In the Bible (Luke 16:19-31) Jesus tells the story about Lazarus and the Rich man. Lazarus is a beggar full of sores begging at the gate of a rich man. Lazarus dies & is carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom (Paradise) & the rich man dies & goes to hell. From hell the rich man cries out to Abraham for help but he is unable to help him. Abraham points out that “between us and you there is a great gulf fixed.” Realizing the predicament he has got himself into the rich man is then concerned for his family back on earth so they don’t end up in hell also. He asks if one from the dead could be sent to warn them. Abraham points out that even if one rose from the dead they still wouldn’t be persuaded.
You will notice on my chart entitled "The Three-fold Paths of Life and Death" (See p1) there are a series of Higher and lower Planes. For most people these represent great gulfs which they cannot easily cross because of their different states of consciousness or Higher & lower frequencies. In the book "Heaven and Hell" (p51-52) we read: "Since for angels of the inmost heaven the more inward elements are opened on the third level, their perfection vastly exceeds the perfection of angels in the intermediate heaven, whose inward elements are opened on the second level... This distinctiveness means that an angel of one heaven cannot have access to angels of another heaven... but when (as often happens) the Lord raises people from a lower heaven to a higher one to see the glory there, it is different. In such cases they are prepared first." It is however possible to cross these great gulfs so long as we are taught how which means that no one needs to stay in hell or a lower Plane. Everyone eventually Spiritually progresses up from the lower planes to the Higher Planes. These huge gulfs are symbolized to me by seeing a Sun, Moon, Star or Planet in the Inner Sky which creates the Illusion of there being a huge gulf or distance between you & this Higher World or Higher Plane. Within the individual Planes I believe the angels or more Spiritually advanced spirits dwell on higher ground, symbolizing a higher plane, such as a hill or a mountain while the less spiritually advanced spirits dwell on the lower ground, symbolizing the lower planes, such as valleys, caves or under worlds as taught in "Heaven and Hell" by Emmanuel Swedenborg (p507-514) Therefore a basic rule is that travelling upwards leads towards Heaven, travelling downwards leads towards hell. “Strait is the Gate and narrow is the Way which leadeth unto Life and Few there be that find It.” -Jesus (Saint Matthew 7:13 Bible)
Dream Worlds
One of the secrets of Life, which many are not aware of, is that these Inner Planes, or these Spirit Worlds, are in fact the Dream Worlds which we all visit every night thru our dreams in our spirit bodies. These sometimes seem so real because they are real worlds, at least as real as this physical world only made up of Finer Matter or Atoms. One can learn to dream fully awake as we are in this physical world. This is known as Lucid Dreaming & becomes a form of out of body experience or Soul Travel. Because the Dream Worlds are the Spirit Worlds we can be visited or we can visit with loved ones, the so called dead, Angels & Masters. This is why it was possible for "the angel of the Lord (to) appeareth to Joseph in a dream" and to also warn the Magi, or Wise men, "in a dream."(Saint Matthew 2:13,12) Technically speaking I do not believe we actually Astral Travel or Soul Travel from this Physical Plane to another Plane. In Reality we already live in these other Planes right now in our Inner bodies so by shifting our consciousness to our Inner body, as we naturally all do every night in our sleep, we can become aware of our existence in the Inner Worlds. Therefore when we die we are already living in the Spirit World however after so called death this becomes our outer reality.
Illusion vs. Reality
As we watched the illusion of the Sun revolving around the earth every day it was easy for us to believe in this illusion, as orthodox Christianity taught us during the Dark Ages, until someone enlightened us. It may appear to us that we are a body with a Soul however in Reality We are an Eternal Soul with a body. It may appear to us that this Physical world is real & the Inner Worlds are only a dream or a fantasy. When we die we will all see eventually that the Higher Inner Worlds are the Real Eternal Worlds. In Reality I believe there is only the Eternal Now. Contrary to what Science Fiction depicts I do not believe the Past and the Future co-exist in the Now, or present moment, suggesting we could therefore travel backwards or forwards in Time physically. I do however believe it is possible to experience or see the past & the future probabilities, just not literally go there. According to Geshi Dar Tsang; "'Now' is Eternity; there is no such thing as Time in the Ever-Present. The Past and the Future do not exist outside man's mind." ("Beyond the Himalayas" by Murdo MacDonald Bayne, p88) This means that there is only the Eternal Now which encompasses all the Inner and the outer Universe. The Past is a Memory & the Future is a Probability except for the Pre-destined mile stones along the Way such as the Resurrection and the Ascension which eventually we must all reach. Practically this indicates we must work out our Salvation Now, not with "fear and trembling" as the orthodox priests would have us believe but with Divine Love & Courage as we become Masters of our own Destiny.
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