What do you believe happens when you die?

[rockyrojas88]

I personally believe in soul sleep, thus I wouild believe that nothing happens when you die because you'd have to be resurrected back to life (vitalized by the Spirit of life). In other words, i don't believe in an immortal soul when it is separate from God it will cease to exist. I do believe that there is hope in being resurrected to eternal life though, instead of being annihilated in my grave (tranlsated in the bible as hell).

[galaxy_storm]

The closest answer was "they explore physical and spiritual dimensions" but I actually think they explore themselves. I believe that they (or rather we) don't go to heaven or hell, we find ourselves in a "belief environment" that most suits our thinking and attitudes, in an environment that we create by ourselves.

Anyway this is what I think

[rockyrojas88]

I fixed the poll so that what you said would fit in too 

[CFTraveler]

I don't believe anything.  I hope we go on, I have strong suspicion we go on, and I know what I don't believe about it.  But the afterlife is something I'd rather not set a belief on.

[AndrewTheSinger]

It starts kinda dark, then someone turns on a light:

Light Engineer: -Can you see now?
You: -Need just a little more...

He adds more light, you can see clearly:

Light Engineer: -If you want more light I can give you but I'm not sure you will be able to handle it.
You: -Thanks, it's fine now.
Light Engineer: -Well, I think you want more...

There are some people around, they all say this amount of light is good.

Light Engineer: -What about now?

It gets so bright that in order to see you have to close your eyes. People start laughing and ask him to turn it off.
When you open your eyes again you're in the middle of the mountains. Behind you there's a staircase (there's always a staircase lol) and it leads to the highest rocky mountain far ahead. The mountain has 3 tops.

You start going up the stairs and find many people doing the same. Some of them did not live on Earth. You get strange feelings because due to their nature they don't smile (those not from Earth), it is impossible for them.

Everyone is about the same size, there's no taller or smaller. The strange feelings disappear as people enter the hallway, it's like magic. At this point people start hugging one another because they love what they are seeing.

The corridors are huge, and there are many ways to go. You go inside a warm and cozy room where there is a band preparing to play. They are all so bright and full of life. Then you see it's John Lennon tuning his guitar, and you go over there to shake his hand.

He greets you with a big smile. He knows who you are and where you're from:

You: -How do you know that?
John: -Because we know everything.

[phitau]

My belief:

It starts off as the person's spirit leaves the body. Now from what I've heard from religion with the judgment, messing around with Ouija boards communicating with spirits and so on I've concluded that the soul needs to go through a period where it must learn to move on; let go of the past life. It cannot be attached to the past life--material, friends, family. The soul must learn to love oneself and also others; unconditional love--love of God. Now you may ask, "family members appear in my dreams so they must still be attached, right?" No, they've learned unconditional love, and it seems you've subconsciously called for them, for their guidance or assurance. Once the soul has achieved this enlightenment, it is now ready to move on. There, it is presented with options: reincarnate back to the physical world or return to the source--heaven and God. Pretty simple, eh? I don't believe that there exists a hell. If you want to interpret hell, it can be that the soul cannot reach enlightenment and is lost in that limbo plane.

[Rozzy]

Here is my twobits worth.

Our physical bodies start here in this earth made up of components of the earth and return to where it came from. Our spirit is not composed of any earth element whatsoever nor does it start here. The earth is one realm of many, our spirit moves on to another dimmension, realm or world that is not seen with our physical eyes. There are two kinds of spirit, the righteous and the unrighteous, there is a division of destinations depending on which category one falls into. The Hitler, Stallin types go one way and the Moses, Samuel, Abraham types go another. You can guess who gets the better place.

(2Co 5:  We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Rozzy

[AmbientSound]

I think we create our own afterlife here before we die. If we are unhappy with our creation, we can reincarnate.

[phitau]

AmbientSound,

Do you think that you were unhappy with your past life or lives?

[AmbientSound]

It is possible. I remember nothing about any past life. Not sure if this is my first or not, but I know what I feel in my heart, and I have always been indecisive.

[AmbientSound]

I had a dream once that I was a citizen of Ireland and became an American immigrant. That must mean something.

[no_leaf_clover]

How about THIS happens!

This IS the destination.  AND the journey.

If you feel you are going somewhere, then you are going somewhere! That feeling is your travel!

If you feel you are still, then you are.  Everything that will ever be is HERE and NOW already and the meaning of life is waiting for you to realize it.  There is no other point and no where else to go.  What happens after death?  What happens during death?  What happens after birth?  It's all the same.  What are you doing right now?

[AmbientSound]

The only thing that ever truly changes is one's perspective.

[Tayesin]

I don't believe anything about it.

I can only go from my own experiences when taking others into the light.

What I find is this....

There seems to be an arrival area for those who make it over and do not get stuck in the belief-system territories. This is at the same area that the Akasha, The Park (Monroe's focus 27) are to be found.

There is always someone or something waiting for the newly arrived.

I watch as the 'deady' begins to wake-up from the 'dream of life' and soon enough they begin to remember that they have been there before.

Those who have taken their own life are always met by what I call 'nurses' because they are to be healed first before moving on to Review. Killing yourself here is seen as an indicator of illness there.

Once they have woken up sufficiently to remember what they are doing, they then move onto life review to see how we dealt with our contracts for co-creation. It is up to each person to review with some assistance from their helpers.

From there it is up to you what you do next.

You may choose to reincarnate quickly, which entails previewing certain life availabilities and options prior to making your decision.

You can also choose an in-between existence on other worlds before continuing your voluntary rounds of existences here on earth.

You do not 'have to' reincarnate at all. You have the power of choice in all things.

You do not have to wait to be resurrected by a higher power....  you are that higher power.

When choosing to re-incarnate, you look into all the options available to you, and I do mean all the options, so that you can choose your Itinerary. This does not mean that each life is predetermined, or that Fate is a reality. It means that you choose what life options you would like to experience and just as equally you can choose what options you want to have the experience to choose from in the life. The rest you make up as you go, just as we do when planning out a holiday and we leave options open so we can choose what to do when we are there.

Life is a 'dream', it's purpose is simply to experience what the universe/god/creative awareness that we are is capable of. By this it learns about itself, just as we do when incarnate.

I think we should all stop looking out from the little window perspective of indoctrinated beliefs and wake-up to our higher awareness so that we can see the bigger pictures, which are completely free of any belief. We could say god doesn't need to have beliefs about itself, so why do we choose to make them up and then enforce them onto everyone else?

[Stookie]

Thanks for that Tayesin - I have a question:

For people who have yet to experience what you have described, is there the risk of the information shared becoming a new belief system, perhaps because of misunderstood concepts? You see all kinds of "new age" folks who think they know the "truth", yet are still caught in there own beliefs systems, even though they may be kinda on. For many, coming to the actual experience isn't easy, and adopting a belief about it is much easier. Do you see this as a potential problem for some? Or maybe it's a challenge everyone has to work through?

[Tayesin]

For people who have yet to experience what you have described, is there the risk of the information shared becoming a new belief system, perhaps because of misunderstood concepts?

Hi Stookie, good to see you here still.

Yes, I think that most people will simply include the new information into their current beliefs, if it doesn't 'hit head on' with what they already believe.

You see all kinds of "new age" folks who think they know the "truth", yet are still caught in there own beliefs systems, even though they may be kinda on.

Yes it's sad, but it is also perfect for where they are in their awakening. The ego probably has control and is yet to become balanced. Our comfort zones are so very comfy.

For many, coming to the actual experience isn't easy, and adopting a belief about it is much easier. Do you see this as a potential problem for some?

I agree that it is not easy for many to have the experience, usually because there are so few teaching simplified approaches to the experiences of the Self because we are still operating under those old and 'newly-modified' belief-systems. I think it can be a problem for some, if not most people, to put in the effort to find out for themselves. Remembering that seeking spiritual awakening is still perceived as being outside the box of normality in most cultures, and, the pace of life today leaves most people with little time or inclination to put the effort in, therefore adopting new information and then including it into their modified belief structure is much easier. Yet, this will change over the next 5 to 10 years I suspect, well, I hope.

Also, and again this is just from experience.... many people I've worked with over the last 10 years have not seen the value of their experiences. Most have perceived the meditations being used as nice things to do once a week, and never see that the experiences point to them a direction for further research for themselves to follow up on when at home. On average, about 1 in 10 actually 'get it' and then they no longer need to come along each week as they begin to take the steps for themselves. As an example, when teaching how to meet and connect with the primary guide (higher-self) so that the person becomes comfortable and finds it easy to do, most have not seen the importance even though it is what they really wanted in the first place. And this is because of the beliefs they hold about it, where it's not necessary to do more now that they know how!

Or maybe it's a challenge everyone has to work through?

Yes it is. A time will come soon in our world where most people's belief-systems will be heavily challenged by what they will see around them that does not fit into their previous paradigm. This will be debilitating for most people as if the carpet has just been torn out from under them and left them flat on their back. Not a nice place to be at anytime. But, I've been shown that the many thousands of Souls here for this time-frame will have the opportunity to assist those in such need to some degree of clarity. It will be a challenge for us all.