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Reincarnation On Trial

August Goforth, a New York psychiatrist, in his book, "The Risen," documents his contact with Tim on the other side. Tim offers testimony that a sense of "past lives" is created by Earth-bound spirits, often intent upon creating mischief.

 

 

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channeled information from the other side

The following is spoken by Tim, in the afterlife, channeled information, as he communicated with his mortal friend, August Goforth, a New York psychiatrist; documented in the book, "The Risen."

 

 

no such thing as 'past lives'

“The experience of remembering past lives may be from the projection of character elements of an earth-bound spirit onto the ego-mind of a receptive embodied person. Those who are convinced they have lived a previous life are actually recalling memories of those who have gone before them… The word gets around fast [on the lower spirit levels] where there are willing Earthers who desire to [attempt] a ‘reincarnation experience.’ Earth-bound spirits will seek them out to try to relive their own previous Earth life to relieve certain discomforts… There is a noticeable parallel here between those on Earth who mentally or emotionally cannot or will not move on through difficult life challenges, and those on the lower Astral planes who cannot or will not accept the change and move on with their transition…

“Children, who have a minimum of life experience, are especially open and vulnerable to invasive Earth-bound spirits, and easily confused and led to believe they have lived a previous life. The misconception becomes more solidified when adults actively promote and push the child to continue the … fear-based beliefs in reincarnation...

because this one life is eternal, it will always be more than enough

"The evidence strongly indicates that we cannot be re- individuated again…my observation is that there is never any need to go back to do it again, for the universe is infinite and never-ending and will provide me with unceasing opportunities, always new, fresh, and alive, to explore, learn, and expand my self-awareness on a continual basis. I don’t need to claim more than one life because my one life is enough. Because this one life is eternal it will always be more than enough, which is the core meaning of ‘abundance.’

Editor's note: yes, one's eternal life will always be more than enough; think of this - when we have lived a million years, or a billion, or 100 billion, there will always be an infinity of time stretching before us; one eternal life, to explore veritable unlimited classrooms out there, will always be enough.

no real limit to anything

"Clearly, we are reborn upon our transition, but this rebirth is always into a new world and a unique state of existence, not back into the old one. The old one no longer exists - life is experienced in the continual now. We develop and carry forward the template for our new life. We are the template, and a new world will simultaneously arise from us as we arise from it, as a direct result of how we lived our lives on earth or from wherever we are continuously transitioning. The more brilliantly we live, that is, the more light-filled, the more spectacular will our lives manifest as we transmute ever onward. There are no limits to brilliance except as self-imposed. But even that is an illusion, for there is no real limit to anything."

 

reprinted from the "Prometheus Intro" page:

the divinely appointed mechanism

“Probably the explanation of the perpetually recurring vexations, disappointments, and misfortunes are that these are the divinely appointed mechanism to develop the higher qualities. How does one acquire patience, serenity, generosity, save through their exercise in meeting trials and sorrows? These obstacles are as essential to spiritual development as the practice of the scales to the development of the skill of the pianist... defeat and disaster are as valuable in relation to the wholeness of life as are triumph and prosperity." Lilian Whiting, “The World Beautiful”

Editor’s note: In the article “500 tape-recorded messages from the other side” we discussed a great controversy in that realm: some promote the existence of the “light within,” the inner soul-riches, while others know nothing of this. This latter group preaches a cluster of doctrines associated with the non-reality of “the life within,” the most notable tenet being reincarnation. See 90 articles exploring the errors of this fraudulent idea.

Linked to reincarnation are closely held notions of karma, past lives, and learning specific Earth-lessons, often related to a purported earlier life. None of this is true. As one surveys a vast field of data, the apparent support for reincarnation melts away into a nothingness.

But Lilian Whiting, in the above quote, takes us to the foothills of the truth. There are no specific lessons to be learned on planet Earth other than becoming an individual in one’s own right – this “kindergarten” curriculum prepares us for what comes next concerning the infinite worlds and dimensions to come.

One’s individuation is accomplished by undergoing the gauntlet of our world’s pokes and jabs, “defeats and disasters”, and sometimes, just to keep us guessing, brief interludes of “triumph and prosperity”. These antitheticals are equally educational for us, in that, as has been said, there are two things that make the ego miserable: not getting what it wants, and getting what it wants.

The polar opposites of planet Earth, the “vexations, disappointments, and misfortunes”, no matter the cause or kind, hone and draw from us a differentiated personhood. This means we’re good to go, and ready for the next world. And there is no such thing as reincarnational doctrine of “learning specific lessons.” This was invented, on an ad hoc basis, to offer a veneer of logicality -- what I call, "the Joker is wild principle" -- to a tortured theory which cannot survive close scrutiny.

"Learning specific lessons" is an example of the error of deductive reasoning. However, the charge will be leveled, how do I know that what I say is not the same kind of error? My answer is, when you "go within" you yourself will become the evidence, and will find out what is true and what is propaganda of the ego.

over there, one can live in an alternate reality, simulate what you like, so how can one exit that house-of-illusion

When you hear people say "I've heard the arguments, but maybe there is such a thing as reincarnation," all this means is that they've never experienced the "light within," the "inner life." The reincarnation question will not be solved by the power of reason and fact-gathering alone. This is why it's still debated on the other side, where people live in alternate realities which reflect errant belief-systems. Only a mystical experience will finally elucidate.

 

 

 

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