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Word Gems exploring self-realization, sacred personhood, and full humanity
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After nearly 25 years of construction, and almost 60 years of research, Word Gems is a kind of small library now. This was not my original intention, but it just sort of grew into that. It's where I collect my gold-nugget findings. There are 2000 documents on the site; if printed, 10,000 pages might ensue. Where to start, how to negotiate, this labyrinth? To begin, a most salient feature, Word Gems acknowledges the validity of "the scientific evidence for the afterlife." Twenty Nobel laureates - physics, chemistry, medicine - have critically examined this afterlife evidence and have accepted its reality. See a list on the "afterlife" page. This research data supports the larger metaparadigm that consciousness, not matter, constitutes the undergirding of reality. Many of the early quantum-mechanics fathers, arguably, the greatest scientists of history, affirmed this tenet. homepage: 100+ topic link-icons You will find this list of icons near the top of the homepage – from “Afterlife” to “Zen.” Virtually all 100+ are constructed with the same layout and format. Click on any topic-icon, and it will open to: (1) an introductory page with many quotations from a wide assortment of thinkers (not all of whom I agree with). Near the top of this page, typically, one will find link-icons to an “Editor’s Report” or “Editor’s 1-Minute Essay” on the subject under review. However, in a small minority of cases, (2) the introductory page will immedately access a primary article with no bank of general quotations. homepage: site search and index These two “search boxes,” located just after the 100+ topics, are valuable resources. For example, if you’d like to know if a subject or phrase is addressed in the Word Gems library, this search function will scan all of the documents and provide a report. Further, the “index” box offers an alphabetical listing of every word on the site. homepage: short essays and links to favorite items Beneath the five books (featured with cover-artwork), to the bottom of the homepage, you’ll discover several featurettes. I would encourage you not to overlook these quick-read items as they represent, in my opinion, some of the best material on Word Gems; for example, the “What We Stay Alive For” writing.
the central theme of Word Gems It’s on the masthead of every page: “exploring self-realization, sacred personhood, and full humanity.” One of my books focuses specifically on how to access the "hidden riches" within: However, "exploring sacred personhood" is investigated and presented, in the main, via an emphasis on “the scientific evidence for the afterlife.” For example, the vast majority of the 100+ topic-icons are addressed in terms of how they relate to the afterlife information. This is so because, as with true love, the knowledge and reality of the next world changes everything. With this in view, I might mention that, within the very large body of data concerning the afterlife, I've adopted a certain topic for special investigation: authentic romantic love, its nature and purpose, how it plays out on the other side. Many articles and four books speak to this vital subject: which among the 100+ to read first The “Afterlife” icon is probably an easy choice for first perusal. There, I’ve listed 70+ points of evidence; I could have listed many hundreds but have included only what I feel to be the most significant. After reading the “Afterlife” page, try one of my favorite writings – accessed by the “Summerland” icon. On that page, be sure to also read the “1-minute report” for this. It’s a collection of really wonderful information about daily life in our home-world. While the scientific evidence for the afterlife takes the spotlight on Word Gems, several other topics are also very important in terms of errant information which, for many, will need to be "unlearned." Where it's appropriate, I've posted the following inset box highlighting primary subjects for remediation:
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Afterlife: 10 Things You Need to Know upon Arrival 500 tape-recorded messages from the other side
why inform yourself about the afterlife and what comes next Much could be said here, and I’ve already said it in many articles; but, essentially, the more you know about where you’re going and what will happen when you leave this world, the more confident, the less afraid, you’ll be. Actually, the necessity for information here is a little more intense. Testimonies from the other side inform us that 75% of those crossing over will spend at least a short time in a dark place. However, let us not be troubled. If this should happen to any of us, not to worry, we can leave the same day. Education, not punishment, is the operative dynamic -- see Sensibility: 1-Minute. We are encouraged to avoid the hubristic self-delusion of “I’ll live one life at a time and deal with that later.” This becomes a formula for failure, and worse. there is always only one life, one eternal life, and it begins this moment If one were planning a first trip to Paris, it would be wise to inform oneself beforehand. And we invest a minimum of 12 years of schooling before embarking upon the adult phase of life, a mere temporary life soon fleeing from us, but then, for many, cavalierly presuming to enter our permanent home-world, an eternal world, without so much as a hip-pocket travel brochure. This kind of purposeful ignorance causes many to stumble upon the shores of what-comes-next in a confused and fearful state of mind, which, for some, could last a very long time until one finds one's bearings. For almost all of us, it’s not what you think over there, it’s not what you were told.
surprising to many, the Church has no say over there Eventually, or immediately, upon transition, we will find ourselves living in the "real world", Summerland - a humanistic, educationally-progressive, personal-freedom focused, not a religious but spiritual, social order. The Church, nor any ecclesiastical unit, has absolutely no say over there; moreover, there is no in-your-face or visible governmental or political structure of any kind, as each individual is free to pursue his or her own educational development, particular path, and privately-defined happiness. a society built around the individual, not the group Summerland civilization, unlike that of the Earth, is not built around power-structures of the group, the collective, the institution, nor society at-large, but, instead, emphasizes the sacred individual, the growth potentialities, the unique definitions of dreams-come-true, of each person. God has no favorite kids In Summerland, the interests of the individual are never sacrificed for the collective; gone is the "national security" state. Each person is the center of God's undivided affection; each person becomes the veritable locus of the universe's life and purpose -- no one is left out, marginalized, or disenfranchised. God has no favorite kids, there are no second-class citizens -- and all inequities and injustices of the Earth-mission will be swallowed up and transformed into an unyielding fairness, even-handedness, and total impartiality. 2.0 software upgrade It's a solid world there, its inhabitants enjoying solid bodies, walking on solid ground, living in solid houses. No wispy ethereal existence. Whatever good thing you want, you can have it over there. Further, it's said that our lives in the home-world will be "more real", even, "more physical", because our sensibilities will be greatly enhanced; the result of which, we will see and hear much more, powers of touch, smell, and taste will be vastly augmented by powers of ten. This means that our ability to enjoy, and delight in, the Summerland environment, and our own lives, will be super-charged. Which one is the 'real' world and the 'real' life? It can get a little confusing. Moreover, the next world is "more real" and solid also in the sense that everything over there is permanent, never decays, always in a brand-new condition, never fades away (unless we want to replace an item with something else). It is the Earth-world that is "passing away," runs down, falls into disrepair, where there is loss and sorrow from losing what we love. This never, ever happens over there. Summerland is a perfected counterpart of the Earth, the upgraded 2.0 software version (the graphics are awesome, as the kids say), the original blueprint and mould, containing all good things of the Earth-plane, plus many enthrallments unknown on our planet. don't worry, you haven't lost out, you've not had your real first chance at happiness yet Again, to emphasize, there is no good thing here on the Earth which is not available in "the real world" - that's why they call it the real world. What we have here is just the echo, the mere tarnished image, the pale black-and-white, the disposable practice turn that "didn't count," the kindergarten play with paper hats, the walk-through mock fire-drill. People worry, "if I don't get to experience or have such-and-such during this life, then I'll never find my heart's desire." Absolutely and totally not true. We haven't even gotten onto the varsity playing field yet. We haven't even started.
In Summerland we'll find birds in trees and flowers in gardens, all of nature in exquisite harmony and proportion, a grand symphonic mutualism, a perfect balance and order of symbiotic ecosystems;
there are universities and small farms, hide-away cottages and palatial mansions; concerts and theatrical productions; white-sand beaches for lollygagging and mountain trails for hiking; music conservatories, schools and colleges of every kind; and, available to any willing student, a personal mentorship by the great musicians, artists, scientists, writers, poets, engineers, mathematicians, and philosophers - and for those who missed out on education during the Earth mission, one can begin with first-grade material and work up to PhD level and beyond; libraries and museums; houseboats and painted-desert retreats - and if you want a luxury tree-house atop a rain-forest's canopy, you can have that, too, even if you use it only a few times a year;
public annual jubilee-festivals and private discussions with your best friend in your living room as you share a drink by a fireplace; art galleries and symphony orchestras; opportunities for far-flung adventure-exploration in the cosmos and secluded oases for quiet meditation; visiting august dignitaries sharing knowledge of more advanced realms and programs of heroic service just for the stalwart of heart ("damn few"); scientific research and poetry readings;
reunion with lost beloved pets and therapeutic aid to once-abused animals; close friends and relatives getting together for backyard parties; proto-Twin Soul couples attending classes to learn about eternal love and marriage with a view toward having children of their own;
gourmet cooking just for fun, eating out, with death-by-chocolate desserts and fizzy drinks (we don't need to eat to survive in Summerland, our bodies are indestructible, but people eat and drink socially, for the pleasure of it, and no worries about calorie counting);
on-the-job training to work as missionary-assistants in the Dark Realms, primary-school teachers, surrogate mothers for orphans, counselors to aid in finding the 'true self,' every kind of endeavor to serve the disadvantaged, and, as one progresses in one’s chosen field, a day will come when “upper management” will ask if you’d like to enter a leadership position and organize your own program.
It's a normal life for us to do normal things and lead normal real lives. It's where you get to do all the things you missed out on during your terra-mission. We will find Summerland to be not only the great healer but the great leveler, the grand reification of "the first will be last and the last will be first," a domain where fairness and equity finally rule; a strict meritocracy, such that, what we are, on the deep inside, what we've made of ourselves, is plainly revealed to all in one's energy-aura; no more deceptive smiles for the cameras, with the ultra-advanced there as the embodiment of total sincerity, no empire-building, no role playing, "what you see is what you get", and always on your side. Editor's note: This kind of talk of being "plainly revealed" can make people nervous, because what about those hidden skeletons in the closet we never speak of? well, that's normal, every human being has made mistakes, but here's the good news - everyone can change, everyone, with dedicated effort, no matter one's checkered past, might not merely do better but rise to the highest heights of development over there. How high is that? - you'd be surprised. Even those who lost the most here on Earth will be made whole. It's a brand new level playing field. Recipients of gain will include those utterly oppressed and merchandized by Earth's power-mad upper class; also elevated are children who died young due to illness and, especially, the babies killed in the womb, those helpless scraps of human life which a godless materialistic society cavalierly deems to be rubbish and refuse. All disenfranchised entities will enjoy restoration of all lost opportunities for life and love; they will regain forfeited health and well-being, babies will grow up to physical maturity, all will find themselves totally repaired. One need not be a saint to enter Summerland. Imperfections due to weakness are normal and, actually, no big deal. Just do your best, don't violate your own conscience, keep your spirit open and be willing to learn, avoid fear-and-guilt based religion, help others as you can, live as decently as possible, and this will be enough to begin.
But those who perpetrate atrocity with design, the cunning Dear Leaders who smile and smile for cameras, the totalitarians who maliciously deprive another human being of any personal freedom - or support those who do as obedient, frothing cultish minions - will not yet be allowed into Summerland, but must first contemplate repentance in dark detention, at times referred to as "the rat cellar" or "the sewer pit."
None of this is pleasant, and not meant to be, but, as we've said, people can leave the same day - but the worst cases choose to writhe in suffering there for a long time; they're too angry and too hard-hearted to admit their waywardness, that they'd been wrong. They had believed their own propaganda that there is no survival of consciousness, wanted to believe this in order to license their rapacious ways; but when, to their utmost dismay, it doesn't work out that way, that there's no "big goodbye" or final curtain -- that, there's no such thing as death, only transition -- now they're really mad and want to fight. This is what Jesus referred to as the "weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth": self-pity and outrage - "this should not be happening to me". In Summerland, properly negotiated, we enjoy a fresh start to just about everything. It's not a "second chance" but our "first chance," as this world was not meant to "work" but was designed for something else. The following is channeled information via the mediumship of William W. Aber, the Psychic Research Society, as reported in “Beyond The Veil” (1902), compiled by J.H. Nixon. Testimonies were offered by numerous spirit-persons by means of full-form visible materialization. “[Then] came [one] in the similitude of a young woman in garments white and glistening … speaking in a whisper, gave ... some of her experience: ‘My name is Stella. I came to the spirit world [as] a young woman. In the earth life I was what is there called a Christian. I was sincere and tried to be devout; and did live as nearly as I could to what I was taught… 'I hunted for my savior for a very long time but could not find him' "Of course, [at my transition] I expected my Redeemer to meet me and conduct me to His Father's glittering golden throne, but, in all these years, I have not found that heaven, nor that golden throne, nor that [judging, angry] God who sitteth thereon, nor His only begotten Son at His right hand, nor … one wearing that crown of thorns, nor Him who is judge of the quick and the dead; for all of those things I hunted [a very long time] and made diligent inquiry, but found them not. 'a stupendous mythological idolatry' "Was my whole religious life on earth a stupendous mythological idolatry? Surely it was, I began to conclude. But at last, after long fruitless search, I found friends, or rather, they found me, in this dark and forlorn condition [of ignorance and blindness, having been defrauded of the truth by a rapacious and merchandizing Church]; and I knew some of them, and they looked so bright and so happy! not even spirits, thousands of years old, had ever met that savior "And they told me that the wisest spirits they had ever met in the spirit world had never found that Savior, nor that [judging] God, nor that [mythological] heaven — but they had found conditions infinitely more glorious and beautiful, in which human beings were enjoying happiness and sweet peace of soul that neither pen nor tongue of mortals or immortals could fully portray to human comprehension. 'avoid the long struggle I had to endure' "Although my progress out of the conditions in which my [false] religion had placed me was slow, I am triumphantly above it now. And, in the hope that what I have been permitted to hint to you may reach many people of your world, and do them good, [I offer these things that my listeners might] avoid the long struggle I had [to endure] in order to reach [the truth of God, life as it really is]. I bid you, my dear friends of earth, good-night."
There's no airy and wispy ghost-like existence over there, no apparition, wraith, or phantom, no floating on clouds, no chubby pink cherubs sailing by, no pearly gates, no streets paved with gold nor strewn with palm branches, no white-marble thrones, no harps (unless you happen to like harp music, then go knock yourself out), no crowns, no Saint Peter as doorkeeper, no "ruling ten cities," no winged messengers (but for carrier pigeons), no pagan concepts as blood sacrifices to propitiate a blood-thirsty god, no halos, no saints to listen to prayer-requests, no holy trinity "and don't even try to understand this mystery", no archangels, no such entities as Michael, Gabriel, or Raphael, no delegated-surrogate salvation, no honoring of cynical death-bed repentance and no last minute absolution allowing the depraved to skate lily-white into bliss on a loophole-technicality, no immorality of another paying for one's debts, no ruling religious class, no chosen, no special deals for favorites, no such thing as mortal sin, no empty-chanting supplications with beads, no legal-fiction sacraments, no holy days, no sabbaths, no such thing as reincarnation, no past lives, no karma, no pre-birth life, but, instead, one eternal life, always pointing forward, one eternal life, which will always be enough, no such thing as unrequited true love as those who are romantically meant for each other always find each other in due time, no such thing as joining any fevered two in so-called marriage by means of magic word, magic hand-sign, and notarized signed document but only soul-connections, no reigning goddess as de facto power behind the throne, no such thing as a harsh angry judging god, no holy water, no sacred shrines, no genuflections, no patron saints with magic wand, no single-gendered deity as male, no hell-fire, no society of the damned, no eternal punishment - or punishment of any kind, only education and opportunity of renewal and healing for all - no prayers for the dead as lobbying a venal god for mercy, no impenetrable doctrines you're not meant to understand but only believe, no church-going and no priests / ministers / rabbis nor any robed holier-than-thou (at least, not in the sane neighborhoods), no exultation of mindless belief-as-willpower at the expense of rational thought, no infallible holy books and no infallible one-true doctrines, no apostles, no evangelists, no pastors, no deacons, no top-down hierarchical inspiration, no ostensible in-your-face government of any kind (not in the good neighborhoods), no millennium, no second coming, no waiting in the graves, no seventh trump, no delay to receive one’s eternal spirit-body, no devil, no demons, no materialistic philosophy of external deity and external salvation, no tithing, no fasting, no rituals of any kind, no psalm-singing, no holy mountains, no beatific vision to hold in thrall, no self-serving prayer as "inform the aloof deity then ask for a favor," no such thing as holy relics, holy medals, no holy pictures, no holy music, no lotus positions, no outstretched-upturned hands, no chanting of 'om', no such thing as a worship service (as if God were so insecure and narcissistic as to need constant stroking), no round-the-clock groveling and flattery called praise and veneration, no hallelujahs, no hosannas. We could go on. We must put away all this darkness, the empty godtalk, the pious prevarication, the sterile formulaic and ritualistic path to God, this farce and charade, this draconian mythology, this patent error and propaganda - which misrepresents authentic spirituality and the real God - a gross deception, fueled by the fear of death, imposed upon us, for centuries, by Despotic Ecclesia with its agenda of power-and-control over the hapless masses. In Summerland, all this parody and fake-news is finally over.
The following is channeled information via the mediumship of William W. Aber, the Psychic Research Society, as reported in “Beyond The Veil” (1902), compiled by J.H. Nixon. Testimonies were offered by numerous spirit-persons by means of full-form visible materialization. A visiting spirit-person speaks: vast numbers, nearly all, deceived and manipulated by the fear-mongering religions of the world "Good-evening, friends… I am meeting cases every day, every hour, of troubled souls about their false religion, and these cases come here in such great numbers… I met a friend — I call him a friend… I met this friend who had been taught to believe in that [judging angry] God when he was on earth… but also to believe in the whole train of the usual theological concomitants… deceived by 'holy' books filled with error "[I said to the new friend] ‘When you were on earth you were taught [in your so-called 'holy' books] of Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, whom God had prepared from before the foundation of the world as a savior of the world … the 'awfully mistaught' "'And you come here among us looking for that God, expecting to find such an one. And for that Jesus [or a queen of heaven]. But, my friend, you see now that you have been awfully mistaught about the whole affair… And you find not your God nor your Jesus, and you may search all eternity for your God and Savior … and eternally you will not find them, nor your devil, nor your hell, nor your heaven. your whole life lived as 'one solid falsehood' led by dark 'superstition' "'But you will find that your whole life on earth was lived as one solid falsehood… You come to us, and we are called upon to teach you anew of the God, the heaven, the hell; and to lead you out of that darksome superstition into the light of truth and eternal liberty.' 'this great festering theological delusion' "And we meet many thousands like this one, wandering about in search of their Jesus and never finding him… And I am determined to teach your world, so far as I am able, of this great festering theological delusion." millions held in bondage to false teachings by the Great Rogue Church - whatever bold statements we make here do not go far enough [Another visiting spirit-person adds] “As vividly as he has set out the truth, yet it would be hard to present [or overstate] the far-reaching consequences of the false ecclesiasticisms of your world. And how common orthodox religious teaching of your world holds the souls of millions in bondage and sends them to spirit life in undeveloped conditions… almost everything the church taught was untrue; for some, the hard-core, the arrogant and vicious religious, these poisonous doctrines will be unlearned in dark detention "[we] find that those victims of the false teachings are left in lower [dark] regions, for a time, to unlearn nearly all that they have been taught on earth.” We will be introduced to life as it truly is, not as we learned from grandma, or in sunday school, or from the pulpit. Most new-arrivals will be utterly shocked and totally not ready for the "real world". My own father, via psychic-medium, communicated with me. He had believed in the gross illusion and idolatry of a merciful "queen of heaven" who would save him from an angry judging god. With some despair, he admitted, to the effect: "This is nothing like I was told it would be. The Church made a fool of all of us with its false teachings."
I shall not feel at Home – I know – But, allow me to allay the misgivings of one of my favorite poets. Emily need not fear a world (as a friend once lamented) of feeling far from home, lonely, and out of place; of insipid endless Sunday meetings and practiced smiles; nor a Judgment Day for non-participation. All of that dystopia is now set to final rest. Instead, Summerland is a world of dreams come true, where all of one's secret wishes can safely come out, a world of no favorites, no chosen ones, no black lists and shunning for those who disagree, no special plea-bargains because of who you know, no fawned-over airhead celebrities, no redefining of common words to promote totalitarian agenda, no intimidating titles, no two-tiered justice system for the haves and have-nots, no blue-blood royalty, no visible government rule, no barriers to entry, no frocked old-boys-club, no Dear Leaders, no elect, no entitled ones, no racial supremacy, no exclusive fraternities, no slavery (bodily or psychological), no grasping elites skimming the cream, no hidden back-room deals nor blanket pardons, no magic hand-sign to release from sin, no clandestine power groups with their dark conspiratorial ways, no pedophiles posturing as smiling benefactors, no child-trafficking by the better-than-you celebs, no fake-news as means to control you, no murdering of babies and calling it one's "choice" and "women's health," no big sloppy grins canvassing for support, no political saviors making promises in exchange for allegiance, no dismantling rule-of-law for totalitarian aim, no empty-suit authority mouthing platitudes while secretly stealing from public coffers and working against the common good -- But, time out. Can we exit a present prison for the mind?
everything you’ve ever learned or heard or read or were taught - is wrong Everything, including what Grandma said, or what your PhD research revealed, or what you learned from 40 years of experience, or what the Nice Young Man at Church preached to you - is wrong. Everything you’ve ever come to believe as true, as a fact of the world, is either patently wrong, wrong on its face -- this is often the case -- or effectively wrong, obsolete-wrong, in that, it will suffer from incompleteness. Every precept suffers from incompleteness. 'we know in part' said the apostle Paul Though an aspect of it, at best, might be true enough, as new information becomes available, it will find itself in a more expansive, more complex setting, thereby rendering what we thought to be a final answer as something childish, utterly incomplete, merely a subset of a much larger reality – now to be cast aside as a few-years old college textbook, for sale in the bargain-book bin for 50 cents. (This obsolescence is what happened to Newtonianism, for over 200 years deemed to be God's last word in science, but then displaced by quantum mechanics.) But the real world is coming, only one missed heartbeat away. In that world, the truth stands revealed; all fake-news, deception and misperception, will be relegated to the dustbin of history - in favor of the dreamed for world wherein everything is finally made fair and right, plain and good, just and true, with perfectly equal opportunities for all. God has no favorite kids and all will be treated even-handedly, no matter what happened during the Earth mission. Merit, study, hard work, selflessness, heroic intentions, consecrated devotion to the truth, will make its own way, is the coin and currency of the realm, and becomes the essence of freedom-based morality. Same rules for everyone, no two-tier justice. Justice and total freedom to follow one's sacred inner guidance: it's the prime directive over there, from the very top - and no one can hold you back, or say a word against you, as you craft your own life. This is the grand fulfillment of the biblical principle "work out your own salvation." Everyone "pays their own way," no pardons or third-party debt cancellors allowed, everyone is strictly responsible for all that one has done in one's life, everyone must work his or her way out of what one has made of one's own life. Each person must "pay the last penny" of personal "debt" owed, as Jesus said. Granted, some will have more "pennies to pay" than others, but this isn't necessarily bad news - the spiritually minded dearly want to set things right, to make amends for past infractions; it's part of their joy. As we engage in these reparations, we advance ourselves. How far can we advance? - you'd be really surprised. There is immense personal freedom in Summerland, to become who you were always meant to be, to pursue Jeffersonian unique-and-private definitions of happiness. Nothing good passes away in Summerland. When you find what you really like you can stay with it as long as you like. No one will bother you. It’s called the “real world” because of this sense of permanence - unlike the Earth-plane, which is the “shadow world”, the “pale copy”, where good things fade, suffer loss, or are taken away. The following is channeled information via the mediumship of William W. Aber, the Psychic Research Society, as reported in “The Rending Of The Veil” (1898), compiled by J.H. Nixon. Testimonies were offered by numerous spirit-persons by means of full-form visible materialization. A visiting afterlife entity asserts: those over there call it the 'real world' "Man progresses more rapidly mentally after he has thrown off the mortal body, for he then gives no thought to food, raiment, or shelter for the physical body. He can pursue any study he takes up, uninterrupted by petty cares of life... friend, the spirit world is the real world, and your world is the unreal. The spirit world never decays or dies, while your world is steadily passing away.”
On first introduction, many will say Summerland sounds too good to true. You'll want to read the evidence for yourself. Many of the great scientists of history have reviewed this evidence and have accepted it as valid. 2000 documents, 10,000 pages: an attempt to encapsulate all of WG If pressed to distill and epitomize the sum-and-substance of the entire WG site, I would venture this: We are immortal beings, of vast unexpressed potential “with no discernible upper limit.” We are “sparks of God” and cannot die, sent to the Earth, one trip only, to individuate, to become persons in our own right, to "wake up" to inherent potential. We are to discover “God within” and live from that sacred center. We are to actualize, to bring to the surface of personality, the "inner riches," to become who we truly are. As daughters and sons of God, our presently-dormant “made in the image” potentialities secret an astonishing array of embryonic abilities, eventually to blossom and unfold “superhero” ultra-advanced powers of mind and body. We are to learn how to become an open channel to God's energies, thereby enjoying a "private tutoring" from the divine parent. eventually, you'll experience exquisite, unimaginable things, know things, see things, as if from nowhere, but no one will believe you "Spiritual practice must be uninterrupted. We may be anxious because we see very little happening on a daily basis, but we must be patient until we can see what the accumulation of our effort yields. Self-cultivation means steady gradual progress… "After long self-cultivation, one’s accumulated energy reaches a threshold and then bursts out, full, breathing, and vibrant… When one’s spiritual energy emerges, it feels like a swan rising from the water...
"If you spend a long period of time in study and self-cultivation, you will enter ... a world of extraordinary perceptions. You experience unimaginable things, receive thoughts and learning as if from nowhere, perceive things that could be classified as prescient. Yet if you try to communicate what you experience, there is no one to understand you, no one who will believe you. The more you walk this road, the farther you are from the ordinary ways of society... To speak to them of the wonders you have seen is often to engage in a futile bout of miscommunication. That is why it is said that those who know do not speak." Deng Ming-Dao, 365 Tao
This unveiling of the "true self," this "translucence," a shining through, "of the eternal splendor of the One" and of the Truth, prepares us for what comes next - a splendiferous mode of living in Summerland, our home-world, where one's unique and personalized definitions of happiness are reified; including, eternal romantic love with a darling companion, a perfectly matched Twin Soul, deliciously mirroring, complementing one's essential self. We cannot deny to ourselves, but only delay, with suffering, that which God has planned for us to do and become. We postpone our joy by refusing to access the god-life within. This readily occurs when we fail to take responsibility for our own growth and, instead, surrender personal sovereignty to any external authority or power-structure, any “infallible” guru or purported inerrant way. The truth is a living thing, within us, as we are unalterably, indissolubly, linked to the Source of Life. As such, we do not need "saving" as Big Religion pontificates but only an opening of the eyes to the "factory-installed" inner riches. Poets speak of our distorted vision, an abrogation of existential mandate, as "we feed on night, make inward bedlam and will not come out," a succumbing, in its many guises, to the fear of death; how few "would crawl out from under the obscure to stand defenseless in the open sunny air." All this, this surrogate living, this delusional capitulation to "I don't have enough" because "I am not enough," this repression and self-distraction, this "embedding oneself in other-power" -- anything that hinders, anything that misdirects, or, as so eloquently stated by Susana Wesley, "whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, takes off your relish for spiritual things, whatever increases the authority of the body over the mind, however innocent it may seem in itself” – whatever diverts attention from sacred destiny and mandate for growth, becomes the essence of evil for us.
stated differently, this is what Word Gems is about - it's what we stay alive for
From “The Vital Message” (1919) by the great afterlife researcher, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, of "Sherlock" fame: “Now let me epitomise what these assertions [of and from the next world] are. They say that they are exceedingly happy, and that they do not wish to return. They are among the friends whom they had loved and lost, who meet them when they die and continue their careers together. They are very busy on all forms of congenial work. The world in which they find themselves is very much like that which they have quitted, but everything keyed to a higher octave. As in a higher octave the rhythm is the same, and the relation of notes to each other the same, but the total effect different… no need to mourn lost beauty or weakening brain “In its larger issues this happy life to come consists in the development of those gifts which we possess. There is action for the man of action, intellectual work for the thinker, artistic, literary, dramatic and religious [work] for those whose God-given powers lie that way. What we have both in brain and character we carry over with us… Let no woman mourn her lost beauty, and no man his lost strength or weakening brain. It all awaits them once more upon the other side. Nor is any deformity or bodily weakness there, for all is normal and at its best.”
postscript The following is reproduced from the "Summerland" page:
'a perfectly normal world, a normal life packed with thrills'
The Scientific Evidence For The Afterlife
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