Will you meet your relatives and friends when you go over? Where there is a strong emotional link either of love or hatred there is likely to be a meeting. Where there is a strong link of genuine love there is sure to be a meeting. Where there is no particular feeling between two people there will not be a meeting. There is a real danger that if you allow yourself to indulge in hatred of anyone, you will meet when you have both passed over. To prevent this happening, destroy the link by ceasing to hate.
The so-called dead are very sensitive to our thoughts, and for this reason excessive grief is to be deprecated. It saddens them and prevents their attention as they should upon the new life that they are starting. Of course, it seems very hard to tell people not to grieve when one whom they have dearly loved passes out of sight, but remember that if there is a link of love you will certainly meet again, and that nothing that is good, or beautiful, or true, can ever be lost.
We can pray for those who have passed on, and indeed it is a sacred duty to do so. The practice was generally discontinued after the Reformation because it had been greatly abused and commercialized, but, nevertheless, it is an excellent practice in itself. Realize peace of mind, freedom, and understanding for them.
(Emmet Fox)
THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 39...HEAVEN AGAIN!!
The room was filled with flowers of all colors and types and they sang their various tones. Two long tables were in the center of the room covered with lace tablecloths and an abundance of fruit and vegetables, dips and crackers, freshly baked bread, cheeses, and jams and jellies. One table was loaded down with pies of all descriptions. There were two fountains of wine kept cool by ice sculptures in the shapes of birds and butterflies. It was all so lovely that I could hardly stop saying thank you to everyone I met.
Ed introduced me to my heavenly father and mother. Father said that as soon as I was acclimated to my surroundings that I would be meeting with him and two other Elders to go over my options now that I was in this marvelous Promised Land: Home, and all it entailed. He welcomed me to rest at his home after the party.
Throughout the party there were, projected on the walls, scenes from my life game. Moments so precious that I thought had been lost long ago were now seen clearly. All the wonderful Christmas mornings from when I was a little girl, and as we raised our children, were not lost, but had been preserved in these "home movies" that could always be seen just for the asking. I hugged mom and dad over and over again and thanked them for molding my character and raising me to be the kind of person that I am. I thanked daddy for teaching me to love everyone and have no prejudices against any person. I also thanked my parents for being so accepting of my interracial family, for loving all of the grandchildren so much; for not showing any prejudice, not even for a moment.
Seeing Becky and Carol was heaven in and of itself. Becky was a beautiful spirit and her face just shone with love. Carol was the wonderful girl with a giant spirit that I now remembered from before I left home: Light and love was what she was about.
The party lasted a good long while and everyone had a fine time, but finally it was over and all of my family and friends left me to rest and consider all that I had heard and seen since I returned home. Ed left me with a final hug and told me to relax and rest. He said that he would be back in the morning and that he and Glenna would accompany me to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building.
Heavenly father and mother explained to me that they were there to teach me correct principles after I had been born as an energy form. They explained that they had cared for me through many life games and that I always returned to them after each game in order for them to prepare me for the next life game. They also explained that once I had won my life game that I was in charge of my own person. That it was my responsibility to grow and develop on my own. This made me wonder if I had indeed won my life game and it was very hard to rest until it was time to go to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building.
Tomorrow Ann goes to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building and prepares to learn if she has won her life game...
The so-called dead are very sensitive to our thoughts, and for this reason excessive grief is to be deprecated. It saddens them and prevents their attention as they should upon the new life that they are starting. Of course, it seems very hard to tell people not to grieve when one whom they have dearly loved passes out of sight, but remember that if there is a link of love you will certainly meet again, and that nothing that is good, or beautiful, or true, can ever be lost.
We can pray for those who have passed on, and indeed it is a sacred duty to do so. The practice was generally discontinued after the Reformation because it had been greatly abused and commercialized, but, nevertheless, it is an excellent practice in itself. Realize peace of mind, freedom, and understanding for them.
(Emmet Fox)
THE GOD GAMES: Heaven & Hell...Chapter 39...HEAVEN AGAIN!!
The room was filled with flowers of all colors and types and they sang their various tones. Two long tables were in the center of the room covered with lace tablecloths and an abundance of fruit and vegetables, dips and crackers, freshly baked bread, cheeses, and jams and jellies. One table was loaded down with pies of all descriptions. There were two fountains of wine kept cool by ice sculptures in the shapes of birds and butterflies. It was all so lovely that I could hardly stop saying thank you to everyone I met.
Ed introduced me to my heavenly father and mother. Father said that as soon as I was acclimated to my surroundings that I would be meeting with him and two other Elders to go over my options now that I was in this marvelous Promised Land: Home, and all it entailed. He welcomed me to rest at his home after the party.
Throughout the party there were, projected on the walls, scenes from my life game. Moments so precious that I thought had been lost long ago were now seen clearly. All the wonderful Christmas mornings from when I was a little girl, and as we raised our children, were not lost, but had been preserved in these "home movies" that could always be seen just for the asking. I hugged mom and dad over and over again and thanked them for molding my character and raising me to be the kind of person that I am. I thanked daddy for teaching me to love everyone and have no prejudices against any person. I also thanked my parents for being so accepting of my interracial family, for loving all of the grandchildren so much; for not showing any prejudice, not even for a moment.
Seeing Becky and Carol was heaven in and of itself. Becky was a beautiful spirit and her face just shone with love. Carol was the wonderful girl with a giant spirit that I now remembered from before I left home: Light and love was what she was about.
The party lasted a good long while and everyone had a fine time, but finally it was over and all of my family and friends left me to rest and consider all that I had heard and seen since I returned home. Ed left me with a final hug and told me to relax and rest. He said that he would be back in the morning and that he and Glenna would accompany me to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building.
Heavenly father and mother explained to me that they were there to teach me correct principles after I had been born as an energy form. They explained that they had cared for me through many life games and that I always returned to them after each game in order for them to prepare me for the next life game. They also explained that once I had won my life game that I was in charge of my own person. That it was my responsibility to grow and develop on my own. This made me wonder if I had indeed won my life game and it was very hard to rest until it was time to go to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building.
Tomorrow Ann goes to the Revisiting-Your-Life-Game Building and prepares to learn if she has won her life game...
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