What is Death?

Death is a stage of transformation and rejuvenation for the soul. The soul does not die when the house it wore wears out. Death itself is not real but a process, a stage, a delineation point. It takes a minimum of 14,000 years for the soul to become One with the Word from whence it came.

Before the Fall of the Angels and the subsequent Fall of Man, we had a vast amount of energy pouring into us constantly over the Crystal River of the Water of Life, the "Crystal Cord" (Rev 21:1). This Crystal Cord was nine feet in diameter and descended from the Heart of God, through the Lamb (our Holy Christ Self, Higher Mind) and into our Heart of hearts. The Energy that we received over the Crystal Cord sustained an Unfed Threefold Flame of Power, Wisdom and Love that engulfed our entire being. With that amount of energy at our disposal we were able to live for hundreds and even thousands of years in one "physical body" which is actually four bodies superimposed over one another (fire, air, water and earth). We were able to precipitate all of our needs directly from Universal Substance (Energy) and did not need to labor by the sweat of the brow. We were able to levitate ourselves and other objects. All of the miracles performed by Jesus were common place among all men and women and we will be able to perform them again as he promised (John 14:12).

Because we had misused that great light and power given to us, causing us a great karmic burden and our "Fall", to prevent our self destruction the Cosmic Councils decreed the Word that curtailed the amount of energy that we could receive directly from God Source. That Crystal Cord was reduced from nine feet in diameter to the diameter of a human hair. The Threefold Flame was reduced to 1/16th of an inch and the lifespan of our "physical bodies) was shortened to three score and ten (70 years). The periodic shedding of the bodies became the norm and the "superstition of death" replaced our natural knowledge of everlasting life as we "forgot" our birthright and heritage. Ignoring God's Laws resulted in our ignorance of who we are and where we came from.

The bodies terrestrial and celestial spoken of by Paul (1 Cor 15:40) describe the four lower bodies of man, the Higher Self (Christ Self), and Mighty I Am Presence (the Presence of the I AM THAT I AM individualized for every child of God). We have an etheric (fire) body, a mental (air) body, an emotional (water)a body and a physical (earth) body. When the physical body is at rest in sleep the soul can travel in either the etheric body of the emotional (Astral) body. There are 33 planes, dimensions, levels of the Etheric Plane and of the Astral Plane. The Etheric Plane ascends upwards in vibration from Devacon (wish fulfillment) to just below the Ascended Octaves of Eternal Life and Light. The Astral Plane descends in vibration from Purgatory to the absolute darkness of the Pit of Hell. Where we go in sleep and in the transitory period we call "death" depends on our level of spiritual development or lack of it.

The Laws of Karma (cyclic return of energy) and Re-incarnation (cyclic return of the soul into physical existence) are our Tutor, our Teacher, since we have free will in our use of God's Light Energy. They "teach" us by allowing us to experience the results of the correct and incorrect uses of that energy. We experience, in the abilities and disabilities of our bodies (physical, emotional and mental), the results of our use of energy. Our karma dictates every aspect of our present and future "physical" lives. It is only while in physical form that we have the ability to change and each physical embodiment is an opportunity to transform ourselves from unreality to Reality, from corruptible to incorruptible, from mortal to immortal (1 Cor 15:53-54).

Death is a lie, a misnomer, an illusion because we no longer "See" the soul when it leaves physical form (though there are some who are able to "see"). Souls who leave the body suddenly through accident, war or other calamity and who do not have "spiritual awareness" often find themselves confused when they can no longer enter or even find their "physical" body. They may wander about in the Astral Plane thinking that they are still "physically alive" for a very long time. It may be a few years or even a thousand years before another "physical" body can be given to the soul. In the Astral Plane there is no continuity, no family structures, no recurring familiar land marks. It is a place of confusion and turmoil, the place of nightmares.

In the Etheric Plane there exist worlds that are more real than this physical world. There are Universities of the Spirit and Spiritual Retreats that exist under the guidance of our Elder Brothers and Sisters, the Ascended Masters, the Gods and Goddesses, who have become One with Christ and with God. They tutor and instruct us in preparation for further advancement on the Path to Oneness. They may challenge our concepts of who we are by putting us together with other souls who are our polar opposite. We may grate and rub against each other in those Retreats until we knock the "chips off of our shoulders". We are diamonds in the rough who become polished in the process as the chips fall where they may.