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Dr. Moninder Singh Modgil PhD Mr. Dnyandeo D. Patil Mr. Debendra (Cyclic Time Physics) Alumni - Electrical Engg Nath Behera IIT Kanpur, India
We see around us this beautiful & vast universe of many galaxies, stars & planets with deep mysteries. Whenever we gaze with curiosity at the starlit night sky, the beauty & mysteries of the universe have held a special fascination upon us & we wonder at the expanse of the universe! Whenever we look around this beautiful nature of mountains, seas, trees, & innumerable living beings of this earth planet, we ask ourselves with great wonder & curiosity that `Who is the creator of this world? From where all these come?, `Who is the artist of this mysterious universe?.
From the ancient times many Religionists, Philosophers had spend their whole life in search for the Creator - God & the mysteries of his creation; but they could not found Him. In holy Books they conclude that `God is the ultimate creator of this universe! This nature is an art of God & the universe is running by the power of God!`. Science is also doing deep research from last many centuries to find out the mysteries of universe and self reality. In recent decades there is a feeling that science & spirituality are two sides of "One Coin", and eminent scientists also have been pointing to the importance of spirituality & the need to understand & recognize the reality of the metaphysical self & Supreme being.
The Akashic Records
In Ancient Vedic holy scripts, we will find many hidden knowledge of creation which now present science are try to find out by many experiment and theories. One such verydeep interesting topic of Quantum physics research is "Akashic Records". In Vedic Sanskrit scripts word "Akashic Records" means "sky ", "space" "luminous" or "Aetheric Knowledge" , So Akashic records can be considered as Cosmic knowledge of universe. The Akashic records are collectively understood to be a collection of mystical knowledge that is encoded in the Aether energy; i.e. on a non-physical plane of existence. Akasha can also be thought of as the underlying ‘nothingness’ from which all ‘somethingness’ arises. No matter how things change, the ‘nothingness’ or ‘space’ remains and holds a record of all that has take place within it. There are three states of consciousness that we all go through every day: our sleep, dreams and waking. But then there's a state of consciousness that's called "cosmic consciousness," which is beyond the physical world, and basically a record of the entire history of the universe.
The Akashic Records are understood to have existed since the beginning of The Creation and even before. Just as we have various specialty libraries (e.g., medical, law), there are said to exist various Akashic Records (e.g., human, animal, plant, mineral, etc) encoding Universal Core. Most writings refer to the Akashic Records in the area of human experience but it is understood that all phenomenal experience as well as transcendental knowledge is encoded therein. This fundamental element, akasha, also has an additional, important feature: It records all that occurs. It is as if Creation itself remembers all that occurs and keeps a record of itself within the very fabric of creation.
The Akashic field of torsion waves may be new to science, its existence has been knownfor thousands of years in the East. The only new thing about it is that it is being rediscovered by western science. Akasha is the womb of creation bringing forth every physicalaspect that can be perceived with the senses according to eastern traditions. Inancient eastern spirituality the history written within the Akashic field are called the Askashic chronicles, the book of life that records everything that has everhappened or will happen in the universe. The Akashic chronicles or Akashic records contain the story of every soul that ever lived on this planet. When most of us think of the basic elements, we think of Earth, Fire, Water, Air and Space. If you are into physics, you would think of the elemental table or the basic elements from which all material things are made. Hindus see Akasha (Space) the FIRST element. It is the element which is the basis for all the other elements and forces in the universe. Jainism and Buddhism generally hold a similar idea of akasha. Akasha is considered it to be both the infinite space of the physical world, and the spiritual ground of all other physical phenomena.
Akashic Records were accessed by ancient people of various cultures, including the Indians, Moors, Tibetans, Bonpo and other peoples of the Himalaya, Egyptians, Persians, Chaldeans, Greeks, Chinese, Hebrews, Christians, Druids and Mayans. It is held that the ancient Indian sages of the Himalayas knew that each soul, atma, or entity recorded every moment of its existence in a "book", and that if one attuned oneself properly then one could access that "book". Nostradamus claimed to have gained access to the Akasha, using methods derived from the Greek oracles, Christian and Sufi mysticism and the Kabbalah. Other individuals who claim to have consciously used the Akashic Records include: Charles Webster Leadbeater, Annie Besant, Alice Bailey, Samael AunWeor, William Lilly, Manly P. Hall, Lilian Treemont, Dion Fortune, George Hunt Williamson, Rudolf Steiner, Max Heindel and Edgar Cayce amongst others.
In Surat Shabda Yoga cosmology, the Akashic Records would be located within the causal plane of Trikuti. In Indian mythology "Chitragupta" mention as helping hand of GOD, who keep all records of our entire life karmic actions. When we left body for next birth before that we get presented in front of GOD- the light and "Chritragupta" shows our all life actions and we promise to GOD that we will not do bad karmas again and when we take human birth again we forgot our promise and acts as per our wish. Also Indian mythology says that "Narada" had also access to an essential knowledge that is at the fabric of the divine cosmic order.Ancient Indian Vedas and the language of Sanskrit itself were extracted from Akasha.
The claim that in Egypt, those who could read the Akasha were held in high standing and would advise the Pharaohs on daily activities and dream interpretation. The Phoenicians and Babylonians believed there to be a celestial record kept by the Creator about everything which took place on earth. Within ancient Jewish scriptures are numerous passages about a record being kept about everyone’s life. In Islam, it is believed there is the KiramanKatibin, the two angels who record everything good or bad, every word, thought or action by each person. In theosophy and anthroposophy, the Akashic records are a compendium of all human events, thoughts, words, emotions, and intent ever to have occurred in the past, present, or future. They are believed by theosophists to be encoded in a non-physical plane of existence known as the etheric plane.The Akashic Records, or "The Book of Life," can be equated to the universe's super-computer system. It is this system that acts as the central storehouse of all information for every individual who has ever lived upon the earth.
Something similar is mentioned in the Bible called ‘The Book of Life’ which refers to the Akasha records in both the Old Testament (Psalm 69:28) and the New Testament (Philippians 4:3, Revelation 3:5, 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 20:15 and Revelation 21:27 "Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life.")which has recorded all the events in everyone’s life (references to the recording of people’s lives appear in the books of Exodus, Psalms, Philippians and Revelations). In Psalms, King David speaks openly about how God has kept a record of his life, both good and evil. Just a few of the other names for the Akashic Records, based on culture or religion, are: The Infinite Mind, Cosmic Mind, Book of Life, Hall of Records, Universal Mind and Eye of GOD.
The Scared Science of Akashic Records
The Mysteries of Creatorand mechanism of his creation can be understand by the knowledge of Akashic Records which are nothing but Mind of Almighty GOD!!! The Knowledge about Scared Science of Akashic Records describe here are our own experience in deep mediation, when we reach to delta stage and we get connected to the Universal mind which emerge in front of us as Giant Luminous rotating wheel of aetheric energy field which world called as "Akashic Records". It is infinite and vast and we always get feeling that 'What we know is the drop, what we don't know is ocean!' The deep mysteries of Creator and his Creation will be understand by doing collective research in direction that entire Universe as a Conscious body of Infinite consciousness (i.e God) which called as the "Gforce of Universe" in Aether Quantum Dynamic Physics.
Nikola Tesla a famous scientist of 19th century says that “If you want to understand the Universe, think of Energy, Frequency and Vibration.” Tesla was gifted with mind blowing ability that he can design the entire machine in mind then he run that machine in mind and see the results and if
found satisfactory then he goes for real making of machine. In same sense Almighty GOD gives first thoughts for Grand design of Universe to make playground for us and think for entire script of eternal cosmic cycle of all souls. He create cyclic pattern of human consciousness from high to low and again high through his infinite consciousness. Akashic Records have entire history of Grand cosmic cycle creation from Golden age to Iron age with every births recovered of all souls of world and all movement of 5 elements aether quanta as per collective consciousness of Human souls.It is as collective thoughts patterns of Creator who remembers all that occurs and keeps a record of itself within the fabric of creation.
As we are eternal conscious light (Soul) having Mind, Intellect(Subconscious Mind) and Resolves (Unconscious Mind- Sanskars) and physical body to play part in this world. We soul interact with body through Brain. In same way the Infinite consciousness i.e GOD has also Mind, Intellect and Resolves (Sanskars) and Universe as body to play this Grand Cosmic Cycle with us! Akashic records are Quantum Mind of GOD, the sustenance of entire cosmic creation by one Gforce is Intellect of GOD and playing Cosmic dance in Cyclic Sacred Geometrical patterns (Cosmometry) are Sanskars of Almighty GOD, who is our sweet eternal father...As we have our own physical body as our own cosmos, this physical universe is body of GOD and it's run by his divine cosmic code in the form of scared geometry energy field .
We create thoughts in Mind for action which is nothing but frequencies and Intellect which take decision as per our knowledge and experience, which give command to Brain and Sanskars are the patterns of behavior repeatedly doing through actions. In same way entire universe runs as per "Akashic records" which are primordial thought frequencies of Infinite consciousness in form of Atheric energy sacred geometrical patters store in White hole of Universe at the Horizon of this physical universe as per shown in Fig 1. The Akashic record of universe which science are try to understand by zero point energy. Everything is connected to this Universal Mind and world drama decoded by Matrix of energy, freq and vibrations at everyone Planck second.. We can see the wheel of Creation from Eternity to Infinity.
Some of the highly regarded ancient philosophies of the world proclaim that the universe originated with a vibration in an ocean of unmanifested fundamental substance which is described as an ocean of infinite indivisible motionless pure consciousness beyond space and time. When this motionless consciousness becomes active, it oscillates by its own power and
generates discrete quanta of consciousness which the physicists know as the discrete quanta of energy. Very low degree of manifestation of the consciousness makes the quanta appear like insentient matter. Thus the one becomes many and the laws of relativity becomes operative. The universe so originated undergoes cyclic evolution and involution implying cyclic nature of time.
Hence the Universe is Collective Dynamics Consciousness of GOD's Mind, Intellect and Sanskaras in form of Aether energy neural network grid, which he keep in storage of Aether frequencies form as Akashic record in White hole and His Intellect acts as Gforce to create 16 forces i.e Gravity, Electromagnetic, Nuclear force etc though his divine virtues and power in super quantum gravity field which works on these Aether frequencies to create reality through Sanskaras i.e E8 lattice geometry patterns which bounding all matter of creation with Time as Cyclic Geometrical Conscious entity with infiniteSacred geometrical patters of Aether energies. This Scared Science of Universe is vast and Infinite....
We had written details on this topic i.e How GOD is Gforce or Unified force of universe and what is the sacred space -time geometry of universe through which we can explain to world how God acts through his 32 energy points for creation of different forces to run the universe through his Divine Sacred Geometry, like God's Ocean of love energy creates gravity force for universe and this research paper name "Metaphysics of The Unified Field of Universe" was accepted to 'International Conference on Unified Field Mechanics' at London organize by International Physical and Mathematical Science Committee ,which was hold on Dec 15- 16, 2016.
We may raise with one fundamental question that " If Universe is body of GOD, who is ever pure and powerful residing in 10th dimension of universe which is beyond system of cyclic entropy, then why his body (Universe) get trap into entropy system which we see today?" The answer of this question can get through the mechanism of Body of GOD, which depends on collective consciousness of 108 souls, which play major roles in world drama. The scared quantum physics of universal body of GOD are hide in famous quote of Nikola Tesla that"If you only knew the magnificence of the 3, 6 and 9 then you would have a key to the universe". We will be discuss on this topic in other article because the knowledge about it are very vast.
The Aether Quantum Dynamic Physics (AQDP) of Akashic Records
Every Aether energy quanta of universe has consciousness and interact with each other's through Neural network of Scared Geometrical mechanism patterns. This Cosmos is a mind-like topological neural network based on the principle of tensegrity and wherein a Soul-like consciousness act as self- realize or self-actualize through the behavior of the “code”. Now this " Code" are recorded in terms of freq in this Aether elements of universe and we are the activator of these " Code" as per our thought patterns. One Planck unit adopted all the information of all protons and the fluctuation of this Planck units creates the information network which flow in the universe through Feedback mechanism.
The scared geometry of Aether energy is Nanohedron Geometry (O9) as shown in fig 2 , at the beginning of cosmic cycle which now became as Tetrahedron Geometry (O4) fig 3 due to depletion in human consciousness from Soul to body consciousness. The original Akashic Records of universe embedded in white hole are in form of LotusSacred Geometry as per fig 4 which are interconnected to each other energy fields and sections of Akashich records. Further these energy codes are connected with each Aether energy quanta of universe by Aetheric strings which flow the entire freq codes to universe!! Hence everything are connected and information flow are always in nature at all times. This we called as Dance of Natraj!!
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Nassim Haramin find out that the representation of universe is encoded by the interference pattern of fluctuation of space time on the surface of every proton. The information of the black hole is present on the 2-D surface of the black hole known as it's " Event Horizon". Every atom has mini black hole and proton cloud be act as mini black hole in atom. If we look all little fluctuation of the vacuum, the amount of energy inside the proton in the vacuum fluctuation, the mass of the vacuum inside the little tiny protonis equivalent to all other protons mass of the universe !! All mass of the universe is represent Holographically by vacuum fluctuation in one little proton, so that one little proton is connected to all proton in the universe !! The holographic information encoding is dynamically happening at every Planck seconds at every movement and it constantly flowing throughout the universe. Universe is self organizing system and Space ( Aether energy) is connecting everything and it is great organizer. Its connect everything and gather all the information , knowledge of every point of universe. Reality is a consciousness hologram. The Akashic Records refer to the hologram (matrix) of consciousnessgrids that create our reality.
Electromagnetic energy is completely invisible to the naked eye, but a virtual universe of electromagnetic waves permeates our entire worldand this vast network of impulses carries within it information and data that we have come to depend on in our digital age. It is the backbone of what is otherwise referred to as the "Cloud Computing", which remotely stores billions of gigabytes of data.When we think about the "Cloud Computing" what we're really talking about is data transfer, information transfer through server computersto billion people of world. So we are not seen these hidden secret patterns and codes of Cloud computing that are floating around us but we get result by harnessing and Channeling them through right form of energy transmitters and decoders.
In same sense Akashic records are floating around us in form of "Torsion energy waves"which was First discovered by Nikola Tesla( but his work was suppressed by secret societies of world) and then Russian astrophysicist Dr. Nikolai A. Kozyrev. This energy is neither electromagnetic in nature nor does it relate to gravity as it stands on its own. This new form of energy is a spiraling non-Hertzian electromagnetic wave that travels through the vacuum at super-luminal speeds, a billion times faster than light. Due to the spiraling nature of the wave, the wave is called a torsion wave since it traces a spiraling path! According to independent researcher David Wilcock the torsion wave also traces a perfect Phi spiral! Torsion waves are called non-Hertzianwaves since they do not obey the classical theory of Hertz and Maxwell.
These Torsion waves having scared geometrical shape called Nanohedron are very remarkable waves as they never wear off, they propagateto the far corners of the universe without losing their momentum and in thisrespect they have eternal life. Torsion waves as they travel through the physicalvacuum do not encounter any friction; therefore they maintain their energy. Astorsion waves traverse the universe they interfere with other torsion waves. Thesearegenerated by many phenomena such as the vibration or displacement of matter,electromagnetic energy and our conscious thoughts to name a few.
Torsion fields are therefore information fields as they encode everything that hasleft its traces in the form of torsion waves in this universe. This boils down to therecording of every little thought that was ever thought and every little move thatwas ever made. The interference patterns of the torsion waves form a hugehologram that permeates the whole of the universe. Just like the waves of the seas form an interference pattern that in theory allowsus to decode the movement of the ships that stirred its surface, likewise torsionwaves theoretically allow us to decode the history of our universe. The onlydifference between the waves at sea and the torsion waves is that the sea waveseventually lose their energy as they crest at the shores. The superposition oftorsion waves and their memory capacity however is limitless and eternal.
Torsion waves allow for information transfer across the universe, connectingevery atom in the universe with every other atom and since torsion waves travelat super luminous speeds they could be the explanation of the non-local effectsthat were predicted in theory and discovered by experiment in quantum physics.The information field created by torsion waves in the universe allows for acoherent whole of the universe, connecting every little atom in the universe with all other matter in the universe informing it of its whereabouts and activity. Infact scientists are discovering a very high state of coherence in our physicaluniverse that cannot easily be explained if the universe is a bunch of singleindividual parts of atoms, molecules, planets and stars that only maintain contactby separate forces such as gravity acting upon them.
Quantum entangledparticles keep their coherent relation eternally and are not bothered by any
distance separating them whether it be a few millimetres or the distance of agalaxy. These relations can only be explained if an invisible field permeates theuniverse that interconnects them.The information field described above is termed the Akashic field by Professor Emeritus . Ervin Laszlo. Laszlo in the last four decades developed an integral theory foreverything; instead of specializing in one particular field, Laszlo has studied manyfields of science and finally developed an integral system theory. According to Laszlo the Akashic field is more fundamental than energy and matter in the universe.It’s this primordial information field that is the ground of our universeinterconnecting everything with everything rendering our view of separateentities in this universe useless. In his system theory there are no separateentities at all; ‘separate’ entities that we observe in our universe are allembedded in one seamless interwoven net of connections.
The Akashic records, are holographic torsion fields of individuals that embed inlarger holograms of groups of peoples such as nations. The holograms of nationsweave the hologram of humanity on Earth and resembles what Carl Jung calledthe collective mind of man. The A-field or Akashic field can explain the psychicabilities reported by many people to see into the past and know about events thattook place in this world that were not perceived by any personal cognitiveconscious experience. The Akashic records are the storehouse of information thathas been consulted by all great seers throughout the ages including Edgar Cayce. Ervin Laszlo presents a theory that helps to tie both together. He proposes that the quantum vacuum - which we know contains all the information of our history - is also consciousness. Everything in the universe therefore has consciousness; from a pebble to a tree, to a cloud, to a person. While this goes against the view of mainstream science, there are some highly respected scientists such as Freeman Dyson, David Bohm and Fritj of Capra, who support the idea that the universe is in fact conscious. Ervin Laszlo says that life happens because it comes from the quantum vacuum.
This energy not only shapes the physical world moment by moment, it is alsorelated to consciousness. Contemporary science is revealing that the firm belief ina distinction between the material and the spiritual word is false. There is noduality, the universe is constructed from one and one substance only and boththe physical and mental world springs forth from the ether. Ervin Laszlo, Amit Goswami, Daniel Winter and David Wilcock are a few of the scientists who have crossed the bridgebetween science and spirituality and who now believe that the primordialconscious energy of the universe is the first cause of creation.For the first time in recorded human history we may have a unified theory ofeverything (T.O.E.) within reach that not only explains our physical universe butalso connects it with consciousness, closing the gap between science andspirituality once and for all, 300 years after Descartes.The empty space of the universe is not empty at all. It contains a spiritual energythat modern day science has rediscovered as the Aether but this energy has beenknown for thousands of years in many ancient spiritual traditions by names suchas the Chi, Ki, Prana or Akashic energy of the universe.
The Aether energy can arranges itself into basic geometrical wave patterns thatwere named after Plato, the Platonic solids to form matter. Almost 2,500 yearsago, Plato wrote that the physical world was constructed from the Platonic solids.The Platonic solids arrange themselves in what chaos theory calls fractal patternsweaving a matrix in space interconnecting atoms with the stars. The scales of thePlatonic solid shapes are different but the ratios between them are still the same.
The Mysterious Script of Akashic Records
In year 2008, Renowned physicist and University of Maryland professor S.James Gates Jr. and Coauthors while doing research on Super symmetry of String theory, they found a specific computer code in the equations defining the fabric of the universe. The Super symmetry of 16 points as per fig.5 at Planck scale making one geometry which they describe in error-correcting codes. They theorizes that since these error-correcting codes areindistinguishable from those that drive search engines on our computers, it suggests that the cosmos is digital in nature.Professor Gates finding computer code in his string theories, it literally shook many scientists, because what they saying that there is code and not only code, but code that in the fabric of reality. So the implication is that our reality is digital, that every experience you've ever had is based on code.
They have found computer algorithms in the existence of the universe, a code of one and zeros, which would imply that the idea of an information field or the cloud is not a new idea, and it's happened before.It could be that the past, present and future has already happened.And if that's the case, we are really looking at a system that repeats itself over and over and over again.And that could be looked at as a script.It could be looked at as a computer code.Then it would make sense that we are in-in some way being directed by that information.These prophecies may be actually something where people were tapping into a future that already existed in some other sense.And it appears to be something that is part of a greater cosmic script that we're all following that does have an extraterrestrial influence in making sure that we stay on the script.
This mysterious universe run by quasi-crystal geometry language code of Aether energy in terms of frequencies and at Super quantumPlanck scale its works with aether energy for manifestation of reality. The code found by scientist are in first nature of digital because they are not know about the quasi- crystal geometry language code of aether energy which are the Kernel of universe engine and as per hierarchy its goes upwards scale to vibration patterns in quantum physics which science study in string theory and further decode in mathematics as binary system.
All modern computers are working on digital computer binary algorithms which program by programmer to perform any particular task. Present Artificial Intelligence works on neural networks of computer like Human brain on binary algorithms. Now we are finding that Quantum computers which are extremely fast then present binary algorithms technology are in deep research for future technology. The Supercomputer of nature reality works on quantum computing , which we are now exploring, but still mainstream scientists are not finding the truth because they are not seeing everything are connected as one conscious entity. They think that universe is mechanical and dead consciousness, which is their biggest mistake. From last centuries we found that science are doing great progress but at same time the human values are degrading to worst and entire mankind is on face of war. Why these are happing now and we all are moving towered the "Singularity" of what??
Is Akashic record contains a script Like a cosmic computer code that humans are being programmed to follow? Perhaps the answer can be found by examining evidence discovered by theoretical physicists that there is programming language embedded in the very fabric of the universe like Cloud of Akashic record of creation and we all are merely following a pre-programmed cosmic script embedded within an invisible realm that exists all around us?Do we have free will, or are we totally determined? The answer is: if you're not aware of the choices you're making, you're a biological robot.But if you become conscious of the nature of the universe, then you can start to have some degree of freedom and can be ready for upcoming new age of universe i.e Golden age (Lemuria / Atlantis) !! We must higher our consciousness from body to soul. We must know Who am I and from where I come to this world? What is the future of world and what will be my role for new world?
The answer are embedded in the script of Akashic records, which we must know for our future.
The details of Akashic records scripts given here are the self explaining script of Incorporeal Almighty through corporeal body of Prajapita Brahma, which other religion called as him as Adam. The present time is called Diamond age of universe, where the creator manifested himself through Prajapita Brahma and give the knowledge of entire creation in nutshell and teaching Rajyog Meditation to purified human souls from Iron to Golden. As Incorporeal Almighty doesn't have his own physical as well as subtlebody, he take body of the Brahma or Adam,who became the first prince- Krishna of Golden age in last cosmic cycle. This knowledge is giving by Almighty from last 83 years and still going on. This script mention the entire history and geography of mankind from Golden Age (Lemuria / Atlantis) to Iron Age (present). Our mission to give this true knowledge to all souls of world, because it is their birth right to come in Golden Age, if they can recognize self and our sweet eternal father. i.e Almighty GOD!!
A. Golden Age ( The Lemuria land) and Sliver Age (Atlantis land)
The grand cosmic cycle start from Golden age (Lemuria) of 1250 years span in which we human being takes 8 births as deities withaverage life span of 150 years. After golden age Silver age starts and human being takes 12 births as deities with average life span of 100years. In both divine ages of universe we were always in soul consciousness stage hence, we never became ill or old and alwaysexperience 100% bliss, purity, peace, happiness, joy forever life. Every movement of our life, we love unconditionally to each others, animals and nature. The first prince of this world is Lord Krishna and first princess Radhe, which get married and became world first emperor kingdomcalled Shri. Narayana and Shri. Laxmi of Lemurian land in Bharat. This is real Singularity of Human consciousness, in which there is one world, one nation, one language and one religion. We don't have any sorrow, fear or unsatisfaction etc. There will be“ Utron” Flying Machine running on Tesla’s Aether energy by Human mind. This machine will have Biological Brain which will run and control through Clean and infinite Aether energies vortex creating by their Diamonds and Gold design and control by our thoughts! This will be real quantum computing machine which will talk to each other's by their aether energy field and they all will be accident proof. Even small kids can also use these machines without any training!!
The starting population of this Golden age world are 9,16,108 deities souls living on the earth and 108 souls became the prince princess of Krishna family who make their consciousness very high like God consciousness in their previous birth i.e in present time through Rajyog meditation. In this age, the central gravitational forces of the cosmic world and the earth were balanced and zero. In the Golden age, the Aether energy was continuously flowing from the cosmic to the physical world through white hole due to which nature was fully charged with Golden particles. Due to continuous Aether energy flow on the earth, the living world was in its highest form of purity. The centre of gravity of the earth and the sky was in one direction due to which sun and moon were rotating above the earth in clockwise direction. Also, 108 stars of Zodiac and 7 stars (Saptarshri) were arranged like a crown and straight line form Polaris star respectively as shown in fig of Golden age universe.
In this period the speed of light was very slow due to which day and night period was of 21and 21 hours each in Lemuria and 18-18 hours each in Atlantis world. Also, sky was rotating very slowly because of less density of the universe and this scenario was continued till 2500 years in the Golden and Silver ages. In this period our serpent power was in crown centre as we were in soul conscious state due to which there was a continuously flow of Aether energy through Pole star and complete planetary system was following the thought orders of the World emperor.
At the starting of Golden age, there was bulk quantity of mercury all around the core of the earth due to which core was charging continuously by Aether energy and resulted in to production of earth’s strongest magnetic field. In this period, the earth magnetic moment was produced through Monopole and its entire energy centers were concentrated at the centre of the core. There were no meridian and equator on the earth and its land and water distribution was like lotus shape. The sea water was pure, crystal clear and clean. There was an absence of salt in the sea water and was spread all over in cyclic pattern covering the complete surface of earth with less depth and spread beyond the horizon too. The sea water was completely transparent through which it was possible to see seabed. The nature was in complete order of the deities because of their purity. In this period the aero planes were working on Aether energy with Tesla coil technology and could be controlled by the thoughts of deities. In the Golden age, different types of diamonds were found in Kimberlite and Lamprolite type of rocks from which rays of 7 colors were spreading all round. Such diamonds were used in palaces, aero planes and for outdoor lighting, etc. The colors from the diamonds were controlled and adjusted as per deities thought process.
In the Golden age, the sun light particle cones were dynamic in nature. When the World Emperor used to think about the day, sun’s light particle cones would open in 1800 which give day light on earth and when he used to think of night, the same sun light particle cones would shrink and get closed. In the night, there was reflection of such rays on the moon due to which full moon condition was maintained. The light cones from the rays of moon were also being controlled through thought process of the emperor.In this age, DNA was of 12 stands due to which deity’s body was very beautiful, strong with full of subtle powers. They never became old and could leave their body by self wish after completing 150 years. There was divine light all around the head of deities and they used to remain continuously in a soul conscious state as a memory of this, there is lamp in front of deity’s statue in a temple.
The birth of the deities was by the power of purity through eye sight and not by sex. To prove this fact, there is an example of the peacock whose birth process is by drinking eye the drops by peahen from peacock. Due to the purity of peacock, its feathers are used in the crown of Shri. Krishna hence it is known as the national bird of India.In the Golden age, animals were like toys with magnetic filaments and their look was very beautiful and innocent. The purity of deities controlled the gravity of the universe up to 2500 years period of Golden and Silver ages. The total population of 33 cores deities till end of Atlantis civilization. This divine civilization was spared in millions of kilometer on flat earth.
Hence Upcoming World called “The Lemuria / Atlantis” is the Magical land of many technological Singularities will be establish due to big shift in Human Consciousness towards Consciousness Singularity. Our all ancient scripts and holy books give description of this world as Heaven or paradise on earth. Greek philosopher Socrates and Plato describe in their books Timaeus and Critias about this land of Lemuria /Atlantis or Maria and whose evidences have been found in the records of old civilizations like Mayan, Babylonianand Egyptian etc.
B: Copper Age of Universe
If you see in night sky, we will find Seven stars below Polaris star which are higher consciousness part of Cosmic brain of God. In every creation design of nature, we will find seven numbers with unique combinations as human body have seven main chakras, seven colors spectrum of light, seven days of week etc. At the end of every cosmic cycle, Almighty God give his knowledge of creation to Seven sages souls through Brahma which Hindu called as Saptarishis and western philosophers called them as "ANUNNAKI". These Saptarishis are the main creators after Brahma - The first Adiyogi. God gives all knowledge of creation and design to Saptarishis, through which they creates the technology of Lemuria -Golden age and Atlantis- Silver age for next 2500 years of cosmic cycle.
After end of Atlantis due to massive flood, Abraham Soul come in world from soul world and establish Jewish religion 2500 years back, then Buddha come 2250 years back to establish Buddhist religion. After then Jesus Christ come 2000 years back to establish Christianity religion and finally Mohammad establish Muslim religion 1400 years back. Till end of Iron age we see many religions and cults come from these main 5 religions.
In copper and Iron age these Saptarishi souls written all religions Holy books like Vedas, Bible, Quran, other religious books and creation of all languages with grammar, astrology, mathematics in their different births. They are also the creator of present scientific technology by invention of many fundamental scientific theories in their different births as great Scientists which further decoded by many scientists, philosophers in the history of mankind which we are known today. Saptarishis have different names and services to mankind in each births such as Indian Sagas Maharshi Kanada, Bharadwaja, Aryabhatta, Sushruta etc and Western philosopher and scientists like Socrates, Plato, Pythagoras, Newton, Galileo, Nikola Tesla, Edison etc are among the few.
In the starting of copper age, when deities became body consciousness, there was change in Human consciousness from soul to body hence there was shift in universe axis withearthand changes in the fundamental scared geometry of Aether from which 5 elements get created. These cause the great flood which describe in many ancient scripts and holy books. Entire Atlantis civilization submerge in water which today we are searching in many parts of ocean. The entire Atlantis get broken in 32 parts and
deities souls spread out throughout the world in separate islands. Before end of Atlantis world Saptarishi get signal for weakness of earth core due to degradation in power of human consciousness hence they transfer their entire knowledge of creation in “13 Crystal skulls” which are part of Universal computer system.
Now these Crystal skulls are found near pyramids at different part of world in copper age. The Aura or energy fields of these Crystal skulls are very high of Indigo color, which indicated their strength of knowledge. The present owner of these Crystal skulls says that, these Crystal skulls are taking with them and giving information that they were comes from Atlantis and their creator will come again in future to read them. Scientists try to find out data from these Crystal skulls from last many years but they not get any success. Hence these are biggest mysteries in today’s world and many think that these are given by Aliens to present world as gift.
After this massive destruction of Atlantis on earth, Anunnakies build many pyramids on earth lay line, so that earth core can get Aether energy to balance the energy grid of earth. The main “Giza pyramid” constructed by Saptarishis, which was center of earth structure at that timeand they keep sample of Atlantis civilization below Giza pyramids at 1.6KM which we called as “Hall of Records”. From the centuries many archeologist try to find this “Hall of Records” but till date no one reach their. When all Saptarishis will come together in future, then they can open secretes of “Hall of Records” collectively. Also the earth’s magnetic Monopole divided into two parts due to which the earth’s single energy center got split into 13 numbers of energy centers at different places through which earth’s energy was distributed to living creatures and environment.
At the same time, there was formation of two black holes one in space above the earth and other one below the earth due to which there was formation of electrical insulator material inside the core at the centre. The core of the earth which was monopole got divided into two poles, due to which there was formation of two separate electromagnetic fields and hence the sky element at the center got divided into two parts. During conversion of monopole into dipoles, there was Pangaea event due to which the single Indian super continent got divided into 7 numbers of different continents. There were different types of natural disasters which occurred like earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, etc.
As there is formation of two black holes above and below the earth’s surface, the sky element got divided into two parts and it was found to be sinking. One part of the sky was from main meridian to the North Pole in which the light particles were moving in an anti clockwise direction similar to that of anti clockwise rotation of earth’s magnetic field. In the South Pole sky, the light particles were moving in clockwise direction similar to that of clockwise rotation of earth’s magnetic field. At the same time, the earth’s land boundaries were sinking and space dimensions became more cyclic hence light which felt on the earth was in cyclic motion due to which the earth seemed to be as it round in shape. Because of this reason the central gravity of the universe inclined at an angle of 23.50with respect to the central gravity of the earth.
The gravitational force became higher from the Copper to Iron age due to which the sky element got tilted by 700 to 800 with respect to earth. In the Golden age, the earth’s gravitational field was 100 percent and unified as monopole. In the Copper age, the monopole was broken into two parts and acted as a dipole. The earth’s core was unable to get sufficient amount of Aether energy hence its internal structure started changing. The core of the earth started discharging and resulted into geological and ecological imbalances on the earth. The central gravity of the cosmic world which was zero converted into gravitational force with respect to the earth’s and to balance these changes GOD had to create a subtle region between physical and cosmic world.
In the Copper age, 7 stars -Saptarishis which were in single straight line got disturbed and spread in different directions. There was effect of zodiac and planets on the DNA of human beings and also on their birth charts. The planets and stars had started transforming our lives. Aether energy used to structures our DNA and created our physical body. The serpent power was in crown center in the Golden age, it shifted in heart center in the Copper age and in the Iron age(now) it is in the root center.
There is a subtle form of Aether energy used for our body which is not discovered by science. Scientists have also found out that the universe is expanding due to increase in its density hence every living being has not been getting more Aether energy. At the start of the Copper age, visible matter and energy got converted into dark energy and dark matter which was mainly produced by our power of thoughts. Our power of purity controls the nature’s 5 elements. When we were pure, nature was pure and it act like an obedient servant but when we became impure, we became servant of nature.
In Golden age, mind power of the soul was in continuously in touch with the power of universe and in the Copper age, it separates from each other. In Copper age, our mind’s third eye got closed due to body consciousness, hence to regain our real identity; we have started prayers of GOD and His search everywhere. In this age, religious founder fathers have established different religions and spread the message of remembrance of GOD through devotion, prayers, meditation etc. They had been given knowledge of Karma philosophy from which the concepts of sin and virtue came into an existence.
We souls were in zero vision in the Golden and Silver ages, in narrow vision in Copper and Iron ages and in aero vision in confluence age. In the Golden and Silver ages these different powers in one’s hand and in the Copper and Iron ages, these different powers were split and divided into many hands due to which we became unhappy and restless. In the Golden age, the earth was like a lotus shape and became optical radical in the Copper age hence seen like a round shape and in future, it will become like lotus shape again.
At the start of Copper age, when we became impure, there were changes in the DNA structure, formation of black hole in human brain as well as at the centre of neurons. At the end of cosmic cycle, all the black holes would be evaporated and DNA would become 100 percent pure. There is a mechanism to keep Aether energy flow continuously in our body. As the time passed, this mechanism got disturbed and remained only known 10 percent and rest 90 percent unknown in which all our past memories and actions was stored. There was change in DNA structure and only 10 percent known part of it was used to form our body. Today scientists are saying that our DNA is 90 percent in dead condition or Junk DNA, but mystery that this 90% junk DNA control 10% DNA of human bing.
C: Iron Age (Present era) of Universe
At the end of Iron age, GOD -Ultra High Energy manifests Himself in human corporeal medium as Prajapita Brahma -Adam in 1936 in India. After entering into human corporeal medium, GOD has started revealing all the secrets of the universe along with the knowledge about past, present and future of the humanity. After the manifestation of GOD in India, there has been an increase in the Aether energy receiving capacity of the Indian continent due to which its electromagnetic field strength has been increasing. Also, because of entering of Ultra High Energy (GOD) into the physical world, scientists are getting more advance findings in their different research works. From last three centuries Secrete societies of world hidden many secretes of universe and history from mankind which work as opposite force to GOD act as Lucifer. They play major role to keep mankind in ignorance and in duality.
The centre of gravitational force of the earth is increasing because of the reduction in centre of gravitational force of the universe which is located on the top of Pole Star. As the universe is expanding, the speed of the rotating universe goes on increasing resulting in movement of the Pole Star towards the earth in a string pattern. The Pole Star will be the medium to spread Aether energy into the physical world and in future it will come very close to earth. Aether element will be spread into nature’s 5 elements; hence there will be complete purification of them. Due to the presence of Aether element, silicon present in the semiconductor form will be converted into bad conductor due to which all computers and electronic equipments will stop working hence the complete humanity and its life style will be disturbed. At the same time, there will be decentralization of uranium and other radioactive elements contained in the nuclear weapons resulting in the automatic explosions of nuclear weapons like atom, hydrogen bombs, etc. This event will play major role for the initiation of transformation process. The temperature of the earth will reach to 10lakhs degree Celsius due to which it will act like as it a small sun has appeared on the earth.
Due to huge temperature on the earth all elements, human beings, animals, objects, rocks, mountains and even land of different continents will start melting. Also, the silicon which is present all around the core of the earth will be converted into mercury by the power from nuclear explosions. This process will be completed through two triangular regions present on the earth i.e. Bermuda and Formosa triangles. These two triangular regions are direct opening to the core of the earth and are only covered with water. The gravitational force at these regions is very high due to which aero planes and ships entering into them pulled inside the earth. Hence, these triangular regions are known as Devil’s sea.When all around the core there will be presence of mercury, the earth’s core will start absorbing Aether energy and it will get charged with tremendous power which can drive the core up to the next 5000 years cycle. Also, the bad conductor present at the centre of the core will melt by the power of Aether element due to which the dipole will get converted into monopole again hence there will be major changes in the gravitational force. As per Einstein Boson’s condensation, the central core of the earth will become a Super Atom and its temperature will be -2730 Celsius and it will act like a superconductor. The earth’s gravitational force will be very high and its center point wills be in India.
There will be initiation to many natural disasters such as hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, etc. Due to explosion of nuclear weapons, the earth’s temperature will be very high due to which the 96 percent ice present on both the poles of earth will start melting and the sea level may rise to 300 to 400 feet due to which all the cities situated on coastal areas may get submerged. There will be destruction of the continents and their lands will concentrate towards India and which is known as Atlantis, Maria, Pangaea or Gondwana land. All the processes involved in the transformation process will be wonderful and gigantic. There is an assumption by the scientists that transformation processes requires Crores of years to occur but it will start in blink of eyes.
The black holes below and above the earth in the sky elements will be destroyed by the Aether energy of Polaris Star and the land beyond South Pole will be visible to all. Today also, there is an existence of dinosaurs in this land. These types of species were produced from nature’s carbon element as the cell life energy requirement for development of such species is very less. These animals could not come into our world and we cannot go there because of South Pole’s magnetic field cyclic space geometric topology. When the black holes above and below the earth will be destroyed, the animals like dinosaurs present in the land beyond the South Pole will come to our world and will be destroyed by Aether energy and will be buried in the ground which will give us oil and gas at the end of the Iron age in next cosmic cycle. We will see the dinosaurs wandering in our world for certain period. These facts about the dinosaurs were shown in many Western world movies because of visions of their subconscious minds.
The Pole Star is carrying the cosmic world’s most powerful and luminous Aether element -O9. This Aether element will mix in nature’s 5 elements due to which there will be decentralization of element particles. Also, the power of GOD and the power of purity of the souls will concentrate the energy in the universe hence its entropy will be zero. As per the second law of thermodynamics, the entropy reversal would be possible by the ultra high energy present outside the physical world hence Aether energy and GOD’s metaphysical energy will reset the complete universe. The powerful Aether (O9) will purify the 5 five elements through Subtle Divine Geometric Structure and each particle in the physical world will come to its original purified form. Though, the world transformation seems to be destruction but in reality it is a transition of Iron to Golden age. Hence, the world has to accept the fact that, “The Purity of the Souls is Controlling the Gravity of the Universe.”
The Pole Star is coming towards the earth and will move back to its original position. People are unaware of this fact hence they are calling this as a Planet-X or Nibiru. When the Pole Star will move to its original position the expansion of the universe will stop and the central gravitational force will be reset to zero. All the planets, stars, sun, moon, etc. will set to their original positions like in the Golden age. As the speed of light will be very slow, all previously sent satellites on both the poles of earth will be visible and people will come to know that this earth is a flat disc and it is not round. There are many more mysteries of Earth and universe structure will be open to mankind and every one will be in state return journey to our sweet silence home with deep bliss.
The Unified Field is beyond this physical world (i.e. space and time) with its Dynamic Silence producing all 16 powers infinitely on continuous basis. When these 16 powers from antimatter or Golden Luminous Aether world come to physical world then these got converted into 16 energies by Polaris star which are used in the universe for different purposes. In Electrical Engineering, the Unified Field can be compared with Constant DC Generator with infinite output hence its mathematical analysis for infinite power and for 16 powers produced have been carried out. All 16 energies with Golden Luminous Aether form are produced from the Unified Field of the universe and passed into physical world from the cosmic world through white hole. Then, these energies processed into the Pole star (Luminous Aether) which acts as a universal processor of all energies. After processing these energies by Pole star then it flows into Saptarshi (7) stars and further processed in 108, 1008 stars to other stars in the sky element. Also there is direct energy flow of energy from Pole star and Saptarshi stars to planetary system and then to the inner core of the earth. From sky element (electrical energy) then this energy goes to air, fire, water and earth elements in the form sound, nuclear, chemical, gravitational energies respectively. When these various energies of different elements mixed in different proportion gives mechanical, thermal, electric potential, surface, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrostatic energies.
The final call of Akashic records
Now something definitely is going on this planet and surprisingly Edgar Cayce has forecast these events that came to be known as the prophecies of the ‘Earth changes’. He predicted that a new scientific awareness is being born on this blue planet. Its birthing took place in a small circle of scientists mostly outside the ring of mainstream science. This circle of scholars is expanding rapidly; among them are professors of famous universities in the fields of physics, biology, and neurophysiology. These scientist paint a whole new scientific vision that is breathtaking to say the least, however there is little public awareness of this new emerging vision since our newspapers are hardly cover them.
The souls who are in search for Infinite consciousness, Scared geometry science of creation and pure bliss and happiness in life will come together in upcoming time to make this world better and beautiful palace for mankind. There is an story of "Churning of the ocean" (Samudra manthana) in Indian mythology will be happen in world between many scientists and Sagas from which many jewels (Knowledge) and the amrita, the nectar of immortality will immerse. The new vision reveals a wondrous universe in which human consciousness plays a far more important role than ever fathomed. It also reveals that our civilization may not be the pinnacle of evolution after all, it is becoming more and more clear that other great and highly advanced civilizations must have preceded our current civilization. Atlantis is rising as Edgar Cayce predicted! Hence get realization of self as pure soul (not as body) and knowledge of Supreme soul (our sweet father) is the key to make our life blissful and joyful forever..
Three Worlds of Brahmand
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Architectural Inquiry : Metaphysical Surfaces
Of interiors, constructions and abject deconstructions into and around the ruinous. White (bleached) and soot fumed stains, textures, patinas of process and time, usage and possible shelter. Urban vessels poetically conveying a visual, tactile complexity, that of built and lived in spaces.
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978) - The prodigal son (1922). In the collection of the Museo del Novecento, Milan.
Metaphysics - A branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world that encompasses it. Two questions need to be answered, What is ultimately there? and What is it like? the same two questions that come in mind looking at this picture. It was created by moving a LED torch on top of a paved road that cuts through the forest of Sauvabelin, near Lausanne in Switzerland. It is as if the light reflected on the pavement is separated from its source of origin, creating these waves of light across the space.
Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian painter who, with Carlo Carrà and Giorgio Morandi, founded the style of Metaphysical painting. After studying art in Athens and Florence, de Chirico moved to Germany in 1906 and entered the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. His early style was influenced by Arnold Böcklin’s and Max Klinger’s paintings, which juxtapose the fantastic with the commonplace. By 1910 de Chirico was living in Florence, where he began painting a unique series of landscapes that included The Enigma of an Autumn Afternoon (1910), in which the long, sinister, and illogical shadows cast by unseen objects onto empty city spaces contrast starkly with bright, clear light that is rendered in brooding green tonalities. Moving to Paris in 1911, de Chirico gained the admiration of Pablo Picasso and Guillaume Apollinaire with his ambiguously ominous scenes of deserted piazzas. In these works, such as The Soothsayer’s Recompense (1913) and The Mystery and Melancholy of a Street (1914), classical statues, dark arcades, and small, isolated figures are overpowered by their own shadows and by severe, oppressive architecture.
In 1915 de Chirico was conscripted into the Italian army and stationed at Ferrara, Italy. There, he was able to continue making art and practiced a modification of his earlier manner, marked by more compact groupings of incongruous objects. Diagnosed with a nervous condition, he was admitted into a military hospital, where he met Carlo Carrà in 1917; together the two artists developed the style they named Metaphysical painting. In de Chirico’s paintings of this period, such as the Grand Metaphysical Interior (1917) and The Seer (1915), the colors are brighter, and dressmakers’ mannequins, compasses, biscuits, and paintings on easels assume a mysterious significance within enigmatic landscapes or interiors.
The element of mystery in de Chirico’s paintings dwindled after 1919, when he became interested in the technical methods of the Italian classical tradition. He eventually began painting in a more realistic and academic style, and by the 1930s he had broken with his avant-garde colleagues and disclaimed his earlier works. De Chirico’s Metaphysical paintings exercised a profound influence on the painters of the Surrealist movement in the 1920s.
Is this an MRI scan of the brain's blood-vessels? No, just a twin picture of a dead tree. Converted this picture into a PS brush, making it mirror by accident by pushing 'flip horizontal'. Automatically a Rorschach test developed. This time as a structure instead of stains.
In the middle, from top to bottom, if you take a careful look, all kinds of Develish faces appear. And in the black hole above the 'eyes', there is a centerpiece resembling the Holy Virgin. From a distance the whole picture becomes a face. The Devil is not only in the details...
Not for people with a tendency to metaphysics!
Best seen on black.
There is a place of the great rotating torus, where the sounds one hears are like those of Tuvan throat singers. This place is often described by mystics and those undergone NDE.
This is a macro view showing the translucent magic of the mineral selenite, seen at the Tucson Rock and Gem Show. Late afternoon I found a dealer in an outdoor tent that had about 80 large specimens for sale, mostly slabs that were averaging 16" long. To get this shot (one of 30 tries) I crouched down below the sale table and shot through the 1 1/2" deep slab into the sunlight. Last year at the show I was able to get a good photo of large chunk that seemed columnar. This year my goal was to show the interesting crystal pattern in a slab.
For fun see the "metaphysical" chakra information here.
This mandala bookmark is a project I started online and still need to finish. I have always been fascinated by the deep meaning of mandalas and the intricate designs that seem to repeat forever.
From Wikipedia:
In New Age, the mandala is a diagram, chart or geometric pattern that represents the cosmos metaphysically or symbolically; a time-microcosm of the universe, but it originally meant to represent wholeness and a model for the organizational structure of life itself, a cosmic diagram that shows the relation to the infinite and the world that extends beyond and within various minds & bodies.
And this concludes Round108 for me! In addition to this challenge, I participated in the Strada Easel January Challenge, painting and drawing subjects from real life each day. 31 pieces of artwork plus 20 Scavenger Hunt photos! It's been quite a creative month! Whew!
ANSH108: 17. Infinite
Afterlife (also referred to as life after death) is the concept that an essential part of an individual's identity or the stream of consciousness continues to manifest after the death of the physical body. According to various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of the individual that lives on after death may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, of an individual, which carries with it and may confer personal identity or, on the contrary, may not, as in Indian nirvana. Belief in an afterlife, which may be naturalistic or supernatural, is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death.
In some views, this continued existence often takes place in a spiritual realm, and in other popular views, the individual may be reborn into this world and begin the life cycle over again, likely with no memory of what they have done in the past. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a spiritual realm or Otherworld. Major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics.
Some belief systems, such as those in the Abrahamic tradition, hold that the dead go to a specific plane of existence after death, as determined by God, or other divine judgment, based on their actions or beliefs during life. In contrast, in systems of reincarnation, such as those in the Indian religions, the nature of the continued existence is determined directly by the actions of the individual in the ended life, rather than through the decision of a different being.
Different metaphysical models
Theists generally believe some type of afterlife awaits people when they die. Members of some generally non-theistic religions tend to believe in an afterlife, but without reference to a deity. The Sadducees were an ancient Jewish sect that generally believed that there was a God but no afterlife.
Many religions, whether they believe in the soul's existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one's status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their conduct during life.
Reincarnation
Reincarnation is the philosophical or religious concept that an aspect of a living being starts a new life in a different physical body or form after each biological death. It is also called rebirth or transmigration, and is a part of the Saṃsāra doctrine of cyclic existence. It is a central tenet of all major Indian religions, namely Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, and Sikhism. The idea of reincarnation is found in many ancient cultures, and a belief in rebirth/metempsychosis was held by Greek historic figures, such as Pythagoras, Socrates, and Plato.It is also a common belief of various ancient and modern religions such as Spiritism, Theosophy, and Eckankar and is found as well in many tribal societies around the world, in places such as Australia, East Asia, Siberia, and South America.
Although the majority of denominations within the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam do not believe that individuals reincarnate, particular groups within these religions do refer to reincarnation; these groups include the mainstream historical and contemporary followers of Kabbalah, the Cathars, Alawites, the Druze, and the Rosicrucians. The historical relations between these sects and the beliefs about reincarnation that were characteristic of Neoplatonism, Orphism, Hermeticism, Manicheanism, and Gnosticism of the Roman era as well as the Indian religions have been the subject of recent scholarly research. Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation.
Rosicrucians speak of a life review period occurring immediately after death and before entering the afterlife's planes of existence (before the silver cord is broken), followed by a judgment, more akin to a final review or end report over one's life.
Heaven and hell
Heaven, the heavens, seven heavens, pure lands, Tian, Jannah, Valhalla, or the Summerland, is a common religious, cosmological, or transcendent place where beings such as gods, angels, jinn, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or live. According to the beliefs of some religions, heavenly beings can descend to earth or incarnate, and earthly beings can ascend to heaven in the afterlife, or in exceptional cases enter heaven alive.
Heaven is often described as a "higher place", the holiest place, a paradise, in contrast to hell or the underworld or the "low places", and universally or conditionally accessible by earthly beings according to various standards of divinity, goodness, piety, faith or other virtues or right beliefs or simply the will of God. Some believe in the possibility of a heaven on Earth in a world to come.
In Indian religions, heaven is considered as Svarga loka. There are seven positive regions the soul can go to after death and seven negative regions. After completing its stay in the respective region, the soul is subjected to rebirth in different living forms according to its karma. This cycle can be broken after a soul achieves Moksha or Nirvana. Any place of existence, either of humans, souls or deities, outside the tangible world (heaven, hell, or other) is referred to as otherworld.
Hell, in many religious and folkloric traditions, is a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell as an eternal destination, while religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations. Typically, these traditions locate hell in another dimension or under the earth's surface and often include entrances to hell from the land of the living. Other afterlife destinations include purgatory and limbo.
Traditions that do not conceive of the afterlife as a place of punishment or reward merely describe hell as an abode of the dead, the grave, a neutral place (for example, sheol or Hades) located under the surface of earth.
Ancient religions
The afterlife played an important role in Ancient Egyptian religion, and its belief system is one of the earliest known in recorded history. When the body died, parts of its soul known as ka (body double) and the ba (personality) would go to the Kingdom of the Dead. While the soul dwelt in the Fields of Aaru, Osiris demanded work as restitution for the protection he provided. Statues were placed in the tombs to serve as substitutes for the deceased.
Arriving at one's reward in afterlife was a demanding ordeal, requiring a sin-free heart and the ability to recite the spells, passwords and formulae of the Book of the Dead. In the Hall of Two Truths, the deceased's heart was weighed against the Shu feather of truth and justice taken from the headdress of the goddess Ma'at.[15] If the heart was lighter than the feather, they could pass on, but if it were heavier they would be devoured by the demon Ammit.
Egyptians also believed that being mummified and put in a sarcophagus (an ancient Egyptian "coffin" carved with complex symbols and designs, as well as pictures and hieroglyphs) was the only way to have an afterlife. Only if the corpse had been properly embalmed and entombed in a mastaba, could the dead live again in the Fields of Yalu and accompany the Sun on its daily ride. Due to the dangers the afterlife posed, the Book of the Dead was placed in the tomb with the body as well as food, jewellery, and 'curses'. They also used the "opening of the mouth".
Ancient Egyptian civilization was based on religion; their belief in the rebirth after death became the driving force behind their funeral practices. Death was simply a temporary interruption, rather than complete cessation, of life, and that eternal life could be ensured by means like piety to the gods, preservation of the physical form through mummification, and the provision of statuary and other funerary equipment. Each human consisted of the physical body, the ka, the ba, and the akh. The Name and Shadow were also living entities. To enjoy the afterlife, all these elements had to be sustained and protected from harm.
On March 30, 2010, a spokesman for the Egyptian Culture Ministry claimed it had unearthed a large red granite door in Luxor with inscriptions by User,[20] a powerful adviser to the 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut who ruled between 1479 BC and 1458 BC, the longest of any woman. It believes the false door is a 'door to the Afterlife'. According to the archaeologists, the door was reused in a structure in Roman Egypt.
Ancient Greek and Roman religions
The Greek god Hades is known in Greek mythology as the king of the underworld, a place where souls live after death.The Greek god Hermes, the messenger of the gods, would take the dead soul of a person to the underworld (sometimes called Hades or the House of Hades). Hermes would leave the soul on the banks of the River Styx, the river between life and death.
Charon, also known as the ferry-man, would take the soul across the river to Hades, if the soul had gold: Upon burial, the family of the dead soul would put coins under the deceased's tongue. Once crossed, the soul would be judged by Aeacus, Rhadamanthus and King Minos. The soul would be sent to Elysium, Tartarus, Asphodel Fields, or the Fields of Punishment. The Elysian Fields were for the ones that lived pure lives. It consisted of green fields, valleys and mountains, everyone there was peaceful and contented, and the Sun always shone there. Tartarus was for the people that blasphemed against the gods, or were simply rebellious and consciously evil.
The Asphodel Fields were for a varied selection of human souls: Those whose sins equalled their goodness, were indecisive in their lives, or were not judged. The Fields of Punishment were for people that had sinned often, but not so much as to be deserving of Tartarus. In Tartarus, the soul would be punished by being burned in lava, or stretched on racks. Some heroes of Greek legend are allowed to visit the underworld. The Romans had a similar belief system about the afterlife, with Hades becoming known as Pluto. In the ancient Greek myth about the Labours of Heracles, the hero Heracles had to travel to the underworld to capture Cerberus, the three-headed guard dog, as one of his tasks.
In Dream of Scipio, Cicero describes what seems to be an out of body experience, of the soul traveling high above the Earth, looking down at the small planet, from far away.
In Book VI of Virgil's Aeneid, the hero, Aeneas, travels to the underworld to see his father. By the River Styx, he sees the souls of those not given a proper burial, forced to wait by the river until someone buries them. While down there, along with the dead, he is shown the place where the wrongly convicted reside, the fields of sorrow where those who committed suicide and now regret it reside, including Aeneas' former lover, the warriors and shades, Tartarus (where the titans and powerful non-mortal enemies of the Olympians reside) where he can hear the groans of the imprisoned, the palace of Pluto, and the fields of Elysium where the descendants of the divine and bravest heroes reside. He sees the river of forgetfulness, Lethe, which the dead must drink to forget their life and begin anew. Lastly, his father shows him all of the future heroes of Rome who will live if Aeneas fulfills his destiny in founding the city.
Norse religion
The Poetic and Prose Eddas, the oldest sources for information on the Norse concept of the afterlife, vary in their description of the several realms that are described as falling under this topic. The most well-known are:
Valhalla: (lit. "Hall of the Slain" i.e. "the Chosen Ones") Half the warriors who die in battle join the god Odin who rules over a majestic hall called Valhalla in Asgard.
Fólkvangr: (lit. "Field of the Host") The other half join the goddess Freyja in a great meadow known as Fólkvangr.
Hel: (lit. "The Covered Hall") This abode is somewhat like Hades from Ancient Greek religion: there, something not unlike the Asphodel Meadows can be found, and people who have neither excelled in that which is good nor excelled in that which is bad can expect to go there after they die and be reunited with their loved ones.[citation needed]
Niflhel: (lit. "The Dark" or "Misty Hel") This realm is roughly analogous to Greek Tartarus. It is the deeper level beneath Hel, and those who break oaths and commit other vile things will be sent there to be among their kind to suffer harsh punishments.[citation needed]
Abrahamic religions[edit]
Judaism
She'ol
She'ol, in the Hebrew Bible, is a place of darkness to which all the dead go, both the righteous and the unrighteous, regardless of the moral choices made in life, a place of stillness and darkness cut off from life and from God.need quotation to verify]
The inhabitants of Sheol are the "shades" (rephaim), entities without personality or strength.[28] Under some circumstances they are thought to be able to be contacted by the living, as the Witch of Endor contacts the shade of Samuel for Saul, but such practices are forbidden (Deuteronomy 18:10).
While the Hebrew Bible appears to describe Sheol as the permanent place of the dead, in the Second Temple period (roughly 500 BC–70 AD) a more diverse set of ideas developed. In some texts, Sheol is considered to be the home of both the righteous and the wicked, separated into respective compartments; in others, it was considered a place of punishment, meant for the wicked dead alone.[30] When the Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek in ancient Alexandria around 200 BC, the word "Hades" (the Greek underworld) was substituted for Sheol. This is reflected in the New Testament where Hades is both the underworld of the dead and the personification of the evil it represents.
World to Come
The Talmud offers a number of thoughts relating to the afterlife. After death, the soul is brought for judgment. Those who have led pristine lives enter immediately into the Olam Haba or world to come. Most do not enter the world to come immediately, but now experience a period of review of their earthly actions and they are made aware of what they have done wrong. Some view this period as being a "re-schooling", with the soul gaining wisdom as one's errors are reviewed. Others view this period to include spiritual discomfort for past wrongs. At the end of this period, not longer than one year, the soul then takes its place in the world to come. Although discomforts are made part of certain Jewish conceptions of the afterlife, the concept of "eternal damnation", so prevalent in other religions, is not a tenet of the Jewish afterlife. According to the Talmud, extinction of the soul is reserved for a far smaller group of malicious and evil leaders, either whose very evil deeds go way beyond norms, or who lead large groups of people to utmost evil.
Maimonides describes the Olam Haba in spiritual terms, relegating the prophesied physical resurrection to the status of a future miracle, unrelated to the afterlife or the Messianic era. According to Maimonides, an afterlife continues for the soul of every human being, a soul now separated from the body in which it was "housed" during its earthly existence.
The Zohar describes Gehenna not as a place of punishment for the wicked but as a place of spiritual purification for souls.
Reincarnation in Jewish tradition
Although there is no reference to reincarnation in the Talmud or any prior writings, according to rabbis such as Avraham Arieh Trugman, reincarnation is recognized as being part and parcel of Jewish tradition. Trugman explains that it is through oral tradition that the meanings of the Torah, its commandments and stories, are known and understood. The classic work of Jewish mysticism, the Zohar, is quoted liberally in all Jewish learning; in the Zohar the idea of reincarnation is mentioned repeatedly. Trugman states that in the last five centuries the concept of reincarnation, which until then had been a much hidden tradition within Judaism, was given open exposure.
Shraga Simmons commented that within the Bible itself, the idea [of reincarnation] is intimated in Deut. 25:5-10, Deut. 33:6 and Isaiah 22:14, 65:6.
Yirmiyahu Ullman wrote that reincarnation is an "ancient, mainstream belief in Judaism". The Zohar makes frequent and lengthy references to reincarnation. Onkelos, a righteous convert and authoritative commentator of the same period, explained the verse, "Let Reuben live and not die ..." (Deuteronomy 33:6) to mean that Reuben should merit the World to Come directly, and not have to die again as a result of being reincarnated. Torah scholar, commentator and kabbalist, Nachmanides (Ramban 1195–1270), attributed Job's suffering to reincarnation, as hinted in Job's saying "God does all these things twice or three times with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit to ... the light of the living' (Job 33:29,30)."
Reincarnation, called gilgul, became popular in folk belief, and is found in much Yiddish literature among Ashkenazi Jews. Among a few kabbalists, it was posited that some human souls could end up being reincarnated into non-human bodies. These ideas were found in a number of Kabbalistic works from the 13th century, and also among many mystics in the late 16th century. Martin Buber's early collection of stories of the Baal Shem Tov's life includes several that refer to people reincarnating in successive lives.
Among well known (generally non-kabbalist or anti-kabbalist) rabbis who rejected the idea of reincarnation are Saadia Gaon, David Kimhi, Hasdai Crescas, Yedayah Bedershi (early 14th century), Joseph Albo, Abraham ibn Daud, the Rosh and Leon de Modena. Saadia Gaon, in Emunoth ve-Deoth (Hebrew: "beliefs and opinions") concludes Section VI with a refutation of the doctrine of metempsychosis (reincarnation). While rebutting reincarnation, Saadia Gaon further states that Jews who hold to reincarnation have adopted non-Jewish beliefs. By no means do all Jews today believe in reincarnation, but belief in reincarnation is not uncommon among many Jews, including Orthodox.
Other well-known rabbis who are reincarnationists include Yonassan Gershom, Abraham Isaac Kook, Talmud scholar Adin Steinsaltz, DovBer Pinson, David M. Wexelman, Zalman Schachter,[39] and many others. Reincarnation is cited by authoritative biblical commentators, including Ramban (Nachmanides), Menachem Recanti and Rabbenu Bachya.
Among the many volumes of Yitzchak Luria, most of which come down from the pen of his primary disciple, Chaim Vital, are insights explaining issues related to reincarnation. His Shaar HaGilgulim, "The Gates of Reincarnation", is a book devoted exclusively to the subject of reincarnation in Judaism.
Rabbi Naftali Silberberg of The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute notes that "Many ideas that originate in other religions and belief systems have been popularized in the media and are taken for granted by unassuming Jews."
Christianity
Main articles: Christian eschatology, Heaven in Christianity, Christian views on hell, and Intermediate state
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Mainstream Christianity professes belief in the Nicene Creed, and English versions of the Nicene Creed in current use include the phrase: "We look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come." Although punishments are made part of certain Christian conceptions of the afterlife, the prevalent concept of "eternal damnation" is a tenet of the Christian afterlife.
When questioned by the Sadducees about the resurrection of the dead (in a context relating to who one's spouse would be if one had been married several times in life), Jesus said that marriage will be irrelevant after the resurrection as the resurrected will be like the angels in heaven.
Jesus also maintained that the time would come when the dead would hear the voice of the Son of God, and all who were in the tombs would come out, who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.
The Book of Enoch describes Sheol as divided into four compartments for four types of the dead: the faithful saints who await resurrection in Paradise, the merely virtuous who await their reward, the wicked who await punishment, and the wicked who have already been punished and will not be resurrected on Judgment Day. The Book of Enoch is considered apocryphal by most denominations of Christianity and all denominations of Judaism.
The book of 2 Maccabees gives a clear account of the dead awaiting a future resurrection and judgment, plus prayers and offerings for the dead to remove the burden of sin.
Domenico Beccafumi's Inferno: a Christian vision of hell
The author of Luke recounts the story of Lazarus and the rich man, which shows people in Hades awaiting the resurrection either in comfort or torment. The author of the Book of Revelation writes about God and the angels versus Satan and demons in an epic battle at the end of times when all souls are judged. There is mention of ghostly bodies of past prophets, and the transfiguration.
The non-canonical Acts of Paul and Thecla speak of the efficacy of prayer for the dead, so that they might be "translated to a state of happiness".
Hippolytus of Rome pictures the underworld (Hades) as a place where the righteous dead, awaiting in the bosom of Abraham their resurrection, rejoice at their future prospect, while the unrighteous are tormented at the sight of the "lake of unquenchable fire" into which they are destined to be cast.
Gregory of Nyssa discusses the long-before believed possibility of purification of souls after death.
Pope Gregory I repeats the concept, articulated over a century earlier by Gregory of Nyssa that the saved suffer purification after death, in connection with which he wrote of "purgatorial flames".
The noun "purgatorium" (Latin: place of cleansing is used for the first time to describe a state of painful purification of the saved after life. The same word in adjectival form (purgatorius -a -um, cleansing), which appears also in non-religious writing, was already used by Christians such as Augustine of Hippo and Pope Gregory I to refer to an after-death cleansing.
During the Age of Enlightenment, theologians and philosophers presented various philosophies and beliefs. A notable example is Emanuel Swedenborg who wrote some 18 theological works which describe in detail the nature of the afterlife according to his claimed spiritual experiences, the most famous of which is Heaven and Hell. His report of life there covers a wide range of topics, such as marriage in heaven (where all angels are married), children in heaven (where they are raised by angel parents), time and space in heaven (there are none), the after-death awakening process in the World of Spirits (a place halfway between Heaven and Hell and where people first wake up after death), the allowance of a free will choice between Heaven or Hell (as opposed to being sent to either one by God), the eternity of Hell (one could leave but would never want to), and that all angels or devils were once people on earth.
The Catholic Church
The "Spiritual Combat", a written work by Lorenzo Scupoli, states that four assaults are attempted by the “evil one” at the hour of death. The Catholic conception of the afterlife teaches that after the body dies, the soul is judged, the righteous and free of sin enter Heaven. However, those who die in unrepented mortal sin go to hell. In the 1990s, the Catechism of the Catholic Church defined hell not as punishment imposed on the sinner but rather as the sinner's self-exclusion from God. Unlike other Christian groups, the Catholic Church teaches that those who die in a state of grace, but still carry venial sin go to a place called Purgatory where they undergo purification to enter Heaven.
Limbo
Despite popular opinion, Limbo, which was elaborated upon by theologians beginning in the Middle Ages, was never recognized as a dogma of the Catholic Church, yet, at times, it has been a very popular theological theory within the Church. Limbo is a theory that unbaptized but innocent souls, such as those of infants, virtuous individuals who lived before Jesus Christ was born on earth, or those that die before baptism exist in neither Heaven or Hell proper. Therefore, these souls neither merit the beatific vision, nor are subjected to any punishment, because they are not guilty of any personal sin although they have not received baptism, so still bear original sin. So they are generally seen as existing in a state of natural, but not supernatural, happiness, until the end of time.
In other Christian denominations it has been described as an intermediate place or state of confinement in oblivion and neglect.
Purgatory
The notion of purgatory is associated particularly with the Catholic Church. In the Catholic Church, all those who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven or the final purification of the elect, which is entirely different from the punishment of the damned. The tradition of the church, by reference to certain texts of scripture, speaks of a "cleansing fire" although it is not always called purgatory.
Anglicans of the Anglo-Catholic tradition generally also hold to the belief. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, believed in an intermediate state between death and the resurrection of the dead and in the possibility of "continuing to grow in holiness there", but Methodism does not officially affirm this belief and denies the possibility of helping by prayer any who may be in that state.
Orthodox Christianity
The Orthodox Church is intentionally reticent on the afterlife, as it acknowledges the mystery especially of things that have not yet occurred. Beyond the second coming of Jesus, bodily resurrection, and final judgment, all of which is affirmed in the Nicene Creed (325 CE), Orthodoxy does not teach much else in any definitive manner. Unlike Western forms of Christianity, however, Orthodoxy is traditionally non-dualist and does not teach that there are two separate literal locations of heaven and hell, but instead acknowledges that "the 'location' of one’s final destiny—heaven or hell—as being figurative." Instead, Orthodoxy teaches that the final judgment is simply one's uniform encounter with divine love and mercy, but this encounter is experienced multifariously depending on the extent to which one has been transformed, partaken of divinity, and is therefore compatible or incompatible with God. "The monadic, immutable, and ceaseless object of eschatological encounter is therefore the love and mercy of God, his glory which infuses the heavenly temple, and it is the subjective human reaction which engenders multiplicity or any division of experience."For instance, St. Isaac the Syrian observes that "those who are punished in Gehenna, are scourged by the scourge of love. ... The power of love works in two ways: it torments sinners . . . [as] bitter regret. But love inebriates the souls of the sons of Heaven by its delectability." In this sense, the divine action is always, immutably, and uniformly love and if one experiences this love negatively, the experience is then one of self-condemnation because of free will rather than condemnation by God. Orthodoxy therefore uses the description of Jesus' judgment in John 3:19-21 as their model: "19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God." As a characteristically Orthodox understanding, then, Fr. Thomas Hopko writes, "[I]t is precisely the presence of God’s mercy and love which cause the torment of the wicked. God does not punish; he forgives. . . . In a word, God has mercy on all, whether all like it or not. If we like it, it is paradise; if we do not, it is hell. Every knee will bend before the Lord. Everything will be subject to Him. God in Christ will indeed be "all and in all," with boundless mercy and unconditional pardon. But not all will rejoice in God's gift of forgiveness, and that choice will be judgment, the self-inflicted source of their sorrow and pain."
Moreover, Orthodoxy includes a prevalent tradition of apokatastasis, or the restoration of all things in the end. This has been taught most notably by Origen, but also many other Church fathers and Saints, including Gregory of Nyssa. The Second Council of Constantinople (553 C.E.) affirmed the orthodoxy of Gregory of Nyssa while simultaneously condemning Origen's brand of universalism because it taught the restoration back to our pre-existent state, which Orthodoxy doesn't teach. It is also a teaching of such eminent Orthodox theologians as Olivier Clément, Metropolitan Kallistos Ware, and Bishop Hilarion Alfeyev.[55] Although apokatastasis is not a dogma of the church but instead a theologoumena, it is no less a teaching of the Orthodox Church than its rejection. As Met. Kallistos Ware explains, "It is heretical to say that all must be saved, for this is to deny free will; but, it is legitimate to hope that all may be saved,"[56] as insisting on torment without end also denies free will.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints[edit]
Main articles: Plan of salvation (Latter Day Saints), Exaltation (Mormonism), and Degrees of glory
Plan of Salvation in LDS Religion
Joseph F. Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints presents an elaborate vision of the afterlife. It is revealed as the scene of an extensive missionary effort by righteous spirits in paradise to redeem those still in darkness—a spirit prison or "hell" where the spirits of the dead remain until judgment. It is divided into two parts: Spirit Prison and Paradise. Together these are also known as the Spirit World (also Abraham's Bosom; see Luke 16:19-25). They believe that Christ visited spirit prison (1 Peter 3:18-20) and opened the gate for those who repent to cross over to Paradise. This is similar to the Harrowing of Hell doctrine of some mainstream Christian faiths.[citation needed] Both Spirit Prison and Paradise are temporary according to Latter-day Saint beliefs. After the resurrection, spirits are assigned "permanently" to three degrees of heavenly glory, determined by how they lived– Celestial, Terrestrial, and Telestial.(1 Cor 15:44-42; Doctrine and Covenants, Section 76) Sons of Perdition, or those who have known and seen God and deny it, will be sent to the realm of Satan, which is called Outer Darkness, where they shall live in misery and agony forever.[57]
The Celestial Kingdom is believed to be a place where we can live eternally with our families. Progression does not end once one has entered the Celestial Kingdom, but it extends eternally. According to "True to the Faith" (a handbook on doctrines in the LDS faith), "The celestial kingdom is the place prepared for those who have "received the testimony of Jesus" and been "made perfect through Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, who wrought out this perfect atonement through the shedding of his own blood" (D&C 76:51, 69). To inherit this gift, we must receive the ordinances of salvation, keep the commandments, and repent of our sins."
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jehovah's Witnesses occasionally use terms such as "afterlife"[59] to refer to any hope for the dead, but they understand Ecclesiastes 9:5 to preclude belief in an immortal soul.[60] Individuals judged by God to be wicked, such as in the Great Flood or at Armageddon, are given no hope of an afterlife. However, they believe that after Armageddon there will be a bodily resurrection of "both righteous and unrighteous" dead (but not the "wicked"). Survivors of Armageddon and those who are resurrected are then to gradually restore earth to a paradise.[61] After Armageddon, unrepentant sinners are punished with eternal death (non-existence).
Seventh-day Adventists
The Seventh-day Adventist Church, teaches that the first death, or death brought about by living on a planet with sinful conditions (sickness, old age, accident, etc.) is a sleep of the soul. Adventists believe that the body + the breath of God = a living soul. Like Jehovah's Witnesses, Adventists use key phrases from the Bible, such as "For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten." (Eccl. 9:5 KJV). Adventists also point to the fact that the wage of sin is death and God alone is immortal. Adventists believe God will grant eternal life to the redeemed who are resurrected at Jesus' second coming. Until then, all those who have died are "asleep". When Jesus the Christ, who is the Word and the Bread of Life, comes a second time, the righteous will be raised incorruptible and will be taken in the clouds to meet their Lord. The righteous will live in heaven for a thousand years (the millennium) where they will sit with God in judgment over the unredeemed and the fallen angels. During the time the redeemed are in heaven, the Earth will be devoid of human and animal inhabitation. Only the fallen angels will be left alive. The second resurrection is of the unrighteous, when Jesus brings the New Jerusalem down from heaven to relocate to Earth. Jesus will call to life all those who are unrighteous. Satan and his angels will convince the unrighteous to surround the city, but hell fire and brimstone will fall from heaven and consume them, thus cleansing Earth of all sin. The universe will be then free from sin forever. This is called the second death. On the new earth God will provide an eternal home for all the redeemed and a perfect environment for everlasting life, where Eden will be restored. The great controversy will be ended and sin will be no more. God will reign in perfect harmony forever. (Rom. 6:23; 1 Tim. 6:15, 16; Eccl. 9:5, 6; Ps. 146:3, 4; John 11:11-14; Col. 3:4; 1 Cor. 15:51-54; 1 Thess. 4:13-17; John 5:28, 29; Rev. 20:1-10; Rev. 20; 1 Cor. 6:2, 3; Jer. 4:23-26; Rev. 21:1-5; Mal. 4:1; Eze. 28:18, 19; 2 Peter 3:13; Isa. 35; 65:17-25; Matt. 5:5; Rev. 21:1-7; 22:1-5; 11:15.)[62][63]
Islam
An artists representation of "Muhammed's Paradise". A Persian miniature from The History of Mohammed, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
The Islamic prophet Idris is shown the afterlife places by an angel. In hell, the inmates are tormented by a demon.
Main articles: Islamic view of death, Barzakh, and Akhirah
The Islamic belief in the afterlife as stated in the Quran is descriptive. The Arabic word for Paradise is Jannah and Hell is Jahannam. Their level of comfort while in the grave (according to some commentators) depends wholly on their level of iman or faith in the one almighty creator or supreme being (God or Allah). In order for one to achieve proper, firm and healthy iman one must practice righteous deeds or else his level of iman chokes and shrinks and eventually can wither away if one does not practice Islam long enough, hence the depth of practicing Islam is good deeds. One may also acquire tasbih and recite the names of Allah in such manner as Subahann Allah or "Glory be to Allah" over and over again to acquire good deeds.
In the Quran, God gives warning about grievous punishment to those who do not believe in the afterlife (Akhirah),[64] and admonishes mankind that Hell is prepared for those who deny the meeting with him.
Islam teaches that the purpose of Man's entire creation is to worship Allah alone, which includes being kind to other human beings and life including bugs, and to trees, by not oppressing them. Islam teaches that the life we live on Earth is nothing but a test for us and to determine each individual's ultimate abode, be it punishment or Jannat in the afterlife, which is eternal and everlasting.
Jannah and Jahannam both have different levels. Jannah has eight gates and seven levels. The higher the level the better it is and the happier you are. Jahannam possess 7 deep terrible layers. The lower the layer the worse it is. Individuals will arrive at both everlasting homes during Judgment Day, which commences after the Angel Israfil blows the trumpet the second time. Islam teaches the continued existence of the soul and a transformed physical existence after death. Muslims believe there will be a day of judgment when all humans will be divided between the eternal destinations of Paradise and Hell.
In the 20th century, discussions about the afterlife address the interconnection between human action and divine judgment, the need for moral rectitude, and the eternal consequences of human action in this life and world.
A central doctrine of the Quran is the Last Day, on which the world will be destroyed and Allah will raise all people and jinn from the dead to be judged. The Last Day is also called the Day of Standing Up, Day of Separation, Day of Reckoning, Day of Awakening, Day of Judgment, The Encompassing Day or The Hour.
Until the Day of Judgment, deceased souls remain in their graves awaiting the resurrection. However, they begin to feel immediately a taste of their destiny to come. Those bound for hell will suffer in their graves, while those bound for heaven will be in peace until that time.
The resurrection that will take place on the Last Day is physical, and is explained by suggesting that God will re-create the decayed body (17💯 "Could they not see that God who created the heavens and the earth is able to create the like of them?").
On the Last Day, resurrected humans and jinn will be judged by Allah according to their deeds. One's eternal destination depends on balance of good to bad deeds in life. They are either granted admission to Paradise, where they will enjoy spiritual and physical pleasures forever, or condemned to Hell to suffer spiritual and physical torment for eternity. The day of judgment is described as passing over Hell on a narrow bridge (as thin as human hair and sharper than a razor) in order to enter Paradise. Those who fall, weighted by their bad deeds, will remain in Hell forever.
Ahmadiyya
Ahmadi Muslims believe that the afterlife is not material but of a spiritual nature. According to Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the founder of Ahmadiyya sect in Islam, the soul will give birth to another rarer entity and will resemble the life on this earth in the sense that this entity will bear a similar relationship to the soul as the soul bears relationship with the human existence on earth. On earth, if a person leads a righteous life and submits to the will of God, his or her tastes become attuned to enjoying spiritual pleasures as opposed to carnal desires. With this, an "embryonic soul" begins to take shape. Different tastes are said to be born which a person given to carnal passions finds no enjoyment. For example, sacrifice of one's own rights over that of others becomes enjoyable, or that forgiveness becomes second nature. In such a state a person finds contentment and peace at heart and at this stage, according to Ahmadiyya beliefs, it can be said that a soul within the soul has begun to take shape.
Sufi
The Sufi scholar Ibn 'Arabi defined Barzakh as the intermediate realm or "isthmus." It is between the world of corporeal bodies and the world of spirits, and is a means of contact between the two worlds. Without it, there would be no contact between the two and both would cease to exist. He described it as simple and luminous, like the world of spirits, but also able to take on many different forms just like the world of corporeal bodies can. In broader terms Barzakh, "is anything that separates two things". It has been called the dream world in which the dreamer is in both life and death.
Bahá'í Faith
The teachings of the Bahá'í Faith state that the nature of the afterlife is beyond the understanding of those living, just as an unborn fetus cannot understand the nature of the world outside of the womb. The Bahá'í writings state that the soul is immortal and after death it will continue to progress until it attains God's presence. In Bahá'í belief, souls in the afterlife will continue to retain their individuality and consciousness and will be able to recognize and communicate spiritually with other souls whom they have made deep profound friendships with, such as their spouses.
The Bahá'í scriptures also state there are distinctions between souls in the afterlife, and that souls will recognize the worth of their own deeds and understand the consequences of their actions. It is explained that those souls that have turned toward God will experience gladness, while those who have lived in error will become aware of the opportunities they have lost. Also, in the Baha'i view, souls will be able to recognize the accomplishments of the souls that have reached the same level as themselves, but not those that have achieved a rank higher than them.
South Asian religions
Hinduism
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The Upanishads describe reincarnation (punarjanma) (see also: samsara). The Bhagavad Gita, an important Hindu script, talks extensively about the afterlife. Here, Krishna says that just as a man discards his old clothes and wears new ones; similarly the soul discards the old body and takes on a new one. In Hinduism, the belief is that the body is nothing but a shell, the soul inside is immutable and indestructible and takes on different lives in a cycle of birth and death. The end of this cycle is called mukti (Sanskrit: मुक्ति) and staying finally with supreme God forever; is moksha (Sanskrit: मोक्ष) or salvation.
The Garuda Purana deals solely with what happens to a person after death. The God of Death Yama sends his representatives to collect the soul from a person's body whenever he is due for death and they take the soul to Yama. A record of each person's timings & deeds performed by him is kept in a ledger by Yama's assistant, Chitragupta.
According to the Garuda Purana, a soul after leaving the body travels through a very long and dark tunnel towards the South. This is why an oil lamp is lit and kept beside the head of the corpse, to light the dark tunnel and allow the soul to travel comfortably.
The soul, called atman leaves the body and reincarnates itself according to the deeds or karma performed by one in last birth. Rebirth would be in form of animals or other lower creatures if one performed bad karmas and in human form in a good family with joyous lifetime if the person was good in last birth. In between the two births a human is also required to either face punishments for bad karmas in "naraka" or hell or enjoy for the good karmas in swarga or heaven for good deeds. Whenever his or her punishments or rewards are over he or she is sent back to earth, also known as Mrutyulok or human world. A person stays with the God or ultimate power when he discharges only & only yajna karma (means work done for satisfaction of supreme lord only) in last birth and the same is called as moksha or nirvana, which is the ultimate goal of a self realised soul. Atma moves with Parmatma or the greatest soul. According to Bhagavad Gita an Atma or soul never dies, what dies is the body only made of five elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Sky. Soul is believed to be indestructible. None of the five elements can harm or influence it. Hinduism through Garuda Purana also describes in detail various types of narkas or Hells where a person after death is punished for his bad karmas and dealt with accordingly.
Hindus also believe in karma. Karma is the accumulated sums of one's good or bad deeds. Satkarma means good deeds, vikarma means bad deeds. According to Hinduism the basic concept of karma is 'As you sow, you shall reap'. So, if a person has lived a good life, they will be rewarded in the afterlife. Similarly their sum of bad deeds will be mirrored in their next life. Good karma brings good rewards and bad karmas lead to bad results. There is no judgment here. People accumulate karma through their actions and even thoughts. In Bhagavad Gita when Arjuna hesitates to kill his kith and kin the lord reprimands him saying thus "Do you believe that you are the doer of the action. No. You are merely an instrument in MY hands. Do you believe that the people in front of you are living? Dear Arjuna, they are already dead. As a kshatriya (warrior) it is your duty to protect your people and land. If you fail to do your duty, then you are not adhering to dharmic principles."[This quote needs a citation]
Buddhism
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Buddhists maintain that rebirth takes place without an unchanging self or soul passing from one form to another.[70] The type of rebirth will be conditioned by the moral tone of the person's actions (kamma or karma). For example, if a person has committed harmful actions of body, speech and mind based on greed, hatred and delusion, rebirth in a lower realm, i.e. an animal, a hungry ghost or a hell realm, is to be expected. On the other hand, where a person has performed skillful actions based on generosity, loving-kindness (metta), compassion and wisdom, rebirth in a happy realm, i.e. human or one of the many heavenly realms, can be expected.
Yet the mechanism of rebirth with kamma is not deterministic. It depends on various levels of kamma. The most important moment that determines where a person is reborn into is the last thought moment. At that moment, heavy kamma would ripen if there were performed, if not then near death kamma, if not then habitual kamma, finally if none of the above happened, then residual kamma from previous actions can ripen. According to Theravada Buddhism, there are 31 realms of existence that one can be reborn into.
Pure Land Buddhism of Mahayana believes in a special place apart from the 31 planes of existence called Pure Land. It is believed that each Buddha has their own pure land, created out of their merits for the sake of sentient beings who recall them mindfully to be able to be reborn in their pure land and train to become a Buddha there. Thus the main practice of pure land Buddhism is to chant a Buddha's name.
In Tibetan Buddhism the Tibetan Book of the Dead explains the intermediate state of humans between death and reincarnation. The deceased will find the bright light of wisdom, which shows a straightforward path to move upward and leave the cycle of reincarnation. There are various reasons why the deceased do not follow that light. Some had no briefing about the intermediate state in the former life. Others only used to follow their basic instincts like animals. And some have fear, which results from foul deeds in the former life or from insistent haughtiness. In the intermediate state the awareness is very flexible, so it is important to be virtuous, adopt a positive attitude, and avoid negative ideas. Ideas which are rising from subconsciousness can cause extreme tempers and cowing visions. In this situation they have to understand, that these manifestations are just reflections of the inner thoughts. No one can really hurt them, because they have no more material body. The deceased get help from different Buddhas who show them the path to the bright light. The ones who do not follow the path after all will get hints for a better reincarnation. They have to release the things and beings on which or whom they still hang from the life before. It is recommended to choose a family where the parents trust in the Dharma and to reincarnate with the will to care for the welfare of all beings.
"Life is cosmic energy of the universe and after death it merges in universe again and as the time comes to find the suitable place for the entity died in the life condition it gets born. There are 10 life states of any life: Hell, hunger, anger, animality, rapture, humanity, learning, realization, bodhisatva and buddhahood. The life dies in which life condition it reborn in the same life condition."[This quote needs a citation]
Sikhism
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Sikhism may have a belief in the afterlife. They believe that the soul belongs to the spiritual universe which has its origins in God. However it's been a matter of great debate amongst the Sikhs about Sikhism's belief in afterlife. Many believe that Sikhism endorses the afterlife and the concept of reward and punishment as there are verses given in Guru Granth Sahib, but a large number of Sikhs believe otherwise and treat those verses as metaphorical or poetic.
Also it has been noted by many scholars that the Guru Granth Sahib includes poetic renditions from multiple saints and religious traditions like that of Kabir, Farid and Ramananda. The essential doctrine is to experience the divine through simple living, meditation and contemplation while being alive. Sikhism also has the belief of being in union with God while living. Accounts of afterlife are considered to be aimed at the popular prevailing views of the time so as to provide a referential framework without necessarily establishing a belief in the afterlife. Thus while it is also acknowledged that living the life of a householder is above the metaphysical truth, Sikhism can be considered agnostic to the question of an afterlife. Some scholars also interpret the mention of reincarnation to be naturalistic akin to the biogeochemical cycles.
But if one analyses the Sikh Scriptures carefully, one may find that on many occasions the afterlife and the existence of heaven and hell are mentioned in Guru Granth Sahib and in Dasam granth, so from that it can be concluded that Sikhism does believe in the existence of heaven and hell; however, heaven and hell are created to temporarily reward and punish, and one will then take birth again until one merges in God. According to the Sikh scriptures, the human form is the closet form to God and the best opportunity for a human being to attain salvation and merge back with God. Sikh Gurus said that nothing dies, nothing is born, everything is ever present, and it just changes forms. Like standing in front of a wardrobe, you pick up a dress and wear it and then you discard it. You wear another one. Thus, in the view of Sikhism, your soul is never born and never dies. Your soul is a part of God and hence lives forever.
Jainism
Jainism also believes in the after life. They believe that the soul takes on a body form based on previous karmas or actions performed by that soul through eternity. Jains believe the soul is eternal and that the freedom from the cycle of reincarnation is the means to attain eternal bliss.
Others
Traditional African religions
Traditional African religions are diverse in their beliefs in an afterlife. Hunter-gatherer societies such as the Hadza have no particular belief in an afterlife, and the death of an individual is a straightforward end to their existence. Ancestor cults are found throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, including cultures like the Yombe, Beng,Yoruba and Ewe, "[T]he belief that the dead come back into life and are reborn into their families is given concrete expression in the personal names that are given to children....What is reincarnated are some of the dominant characteristics of the ancestor and not his soul. For each soul remains distinct and each birth represents a new soul."The Yoruba, Dogon and LoDagoa have eschatological ideas similar to Abrahamic religions, "but in most African societies, there is a marked absence of such clear-cut notions of heaven and hell, although there are notions of God judging the soul after death." In some societies like the Mende, multiple beliefs coexist. The Mende believe that people die twice: once during the process of joining the secret society, and again during biological death after which they become ancestors. However, some Mende also believe that after people are created by God they live ten consecutive lives, each in progressively descending worlds. One cross-cultural theme is that the ancestors are part of the world of the living, interacting with it regularly.
Shinto
Further information: Shinto § Afterlife
It is common for families to participate in ceremonies for children at a shrine, yet have a Buddhist funeral at the time of death. In old Japanese legends, it is often claimed that the dead go to a place called yomi (黄泉), a gloomy underground realm with a river separating the living from the dead mentioned in the legend of Izanami and Izanagi. This yomi very closely resembles the Greek Hades; however, later myths include notions of resurrection and even Elysium-like descriptions such as in the legend of Okuninushi and Susanoo. Shinto tends to hold negative views on death and corpses as a source of pollution called kegare. However, death is also viewed as a path towards apotheosis in Shintoism as can be evidenced by how legendary individuals become enshrined after death. Perhaps the most famous would be Emperor Ojin who was enshrined as Hachiman the God of War after his death.
Unitarian Universalism
Some Unitarian Universalists believe in universalism: that all souls will ultimately be saved and that there are no torments of hell. Unitarian Universalists differ widely in their theology hence there is no exact same stance on the issue. Although Unitarians historically believed in a literal hell, and Universalists historically believed that everyone goes to heaven, modern Unitarian Universalists can be categorized into those believing in a heaven, reincarnation and oblivion. Most Unitarian Universalists believe that heaven and hell are symbolic places of consciousness and the faith is largely focused on the worldly life rather than any possible afterlife.
Spiritualism
According to Edgar Cayce, the afterlife consisted of nine realms equated with the nine planets of astrology. The first, symbolized by Saturn, was a level for the purification of the souls. The second, Mercury's realm, gives us the ability to consider problems as a whole. The third of the nine soul realms is ruled by Earth and is associated with the Earthly pleasures. The fourth realm is where we find out about love and is ruled by Venus. The fifth realm is where we meet our limitations and is ruled by Mars. The sixth realm is ruled by Neptune, and is where we begin to use our creative powers and free ourselves from the material world. The seventh realm is symbolized by Jupiter, which strengthens the soul's ability to depict situations, to analyze people and places, things, and conditions. The eighth afterlife realm is ruled by Uranus and develops psychic ability. The ninth afterlife realm is symbolized by Pluto, the astrological realm of the unconscious. This afterlife realm is a transient place where souls can choose to travel to other realms or other solar systems, it is the souls liberation into eternity, and is the realm that opens the doorway from our solar system into the cosmos.
Mainstream Spiritualists postulate a series of seven realms that are not unlike Edgar Cayce's nine realms ruled by the planets. As it evolves, the soul moves higher and higher until it reaches the ultimate realm of spiritual oneness. The first realm, equated with hell, is the place where troubled souls spend a long time before they are compelled to move up to the next level. The second realm, where most souls move directly, is thought of as an intermediate transition between the lower planes of life and hell and the higher perfect realms of the universe. The third level is for those who have worked with their karmic inheritance. The fourth level is that from which evolved souls teach and direct those on Earth. The fifth level is where the soul leaves human consciousness behind. At the sixth plane, the soul is finally aligned with the cosmic consciousness and has no sense of separateness or individuality. Finally, the seventh level, the goal of each soul, is where the soul transcends its own sense of "soulfulness" and reunites with the World Soul and the universe.
Wicca]
The Wiccan afterlife is most commonly described as The Summerland. Here, souls rest, recuperate from life, and reflect on the experiences they had during their lives. After a period of rest, the souls are reincarnated, and the memory of their previous lives is erased. Many Wiccans see The Summerland as a place to reflect on their life actions. It is not a place of reward, but rather the end of a life journey at an end point of incarnations.
Zoroastrianism
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Zoroastrianism states that the urvan, the disembodied spirit, lingers on earth for three days before departing downward to the kingdom of the dead that is ruled by Yima. For the three days that it rests on Earth, righteous souls sit at the head of their body, chanting the Ustavaiti Gathas with joy, while a wicked person sits at the feet of the corpse, wails and recites the Yasna. Zoroastrianism states that for the righteous souls, a beautiful maiden, which is the personification of the soul's good thoughts, words and deeds, appears. For a wicked person, a very old, ugly, naked hag appears. After three nights, the soul of the wicked is taken by the demon Vizaresa (Vīzarəša), to Chinvat bridge, and is made to go to darkness (hell).
Yima is believed to have been the first king on earth to rule, as well as the first man to die. Inside of Yima's realm, the spirits live a shadowy existence, and are dependent on their own descendants which are still living on Earth. Their descendants are to satisfy their hunger and clothe them, through rituals done on earth.
Rituals which are done on the first three days are vital and important, as they protect the soul from evil powers and give it strength to reach the underworld. After three days, the soul crosses Chinvat bridge which is the Final Judgment of the soul. Rashnu and Sraosha are present at the final judgment. The list is expanded sometimes, and include Vahman and Ormazd. Rashnu is the yazata who holds the scales of justice. If the good deeds of the person outweigh the bad, the soul is worthy of paradise. If the bad deeds outweigh the good, the bridge narrows down to the width of a blade-edge, and a horrid hag pulls the soul in her arms, and takes it down to hell with her.
Misvan Gatu is the "place of the mixed ones" where the souls lead a gray existence, lacking both joy and sorrow. A soul goes here if his/her good deeds and bad deeds are equal, and Rashnu's scale is equal.
Parapsychology
See also: Near-death studies and Near death experience
The Society for Psychical Research was founded in 1882 with the express intention of investigating phenomena relating to Spiritualism and the afterlife. Its members continue to conduct scientific research on the paranormal to this day. Some of the earliest attempts to apply scientific methods to the study of phenomena relating to an afterlife were conducted by this organization. Its earliest members included noted scientists like William Crookes, and philosophers such as Henry Sidgwick and William James.
Parapsychological investigation of the afterlife includes the study of haunting, apparitions of the deceased, instrumental trans-communication, electronic voice phenomena, and mediumship.[87] But also the study of the near death experience. Scientists who have worked in this area include Raymond Moody, Susan Blackmore, Charles Tart, William James, Ian Stevenson, Michael Persinger, Pim van Lommel and Penny Sartori among others.
A study conducted in 1901 by physician Duncan MacDougall sought to measure the weight lost by a human when the soul "departed the body" upon death. MacDougall weighed dying patients in an attempt to prove that the soul was material, tangible and thus measurable. Although MacDougall's results varied considerably from "21 grams", for some people this figure has become synonymous with the measure of a soul's mass. The title of the 2003 movie 21 Grams is a reference to MacDougall's findings. His results have never been reproduced, and are generally regarded either as meaningless or considered to have had little if any scientific merit.
Frank Tipler has argued that physics can explain immortality, though such arguments are not falsifiable and thus do not qualify, in Karl Popper's views, as science.
After 25 years of parapsychological research, Susan Blackmore came to the conclusion that there is no empirical evidence for an afterlife.
Philosophy
Modern philosophy
There is still the position, based on the philosophical question of personal identity, termed open individualism, and in some ways similar to the old belief of monopsychism, that concludes that individual existence is illusory, and our consciousness continues
There shadows that leek in both through the metaphysical realms to us that live in the physical plane... we let them fester, grow and gain control of our minds, our thoughts to the point where we allow them to become the Owner of how we live our lives - we get comfortable, they become a familiar friend that tempts in to darkness and solitude...
This is an image that really speaks volumes to not only me but I can imagine a whole lot of you right now and the timing of me posting this and sharing this with the world is well planned (although this should have gone out a week before the chaos we are now in) 😅 in these times of uncertainty I can definitely relate that my anxious monsters are finding their familiar ground in my mind no matter how much I try to convince myself that things will be ok... and I know that’s not healthy as an option either
However what I can offer is a piece of well used Disney based advice to you - and that is to just be more dory and “just keep swimming” - times are very tough, we can become drained, scared, and fearful of our own futures - however by finding happiness and joy in each day that comes forward to you in this time will help to refocus How your thoughts are used and being used... like for me at the moment I’m very grateful for the fact that yesterday I got to fully focus some of my time and energy into starting the Witcher (late to the game as always) and I’m hoping this time will give me a chance to find ever new inspiration...
Please let me know what you are happy for today - it could be anything - big or small but drop me a comment or a message to let me know! ☺️ Also a massive thank you to @asperjosh_photography for collaborating with me on this and also on a topic that is close to both of our hearts!
Gemaakt op 14 November 1989 met computerprogramma van CAVESOFT (H.D. Kuilman) in GW-Basic.
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plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/#MetTurComPhyDis
1.3 Metaphysical turn, comprehensive physics, Discourse
Upon arriving in the Netherlands, Descartes undertook work on two sorts of topics. In Summer, 1629, an impressive set of parhelia, or false suns, were observed near Rome. When Descartes heard of them, he set out to find an explanation. (He ultimately hypothesized that a large, solid ice-ring in the sky acts as a lens to form multiple images of the sun [6:355].) This work interrupted his investigations on another topic, which had engaged him for his first nine months in the Netherlands (1:44)—the topic of metaphysics, that is, the theory of the first principles of everything that there is. The metaphysical objects of investigation included the existence and nature of God and the soul (1:144, 182). However, these metaphysical investigations were not entirely divorced from problems such as the parhelia, for he claimed that through his investigations into God and the human self, he had been able “to discover the foundation of physics” (1:144). Subsequently, Descartes mentioned a little metaphysical treatise in Latin—presumably an early version of the Meditations—that he wrote upon first coming to the Netherlands (1:184, 350). And we know that Descartes later confided to Mersenne that the Meditations contained “all the principles of my physics” (3:233).
While working on the parhelia, Descartes conceived the idea for a very ambitious treatise. He wrote to Mersenne that he had decided not to explain “just one phenomenon” (the parhelia), but rather to compose a treatise in which he explained “all the phenomena of nature, that is to say, the whole of physics” (1:70). This work eventually became The World, which was to have had three parts: on light (a general treatise on visible, or material, nature), on man (a treatise of physiology), and on the soul. Only the first two survive (and perhaps only they were ever written), as the Treatise on Light and Treatise on Man. In these works, which Descartes decided to suppress upon learning of the condemnation of Galileo (1:270, 305), he offered a comprehensive vision of the universe as constituted from a bare form of matter having only length, breadth, and depth (three-dimensional volume) and carved up into particles with size and shape, which may be in motion or at rest, and which interact through laws of motion enforced by God (11:33–4). These works contained a description of the visible universe as a single physical system in which all its operations, from the formation of planets and the transmission of light from the sun, to the physiological processes of human and nonhuman animal bodies, can be explained through the mechanism of matter arranged into shapes and structures and moving according to three laws of motion. In fact, his explanations in the World and the subsequent Principles made little use of the three laws of motion in other than a qualitative manner. The laws sustained the notion that matter moves regularly (in a straight line) and that upon impact bits of matter alter their motions in regular ways—something that happens constantly in the full universe (the “plenum”) conceived by Descartes.
After suppressing his World, Descartes decided to put forward, anonymously, a limited sample of his new philosophy, in the Discourse with its attached essays. The Discourse recounted Descartes' own life journey, explaining how he had come to the position of doubting his previous knowledge and seeking to begin afresh. It offered some initial results of his metaphysical investigations, including mind–body dualism. It did not, however, engage in the deep skepticism of the later Meditations, nor did it claim to establish, metaphysically, that the essence of matter is extension. This last conclusion was presented merely as a hypothesis whose fruitfulness could be tested and proven by way of its results, as contained in the attached essays on Dioptrics and Meteorology. The latter subject area comprised “atmospheric” phenomena. In his Meteorology, Descartes described his general hypothesis about the nature of matter, before continuing on to provide accounts of vapors, salt, winds, clouds, snow, rain, hail, lightning, the rainbow, coronas, and parhelia.
Descartes wrote in the Meteorology that he was working from the following “supposition” or hypothesis: “that the water, earth, air, and all other such bodies that surround us are composed of many small parts of various shapes and sizes, which are never so properly disposed nor so exactly joined together that there do not remain many intervals around them; and that these intervals are not empty but are filled with that extremely subtle matter through the mediation of which, I have said above, the action of light is communicated” (6:233). He presented a corpuscularian basis for his physics, which denied the atoms-and-void theory of ancient atomism and affirmed that all bodies are composed from one type of matter, which is infinitely divisible (6:239). In the World, he had presented his non-atomistic corpuscularism, but without denying void space outright and without affirming infinite divisibility (11:12–20).
In the Meteorology, he also proclaimed that his natural philosophy had no need for the “substantial forms” and “real qualities” that other philosophers “imagine to be in bodies” (6:239). He had taken the same position in the World, where he said that in conceiving his new “world” (i.e., his conception of the universe), “I do not use the qualities called heat, cold, moistness, and dryness, as the Philosophers do” (11:25). Indeed, Descartes claimed that he could explain these qualities themselves through matter in motion (11:26), a claim that he repeated in the Meteorology (6:235–6). In effect, he was denying the then-dominant scholastic Aristotelian ontology, which explained all natural bodies as comprised of a “prime matter” informed by a “substantial form,” and which explained qualities such as hot and cold as really inhering in bodies in a way that is “similar” to the qualities of hot and cold as we experience them tactually.
Unlike Descartes' purely extended matter, which can exist on its own having only size and shape, many scholastic Aristotelians held that prime matter cannot exist on its own. To form a substance, or something that can exist by itself, prime matter must be “informed” by a substantial form (a form that renders something into a substance). The four Aristotelian elements, earth, air, fire, and water, had substantial forms that combined the basic qualities of hot, cold, wet, and dry: earth is cold and dry; air is hot and wet; fire is hot and dry; and water is cold and wet. These elements can themselves then serve as “matter” to higher substantial forms, such as the form of a mineral, or a magnet, or a living thing. Whether in the case of earth or of a living rabbit, the “form” of a thing directs its characteristic activity. For earth, that activity is to approach the center to the universe; water has the same tendency, but not as strongly. For this reason, Aristotelians explained, the planet earth has formed at the center, with water on its surface. A new rabbit is formed when a male rabbit contributes, through its seed-matter, the “form” of rabbithood to the seed-matter of the female rabbit. This form then organizes that matter into the shape of a rabbit, including organizing and directing the activity of its various organs and physiological processes. The newborn rabbit's behavior is then guided by its rabbit-specific “sensitive soul,” which is the name for the substantial form of the rabbit. Other properties of the rabbit, such as the whiteness of its fur, are explained by the “real quality” of white inhering in each strand of hair.
Although in the World and Meteorology Descartes avoided outright denial of substantial forms and real qualities, it is clear that he intended to deny them (1:324; 2:200; 3:420, 500, 648). Two considerations help explain his tentative language: first, when he wrote these works, he was not yet prepared to release his metaphysics, which would support his hypothesis about matter and so rule out substantial forms (1:563); and, second, he was sensitive to the prudential value of not directly attacking the scholastic Aristotelian position (3:298), since it was the accepted position in university education (3:577) and was strongly supported by orthodox theologians, both Catholic and Protestant (1:85–6; 3:349).
After publication of the Discourse in 1637, Descartes received in his correspondence queries and challenges to various of the doctrines, including his account of the sequence of phenomena during heart-beat and the circulation of the blood; his avoidance of substantial forms and real qualities; his argument for a distinction between mind and body; and his view that natural philosophical hypotheses could be “proven” through the effects that they explain (6:76). Descartes' correspondence from the second half of the 1630s repays close study, among other things for his discussions of hypothesis-confirmation in science, his replies to objections concerning his metaphysics, and his explanation that he had left the most radical skeptical arguments out of this work, since it was written in French for a wide audience (1:350, 561).
In 1635, Descartes fathered a daughter named Francine. Her mother was Descartes' housekeeper, Helena Jans. They lived with Descartes part of the time in the latter 1630s, and Descartes was arranging for them to join him when he learned of Francine's untimely death in September 1640. Descartes subsequently contributed a dowry for Helena's marriage in 1644 (Watson 2007, 188).
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In the course of the Third Meditation, Descartes constructs an argument for the existence of God that starts from the fact that he has an idea of an infinite being. The argument is intricate. It invokes the metaphysical principle that “there must be at least as much reality in the efficient and total cause as in the effect of that cause” (7:40). This principle is put forward as something that is “manifest by the natural light” (7:40), which itself is described as a cognitive power whose results are indubitable (7:38), like clear and distinct perception (7:144). Descartes then applies that principle not to the mere existence of the idea of God as a state of mind, but to the content of that idea. Descartes characterizes that content as infinite, and he then argues that a content that represents infinity requires an infinite being as its cause. He concludes, therefore, that an infinite being, or God, must exist. He then equates an infinite being with a perfect being and asks whether a perfect being could be a deceiver. He concludes: “It is clear enough from this that he cannot be a deceiver, since it is manifest by the natural light that all fraud and deception depend on some defect” (7:52).
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In the textbooks of Aristotelian physics of Descartes' day, it was common to divide physics into “general” and “special.” General physics pertained to the basic Aristotelian principles for analyzing natural substances: form, matter, privation, cause, place, time, motion. Special physics concerned actually existing natural entities, divided into inanimate and animate. Inanimate physics further divided into celestial and terrestrial, in accordance with the Aristotelian belief that the earth was at the center of the universe, and that the earth was of a different nature than the heavens (including the moon, and everything beyond it). Inanimate terrestrial physics first covered the four elements (earth, air, fire, and water), then the “mixed” bodies composed from them, including the various mineral kinds. Animate terrestrial physics concerned the various powers that Aristotelians ascribed to ensouled beings, where the soul is considered as a principle of life (possessing vital as well as mental or cognitive powers). In the simplest textbooks, the powers of the soul were divided into three groups: vegetative (including nutrition, growth, and reproduction), which pertained to both plants and animals; sensitive (including external senses, internal senses, appetite, and motion), which pertain to animals alone; and rational powers, pertaining to human beings alone. All the bodies in both inanimate and animate terrestrial physics were governed by a “form” or active principle, as described in Section 1.3.
Descartes' ambition was to provide replacements for all the main parts of Aristotelian physics. In his physics, there is only one matter and it has no active forms. Thus, he dissolved the boundary that had made the celestial and the terrestrial differ in kind. His one matter had only the properties of size, shape, position, and motion. The matter is infinitely divisible and it constitutes space; there is no void, hence no spatial container distinct from matter. The motions of matter are governed by three laws of motion, including a precursor to Newton's law of inertia (but without the notion of vector forces) and a law of impact. Descartes' matter possessed no “force” or active agency; the laws of motion were decreed by God and were sustained by his activity. Earth, air, fire, and water were simply four among many natural kinds, all distinguished simply by the characteristic sizes, shapes, positions, and motions of their parts.
Although Descartes nominally subscribed to the biblical story of creation, in his natural philosophy he presented the hypothesis that the universe began as a chaotic soup of particles in motion and that everything else was subsequently formed as a result of patterns that developed within this moving matter. Thus, he conceived that many suns formed, around which planets coalesced. On these planets, mountains and seas formed, as did metals, magnets, and atmospheric phenomena such as clouds and rain. The planets themselves are carried around the sun in their orbits by a fluid medium that rotates like a whirlpool or vortex. Objects fall to earth not because of any intrinsic “form” that directs them to the center of the universe, and also not because of a force of attraction or other downward-tending force. Rather, they are driven down by the whirling particles of the surrounding ether. Descartes insisted that all cases of apparent action at a distance, including magnetism, must be explained through the contact of particle on particle. He explained magnetism as the result of corkscrew-shaped particles that spew forth from the poles of the earth and flow from north to south or vice versa, causing magnetized needles to align with their flow (Princ. IV.133–83). To explain magnetic polarity, Descartes posited that the particles exiting from the south pole are threaded in one direction and those from the north are threaded oppositely (like the oppositely threaded spindles on bicycle pedals).
Two large Nana is Real pasteups that recently appeared on a wall in the Harajuku area of Tokyo. The top one I've seen around quite a bit "The angry girl always think she can do more than she can." But, this is the only version of the bottom sticker than I've seen so far in Harajuku. It says "Metaphysics Nana is Real" "Seoul" "Dimz" "10" and "Mint". If you know anymore about this art, feel free to add tags to the photo. Thanks.
Day Forty-eight, it's a Metaphysic Day. We went to the Auditorium Parco della Musica for a walk, again. This is a view of the public toilets.
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FIRE IN THE SKY is a 150 carat handcrafted red picture jasper pendant is created swirling and shaping antique brass toned copper wire by hand, adding red jasper chips and Swarovski crystals to enhance the natural beauty, shape and color of the stone. This large earthy stone displays beautiful shades of red resembling a firey sunset. The size and color of this pendant will make this your favorite piece of wearable art.
It measures 2 1/4" across and 2 1/2" top to tip including the bail.
The bail is designed to be large enough to accommodate your favorite chain or choker. A 19" adjustable brown cord is included.
All purchases are nicely packaged in a gift box.
The following metaphysical healing properties have been collected from various sources. For more specific information please contact an experienced Crystal Therapist.
Picture Jasper's healing effects:
Picture jasper helps bring forward our hidden thoughts, fears and hopes so that we may face them and work on them. It is a stone of harmony and helps us in business pursuits. It helps bring courage and wisdom into risky situations. It helps neutralize and withdraw negativity from our lives. Jasper in general has been called the supreme nurturer, reminding us there is more that surrounds us than ourselves, protect from negativity, helping to ground us, balances yin yang and assists us during astral travel. Helps to align and cleanse our Chakra's and Aura. It helps to balance the physical, emotional and intellectual bodies with the etheric energies. It is said to have been worn by priests and kings and used in a ceremonial way in Native American traditions. This stone increases determination in all pursuits and aids quick thinking. It also reminds one to be honest with oneself and to help others.
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Castel del Monte (English: Castle of the Mount, Bari dialect: Castídde d'u Monte) is a 13th-century citadel and castle situated in Andria in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. It stands on a promontory, where it was constructed during the 1240s by the Emperor Frederick II, who had inherited the lands from his mother Constance of Sicily.
Because of its relatively small size, it was once considered to be no more than a "hunting lodge", but scholars now believe it originally had a curtain wall and did serve as a citadel. Frederick was responsible for the construction of many castles in Apulia, but Castel del Monte's geometric design was unique. The fortress is an octagonal prism with an octagonal tower at each corner. The towers were originally some 5 m higher than now, and they should perhaps include a third floor Both floors have eight rooms and an eight-sided courtyard occupies the castle's centre. Each of the main rooms have vaulted ceilings. Three of the corner towers contain staircases. The castle has two entrances, an unobtrusive service entrance and an ornate main entrance. Frederick's main entrance featured elements from classical design, and may have been influenced by Frederick's interest in Greco-Roman architecture.
The octagonal plan is unusual in castle design. Historians have debated the purpose of the building and it has been suggested that it was intended as a hunting lodge. Another theory is that the octagon is an intermediate symbol between a square (representing the earth) and a circle (representing the sky). Frederick II may have been inspired to build to this shape by either the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which he had seen during the Sixth Crusade, or by the Palace Chapel of Aachen Cathedral.
Brian Greene weaves a fugue of metaphysical harmony, jamming out a made-for-TV soliloquy for fundamental physics.
I caught the sparkle in his eye during his TED talk this year, now online.
“There are many universes (10^500), each with a different shape for the extra dimensions.”
“Our bubble is but one in a cosmic bubble bath of universes.”
But... but, isn’t this a bit, umm, irrelevant to the daily grind?
So I thought until I invested in a company that is taking advantage of this to transcend Moore’s Law. If we could engage parallel universes, perhaps we could outperform anything that could be built using just one. We could harness the refractive echoes of trillions of parallel universes entangled in a unified computation. I even named the U.S. investment vehicle for this Canadian company "Parallel Universes, Inc."
So far it seems to be working. Let’s pause on this sub point of Greene's logic with Oxford’s David Deutsch: “Quantum computers have the potential to solve problems that would take a classical computer longer than the age of the universe.” And the only way to explain their behavior invokes parallel universes. More on this later.
Some more Greene gems from the TED talk:
“The central idea of string theory is quite straightforward. It says that if you examine any piece of matter ever more finely…you’d find little tiny vibrating filaments of energy, little tiny vibrating strings. And just like the strings on a violin that can vibrate in different patterns producing different musical notes, these little fundamental strings vibrate to produce different kinds of particles — electrons, quarks, neutrinos, photons — all other particles would unite into a single framework, and they would all arise from vibrating strings. It’s a compelling picture, a kind of cosmic symphony where all the richness that we see in the world around us emerges from the music that these little tiny strings can play.” (minute 7:00)
“Sometimes nature guards her secrets with the unbreakable grip of physical law. Sometimes the true nature of reality beckons from just beyond the horizon.” (closing words at minute 20:00)
Greene argues for the anthropic principle — why is our universe so finely tuned to support the possibility of matter and life? Perhaps because we as observers, by definition, are in the universe where the parameters make our form of life possible. But there are many others.
A derivative theory, Gardner’s Selfish Biocosm hypothesis extends evolution across successive universes. His premise is that the anthropic qualities of our universe (life and intelligence-friendly physics) derive from “an enormously lengthy cosmic replication cycle in which… our cosmos duplicates itself and propagates one or more "baby universes." The hypothesis suggests that the cosmos is "selfish" in the same metaphorical sense that evolutionary theorist and ultra-Darwinist Richard Dawkins proposed that genes are "selfish." …The cosmos is "selfishly" focused upon the overarching objective of achieving its own replication.”
Gardner concludes with a nested spiral of evolutionary recapitulation:
“An implication of the Selfish Biocosm hypothesis is that the emergence of life and ever more accomplished forms of intelligence is inextricably linked to the physical birth, evolution, and reproduction of the cosmos.”
Perhaps evolution is a conserved and resonant developmental homology at all scales of iteration.
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This was one of the first of a handful of my photos that went to Explore way back when, I believe in it was in the early in the year of 2007. However, I had no idea what Explore was then so I didn't realize it until about a year later- Lol