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But death is nothing to be feared. While it is true that each of us at the present is in a physical body, and each in our own way are on a spritual quest, in reality in a much larger sense, we are really spiritual beings having a physical experience. The human body is a marvelous thing. Its design and engineering is far in advance of anything that we humans with all of our learning and sophistication and technology could even attempt. Damage the body and it will repair itself. Cut your hand and the wound will heal. Our bodies are self repairing. Yet, as time goes by, we slowly loose some of our abilities to self repair, and our bodies age. Eventually, our bodies wear out or are damaged beyond their ability to repair themselves. When this happens, we cast them aside just as we would cast aside a worn out suit of clothing. And just as we cast aside worn out clothing in favor of new clothing, so we cast aside our mortal bodies in favor of our immortal spiritual bodies. So what is death? Death is when that immortal part of us, that awareness, that thinking, feeling part of us which is really the real us, departs from the physical body and severs most of its links with the physical body. When the living part of us ceases to activate the physical body. So what happens after the phenomena that we refer to as death? Well, the physical body starts to break down, and return its elements to the mother Earth to be reused. But that is not really the part that we are interested in, is it? What we are really interested in is what happens to the spirit or soul. And what happens here depends upon the individual. In the following paragraphs I will describe briefly what happens to different types of individuals. And remember that the first paragraphs will be describing minorities. The majority of souls will follow the description outlined in the final paragraph. SUDDEN, UNEXPECTED DEATH: This is usually a case where a young person has rightfully believed that they had a long time ahead of them to prepare for death, but it has come upon them very suddenly and without warning. Often either as an accident or murder. These poor souls often do not even realize that they are dead. They only know that suddenly, everyone is totally ignoring them. And to top it off, they suddenly find that they can't even interact with physical objects that they had always been able to in the past. For instance, they can no longer pick up a fork or a ball or turn a door knob. In time they learn that it is not necessary to turn a door knob when they can simply move through the closed door as if it were not there. Basically, these are confused souls. They are not of the physical plane but have remained at that energy level. In time, some of them, if they remain at the physical plane long enough do learn to effect physical objects. Still, they are confused, and need to move on to their proper place. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: These are usually souls that feel that they can not leave until they have accomplished something. This something may be revenge upon someone who themselves are dead. But these confused souls do not realize that the objects of their anger are no longer around. I have met some of these poor souls and they often do not realize just how many years have passed since their own deaths. So they remain on the Earth plane, seeking to finish something that is impossible for them to do. AFRAID TO MOVE ON: These are souls that have died and fear that they have been too evil during their lifetime and that if they move on that they will be faced with eternal damnation. And in truth, some of them are pretty bad dudes. While it is true that they will have to pay for any evil that they have done, that payment does not include burning in eternal hellfire. DIDN'T SEE THE PEARLY GATES: This is probably one of the saddest of all. Let me give you an actual example of this type of soul. About thirty years ago, I ran into the spirit of a woman that had died over a hundred years earlier. All of her life she had heard ministers telling about how, if they were good, when they died they would see St. Peter at the Pearly Gates and see the streets of heaven paved with gold. When she died, she didn't see any Pearly Gates, no St. Peter and no golden streets. So she thought that she had simply not been good enough in life to go to heaven. So she had been wandering the earth plane for over a hundred years. I talked with her for a long time. I explained to her that she needed to seek out the light. Well, she looked around and decided that I had the brightest light that she could see, so she would stay with me. It took some fast talking, but I finally got across to her that I was not the light that she needed to seek, rather that she needed to seek the light that would surround her and be everywhere that she looked. I finally got her to a point of acceptance that her Spirit Guides from her last lifetime could come to her and lead her away and into the light. These are just four types of problems that can keep someone bound to the earth plane. There are many others. For instance the pining and longing and grief of those left behind can keep some of them from moving on. Now let us examine what happens to the vast majority of souls when they die. NORMAL: For most people, when they detach from their bodies, they may hover about for a short time, observing. Then they will notice a light and will feel a "pulling sensation" toward that light. As they move toward the light they may find themselves in a sort of tunnel leading toward the light. Some do not experience the tunnel but move directly toward the light. Others will be met by a loved one who has gone ahead and be escorted to the light. And when they enter the light, loved ones who have gone ahead (and are not yet reincarnated) will greet them. They generally go through a period of rest and then will examine what they have accomplished or failed to accomplish in the lifetime that they have just finished. Often they will receive the help of an older soul who is acting as a Guide (not a Spirit Guide) to them in their soul growth. Then they can return to the group of souls that they have been working with until they again feel the need or urging to incarnate again.
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