Is each entry into a new sphere or state marked by a change analogous to death?

Is each entry into a new sphere or state marked by a change analogous to death?

There is a gradual sublimation or refinement of the spirit-body, until by degrees all gross elements are purged away. The higher the sphere the more refined and ethereal the body. The change is not so material as death, for there is no corporeal envelope to lay aside but it is analogous to it in that it is a process of development, the entry of the spirit into a higher state of existence.

A Laser Beam Towards the Milky Way's Centre – ESO / Y. Beletsky

Judgment is ceaseless

Judgment is ceaseless, for the soul is ever fitting itself for its change.

In each stage of probation the spirit builds up character by its constant acts, which fits it for a certain position. To that position it goes of necessity, without judgment. Sentence results at once – the soul is the arbiter of its own destiny; its own judge. This is so in all cases of progress or retrogression.

View of the city of Sliven and the eastern Upper Thracian Plain from southern Balkan Mountains – Evgeni Dinev (CC-by-SA-3.0)

God's Revelation is correlative with man's spiritual development

God's Revelation is correlative with our spiritual development and He is revealed in proportion to our capacity.

Individual tomb on the Ruhestätte of the Saadier dynasty (1549–1664) in the city of Marrakesh, Morocco – Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be – (CC-by-SA-3.0)

God-like life

See His image all around, consecrate every act to His service, keep a pure mind, spirit and body. Consecrate to Him and Him alone.

Restless Flycatcher (Scissor Grinder) – Fir0002 (flagstaffotos.com.au) (CC-by-NC)

One Only God

One Only God.

Self portrait of Tracy Caldwell Dyson in the Cupola module of the International Space Station observing the Earth below during Expedition 24 – NASA/Tracy Caldwell Dyson

God cannot be the Author of contradictions

God cannot be the Author of contradictions, nor can He have said at one time what He contradicts at another.

Swallow drinking while flying over a swimming pool – Nicolas Sanchez (CC-by-SA-3.0)

Be of good cheer

Be of good cheer –  

The Truth shall make you free, and you shall be free indeed.

Flower of cultivated Oxalis tetraphylla (Iron Cross) – Bff (CC-by-SA-3.0)

The outcome of spirit-teaching acts through us

Higher intelligences have always guided and influenced us. Learn to receive the impressions which spirit-guidance conveys to the mind. 

Lotus (Chanticleer Garden) – (c) 2007 Derek Ramsey (CC-by-SA-2.5)

Only wait and watch

The morning light is stronger and clearer than the twilight that has preceded it. Only wait and watch. Be ready to catch the inspiration lest it fail and pass away and you turn again to sleep and the opportunity is lost.

 

Reflection of the Eiffel tower in a water puddle – Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be (CC-by-SA-3.0)

Destruction prior to construction

See by degrees that the past is valuable principally for the light which it sheds on the present and the glimpses which it gives you of the future.

Nishi tribesman wearing the traditional head-dress – Doniv79 (CC-by-SA-2.5)

You know that no such God exists

A translation awaits each good and true living soul but not of our human flesh and bones. Our glorified spirit will rise from the dead and worn-out shroud of flesh that has served its purpose, to a brighter life than we have pictured, in a brighter heaven than any human seer has ever imaged.

Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves during STS-114 mission – NASA

Spirit alone can enter into spirit life

Spirit alone can enter into spirit life.

Flower and bud of yellow chamomile – Joaquim Alves Gaspar (CC-by-SA-3.0)

All That Is, I AM

All That Is, I AM

Primrose – André Karwath (CC-by-SA-2.5)

Moderation in all things!

Moderation in all things!

Mount Tavurvur in Papua New Guinea – Taro Taylor (CC-by-2.0)

Father, not my will but Thine be done

Father, not my will but Thine be done.

Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, 3 June 1902. This is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting – M. G. Loppé – Historic NWS Collection

Deeds, habits, tempers and character decide the spirit's condition

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We do not ask what one has believed but what he has done

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The mighty engine of prayer

The mighty engine of prayer fosters communion with spirits – holy, pure and good – who are ready to stand by and assist us.  Praise attunes the soul to God and prayer moves the spirit agencies ever ready to our service. 

Atacama dry lake and Licancabur volcano (Chile) – Francesco Mocellin (CC-by-SA-3.0)

We are apt to lose sight that in progress our spirit finds its truest happiness

The true attitude of the spirit is one of striving earnestly in the hope of reaching a higher position than that which it has attained. In perpetually progressing it finds its truest happiness. And this applies not only to the fragment of existence which we call life but to the totality of being.

Jimmie W. Monteith Junior Gravemarker

There is no finality – none, none, none!

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