Greetings fellow explorers of creative thought:
The beliefs and concepts in these Blogs, are not written as verbatim references, but presented as interpretations of the stories I researched through various sources. It was necessary to catalog these ancient writings and beliefs; along with modern scientific accounts of various myths, legends and folklore to form the basis for understanding ancient historical and human interpretations of events; That along with the time and changing environments from which the mythical tales were told, it was important to understand the new scientific finds and analogies of past theories, that have changed in perception over the history of human development.
In order to develop a viewpoint that comes close to a story of fact or fantasy, I had to understand some subjects of science, metaphor, facts and fiction from a human perspective and how various situations and unknown obstacles may have contributed to human understanding. It was incumbent for me to study the dynamics that motivates human perceptions and levels of their conceived spiritual involvement for my Trilogy, and to develop a record for future references based upon these trends.
In addition, I gleaned new perspectives about the Human/Spirit connection of homo sapiens from my research; That major inspiration for the stories told came from unseen or non-physical sources that was manifested in language and through various physical creative expressions of human imaginations. The use of very powerful English words like My Mind, My Imagination, My Thoughts, My Sixth Sense, A Vision, Dreams, Faith, Premonition, all seem to exist in separate states of consciousness outside of our bodies but the sensation and power of these words in any language, is felt in many different cultures. In a sense, Homo sapiens is closely connected to these unseen realms and only enters when they personally unlock portals of entry through their own thoughts by introspection.
Depending upon one’s thought process, the human mind gravitates to various levels of consciousness and enter. My research confirmed that everything we think about goes through a process that feeds and travels through our physical brain and into the reality of our three-dimensional senses and emotions. Even though this may sound simplistic, homo sapiens is yet to fully understand their own complex existence as a transient being on planet earth;
That while in our physical bodies and according to science, we are a diffused element or energies of creation; that 50% of our bodies are made of toxins, bacteria, deadly poisons, viruses etc. and that men carry 70% liquid in their bodies while women are estimated to carry 60%; That according to psychologists, all our five senses consist of focal and peripheral energies and that the latter is recorded in our subconscious that most times we are unaware of; in some ancient Greek and Hindu schools of thought there is a sixth sense called Aether that is a part of us. A spiritual element that connects us with all the unseen physical and cosmic elements of our being.
That even as humans, we control our bodies at a small percentage of the time; That para-psychologists like Carl Jung and others suggest that human consciousness represents about 10% of our total function as a human being, the rest exist in our subconscious and super conscious (the soul essence). That our human experiences lead to spiritual awareness and a state of unanimity with our soul and only then, we will ascend with the soul essence within us. These are complex theories that are still being explored at both the physical and spiritual levels.
CONCEPT OF ASCENSION FROM A MORTAL WORLD
According to the dictionary, the resurrection or ascension of a deceased body, restores life in a transformed state or spiritual essence. It is the central belief of Christianity – that the restoration of life of the human body is powered by the enlightened spirit of Jesus who was a way-shower to mankind; that Jesus was born a highly spiritual child who was marked for death at birth with his presence on earth because his birth as a messiah, threatened the Roman establishment; that from the age of twelve he walked the earth and visited India and many countries as Saint Isa, in pursuit of enlightenment along with highly spiritual mystics.
Returning at age thirty on Palm Sunday, after eighteen years of travel, he began a three-year ministry and gathered his disciples; that he was crucified and three days after his crucifixion, he rose from the dead; that his life and death have absolved all human sins; that no medical skills, science, money, kingly power or magic, could achieve everlasting life without him; That according to Christians, by following his teachings, all mortals will be saved from sin and ascend to the glory of God forever.
Other religious schools of thought outside of Christianity, and including esoteric teachings of occultists, express the beliefs that all mortals after death are endowed with the spiritual essence to ascend to Heaven or descend into Hell based upon their earthly lessons learned and choices made. Some tell of reincarnation as a means of reliving their karma on earth, until they achieve spiritual enlightenment.
One Atheist that I know speak a double language; that while he does not believe in God, he’s thankful to have experienced life on earth. As my friend, I asked the question, “Who are you expressing your thanks to? You told me don’t believe in God?” He pondered, then said. “I was baptised as a Christian but over the years I came to realize that all leaders who expoused powerful religious thoughts of God and damnation of evil, were humans like myself. By preaching and condemning the ways of humans, they purposely created divisions by imposed serious emotional guilt complexes among people who believed them. At the same time, they enjoyed the power of control over their followers while building great churches and places of worship. To me, these holy philosophers are no different from any other politician or Warlord who dominated history throughout time. So, I believe that God is a man-made creation that is designed to subjugate people.”
I reflected on the belief that each soul develops their own understanding of the unseen and unknown in their own time and it is not my authority to impose my thoughts on him. I told him that whatever he may believe while on his journey on earth or beyond, I know that his soul is intact because he is willing to have the conversation.
Islam teaches that in the first act after death of the physical body, the essence or spirit of the deceased will be judged by their deeds experienced in mortal life. That will determine their ascension to heaven or descent into hell. From rese arching various stories of faith and beliefs, there is one constant in the narrastive; that every soul who ascends to heaven from earth, is blessed to have everlasting life which they cannot have on earth. What do you think?
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