COMMENTARY: RELIGIONS AND THE
AFTERLIFE
Christianity (including Catholicism, Protestantism and
Eastern Orthodox versions) Judaism, Islam, Hinduism,
Buddhism and Spiritualism all accept that there is an
afterlife. But there are variations in what they believe
happens immediately after we cross over.
The
focus of Spiritualism is to provide evidence of
what happens when we die. Scientifically proven
spirit communications tell us that on crossing over
we go to a place which is compatible with our vibrational
level. Reasonable people who were unselfish and helped
others will continue their lives in the beautiful
Summerland.
This is not 'heaven' in the strictest sense but a very
earthlike prelude to it. Those who were cruel, systematically
selfish and violent are likely to go to the darker,
colder, lower
Astral level. This is not the traditional "hell"
but is an outward reflection of the unconscious minds
of the people on this vibrational level. They (like
us) can raise their spirituality by accepting the help
that is constantly available, by forgiving others (and
most importantly forgiving themselves) and by helping
others.
DR. JEFFREY LONG ON NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCES Near Death
Experience testimony from six people who tell their stories
of the afterlife. Excellent short documentary.
QUANTUM PHYSICS Professor
Fred Alan Wolf
writes: "There is evidence that suggests the existence
of a non-material, non-physical universe that has a
reality even though it might not as yet be clearly perceptible
to our senses and scientific instrumentation. When we
consider out-of-body experiences, shamanic journeys
and lucid dream states, though they cannot be replicated
in the true scientific sense, they also point to the
existence of non-material dimensions of reality."
(1998:245)
"I WON'T BELIEVE IT TILL
I SEE IT - BUT IF I SEE IT I STILL WON'T BELIEVE IT'
I
constantly come across skeptics who think like this.
What makes it hard for them is that their own mindset
prevents them from getting the evidence that they say
they need. We know that when open-minded scientist Dr.
Marilyn Schlitz conducted an experiment on psychic phenomena
in the United States she got very significant results.
When closed-minded psychologist R. Wiseman (U.K) did
exactly the same experiment using the same procedure
on the same subjects he got negative results. This is
now known as 'The
Experimenter Effect'. One
day, these closed-minded skeptics will experience an
'awakening' to make them understand why they were wrong.
SKEPTIC
CONVINCED BY EVIDENTIAL MEDIUMS
Novelist JANE MERRILL FORREST comes across as a very grounded
and rational person. When she started experiencing objects
being moved in her house she began to investigate all
possibilities. This eventually led her to several English
mediums whom she initially treated with caution. Eventually
she received wonderful evidence of survival from her brother
and her father. Read
full story.
CELEBRITY PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE
Meryl Streep, many time
academy award winner,
is convinced her old Connecticut property is haunted
after hearing mysterious noises when she was home alone.
She says, “Everybody was down at the pool…
and I was gathering all the stuff. We were doing some
work on the house and we were living in the guest house
and I was downstairs sitting at a desk and I heard what
sounded like a grand piano fall… in the room above
my head ... there was nothing on the roof ....”
And she was spooked again a few years later when her
sculptor husband invited some clients from Japan to
stay in the guest house. She recalls, “They had
taken the 22-hour flight and had dinner and fallen asleep…
They were so tired… We put them all in the house
and the next morning (husband) Don went up to collect
them… and there they all were in the living room,
dressed, wide awake… They said, ‘Spirit,
spirit!' ".
QUESTION: ARE GHOSTS EVIDENCE OF THE AFTERLIFE?
We do know that spirits are able to make contact after
death (see
After-death contacts). But there is less agreement
about the nature of 'ghosts' that haunt scenes of tragedy,
like castles, graveyards and battle-fields. Many parapsychologists
consider them to be some kind of "recording"
of a past event. These recordings play back, over and
over in a kind of loop -- always the same, like a film
or video. They are not spirits capable of interacting
with the living. It is not known how these recordings
are made, but they are often associated with a traumatic
or strongly emotional event. The story below of Harry
Martindale and the Roman Ghosts is one of the best authenticated
of this type.
HOW TO HELP SOMEONE WHO HAS DIED
Artist
and illustrator Jurgen
Ziewe has been having out-of-body experiences for
nearly forty years. In this extract he explains what
happens when someone who is in
a dark environment in the afterlife receives
loving energy.
"Their
environment will light up, a little at first, and they
will feel a comforting energy surrounding them...They
may find themselves now surrounded by lush green, there
will be flowers reacting to your energy and opening
and blossoming as their spirits are lifted. Slowly but
surely, with your continuing help, they will come to
realise that they have woken from a bad dream.."
Read
Jurgen's full description.
SOME OF THE SCIENTISTS AND INVESTIGATORS WHO
ACCEPTED THE AFTERLIFE AFTER THEY INVESTIGATED
(Part 2) (in response to a skeptic just recently who
stated there are no scientists who accept the paranormal
and the afterlife). Dr. Raymond Moody (above),
Dr. Melvin Morse, Dr. Gardner Murphy, Frederic W. H.
Myers, Dr. Morris Netherton,
Professor William R. Newbold, Dr. Karlis Osis, Ron Pearson,
Dr. Hal Puthoff, Dr. Dean Radin, Peter Ramster, Edward
C. Randall, Dr. Konstantine Raudive (left), Drs. J.B.
and Louisa Rhine, Scott Rogo, Professor Charles Richet,
Dr.
Kenneth Ring (left) Dr. Barbara R. Rommer, Aubrey Rose,
Professor Archie Roy, Dr. Michael Sabom, Dr. Hans Schaer,
Professor Marylyn Schlitz, Baron (Dr.) Albert Von Schrenck-Notzing,
Dr. Bernie Siegel, Professor Ernst Senkowski (below),
Dr. Rupert
Sheldrake, Judge Dean Shuart, Dr. Ian Stevenson, Dr.
Claude Swanson, Emmanuel Swedenborg, Governor Nathaniel
P. Tallmadge, Professor Russell Targ, Professor Charles
Tart, The Rev. Charles Drayton Thomas, Professor Jessica
Utts (below), Dr. Pim Van Lommel, Dr. Jan W. Vandersande,
Dr. Alexander von Boutlerow, Professor
Wadhams, Prof. Alfred Russell Wallace, Dr. Helen Wambach,
Dr. Brian Weiss, Dr. Carl Wickland, Dr. Carla Wills-Brandon,
Professor Fred Alan Wolf.
DR. ROBERT CROOKALL, GEOLOGIST AND AFTERLIFE SCIENTIST
In the 1950s, well before the Internet, Robert Crookall
searched the world for accounts of out-of-body experiences
including what we now call near-death experiences.
At the same time he collected hundreds of accounts from
mediums on what people said happened to them immediately
after death. His sources including books from many cultures,
in many languages and some which went back several centuries.
Astonishingly, what he demonstrates is that all the
descriptions match, regardless of culture, language,
or time period. The only explanations are: (1) there
has been a worldwide conspiracy by thousands of mediums
the world over going back many centuries, if not millennia,
to always make sure they create the same experience,
or (2), the experiences reported in the many books quoted
really took place. Read
more about his books.
DIRECTLY FROM THE AFTERLIFE BY HIGHLY
CREDIBLE AFTERLIFE TEACHER
"I have said that my mind was alert. That is an
understatement. I discovered that my mind was a veritable
storehouse of facts concerning my earthly life. Every
act I had performed, and every word that I had uttered,
every impression I had received; every fact that I had
read about, and every incident I had witnessed, all
these, I found, were indelibly registered in my subconscious
mind. And that is common to every spirit person who
has had an incarnate life." Hugh Benson through
medium Anthony Borgia.
THE JAMES LINEGAR REINCARNATION CASE
TITLES IN THE SPIRIT LIFE? "Over
here there
are no religious titles. There are no kings, no queens,
and no nobility. Here we are only noble of the spirit,
noble of the soul. Here we are all one in spiritual
truth and realization. Here there are no barriers between
people. In less advanced spheres, many who had ruled
or held high position on earth delight in retaining
their earthly titles, and many others find reflected
glory and importance in paying homage to them. In such
spheres there usually are barriers between people. On
earth, it is those in power and authority who confer
titles on rank and file. In the higher spirit realms,
the reverse is true. It is the rank and file that confers
titles, bestowing them on those they look up to, those
they love and esteem for their wisdom and spirituality
and nobility of purpose or achievements."
Living in the Spirit World, from SPIRITUAL
LIGHT; Universal Teachings form the Highest Spirit Realms.
QUESTION: Does one have to be spiritually
advanced to be a psychic or a medium? G. Bayliss
Victor: First,
just because a person is psychic
or in a medium it does not
mean that he or she is necessarily spiritually advanced.
Some of them would be, but not all. I have been fortunate
to know some incredibly dedicated and spiritual psychic
mediums who show they are spiritually evolved. They
show kindness, compassion, gentleness, lack of ego and
a sincere desire to help and heal others. I have also
come across some medium-psychics who did not seem spiritually
advanced at all. For their true gifts to continue to
develop, it is the ideal situation for any psychic or
medium to focus on their spiritual development - because
their gifts would certainly become stronger.
NASA PHYSICIST TOM CAMPBELL TALKS TO SPIRITUAL HEALERS
Out of body experiencer and
author of My Big
T.O.E. Tom explains why some illnesses should not
be healed.
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With another 3 distinguished
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31st May 2016 at 6pm. You are most welcome to attend.
Entrance by donation. Other speakers: Senior attorney Martin Hadley, Treasurer
for Australian Skeptics (above right); Professor
Garry Trompf (Sydney
University-
right) and (Prof.)
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1) Hi Victor & Wendy, That was a
super Friday Afterlife Report last week April 29th ‘16.
One of your best in my opinion!
The new film CALLING EARTH must be publicised and shown
around the world in the media and made available for
millions to see on TV.
ITC will, I am sure be the major breakthrough for communication
between the worlds. Scientists and researchers are no
doubt working flat out on both sides to achieve this,
IMO. It is the answer for getting the best evidence
and the facts of the afterlife out to the masses.
I have placed your Report and the Calling Earth film
in my favourites for quick reference.
Well done in getting all this valuable information together
- 5 Stars from me! James Webster
2) Thank you for the inspirational and
informative newsletter and books ! Certainly you help
many people. Me included. Jerry
3) I got chills watching the ending of
Dan Drasin's movie Calling Earth. All the items are
fascinating and I love the music at the end of your
reports. It always leaves me positive and upbeat. What
an exciting time we are living in. Lara
THERE IS MAGIC IN THIS MUSIC An
old favourite that brings back memories: Maria Elena
by Los Indios Tabajaras and guitarist Nato Lima.
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