What If Death Does Not Automatically Free the Soul?
Bernhard Guenther – One of the clearest signs of this dark age of materialism is that most people no longer think deeply about death.
It is ironic. None of us gets out of here “alive,” yet we feel uncomfortable contemplating death.
Death is as much a part of life as birth, yet we are so removed from our spiritual essence that many people do not seriously consider the possibility of life after death or the continuation of consciousness beyond the physical body.
Part of this is the fear of death.
We avoid looking at it directly and facing this fear, so we compensate by obsessing over the body, youthfulness, longevity, physical appearance, and physical survival, while giving little attention to the soul, the afterlife, or the spiritual consequences of how we live. Continue reading
Stefan Becker – To awaken we must build a bridge from our current understanding of who we are to an understanding that allows us to remember and review all previous stages of our existence. The problem is that such a feat leads us to an impasse, to a chasm. There is a chasm between what we as humanity seem to ‘know’ about our origins and the modalities of the universe we exist in, and what is the true, first-hand knowledge and memory of where we were before showing up in this current lifetime.
Lisa Smartt – One of the ways people bring closure to their lives is through their final requests. The most common requests in the Final Words Project were humble ones related to visiting with friends and family members and enjoying certain small pleasures, like a last bottle of a favorite beer.
Robert Lanza – After the death of his old friend, Albert Einstein said “Now Besso has departed from this strange world a little ahead of me. That means nothing. People like us … know that the distinction between past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”