I am compelled to share with this community and interesting video I just now encountered on "YouTube" Titled "A Trip to the Afterlife" by "offTheLeftEye"
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWXOhLlWLNY
The reason I think this video will intrest you, is because
1) it deals with Emanuel Swedenborg's encounters of the spiritual plane described by "offTheLeftEye"
2) communication with angels, demons, etc
3) What the astral/spiritual is like
4) I believe it's packed with interesting information on the astral plane
5) spiritual creatures
6) afterlife entirely
7) It answered a few questions for me like:
"Time" & "space" in the astral
"Angels" and "demons"
"Heaven&Hell"
'Physical form"
"Spiritual form"
"offTheLeftEye"
-if you are unfamiliar with this Youtuber, he creates a variety of videos (In my opinion) having to deal with enlightenment, religion, afterlife, and life on the physical. He also does public lectures.
This lecture is mostly based on finds by "Emanuel Swedenborg".
-If you are unfamiliar with Emanuel Swedenborg, he "was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, theologian, revelator, and, in the eyes of some, Christian mystic" ( Thank you wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg)
The beginning of the video will pretty much describe the rest, I strongly encourage you to check it out to find out if it interests or applies to you; :) Enjoy.
(I also invite anyone else to share videos/information similar to the topic at hand)
Welcome to the forum . I think most of the members hear have searched through you tube videos . Yes you can find all kind of videos posted on you tube . There are many interesting n.d.e. videos , there are a few posts on the astral planes .
bookmarked, will watch it soon, thanks for posting 8-)
nice production ,
I stopped it at the heaven and hell parts
It would have been more interesting if he was talking about his own experiences/knowns,
instead of his beliefs of someone elses perceptions of the NPR's
but thats just my opinion/observation :-)
Swedenborg's experiences were heavily influenced by his religious upbringing and beliefs (and those of the time), but he brought a lot to the table, in regards to explorations.
It's good that s.o. talks about Swedenbourg's work. The guy does a good job.
I do not have the same take on hell. I don't think that people only "end up" in hell because they "want" it out of the fun of being evil. While this might be a possibilty amongst others, it is incomplete, the main reason is belief-based imv.
Some people, I suppose, end up in "hellish" environments because they were told that they "have to go there" because of their sins or wrongdoings and that they deserve no better. Another possibilty is that of a kind of 'purgatory' where you work on sticky issues from your life you just left.
I'm sure the books are fascinating but it's still just one person retelling someone elses stories. Which are
heavily tainted with the original mans religious beliefs. Pity he didn't have any experiences himself to share.
I don't see how taking someone's experience to study and base yourself at can be bad. Take Einstein, for example. Thousands of cientists still have their foundations heavily based on Einstein's ideals and discoveries, and there is nothing wrong with that. The man gave a huge leap toward the future, as he was ahead of his time. It would be bad not to use what he learned.
I think this fits with Emanuel Swedenborg. And the way he sees and explain things is fantastic :)
Quote from: Skyes on December 16, 2013, 21:04:17
I don't see how taking someone's experience to study and base yourself at can be bad. Take Einstein, for example. Thousands of cientists still have their foundations heavily based on Einstein's ideals and discoveries, and there is nothing wrong with that. The man gave a huge leap toward the future, as he was ahead of his time. It would be bad not to use what he learned.
I think this fits with Emanuel Swedenborg. And the way he sees and explain things is fantastic :)
There are many present-day fans of Swedenborg, who see him as a seminal figure in AP (especially Christian AP)- and I for one think this is a good thing. There are too many branches of christianity that try to suppress this type of exploration, and it's refreshing to look at the opposite in that branch of religion. Even though there is a little too much religious interpretation in his observations for my taste, I think the work he did in the field was indeed groundbreaking and very interesting.