and various other mechanical contrivances that have been suggested to you, and built for you by those who have followed the suggestions and advice of spiritual entities of the higher spiritual worlds and zones.
If you had the eye of a camera, you might enjoy the beautiful and the various designs of a snowflake or an ice crystal.
And if this eye had the power of the x-ray, you might see through many physical material solids, even as these are seen through by the x-ray, and by those spiritual entities who have attained to the spiritual world.
How does the human body appear to the spiritual perception?
The human body is composed largely of water and gases, of substances of which the different particles are widely separated, and so the human body and all physical bodies that contain life appear to the spiritual perception much as a phantom appears to us. That is, vaguely, indefinitely, not so clearly, as most physical material substances appear.
How do we receive things from God?
All things come to you by a slow awakening, by a transcending of yourself, an unfolding, a coming out of yourself into a knowledge of yourself and life.
And if you suddenly become conscious of some truth, it is not that the truth has come to you suddenly, but that you have suddenly become aware of its presence. Many truths that are plainly visible within the horizon of your present spiritual development are still unobserved by you, and any of these truths may suddenly be discovered by you or revealed to you by the invisible and spiritual life with which you are surrounded.
How do we receive things from God?
All things come to you by a slow awakening, by a transcending of yourself, an unfolding, a coming out of yourself into a knowledge of yourself and life.
What is an example of dark energy?
All haunts of an evil order make themselves manifest to us through the medium of darkness because darkness is more in harmony with their rate of spiritual vibration than is light.
What are the invisible things God created?
Everything that belongs to the spiritual world and that contains supernatural beauty lies concealed behind the invisible. And the invisible is the spiritual.
What is the spititual?
The spiritual is merely a continuation of the natural beyond the point where you have a sufficient acquaintance with it to fully understand. It is merely the natural after the natural has reached a vibratory refinement and development beyond that of the human and the visible.
What is heightened spiritual awareness?
Intense activity upon every plane of life, and especially on the spiritual plane, tends to harmony and produces a state of rest—or rather a state of ease that greatly resembles rest, and that is very soothing and elevating.
17 April 2026
What does the sun have to do with God?
God, angels, life, worlds—all were nothing to me—I was in eternity and endless death!
You are now in the spirit homes of earth's rich dead—
Here dwell the dives of earth in the splendours they loved, the wealth they adored and surrounded by the idols they made and worshipped.
Everywhere, myriads move around you and wander and feel in the realisation of the life for which they sold themselves, but none see the others—or you—
It is the condition of entrance to the spheres of self-love that the eye shall behold naught but self—realise no other existence. They toiled in earth life to attain this state—here they reap the harvest they have sown.
Why can the sun of heaven not penetrate these awful abodes?
And so it does. Here, as everywhere else, is heaven and light and sun, but where are the eyes that can behold it? If heaven be not within you, in vain you seek it elsewhere. If your eyes are ever turned in upon self, they are blind to all besides.
From the soul's centre goes forth the true light or darkness of the land of souls. The fatal truth—How hardly shall a rich man enter into the kingdom of heaven!
In the invisible world of which earth, sky, suns and systems are full are eternally pacing the unresting feet of the solitary worshippers of self in their hideous loneliness and their frightful penance for the gratification of their souls' idolatries!
What has your own soul to answer?
Brother, are you ready to stand alone and naked for judgment? The answer is breathlessly awaited.
Is it not madness?
This then is the misery of hell for me―
I am hungering after enjoyment, pure or impure, but there is no sense left to gratify―
Reality has vanished, the greed only remains. Is it not madness?
What is a matter of spiritual vibration?
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Death is as natural as birth―
Immediately after your transition, you are about
the same as you were before―
Life is continuous and progressive and you live and move and have your being according to Nature’s laws.
What does swallowed up by life mean?
Hallelujah, Hallelujah, for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth!
In the world of spirits, there are some truths that all must learn, elementary or basic facts, and then they are in freedom to choose that which they prefer.
The infinite is inexhaustible and the immortal always receptive.
Time and space pass away, and there is only the sense of infinite expression, as if all life is swallowed up in one sensation.
Are flowers good for the soul?
Flowers are mirrors of the soul—the reflection to the earth of the astral faces.
What is a transition stage between two great planes of life?
The person approaching the stage generally called death, which is merely a transition stage between two great planes of life experiences a gradual dulling of the physical senses.
What happens to the soul when it leaves the body?
What is the experience of the soul immediately after it leaves the body?
The average person imagines that the soul simply steps out from the body, and immediately enters into a new world of activity, a wonderland of strange and mysterious scenes. To many, there exists the hope of being met on the other shore by all the loved ones who have gone before—a great reunion. While there is something, which corresponds to this, there is also an entirely different condition to be experienced by the soul immediately after it passes out of the body. The person approaching the stage generally called death, which is merely a transition stage between two great planes of life experiences a gradual dulling of the physical senses. Sight, hearing and feeling grow dimmer and dimmer, and the life of the person seems as a flickering candle flame, gradually approaching utter extinction.
In many cases, this is the only phenomenon attending the approach of death.
But in many other cases, while the physical senses are growing dimmer, the psychical senses are growing wonderfully acute. It is a common occurrence, for dying persons to manifest consciousness of what is occurring in another room or another place.
Clairvoyance frequently accompanies the approach of death, in some cases being attended by clairaudience, the dying person being conscious of sights and sounds in distant places.
There are also many instances, recorded in the annals of the societies for psychical research, and far many more related in the privacy of family gatherings, in which the dying person has been able to so strongly project his personality, that friends and relatives at a distance have actually seen his form, and in some few cases have been able to converse with him.
A careful comparison of time shows that these apparitions in nearly every case have appeared before the actual death of the person, rather than after it.
There are, of course, cases in which a strong desire of the dying person has caused him to project his astral body into the presence of someone near to him immediately after death, but these cases are far rarer than those of which we have spoken above. In the majority of these cases, the phenomenon is caused by a process of thought-transference of such a higher power and degree that the visited person became impressed with the consciousness of the presence of the dying friend or relative even while the soul of the latter still remained in the body.
In many cases, also, the dying person becomes psychically conscious of nearness to loved ones who have passed on before.
This, however, does not necessarily mean that these persons are actually present on the scene. One must remember that the limitations of space are largely wiped out on the astral plane and that one may come into close rapport with the soul of another without there existing any near-space relationship. In other words, while the two souls may not be in what may be called a nearness in space, they may, nevertheless, enjoy the closest relationship in mind and spirit.
It is very difficult for one still in the flesh to realise this.
On the material plane, the laws of space govern. Telepathy gives us the key to the phenomena of the other side. Two persons in the flesh may experience the closest relationship by means of the communion of their mental principles and yet may be on opposite sides of the world. In the same way, two souls may enjoy the closest soul communion and communication without the question of space nearness coming into question.
As we have said, the dying person frequently enters into soul communion and communication with those already on the other side, and is greatly cheered thereby.
And this is a beautiful fact attending that which we call death—this fact that there really do occur that beautiful reunion of loved ones, of which good folk discourse so hopefully. But not in just the way these good folk usually imagine.
The dying person's astral body gradually disengages itself from its physical counterpart.
The astral body is an exact counterpart of the physical body, and during life, the two dwell together in the majority of cases. The astral body, however, leaves the physical body at the death of the latter and forms the covering of the soul for some time. It is really a form of material substance, of a degree, however, so fine that it escapes the tests, which reveal ordinary matter.
Toward the last, the astral body actually slips from the physical body and is connected with it only by a slender thread or cord of astral substance.
Finally, this thread snaps and the astral body floats away, inhabited by the soul, which has left the physical body behind it. But this astral body is no more the soul that was the physical body, which it has just left. Both physical and Astral bodies are merely temporary coverings for the soul itself.
The soul leaving the physical body (in the astral body) is plunged into a deep sleep or state of coma, resembling the condition of the unborn child for several months before birth.
It is being prepared for rebirth on the Astral plane and requires time to adjust itself to the new conditions and to gain the strength and vigour required for its new phase of existence.
Nature is full of these analogies—birth on the physical and on the Astral plane have many points of resemblance, and both are preceded by this period of coma.
During this sleeplike stage, the soul dwells in the Astral body, which serves as its covering and protection, just as the womb serves as the protection for the child approaching physical birth. Before passing on, however, we should stop to consider certain features of the life of the soul in this stage.
Ordinarily, the soul sleeps in peace, undisturbed by and protected from outward influences.
There are two things, however, which tend to create an exception in some cases, namely that which may be called the dreams of the sleeping soul. These dreams arise from two general classes of causes, viz—(1) intense desire, filling the mind of the dying person, such as love, hate—or unfulfilled tasks or duties—(2) the strong desires and thoughts of those left behind, providing such persons are in sufficiently close rapport with the departed soul by reason of love or other strong attachments. Either or both of these causes tend to produce a restlessness in the sleeping soul and have a tendency to attract the soul back to the scenes of earth either in a dreamy kind of telepathic communication—or else, in a few rare cases, by something approaching the state of somnambulism or sleepwalking of the physical life.
These conditions are regrettable, for they disturb the soul and defer its evolution and development in its new phase of existence.
A person passing from the material into the Astral plane in a peaceful state of mind is seldom disturbed in the Astral sleep by dreamlike states. Instead, he lives naturally through the coma state and then evolves easily into the new phase of existence, as naturally as the unfolding of the bud into the flower.
It is different with the individual whose mind is filled with strong desires, concerning earth life—or with strong remorse, hate—or great love and anxiety for those left behind.
In the latter case, the poor soul is often tormented by these earthly ties and its Astral sleep is rendered feverish and fretful. In such cases, there is often also an involuntary attempt made to communicate with—or to appear to persons still on the material plane. In extreme cases, there may even ensue the state, resembling earthly somnambulism or sleepwalking, and the poor sleeping soul may even visit its former scenes.
In such cases, when the apparition is visible to men, it will be noted that there is a half-awake manner and air about the apparition—something lacking that was present in earth life.
The history of ghosts bears out this statement and the explanation just given is the only one, which really throws light on the subject. In time, however, these poor earthbound souls become tired and finally sink into the blessed sleep, which is their just lot.
In the same way, the strong desires of those left behind often serve to establish a rapport condition between such persons and the departed soul, causing it to become restless and uneasy.
Many a well-meaning person has acted so as to retard the natural processes of the Astral plane in relation to some loved one who has passed away and has denied to the tired soul that rest, which it has merited.
What happens when the soul leaves the body?
Departed souls are still the same people, undergoing further training for union with God on another plane and with still much to overcome that would drag them back.
How did you feel when your spirit left the body?
How did you feel when your spirit left the body?Great!
No pain?No.—Clifford in Spirit
What is the private profit idea?
The private profit idea is the most damaging contrast between this plane and yours.—Richard Mansfield in Spirit
Skepticism or unbelief?
To the sceptical and unbelieving mind, the idea of departed spirits, loving to visit those haunts and places, for which they conceived an attachment in their earth life may appear absurd!
But do you think that that love can change upon the mere dissolution of the external form or the separation of the soul from it?
Is it not rational to believe that the loves born into the spirit amid the changing vicissitudes of the earth-being remain an inherent principle of its nature, even after its passage from sublunary to spiritual things?
Does it follow that because the immortal dissolves its connection with the corporeal, its earthly loves and affections become modified or annihilated by the transformation?
Rather, would it not be reasonable to suppose that they would become more intensified and refined by association with celestial intelligences and attract the spirit back to the haunts of former delights and enjoyments? We are mistaken if we think that the loves born in the soul amid the scenes of strife grow motionless or cold as it unfolds to spirit life.
What is the Kingdom of God?
Mind! Ethereal Mind! Progress demands advance of the mind and casts the responsibility upon each individual to rear a standard emblematical of Christ's teachings when he says the kingdom of heaven is within you, meaning the calling out of all the faculties of the mind, comprising the tree of knowledge, wisdom and love blended and centred in our own being. This is possessed within the strength of intellect.
What is humility in the Kingdom of God?
Humility is one of the first essentials of citizenship in the Kingdom of Light.
What is the path to the kingdom of God?
The pathway is love―Love leads to a true understanding of God and His Kingdom.
What are the tools of the Holy Spirit?
There is but one worship—
The soul's deep sense of need and gratitude, the conscious communion with the Father in spirit and in truth. Words, symbols, music are the spirit's tools, essential and useful only as they serve to build the soul more stately mansions.
Does the Bible say not to call anyone father?
The Light of Reason and Common Sense is implanted in every human soul, and enables us to judge and discern things for ourselves, calling no man master in this important sense.—Joshua, the Son of Nun (in Spirit)
Can you be a good person with bad morals?
What is the relation between moral and spiritual development?
There is a distinction in degree, not in kind—what the moral is to the material life, the spiritual is to the inner life.
Can one be morally bad and spiritually good?
No, that is in a manner impossible, for you must possess your lower nature before you can hope to possess your higher.
As the greater must contain the less. First that which is natural after that which is spiritual.—Insight in Spirit
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