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Old 22-08-2012, 09:59 PM
knightofalbion knightofalbion is offline
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The Other Side of ...YOU

What will we be like on the other side?

'You do not change your identity.You do not change your individuality. You do not change your consciousness. You grow in spiritual grace and stature, but you are the same individual that you were before - with your perceptions heightened, your faculties deepened.
But, except for the disappearance of blemishes, defects and injuries, you are recognisable as you were on earth.
You do not change your form, for all that is spiritual still requires a mode of manifestation, a body, a vehicle, an instrument through which the spirit must register itself'

- Silver Birch
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All this talk of religion, but it's how you live your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.

http://holy-lance.blogspot.com
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Old 22-08-2012, 10:01 PM
knightofalbion knightofalbion is offline
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'You will be a real individual with a body, and features which enable you to be recognised by others. You will have all the senses which enable you to recognise others. You will have the entire spiritual apparatus which is necessary for you to function in our world'

- Silver Birch
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All this talk of religion, but it's how you live your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.

http://holy-lance.blogspot.com
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Old 22-08-2012, 10:05 PM
knightofalbion knightofalbion is offline
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'When you come to our world you do not have physical bodies. You have their replicas, but you do not have speech.
Except in the comparatively lower realms you realise that there is a superior method of communication, mind to mind direct, without the necessity of using language which is a very clumsy substitute for thought. Thought is superior to language.'

- Silver Birch
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All this talk of religion, but it's how you live your life that is the all-important thing.
If you set out each day to do all the goodness and kindness that you can, and to do no harm to man or beast, then you are walking the highest path.
And when your time is up, if you can leave the earth a better place than you found it, then yours will have been a life well lived.

http://holy-lance.blogspot.com
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Old 22-08-2012, 10:31 PM
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my understanding is that there are many levels of conscienseness and realms within levels, so I don't think that we keep our ethereal bodies when in the higher levels, but can discard them at will or put them back on again.....as beings of light, we are just that--beings of light, all sparkly and bright.....so it all depends on what level you have acheived IMO.....
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Old 23-08-2012, 11:22 AM
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There is nothing incompatible between what you write and the quotations of Silver Birch given by the Noble Knight above. After passing over we go to the astral planes, which from my experience are just as described by the OP. We have astral bodies, which are much finer than physical bodies, but we keep our memories and attachments. It is possible at will to change one's form into almost anything, but most creatures prefer to keep their original appearance, at the best point in their physical life. Communication is by thought, not spoken words. Thought manifestation is instant.

There are levels of spiritual development on the astral, and ultimately those who have developed to the highest level of spirituality reach the point where they are able to pass on to even higher spheres. At that stage, the astral body is discarded and we move on to the next plane/dimension (call it what you like). Juanita, at that stage we no longer need the support of any shape or form. You are right. But what KOA is describing is the astral plane.
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Old 23-08-2012, 01:27 PM
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For me, there is perhaps a quiet consciousness that we might join, but not as an individual recognising their own individuality, more a merging like a drop of water into an ocean.
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:45 PM
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There is nothing incompatible between what you write and the quotations of Silver Birch given by the Noble Knight above. After passing over we go to the astral planes, which from my experience are just as described by the OP. We have astral bodies, which are much finer than physical bodies, but we keep our memories and attachments. It is possible at will to change one's form into almost anything, but most creatures prefer to keep their original appearance, at the best point in their physical life. Communication is by thought, not spoken words. Thought manifestation is instant.

There are levels of spiritual development on the astral, and ultimately those who have developed to the highest level of spirituality reach the point where they are able to pass on to even higher spheres. At that stage, the astral body is discarded and we move on to the next plane/dimension (call it what you like). Juanita, at that stage we no longer need the support of any shape or form. You are right. But what KOA is describing is the astral plane.



Yes, you are quite correct, but just wanted to make sure that people understood that there is more than one plane, the astral level....... many don't and think that the astral level is "it" when it isn't........
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Old 28-08-2012, 08:47 PM
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[quote=Peb]For me, there is perhaps a quiet consciousness that we might join, but not as an individual recognising their own individuality, more a merging like a drop of water into an ocean.[/QUOTe



You are quite wrong in your assumptions as we are eternal beings and always keep our individuality....
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Old 11-09-2012, 05:40 PM
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What will we be like on the other side?

'You do not change your identity.You do not change your individuality. You do not change your consciousness. You grow in spiritual grace and stature, but you are the same individual that you were before - with your perceptions heightened, your faculties deepened.
But, except for the disappearance of blemishes, defects and injuries, you are recognisable as you were on earth.
You do not change your form, for all that is spiritual still requires a mode of manifestation, a body, a vehicle, an instrument through which the spirit must register itself'

- Silver Birch

I read that the more advanced your soul is the more physically attractive you are on the other side but you will not be "perfect" looking, there's always going to be some kind of flaw.
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Old 14-09-2012, 04:34 AM
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i love your post knightofalbion :)
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