Where Do We Go From Here?
One of the most enduring questions asked by human kind seems to be: "Where do we go from here?" Sometimes we hear the corollary which is: "Is this all there is?"
Life is short and as we get older it seems to get shorter and shorter and time flies by. Remember when we were youngsters and a year seemed like an eternity? I used to count my age in halves, as in I am seven and a HALF as if that made all the difference and I was now all grown up! I believe that we did this because we were so far from our mortality that life seemed to stretch all the way forever.
Well I am 61 and I now know that while I will be here for many more years, the end is closer than the beginning. I cannot, with any honesty, tell myself that I am "middle aged" unless I really expect a life span of over 120! Because I know that I have little time to waste and that there are not many "do-overs" left at my age, I find myself experiencing a new and sharper focus on effective use of the Law (God's operating system) and on God. I find myself thinking more of Home.
I use the word Home in the sense of returning whence we came. We do not go to a foreign place never before visited; we go Home where we are welcomed as travelers returning from a very short but far away journey. I believe that we have lived forever and will live forever more, in one dimension, form, place or another. We are made of energy and science tells us that energy cannot be destroyed; only its form changes.
Understanding that science and spirituality both seek to find eternal truths, we know that they often as not reach the same truth through different routes. We do not die, we transition into another time, another place, another form. The consciousness that makes us who we are remains. The Light never goes out, it simply burns in another lamp. We go on and on and on but this body, like a good car, is only good for so many miles and when the repairs are just too much we trade in the body on a new model in a new realm.
In our American society we are far too obsessed with the body. We seem to believe that the body is us. As one well known TV minister said the other day:
"We focus on the Duck and not what is inside the Duck! God put me in a light brown Duck suit but I am not a Duck. I am not the suit. I am a Creation of the Most High God and as such I am Divine. The Holy Spirit dwells in me and I am of Royal Lineage. We must ignore the Duck suit and celebrate the Divine Spirit within each human".
He is entirely right! We confuse our body with who we are. We are not what we eat, we are not what we wear, we are not what our parents made us, we are not temporary beings destined for an early grave: We are immortal spiritual beings made of the very stuff of the Most High God!!
Just think about the implications of what I have just written. If all of us live forever, then nothing can really hurt us, we need not live in fear of anything. We can become fearless and really LIVE for the first time without looking at the clock ticking our lives away.
What happens when we die or transition? I don't know of anyone who has passed into the other realm, spent any appreciable time there and came back to tell us all about it. I have seen and experienced "the other side" twice for a short time and can tell you that I know without a shadow of a doubt that life goes on.
I have personal experience of dying (twice) and being given a choice to stay here or go over into "The Light". Those giving me the choice were people very close to me and very dear. I remember my very Southern maternal grandmother reaching out her hand and saying: "It's so good to see you again, darlin! Are you ready to join me and your Daddy and all those who love you but have crossed over?" She made it clear that I was not quite dead yet even though I had no pulse and was not breathing, that I could if the desire was strong enough, come back into this life. I thought about it for what seemed like hours while looking down at my body sprawled on the beach while someone performed what they called then "Artificial Respiration" in those days on a body far below.
Since I was a young father and only in my mid 20's with a whole life yet to be lived, I finally decided to come back. It was the hardest decision I ever had to make! The peace, warmth, love and joy of the Light was such that it took superhuman desire to live; for me to give that up and come back. While I have never regretted that decision, I have often remembered the sensation of standing on the threshold of another world - a world of absolute joy, peace, perfection in all things and finding it wonderful beyond human experience.
The freedom of the world beyond this world is hard to explain. Your thought becomes your reality instantly. You travel with a thought and a word. There is no time and space, no distance, no pain, no hunger - just a warm glow of contentment, freedom and love. We all go to this place; the good, the bad and the ugly!
I believe that our experience once there is designed to help us to learn the lessons of our time on earth, therefore each of us has a different experience but that experience has no element of punishment in it. We don't need punishment after we die, we need insight and understanding. That is what we get, if we allow it and are open to it. Those who insist on being punished can experience that but it is they who do it to themselves!
To some of you this may seem strange talk but I have experienced transition twice, once in 1969 and once in 1982 and the experience was different only in setting and cast of characters, not in substance.
I tell you now, there is eternal life for every human that ever lived or will live, not just for the saintly or those who follow Jesus or Mohammed or whomever. You have nothing to fear, you are loved beyond human understanding.
Be kind to your brothers and sisters; we are all made of the Most High God and are all of Royal Blood. Be kind to yourself for you are made of God Itself and you are worthy of all the love your heart can hold. Never hold yourself cheap or think that you are worthless - you are of God!
Lose your fear today for fear is the enemy of your Good. Until you lose your fear you will never experience your Best Life.
Be well, be happy and be prosperous until we are together again!
Life is short and as we get older it seems to get shorter and shorter and time flies by. Remember when we were youngsters and a year seemed like an eternity? I used to count my age in halves, as in I am seven and a HALF as if that made all the difference and I was now all grown up! I believe that we did this because we were so far from our mortality that life seemed to stretch all the way forever.
Well I am 61 and I now know that while I will be here for many more years, the end is closer than the beginning. I cannot, with any honesty, tell myself that I am "middle aged" unless I really expect a life span of over 120! Because I know that I have little time to waste and that there are not many "do-overs" left at my age, I find myself experiencing a new and sharper focus on effective use of the Law (God's operating system) and on God. I find myself thinking more of Home.
I use the word Home in the sense of returning whence we came. We do not go to a foreign place never before visited; we go Home where we are welcomed as travelers returning from a very short but far away journey. I believe that we have lived forever and will live forever more, in one dimension, form, place or another. We are made of energy and science tells us that energy cannot be destroyed; only its form changes.
Understanding that science and spirituality both seek to find eternal truths, we know that they often as not reach the same truth through different routes. We do not die, we transition into another time, another place, another form. The consciousness that makes us who we are remains. The Light never goes out, it simply burns in another lamp. We go on and on and on but this body, like a good car, is only good for so many miles and when the repairs are just too much we trade in the body on a new model in a new realm.
In our American society we are far too obsessed with the body. We seem to believe that the body is us. As one well known TV minister said the other day:
"We focus on the Duck and not what is inside the Duck! God put me in a light brown Duck suit but I am not a Duck. I am not the suit. I am a Creation of the Most High God and as such I am Divine. The Holy Spirit dwells in me and I am of Royal Lineage. We must ignore the Duck suit and celebrate the Divine Spirit within each human".
He is entirely right! We confuse our body with who we are. We are not what we eat, we are not what we wear, we are not what our parents made us, we are not temporary beings destined for an early grave: We are immortal spiritual beings made of the very stuff of the Most High God!!
Just think about the implications of what I have just written. If all of us live forever, then nothing can really hurt us, we need not live in fear of anything. We can become fearless and really LIVE for the first time without looking at the clock ticking our lives away.
What happens when we die or transition? I don't know of anyone who has passed into the other realm, spent any appreciable time there and came back to tell us all about it. I have seen and experienced "the other side" twice for a short time and can tell you that I know without a shadow of a doubt that life goes on.
I have personal experience of dying (twice) and being given a choice to stay here or go over into "The Light". Those giving me the choice were people very close to me and very dear. I remember my very Southern maternal grandmother reaching out her hand and saying: "It's so good to see you again, darlin! Are you ready to join me and your Daddy and all those who love you but have crossed over?" She made it clear that I was not quite dead yet even though I had no pulse and was not breathing, that I could if the desire was strong enough, come back into this life. I thought about it for what seemed like hours while looking down at my body sprawled on the beach while someone performed what they called then "Artificial Respiration" in those days on a body far below.
Since I was a young father and only in my mid 20's with a whole life yet to be lived, I finally decided to come back. It was the hardest decision I ever had to make! The peace, warmth, love and joy of the Light was such that it took superhuman desire to live; for me to give that up and come back. While I have never regretted that decision, I have often remembered the sensation of standing on the threshold of another world - a world of absolute joy, peace, perfection in all things and finding it wonderful beyond human experience.
The freedom of the world beyond this world is hard to explain. Your thought becomes your reality instantly. You travel with a thought and a word. There is no time and space, no distance, no pain, no hunger - just a warm glow of contentment, freedom and love. We all go to this place; the good, the bad and the ugly!
I believe that our experience once there is designed to help us to learn the lessons of our time on earth, therefore each of us has a different experience but that experience has no element of punishment in it. We don't need punishment after we die, we need insight and understanding. That is what we get, if we allow it and are open to it. Those who insist on being punished can experience that but it is they who do it to themselves!
To some of you this may seem strange talk but I have experienced transition twice, once in 1969 and once in 1982 and the experience was different only in setting and cast of characters, not in substance.
I tell you now, there is eternal life for every human that ever lived or will live, not just for the saintly or those who follow Jesus or Mohammed or whomever. You have nothing to fear, you are loved beyond human understanding.
Be kind to your brothers and sisters; we are all made of the Most High God and are all of Royal Blood. Be kind to yourself for you are made of God Itself and you are worthy of all the love your heart can hold. Never hold yourself cheap or think that you are worthless - you are of God!
Lose your fear today for fear is the enemy of your Good. Until you lose your fear you will never experience your Best Life.
Be well, be happy and be prosperous until we are together again!
posted by Rev. Dore' Jacques Patlian at
2:34 PM
1 Comments:
Great potent words, Rev. Dore!
Yes, time seems very speeded up. There is no time to waste in negative or fear-based thinking. Recently two of my KY. grade school classmates died & a 3rd is fighting for her life. It doesn't seem possible cherished people are leaving us & yet thus is life. I found your words so comforting. I have heard you say it before, but I needed to hear it again. It feels good to be reminded death is not the end just a beautiful returning to the Source, to the love we knew once before. Death is so little spoken of in our culture. It's like it doesn't exist & we have all the time in the world. Thank you, dear friend for lifting us up. Namaste, Nancy Fern
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