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- Why is it hard to communicate with people in the afterlife? Curtis looks at how communication can and cannot work between different levels of existence.
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I'm very, very blessed to have a lot of communication with my husband who has been in the Spirit World for a little over 6 months. God knows that I need this now and blesses me in this way. I don't know if it will always be this way but He knows I need it now.
Make sure it's your husband and not some spirit pretending to be your husband is all I'm saying. They can access your memories, I know from experience dealing with some spirits from the other side. Sorry for your loss.
@@thomasneedham1224 it’s very easy to tell if you’re hearing from your husband vs a malicious entity. Just like here as we recognize the energy of our loved ones, we recognize it no matter where they’re communicating from. Their energy feels like home.
@@cloverbee3 some entities are devious, and go for the long con to gain your trust and then they pounce. I truly hope for her sake she is communicating with her late husband. I for one have had good and evil spirits speak to me and let me tell you, the evil ones, I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
I still have connection with my beloved husband after 3years , i dont see him,but i have a very good feeling of him and understand what he wants to tell me, talking to more mediums,he is here, he waits for me when i am finished with the mission here.old mama 66years old.❤ Hope somebody will understand,i do, somebody will be comforted.they wait for us to come home!❤😥🤗🤗🤗
So glad you can accept that sweet situation for what it is today, Jenna. Very blessed indeed. I imagine it's something you can kind of store up in your heart, too.
Once again, a HOME RUN for heaven ! Thank you Curtis. Even if you don’t speak to Angels , you are a servant of those of us who truly love the world that our heavenly Father dwells in. I LIVE FOR these things, and have been fully open to all of the subtle ways that Jesus manifests. Since I was a child, I’ve had inumerable experiences of other worldly ‘hints’. When I say something that reveals a truth to me, I often see a beautiful cobalt blue light( like an orb) in plain view , I then say out loud ‘ blue light’, & no one else see’s it. The crazy thing is , I’m now approaching 70 years old. I recently learned that my youngest son (26 yrs old) ALSO SEE’s cobalt blue lights. I may see one for 5 seconds & not see another one for a month or two. Alternatively, I’ve seen a few in one day !
Amazing experiences, Bridget -- thanks for sharing! That "world that our heavenly Father dwells in" is REAL!
I had an OBE and it took months to put into English words something one of my angels had told me in pure thought-language.
So cool and awesome to ponder, explosives!
Curtis, you are really inspirational. Listening to you regularly from Ireland. You have no idea of the ripple effect of your good work. Some day you’ll be shown in your life review 🙏✨
Thanks for these very kind words, FC. We're delighted that the ideas on this channel have felt meaningful for you, and we keep praying that they will reach the people who will benefit from them. Thanks for checking in, and wishing you God's blessings and peace!
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Have a lovely day!@@hs6404
Another great video. Thank you Curtis and team. I open up myself completely to the Lord and pray that all life finds their home in Heaven.
You're welcome, Yvonne. That's a beautiful intention you have and a beautiful prayer!
Three nights ago I was in a dream; it was an actual spiritual world environment but I didn't yet know that.
I was on a clean street, the light level was like dusk on earth, not dark but also not light. There were other people there on the street, not many. In the dream I knew that I could fly so in a superman-like manner I ran a few steps and launched myself using mental effort to propel myself forward and upward. As I flew upwards over a landscape that looked part suburban and part retail there was a rise in landscape which I easily flew over, though with some concern that I would not have the mental strength to make it over the top of the rise, but I managed it. Beyond the rise the land dropped off a little and a little distance in front of me was a large white building, perhaps a couple of hundred metres wide and about ten stories tall. Though I was still in dream-state I saw this building with great clarity; it looked very much like an ocean liner as seen from the side with each level having a continuous balcony that stretched all the way from one end of the building to the other end, the guard rails were white and enclosed, and the depth of each balcony wasn't by appearance very deep, perhaps around two metres wide. The balcony's were all empty of people except for one about two-thirds up, and this one was well lit and absolutely full of people for the entire length, it looked like a party or joyful social function was taking place (maybe it was a communal gathering of all the buildings residents?). I was heading straight towards the building, and not wanting to crash into it I put mental effort into flying upwards.
This is the point where I slipped into lucidity and was aware that my physical body was home in bed and I was traveling in the spiritual world. The trigger for this awareness was that my actual acceleration upwards was clearly in excess of the mental effort that I was putting in, and based on many other spiritual world travels I've had over the years I felt that there was a strong likelihood that there was somebody gently holding me from behind and it was their mental effort that was lifting me upwards, not mine. But, having become lucid and realising that there was likely somebody behind me, I kept myself facing forward and "pretended" that I was still in the dream-state, mainly because the building in front of me was so vivid and interesting looking and also I wanted to clear the top of the building first before I introduced myself to the as-yet unseen person. So I crossed over the roof of the building, which was about one third the width of it's length, and on decent I turned my head as far to the right as I could to look behind me, and sure enough I could see a person right behind who was wearing a white top. I said "I can see you" and straight away a man's voice said "and I can see you too!"
I asked him his name but that was met with silence, and by intuition I knew that he didn't want to tell me. We flew for just a little bit longer and somehow in a flash we had entered a building well lit with bright white light and white walls, and I had been seated on a comfortable type of sofa with the other man sitting beside me to the left. There were other seats of the same type facing towards me and beyond that I could see more seats arranged in the same way in a long room, a few of them occupied. Above each set of seats and a little higher than standing height were chrome bar rails, about 3 inches in diameter, and where they intersected with each other there were large very white contoured junction boxes that looked like highly polished painted plastic. I said to the man next to me "I'm not very fond of those railings, they remind me of a hospital", but to no answer (hope I didn't offend anyone there by picking on their decor :/ ).
Then in strong lucidity and with an urge to know I asked a very Swedenborg question, I said "Would you know this place as the spiritual world or would you know this as Heaven?", and he replied "we just know it as the other place" and I picked up a slight puzzlement in him at the terminology that I had used. I had enough lucidity to think at the time that based on his answer that these people might not have the same concept of levels as per the Swedenborgian fashion, that they were simply once living in the physical world and now they are simply "just where they are" in the other place.
I asked a few more questions of the man, but I was beginning to slip out of lucidity and so those parts of the conversation are lost to my memory now.
I woke up feeling that I had just glimpsed a good and positive part of the spiritual world where everything was neat and clean and picturesque and the people there were all of a good nature.
Hello Alf, I've just read your experience and found it incredibly fascinating. Had to smile when you said you were worried you might have upset them by picking on the decor :) ha ha .. I watch a lot of NDE's (Near Death Experiences) on UA-cam, and I seem to recall these big white buildings have been mentioned more than a few times. Sometimes they are often described as being made of marble, and absolutely grand looking. Thanks for sharing that. All the best - Neil (UK)
@@NeilBradleyMS Cheers Neil from Australia. I sometimes post my experiences, like this one, on the Off the Left Eye comments pages. I'm sure I sound quite mad to some, or that I am just enthusiastically describing super clear dreams. But I've been doing astral projection for some 35 years, started off with sleep paralysis, discovered that was the doorway into the spiritual world, in that during the paralysis, rather than freaking out and trying to wake up from it, that if I could remain calm I could with mental effort will myself to rise up and away from the physical body. I eventually stopped initiating the astral travel when the novelty wore off and someone "out there" verbally indicated I was wasting my spiritual effort, but that's when things became more interesting, in that random uninitiated experiences started to happen instead, similar to the one I have related above. Over the years at intervals I have seen seas, skyscrapers, forests with giant trees, even cars (saw one car drive past me in clarity, it had wheel spats over both the front and rear wheels and each spat had a painting/decal of snoopy with angel wings!). Also had a few quite negative experiences here and there but I digress.
The building I saw in this particular experience didn't look particular grand though, it was well built and well designed, and even though it was bright white in the dusk lighting it looked fairly standard as to the building materials, looked more metal than marble. I can only say it's design was odd though, looking to me more like the inspiration for its design was one of those giant multi-storied pleasure-cruise ships, which is why I was so interested in looking at it as I flew up to and over it.
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Yes, reading about NDEs is fascinating Neil. They make heaven feel real.
Thanks Alf for sharing your many years of experience with spiritual adventures.
Great explication, Curtis.You really have a gift for teaching in a fun and easily understandable way. I am really glad that you concluded with "this is how it has to be right now. But eventually we are all going to be able to chat with each other as much as we want." Many spiritually aware people, subsequent to Swedenborg's revelations, i.e. the contemporary "New Church," are saying exactly that.
Glad it's a growing idea and sentiment, Kenny -- it sure makes sense to us. And thanks for the kind words!
My departed Fiance is STILL HERE. He’s somewhat stuck. Sudden death at 37. Well, he ABSOLUTELY HAS SHOWN HIMSELF to all the family members.
They cannot change what’s happening nor can they interfere in your life.
Just bc they departed does not mean they have our answers. Sacred contracts.
Reincarnation is Real.
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS WITHIN US.
@@doctorcofrin851 ♥️♥️♥️ Knowing they are with us is priceless. ♥️♥️♥️
I am so sorry that your fiance left suddenly, doctor. It must be heartbreaking, and yet you feel him with you. Perhaps that brings comfort. And yes, they cannot change our lives or give us the answers we need to find on our own. @@doctorcofrin851
Nice job simplifying a complex situation so I can understand it better
Glad it helped, Jon!
I loved this video. In a dream I was taken to 1968 by a mystery man who shouted HARD LEFT to me to get me to change my consciousness and make the trip. I had a very real encounter with my Dad and was looking for signs to validate this afterwards. I saw a UA-cam video with the thumbnail HARD LEFT and could then relax, knowing it really happened. These little signs make life so much more fun.
Great story, Mydanshi! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing with us the dynamics of the afterlife and communication with the deceased according to the visions of Swedenborg. Very interesting!
Glad you find it intriguing, Arlindo! You're welcome!
Great video.. it's been two years since my mom passed and I felt like I haven't felt her presence in awhile.. this gave me great comfort to know she's doing her work 🙏🏾...Thank You
So glad you could find comfort and hope in this video, Nikki. I bet she's doing wonderful work! It's coming up on three years since I (Chara, from the Comment Response Team) lost my mom. She was such a useful, helpful, generous, looking-for-the-good kind of person in this world -- I'm sure she's carrying on just the same way!
Very well explained ❤ As a Clairaudient, I believe we all have the capability of such communications but it's a matter of spiritual alignment and tuning our hearing level to a much higher frequency & vibration and totally different wave length. Something that is too hard to truly put into words. I love your channel & how you explain Swedenborg's beautiful experiences and lessons.
Interesting, Dana. Frequencies and vibrations are not something Swedenborg talked about, but I think that's the kind of thing he's getting at with his "levels." Thanks for the kind words about our channel -- so glad it's meaningful for you!
I just noticed that I always start sweating when I learn about life in heaven on Curtis' shows
Interesting, fantasip. What do you make of that?
@@offTheLeftEye After the show I go back to "normal" - but during the episode, as I start sweating, I imagine the spiritual world, a kind of visualisation what Curtis is telling. My guess is, maybe the shift in focus from the materialistic to spirituality causes the heating. It's a pleasant warmth, not uncomfortable.
It is lovely to know it is pleasant, and perhaps brings you closer to the spiritual world, fantasip@@fantasip
Wow! I love it, it's one of my favorite subject. Thank you! It's not easy, but we'll make it! Correspondances and exceptions will sustain us in the mean time!
Yes yes, Genevieve! Let's remain hopeful and loving!
I smiled at part 1 by being attacked. Still, you did so well explaining. Yet this community of ours is so relevant, and the whole OTLE team is so much appreciated ❤. I loved the show Curtis!
Thanks so much for this warm support, Zorito! So glad you think these ideas are relevant and helpful!
Thank you immensely for the ways you share your heart with so many of us each day.
In regard to the method of communication you described from one realm to another, we have access to regularly practice this with animals. I trained my cats and routinely inform them of my concerns by sending visual images of my thoughts to my own angels with a request to share those images with their angels. There hasn't been a single instance where it didn't work. It's a little tougher with some dogs because they are much less still. But it works sensationally with horses! My riding trainer was astounded at how well my horse acclimated and responded to my commands.
Amazing, Danielle! I have heard people say, "I'll have my angels talk to your angels." But I haven't heard reports (especially with animals) that it seems to work!
And thank you for your kind words! Glad you're here for us to share with!
I am going to add this one to my long list on favorite videos you have made. Thanks so much for explaining this.
So glad it ranks so highly for you, cj! You're very welcome!
Your videos bring so much enlightenment and hope. Thank you for them.
You're welcome, Barnabybright! So glad to hear they lift your spirits!
Great talk makes alot of sense to me. Yes i had that same thought this morning , one day we will all have unlimited conversation with the deceased. Thank you!
Looking forward to that day, Robert! Glad you see meaning and relevance in this video -- thanks for letting us know!
I first saw you on next level soul I love it when you talk about swedenburg I feel you have very good vibes and most likely a highly evolved soul I want to thank you and tell you I appreciate you for your contribution this is a hard world and helpful Souls like you are much appreciated by me and so many others
Thanks for this very kind message, PJGRAND. We're delighted that you found us, and that you feel our content here is meaningful and helpful. And yes, Next Level Soul is a great channel!
I asked for a dream or sign from my friends daughter who passed last year. I closed my eyes and saw, Grace up close doing a Congo dance. Her mom said, her other daughter and her were just doing that dance. Grace had to be there.
Did it bring you comfort, Debbie?
Yes, and her mom says she has gotten other signs.
Those subtle signs can mean so much Debbie!
Thank You for an another wonderful video. I love them all.
So glad they touch your heart, Heather! You're welcome!
Did Swedenborg ever mention that those in Heaven can receive our kind thoughts and blessings toward them? There was a person whose presence in my life I never appreciated and never did much kindness toward. Now I realize her great effect on my life, and I send her blessings, but I wonder if she can possibly know that.
This touches my heart, jj. I don't recall Swedenborg talking about that, but I'll let you know if I come across anything. For what it's worth, if love is the most real thing in the universe (which is what Sw says), and love makes for connection, it seems to me that somehow those messages COULD be received or felt somehow.... It's certainly a blessing to YOU that you have realized her positive effect on you, and perhaps that can take some sort of pay-it-forward form that might be just as pleasing for her. Thanks for sharing this new awareness on your part, and your hope to convey the appreciation.
OK jj -- Lovely Karin shared some passages with me that might possibly be applicable to your question. I'll excerpt a few, in a few posts below..
Divine Love and Wisdom §92:
"....[A]ngels and spirits are wholly above or beyond nature. They are in their own world, one that is under a different sun. Further, since spatial intervals are only apparent in that world, as I have explained earlier, we cannot say that they are in the ether or in the stars. *They are right with us, united to our own spirits in feeling and thought.* Each of us is a spirit. That is the source of our thinking and intending. This means that *the spiritual world is right where we are, not distanced from us in the least.* In short, as far as the deeper levels of our minds are concerned we are all in that world, surrounded by angels and spirits there."
Secrets of Heaven §2422:
"We humans do not see that these phases occur [phases of a desire for goodness or a desire for truth], still less what they are like, but angels see them in a clear light, *because angels are present in all our positive emotions.* Our states also reveal themselves to us when we enter the other world. These emotions and their quality determine how the good are divided up into communities there."
Secrets of Heaven §1931
"In the Word, it is common for Jehovah to ask people questions and for them to respond, even though he already knows the answer. He knows not only what has happened but also the reasons and the purposes-in other words, all the deepest, most minute particulars involved. But we human beings are unaware of this and believe that no one can have any idea of the things we do in secret, unseen, still less what we are thinking. So the asking of these questions is adapted to our preconceptions.
"Still, the truth of the matter is that *ordinary spirits have a better idea of what we are thinking than we do ourselves. Angelic spirits pick up on deeper aspects of our thoughts, and angels pick up still deeper aspects-our reasons and purposes, which we know little of.* This fact I have learned from a great deal of experience occurring constantly over many years. If spirits and angels perceive all this, what about the Lord, or Jehovah, who is infinite and gives all of us our ability to perceive?"
Heaven and Hell 391
"Broadly speaking, angels of all communities are assigned to us to protect us, to lead us away from evil feelings and the evil thoughts that these cause and to instill good feelings to the extent that we are freely open to them. These serve to control our deeds or works by removing our evil intentions to the extent that this can be done. *When angels are with us they seem to dwell in our affections, near us to the extent that we are engaged in something good because of truth, and distant to the extent that our life is removed from such engagement."*
Hope any of that feels helpful, jj. I learned a lot from getting to answer your question, so thanks for asking! ~Chara
What a gift, coming across your post. I have had many unexplainable occurances throughout my life. I was shown a tapestry and briefly I understood everything. I remember saying over and over, Oh I understand I understand. I knew that it was not something I could hold onto, but I know it happened. When I saw this program it was like reliving that moment. I have lived many extodinary unexplainable experiences. Somehow today I found answers I have been seeking my whole life. I am greatful beyond words. ❤❤❤
Gives me the shivers, marjorie -- in a good way! -- that this little video could somehow affirm/confirm a lifetime of experiences for you. Thank you for reaching out to let us know, and blessings to you as you carry on with your beautiful sensitivity to other realms!
I need my body to fix itself so I can have homeostasis again, I can’t stand feeling like this anymore constantly and I haven’t worked in a year, I lost everything too and my whole life is destroyed. I want healing so badly. I would sell my soul to be healed at this point. For true healing. I can’t understand how all this happened. I was great a year and a half ago
So sorry something seems to have thrown your health off-track, nanabanana. Sounds like a serious domino effect, too, with the rest of your life. Sending prayers for answers soon, and a turn-around that will let you return to a vibrant life!
Nice job brother, I was so excited when you brought out those different group colored people 🙏👑💗
Haha, l.bailey! We all have our communities!
@@offTheLeftEye it made it so much easier to understand 🫶
I agree, visuals really help me as well. Which I think is why God gave us nature... so many true things are made visual there. @@l.bailey4791
Your a wonderful teacher, I always learn so much from you . Thank you ☺️
How kind of you, Sharon! I'm not Curtis, just one of the Comment Responders (so he can concentrate on making videos, etc), but we're so glad Curtis's style is working for you!
Thank you Curtis, a new door has opened for me in understanding heaven and earth.
Swedenborg is very difficult to understand, I am grateful for your work spreading his teachings 🙏
Thanks, Anita! May that door open to a new level of light and warmth for you!
so greatful for your channel, I love it thanks...great energy and explanation ❤
Thanks for the positive feedback, infinitestar! We hope it continues to feel meaningful and helpful for you!
Thank you, Curtis. This is very helpful right now and it explains why even though my work seems futile, I should continue--which was also the message I received from my heavenly guidance. We cannot force people to change their ways of thinking, but it's more a process of "inflowing," by which someday in the future more and more people will come to understand these things. I love the way you explain it here.
Glad Curtis's explanation felt helpful and inspiring, Soferia. Looking forward to more and more of the world opening up to this "inflowing"!
I Find it much easier to talk to them now compared to before their deaths...
I've heard other people say that, screechingowl -- that they feel MORE connected to their loved ones after they've crossed over. Thanks for sharing that.
My late boyfriend began communicating with me 3 days after his death in 2019. I've learned so much from him, and I know we'll be together when it's my time to cross over as well 💞. I thank God for him every day.
Wow, Jenni (if I may shorten your username in that way). What a special gift you're receiving! So glad it's given you so much peace and hope!
3 days seems to be the key time when our loved ones can really start communicating with us. There were a few sporadic messages day 2 and 3 after my husband passed but then we found our way of communicating
What a precious thing to still feel connected to him Jennifer. Perhaps it eases the huge grief. Can you give a few examples? @@jennaroberts9302
@@offTheLeftEyeSure. The first thing he did was shout my name. I actually heard his voice. After that I didn't hear his voice anymore but I could feel/hear him and feel/see him. He told me that there is nothing more important than family, love is all that matters through eternity and to stay away from a particular person. That person contacted me the next day. I stayed away from him.
Another time Mike told me, "They think we look as strange as we think they do." I asked him who he was talking about and he said he was going to other worlds. He jumped into something that looked like a water slide tube, yelled YOO HOO! And he was gone.
After that we started chatting through what I called our "chat journal". We come from different parts of the country so sometimes he said things that I had no idea what he meant, so he had to explain. I write everything both of us say.
I had people tell me to let him go so I asked him if I should do that. He told me that he is with me always and that, because he is not bound by the constraints of a body, he could be in more than one place at a time.
He always tells me that he loves me. He invites my deceased family to our chat journaling time.
God has blessed us with this continued closeness because I need this tender mercy. The only rule that God gave me was that I was not to pray to Mike. God is the Almighty, takes care of me and loves me unconditionally. Mike also loves me but there is a distinct difference in the presence of the Lord and the presence of my husband.
I hope that the naysayers and those tempted to put God in a box talk to God and ask Him to reveal truth. Everything is not in the Bible 👈 Is in the Bible.
There is so much more but I don't want to give it all away. I'm going to write a book about my experiences as a widow.
These things are very precious to me. Please respect that.
Hmmmmmm.... I wrote a message that didn't post. I'll give it a little time. If it doesn't post I'll rewrite.
I love that there are so many Christians out there who have prayed about what Swedenborg recorded, found that it's true and been able to move forward in life sharing even more of God's good news.
Unfortunately, there are some church people with less wisdom and less God-given knowledge and who haven't taken the time to talk to God about it. They want us to ignore what the Lord has confirmed for each us.
It seems to me that, as well meaning as they think they are, they should speak to the Lord about this and stop trying to dumb us down. God has confirmed to us that what Swedenborg shared is truth.
Christians in a box..... The biggest obstacle to the Lord accomplishing His plan.
It sounds like you truly try to pray and ask God for guidance, Jenna.
Once when talking and listening to spirit,at a profound spiritual moment in my life, the clouds formed many shapes that spoke wisdom, guidance and truth about my situation so I would like to strengthen Curtis's statement about correspondances which all Psychics and Mediums understand only too well.
Such a powerful experience, Patrick -- thanks for sharing!
You are so magnetic & very creative. Thank you for taking the time to make this video. ✨️
Glad you found it meaningful, mindfulbeauty, and thanks for the kind words!
Man, I already knew you and i had a lot of similar understanding but now I’m absolutely convinced.
I won’t be upset if we disagree on something. I don’t care. But it’s cool to see that our core values are the same.
I want to meet you some time in the next few years or sooner. I think we could have some amazing conversations.
Not Curtis here, jondeik, just one of the Comment Response team. Are you aware of our Community Membership Platform? That's a way that you can sometimes be in a group Zoom call that includes Curtis. Once a month we do a Live Q&A panel show, followed by a live Zoom call for the membership. If you're interested, go to swedenborg.com and look for the Community Membership tab. There is a small fee, to be up front about it. You can also join book groups and discussions and such. Anyway, maybe there will be other ways for you two to converse. We've tried to have live gatherings, but for various reasons they've fallen through three times! We'll see what the future brings!
@@offTheLeftEye awesome!! No I wasn’t. Thanks for letting me know
@@jondeik Yes that is a great way to "talk" with Curtis, and Dr Rose, and other members of the OTLE staff and it is always a great time.
Thanks Curtis for sharing!❤
You're welcome, Harold!
I had an experience with my sister-in-law who had died about four years earlier. I dreamed I was sitting with my husband, in a truck, at a park and we looked out through the windshield and saw a group of people. My sister-in-law was among them, and I saw her and said, oh look there's Betsy. I wish we could say Hi, but we can't, cause she is no longer alive (I loved her-in life) but she walked up to the window on my husbands side and without addressing me at all, she addressed my husband, her husbands brother. and said. You need to talk to Craig, he's floundering. Then she smiled and walked off. Remember, this was my dream But this let me know this was a message for One brother, to another, a wife's message of love, to her husband in need.
I knew the message was not for me, only by the way it was delivered. Awesome experience!
Gives me the shivers, Shelly. So touching! Thanks for sharing that story.
So helpful, love the visual👍
So glad this made a difference for you, j.c.! Blessings to you!
This episode is very helpful and I'm feeling it .
So glad it hit home for you, yanbibiya!
Very helpful, thank you. 🙂
You're welcome, Keyfer. Glad you found it so!
This edifying Lesson was a blessing, many thanks bud👊🏼
You're so welcome, Daniel!
Another interesting concept is how angels communicate through people's subconscious minds. Somehow, that gives the individual the freedom to choose or not choose to follow the guidance. I've seen this in action many times with myself and also with many people around me. But in general, people think they are their own thoughts and don't realize the ideas are coming from angels (there is the flip side of that when people get incoming evil thoughts). It is why we need to do the work to stay in higher consciousness......the evil thoughts are filtered out and we can become more conscious of where the good ideas are coming from.
Yes yes, Soferia! I think your first point is what our spiritual freedom is all about. God designed us to FEEL life as our own, so that subconscious thing is a gift to our freedom, as you say. I have found is very helpful to become more objective about my thoughts, and to dismiss the ones which have an undesirable "return address."
Heaven sounds very mortal in perspective 🙏
Well, it's a human place, because angels were once just humans on the physical plane.... Is that what you mean? That heaven sounds similar to our world here?
@offTheLeftEye I am totally believing that..that there is humanity in angelic 💯
I love your Expertise on Swedenborg! Thank you! I was introduced to him by Emerson. I’m an Emersonian erudite. He was very influenced by him. We live forever. ♾️ there’s no End. Psychotherapist and Hypnotherapist here. Sometimes I will see someone in therapy and we get visitations from those on departed side They lower their vibrations to come to us. We have to raise ours to meet them.
ASK FOR A SIGN. It isn’t so easy for them or us, but the veil is very thin. They hear everything and see everything. 💯 and the way they died, impacts them that they might not know that they died.
So I DO HEAR them and FEEL the presence. I cry at times too much and then they leave. Grief is a monster.
RAISE YOUR VIBRATIONS PEOPLE and spread positive thoughts to everyone. WE ARE ALL ONE. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Fascinating, doctorcofrin. I love to hear how people were led to Swedenborg -- so it was Emerson for you! Cool. Thank you for sharing the clarity you have gained from your work. The spiritual world is indeed all around us!
Your a great teacher Curtis
So kind, Jennifer. Glad his teaching style works for you!
fascinating
Glad you think so, Terry! Thanks for watching!
Thank you again for your teaching I needed to hear this
So glad this felt helpful for you, Camilla!
Brilliant video!
Thanks, whosafeard?
I am on a waiting list for my first IFS appointment, yes, it is a niche in psychology that is growing fast. Why? Because it is actually spiritually truthful in nature and that is why it's gaining popularity so fast now (even though it's been around since the 80's) As if I needed more proof that IFS is inspired, well, here it is!
Cool "coincidence," Nadia! May your sessions be truly helpful for you!
Personally, I think psychology and its bizarre theories take people off the path God has already lined out for us. Be careful. I didn't even know what IFS is, so I looked it up. They are confusing our soul families with some concoction of "inner subfamilies" created out of trauma, from what I understand of it. This is wrong. It reminds me of how they consider people to have a "broken consciousness" when we become aware of the heavenly dimensions and connect to people there. Study the history of psychology and its original intent. I suffered horrific abuse as a child and went through various forms of counseling. Very little of it was helpful. The only exception was a Christian counseling focus. It would be a total insult to my true family, my soul family, to denigrate them as "subfamilies" made up by my own mind. I was so disconnected from my soul family that when I learned who they were, it was a total surprise to me, since many of them are renowned and yet prior to being reintroduced to them by my Beloved when he left this place for the heavens, I had little knowledge and no connection to them. The truth is that psychology was invented to mold our minds to keep us in a mind matrix. Most people will not like my comment, but I have to speak out against psychology. It's an evil manmade system of control. What little of it may have been useful has long been twisted and is used against people to label them with some manmade "disorder." Someday I would like to do a thorough critique on psychology; I have covered it to some degree in my writings, as has my Beloved. Now I will need to add IFS. Be wary of anything that is geared toward and appeals to the masses. Following ALL of the instructions that Jesus brought to us is the greatest healing action we can take. And that reminds me. There's a lost book of the Bible that goes into great detail all of the instructions from Jesus. It's called The Shepherd of Hermas. It's the soul journey of Hermas as led by an angel shepherd that was sent to him by God. I really love the story since God sent me a comforter "angel" in the form of my Beloved who is also my teacher.
We just watched an oldie but a goodie, 'The Spiritual Meaning of Numbers'. Seems like there's some form of communication between the different levels of heaven via spiritual numerology which doesn't involve the problems of looking from a higher heaven into a lower one.
Hi Eric! Interesting point. I'll have to go back and watch that oldie but goodie again -- sounds fascinating! ~Chara (one of the Comment Response team)
Hi, Eric, this is Karin now. Yes, the language of numbers is indeed one form of spiritual language that flow from a higher level of heaven to a lower one. So fascinating, isn't it?
Will the higher angels help with people with disabilities and help me to understand more and knowing that I’m a sinner and knowing I’m not perfect how does that work in heaven? Love this topic.
Yes. Disabilities in heaven are not there anymore. If you had disability on earth you won't in the afterlife. You will be fixed again.
No please do not pray to Angels, you pray to God first and only Him. If you pray to Angels you idolizing God's creation before him, and can be attacked by malicious spirits because you are opening yourself to their influence. They might appear as angelic angels, but Satan can also appear as an Angel of light. In the Bible they even say to not worship them. Bring all of your worries and everything to Jesus, our God.
Absolutely, 180. We will be our true and healed selves. No more blindness, deafness, mental illness, or depression.
Yes Heather you will absolutely get all the help you need as you become the best version of yourself. Here is a playlist of videos about the transition to heaven. studio.ua-cam.com/users/playlistPLgtFTXGqZdSngp4_pz7VaYnlWzl2-tEcS/edit
Yes praying to God is best, JesusChrist4Life. And the name angel means messenger, and they can bring us God's guidance as well.
Thank you 🏹
You're welcome, D!
My son was killed 4 1/2 mos ago and I didn’t get to see him or say good bye. I’m so desperate to hear from him. I’m barely existing in my life I miss him so much.
My heart breaks for you, Teresa. My daughter died many years ago, so I know about that desperation and pain. 4-7 months after the death is especially painful, because the intial shock is wearing off. People in the afterlife can receive our thoughts and feelings, so you can talk to him right now -- out loud, or in your mind, or be writing to him. He knows how much you love him. I, too, wished for an obvious communication from my child, and didn't receive it, but I learned to look for more subtle forms of communication -- a feeling, a thought, a coincidence -- and that helped me get more aware of her presence around me. I promise you will get through this, but grief is a rough journey. Pay attention to what you need each day to get through, and just take one day at a time. I am sending much love to you, and hopes that you will find the ways to feel your son's love and God's tender care and healing through this crisis. -- Karin
Thank you.
Something just doesn't sound right that there is a 'hierarchy' in the spirit world where it's forbidden to contact each level. I'm sure some in the spirit world are more advanced than others but the idea of limitations and systems seems to be counter to anything I've read. I think he did a good job but of course this is his interpretation.
Curtis is conveying what Swedenborg learned in many years of spiritual insight into the spiritual world. Yes, Richard, this is how Swedenborg tried to put it into words, and how Curtis tried to make sense of it. It is a question how LOVE and TRUTH go together in a topic like that. Even if the whole spiritual world is governed by love, does that mean there can't be any structure? I guess we'll all find out eventually!
@@offTheLeftEye Yes, in my experience visiting the heavenly realms, there is definitely structure just as Swedenborg describes. But God's love, truth, and wisdom directs it. If there is a reason for people in lower levels to visit the higher levels, he ordains it to happen. For example, I was taken up to the very high celestial realms to meet my spirit guide. Those who have reached higher levels of consciousness can visit all realms below them in order to serve God's purpose. That's why angels (people) can manifest at times--in particular to provide assistance and comfort. The structure is complex, and I was taught that it's a shifting and evolving heterarchy-hierarchy. Our minds really can't comprehend how it works so all we can do is use a combination of metaphors to try and explain various aspects. I have also learned that God has a definite structure for the divine marriage, just as Swedenborg has described. And when we realize these things, we interpret the scripture in a different light and change our behaviors to better match what He has planned for us.
can the seed interact with the peel in an orange, although connected they are separate or discreet
The seed and peel relationship is a good place to look at it, Thomas. They are very much dependent on one another, and yet as you say quite distinct. I will not plant a peel, nor will I eat the seeds. But they need one another. @@thomasgontarz3372
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I am listening to this a third time. I can relate to everything you explained, and for those explanations new to me I feel deeply as if my soul is aware of this. I have had such experiences on and off all of my life. I remember when I was four years old and knowing that I was very new to this world. I can recall looking at even children around me at the YMCA and being aware of how evil was affecting them. I remember seeing an elderly woman who was probably in her late 70s or early 80s. She would appear on the lawn and walkways of the YMCA gathering children around her to speak about the gospels of Jesus Christ. She carried around a little booklet of papers with each page a different color and speaking of the symbolism of each as applied to the life of Christ. Intuitively, I knew she was a fine person, she was just concerned for others, their spiritual understanding. I heard adults asking if this woman was insane or okay? If I as a very young child could see she was fine, it was strange adults would have to talk about her as if hinting she might not be right in the mind. When we see adults doing something that confirms our Heaven within we draw contrasts between those levels and those levels of hell expressing themselves through people who are having to learn lessons we are glad we do not need to tackle. Still, when we finally understand that our struggles can give us understanding not only of ourselves but of others we realize that our own struggles are difficult and are strengthened only by the goodness defining the truth we seek to remedy guilt or sadness or being a victim to someone or lashing out at someone or at ourselves. Within all of us and around us, are angels, even if some of the angels are still inside their bodies holding lessons in the form of knowledge they readily want to share with others.
Thanks for sharing your response to this show, H.S. Touches my heart to think of little 4-year-old you having such a clear view of goodness and evil!
Thank you!!
If different levels of heavens aren’t supposed to communicate with each other or they’ll lose their wisdom, how can we look forward to communicating with our family members in the afterlife if they are in different levels of heaven?
Thank you!
You're welcome, Mary! Swedenborg does seem to indicate that it's possible for accommodations and preparations to take place so that visiting between societies can happen. Two of the guiding principles of heaven are LOVE and USEFULNESS, so I imagine that under that umbrella, visiting family members is possible. We'll see when we get there!
I added a lengthy comment about 30 minutes ago. Not posting. Hope it didn’t go into the internet stratosphere😮 let me know if you find it, thanks.
I'm not seeing it, CWillkie -- it's under this show, that is. Very frustrating when that happens!
Hey Curtis, I had one of those mouse trap games when I was a child, always loved it, very long time ago now. I do not think it was a dumb example, because what you're saying is for Spirit to communicate with us, it's a complicated process, and everything has to be perfect and align up (just like the mousetrap game) I get it !
Wow, it's really interesting how the different levels of Heaven work, whichever level of Heaven your in, the other ones are closed off, fascinating stuff.
It's really comforting to know that there are lots of Angels around us at all times, It would be nice to see or communicate with one on the odd occasion I have to say.
Here is a thought, lets say there is a Spirit is in level 1, and they want to communicate with a Spirit in level 3 but the Spirit in level 1 is not able to get to level 3. I wonder if it's possible for this communication to take place, it could be perhaps two friends but with different levels of Spirituality (hence the different levels). How would the Spirit in level 1 make it known to his friend in level 3 they wish to meet up (sort of thing). I hope that makes sense.
As always, fascinating video.
Many thanks to all at OTLE.
Regards - Neil (UK)
Yikes! I just typed a whole response, and it disappeared. Let me try again....
Thanks, Neil, for sharing your reactions to this video. The mousetrap game does seem like a great illustration of a complex system -- everything has to be lined up JUST RIGHT.
It seems to me (Chara, one of the Comment Response Team) that some people just seem to be wired in a wa,y that they can have glimpses of spiritual reality -- others not so much. But even some in the latter category are occasionally gifted with one-time glimpses or visions. So don't give up yet! If it's a reality that we are constantly surrounded by the spiritual world, AND that our spirit is alive right now in some spiritual community, it doesn't seem that far-fetched that little peeks are possible!
I don't really understand how it all works with communication in the spiritual world, but two of the guiding principles there are LOVE and USEFULNESS. So it seems to me that if there is a loving and useful reason for friends to get together, it will happen! I like to ponder Swedenborg's line, "Thought brings presence, and love brings union."
Thanks for watching and responding!
@@offTheLeftEye Thank you Chara for responding to my message, and I agree with your points. I know you probably respond to hundreds of people along with the rest of the team. I'm not sure if you recall we messaged not long ago.
A little tip if I may, as I've got my own UA-cam Channel, I too am constantly responding to people a lot and there is nothing more frustrating than typing out a long message only to accidentally loose it. Arghhhh!! Well at any time, I often do a CTRL-A to highlight everything I've typed, followed by a CTRL-C which copies the text to the temporary clipboard memory. This tiny little thing can often save you a great deal of time, as it will remember what you have typed so far. Then if the worse does happen, you can simply do a CTRL-V which will re-paste the text the computer has remembered. It's saved me a few times.. ohh this only works on a Computer (as opposed to a phone or tablet) but it's possible to do the same on these devices. As always, many thanks to you and all the team for producing such amazing content. Best - Neil (UK)
Thank you Neil for that tip. Interesting to know that you too have a channel and respond to comments. @@NeilBradleyMS
Chara here again, and yes, Neil, I do remember having some exchanges with you. :) I appreciate that tip, and will try to remember to use it when an answer gets particularly long! Honestly, too, I think sometimes I might hit the "CANCEL" button instead of the "REPLY" button... sheesh!
A question for you -- I have sometimes attempted to delete a duplicate response, but then BOTH responses disappear. Have you ever figured out how to recover an accidentally-deleted comment?
And what's the nature of YOUR UA-cam channel?
Because there's an event horizon between them and us.
Haven't heard that term before, ready1. Yes, we're on distinctly different levels.
Love it guys!
Thanks, Stephanie!
For people who don't believe there's a hell: You are LIVING in it and/or seeing it being created all around you with venues like the media, including UA-cam.
We are trying to use this channel as a tool for goodness, Soferia. We will keep praying that it does some good, even though people do use tools like this for ill sometimes.
@@offTheLeftEye I understand that we have to use the tools available. I am heavily censored on UA-cam. My comments constantly disappear and get shadow banned. Other people have the same problem so what ends up happening is truth gets hidden and discussions turn wonky and seriously distorted. Thank you for your reply.
Fascinating. Thank you. I am only recently becoming aware that there is a burgeoning corpus of formal and informal research that sheds light on the afterlife. This includes the study of end-of-life visions, near death experiences, after death communication (including that involving mediumship), and regression hypnotherapy. I am curious to see how this emerging research comports with traditional and visionary understandings of the afterlife, including of course Swedenborg.
It's Luciferian occultist practices, if God wanted us to do these things he wouldn't have made it forbidden and worthy of death. These are dark arts being practiced make no mistake about it.
There certainly is a wealth on info on the topic these days, Ethan. Enjoy your dive into it all, and may it be helpful for you on your own spiritual path!
Can the angels ever move up or always remain in the same level?
Hi Sherri -- Swedenborg seems to indicate that the "sorting" process we go through after we die is very thorough, and after we have really examined our "book of life" and are totally clear who we want to be, our heart leads us to our eternal home.
But there are some passages in Swedenborg's books that indicate people can move up levels in the afterlife if they have the desire to learn and apply deeper concepts that can lead to deeper love. Here's a quote about that from Swedenborg's "Secrets of Heaven" section 1802[3]:
"No one can ever be taken from the first, outermost heaven into the second, deeper heaven without first being taught about the good impulses of love and the true ideas of faith. The more such spirits learn, the more they can be lifted up among angelic spirits. Angelic spirits need similar training before they can be lifted up among angels of the third heaven. Instruction shapes our intermediate levels and so our inmost levels. It prepares them to receive the good impulses of love and the true ideas of faith and therefore to receive a perception of goodness and truth. People cannot possibly perceive something they neither know of nor believe in. Consequently they cannot receive the gift of perceiving love's goodness and faith's truth except through the kind of knowledge that allows them to recognize and evaluate goodness and truth."
No matter what the full answer to your question is, it seems to me that heaven must be a very dynamic place and have lots of nuances that we earthlings can't quite grasp. If its primary guiding principles are love, truth, and usefulness, I suppose a lot of different things can happen under that umbrella. We shall see!
Thank you Curtis! @@offTheLeftEye
Glad to be talking Sherri. @@sherrimcinnis1783
One more thing, in the graphic, it reminded me of "the grass is always greener on the other side" when you mentioned "this is heaven to this and this is heaven to this" it is like in our lives, no "level of heaven, is actually any worse then the others, if I understand that correctly but as we often do, we look at other peoples lives and what we see from time to time, portrayed here and there and might assume that someone life is better then ours because of some aspect, while there are people that life in what we call "poverty" that are in a heavenly state of mind and there are people that have everything and don't know what do with themselves. Also but it is like a little bit like learning something new, when you are new somewhere you are going to be less involved, maybe not even understand how some things work and things like that and the more you spend time somewhere and learn the more integrated you become and you become more a part of that inner circle, I think it is also just perceived, because if you are new to a company for example, yes you are new and you feel more like that outside but you are still part of it, you just haven learned the in and outs of everything jet, also makes sense because it is the people that have been there the longest and have the most experience that pass on to the others to use into whichever task they are meant to do. Which in that case I must assume, God passes on that knowledge, which is very much similar to our knowledge, if people believe that all inspiration and bravery and all loving things, originate in God. Sorry for the long posts but it really dose make one think and ponder. Thanks for the video, I find the rendering very funny and the comparisons very insightful!
one more thing, it's like when I went to the mechanic once and they told me something had to be fixed and he said a few names and I asked him what it was and he mentioned something else and then stopped and said, it is not that important and too much to explain, gave me the report and told me what I had to go and get fixed I imagine if he stood there and had to explain to every person, exactly what everything is, he would not get to work very much. LOL
We are delighted that you enjoyed the video and feel like it made you think, Miriam. Yes coveting another person's circumstances is not good for either of us. It comprises two of the ten commandments, I guess because God knows it is going to show up as a temptation.
Funny, and true, Miriam. There is a place for not explaining, just getting the job done.
Internal Family Systems! Yes! More fractals.
Hadn't thought about it as fractals before, Darby -- cool!
HaH 205 yes. Nicely detailed episode. Ty
You mean timestamp 2:05, FAF? Glad you enjoyed this one!
@@offTheLeftEye heaven and hell 205 :)
Ah yes, Heaven and hell 205. Got it @@FAPPJAPPDAPP
@@offTheLeftEye all love to you
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So you’re saying we still have to work in heaven?🙄. Awesome information Curtis.
I guess Swedenborg would say we GET to work in heaven, Alan. He says the primary source of heaven's happiness is being of use to the society we're in. So everyone has a job they love that contributes to the general wellbeing of all. What do you think of that?
If you are speaking to dead people, you are talking to demons, familiar spirits, don’t be deceived. Talk to God thru King Jesus. Godly spirts of dead saints in Heaven are not even thinking about you, they are having too much fun.
They know that God is taking care of all their relatives. He got that.
Swedenborg has a slightly different take on all that, Edward. He does warn against TRYING to contact the other world, because it's the "bad guys" that want to respond and mess us up. But he says we are always surrounded by angels, and sometimes the veil gets mighty thin!
"Is is Safe to Talk to Spirits?" -- ua-cam.com/video/aD_rMNoZyNw/v-deo.html
@@offTheLeftEye The #1 way to test for an evil spirit is to ask the spirit about the crucifixión and resurrection of King Jesus, as evil spirts hate to hear about His victory over them.
@@offTheLeftEye I am glad you share the dangers of talking with spirts. 👍
Yes talking about the resurrection would send them away quickly, Edward.
Here is a video that speaks to those dangers, Edward. ua-cam.com/video/mW8SbeDZ7RQ/v-deo.html
I’ve had hundred and hundreds of visitors from upstairs!!! They don’t have vocal cords!!!! So they don’t talk!! They leave msgs you have to work out!!!
So interesting, Katie! Never heard it put quite like this, though I have heard many people that the communications happen without words.
@@offTheLeftEye it’s been facinating for such a long time!!! I’ve been on a learning curve on another level!!! They’ve helped me but at the time I didn’t realise it , so I’m paying more attention to them !! They seem to come from different planets 🪐 because there are so many
I’ve tried to talk to them but they put a finger on their lips to say shhhh
They all seemed shocked I can see them
I think hell is a state of mind.
Yep, Jennifer -- that's one way that Curtis likes to describe it. The same is true of heaven! We can tune into either mindset!
Curtis when we create are own world can it be real in Heaven
It's more real in heaven . That's were were from from the beginning.
@@1808diver agreed
Yeah, but eternal own world, will turn into a hell. Understand that all your thoughts, hopes and dreams. All your loves, truths and illusions will turn painful, boring or nasty.
Only the Lord's truth can be true forever, without torturing the soul.
@@RainbowDragons123that's why we all need Him.
So would you say you create your own world with and for what you are interested in and what you love, RD? I guess if it all aligns with love for God and neighbor, with kindness and compassion and honesty and service to those around you, that could have some reality in heaven....???
I sure wish our two realms weren’t so separated
I hear you, Thadius. A strange paradox -- intimately entwined, but we are not conscious of that close connection, for the most part.
Im so much looking forward to going to the earth like astral plane. That i visit in.dreams. I feel great there
That's cool, Ian. Glad you have those refreshing visits!
Right. Even though people have no clue about what I teach, I should just keep on teaching it. It gets a bit depressing to see so many people continue to live the lies of the lower world and choose to view reality with depraved minds, especially when I can clearly see and can even show the infinite blessings of seeking the purity and divinity of truth and love. People will still warp it in their own minds. As far as communicating with people in the "afterlife," you must know and believe that there is no death. That's probably the biggest obstacle in this lower world. Jesus summed it up: "“I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” (John 11: 25-26). Thus, when believing this, direct communication is easy, and the angels fill in many details with "correspondences" of miracles and magic in everyday life, performed out of their extremely complex understandings and relationships. It's amazing to watch it manifest in my life and puzzle over, how did they do that???? If people grasp this at all, that they will be recipients of unimaginable blessings, then they will want to choose truth and honesty out of a pure heart and mind. But as Swedenborg also said, most people will choose to continue to walk in the "void, emptiness, and thick darkness," and even make it seem like it's a necessary part of life, giving it names such as "dark night of the soul." I say NO!! We do not have to, we should not have to SUFFER. It's not what God designed for us. And so, it breaks my heart watching it all.
It is heartbreaking to watch all the suffering that goes on, some of which could be avoided, Soferia. May we all open up to God's reaching out to us with love and light!
I never wanted involvement with spirits of the dead, ghosts certainly not as I only deal with good elementals (per the advice of my companion spirit, and Magic teacher, a good air elemental) and I don’t want to deal with anything creepy. I thought communication with a dead spirit even one in Heaven would be… strange. That changed when a friend of mine died, a very spiritually minded younger guy who was only in his mid twenties, he lived in Switzerland and performed in theaters. After he died though my air elemental Veloche offered for us to be “spirit pen pals”, me and my dead friend, and Veloche said he was interested so I tried it and it’s actually not what I thought it would be, it’s helped me more to have faith in a good afterlife.
The “mail” takes the form of Veloche arriving with the illusion of a floating box beside him and he asks if I want to receive my friend’s message, and when I say yes he pulls a cord beside the box and it opens and a floating letter flies to me opens, and then disappears… but then I get the content of the message, which amazingly I hear in my dead friend’s voice (the experience is close to hearing actual audio, not quite enough to make you think he is in the room but close) saying what he wants say and is allowed to tell about the afterlife in Heaven. They are not just the message though, he can send an experience he wants me to have as I hear it (for example in his first letter I was guided to play the song “Nine” by Yanni, and watch the video while hearing my friend’s voice, the video shows visuals of epic nature shots and outer space, galaxies, stuff like that… then after the song I shut my eyes and as part of the letter I was shown closed eye visuals, powered by my air elemental, that my friend wanted me to see that tried to show what the Heavens were like and some things about the afterlife that he wanted to “show and tell”).
We have been allowed brief back and forths where I get a message back minutes after I send it but usually they are weeks to a month apart. I send him spirit mail as I have come to call it by thinking what I want to say specifically, then “intuiting” how I feel and what I want to express but without specific wording, and I can send experiences I’ve had that way as well… then I tell Veloche the letter is ready and I see it fold and close and go into the box, and he has me pull the illusionary cord beside it and it disappears and he flies off to see it delivered (he says he delivers it to spirits of vibration close to the levels of Heaven and they take it from there).
It sounds like you are very connected to the spiritual world, Brian.
Curtis, what happens, then, if past-devoted and loving spouses, have now passed away, and now on two different levels in the Afterlife,.. AND,... so much want to be together! How does THAT WORK? Are they forever separated, unless the higher-one goes down to meet the other spouse? 'Correspondence' is NOT companionship!!
I was thinking about something similar. This is what I KNOW. God loves us and would not split apart people who are married, love their spouse and who want to be together. That would be against the nature of God.
I don't think we can possibly know all the ins and outs of it, presidentpilot. (Oh -- and I'm not Curtis, just one of the comment response team.) But Swedenborg does seem to indicate that true married partners will be in the same household and living in the same community -- maybe they go to work in other communities? The Lord guides the workings of spiritual marriage very carefully, says Swedenborg, so if a couple truly belongs together, there will be a way! Heaven is all about love and usefulness, so we'll see how it all plays out!
What would your response be to the teaching of the “church” that communication with the afterlife is demonic?
@@audioartisan It’s up to us to seek all the answers and all the truth. I have always tried to live by the Bible, but now we are learning so much has been mistranslated and even added and taken out (exactly as is warned about in Revelation). I trust the Holy Spirit will reveal ALL truth to those who are truly seeking. God bless you and your journey! 💫🙏🏼😇
Exactly, they are under a strong illusion to believe they are not. Using a book to describe things which are not discussed or forbidden within the Bible should be enough of a red flag. They don't take the bible literally but that philosophy is dangerous at best and can be an eternal mistake one makes! Great question.
As Swedenborg said: "The only way to communicate with the afterlife is with the Lord as your guide and protector."
Hell will attack you, regardless, but with Jesus's protection you can observe safely.
@@RKroese I have always contemplated when Jesus met with the spirits of Moses and Elijah…I feel like what you shared could support this.
Hi Dana -- Here's a short clip of Dr. Jonathan Rose addressing that very subject:
"What Does the Bible Say About Spiritual Experiences?" -- ua-cam.com/video/JiuPKFSgWNY/v-deo.html. If that doesn't answer it, come back and ask again!
Can one that's crippled and bedbound even reach homeostasis? Meaning will we even be able to connect to loved ones as our body "doesn't work the way it's meant to...
Our bodies WILL be able to work the way they're meant to in the other world, Mary -- according to Swedenborg. When we die, our physical bodies are left behind, and we step into our spiritual bodies which are not bound by defects of the material world. And connections can be made "in spirit," too.
It is not hard to talk to deceased loved ones. We talk to Jesus and his Father and angels. That does not mean it is easy for us to hear them. In fact, they want us to ASK for help.
So, does this mean I won't be able to see/meet my loved ones/family/wife at the gates of heaven when I die? because there on a higher level than me?
Actually, Tim, Swedenborg says that's exactly when you WILL see your family. You'll be greeted by loved ones when you cross over -- as is so often seen in deathbed experiences here. People get together for reasons of love and usefulness in the other world, and I imagine both of those are at play when welcoming someone into the spiritual realm. Here's a video we did a while back that explains it a little more:
"Will We See Our Loved Ones in the Afterlife?" youtu.be/
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Blessings to you! Joyful reunions ahead!
There is no hell, all NDEs stories mention this, only pure love on the other side, no judgement, nothing. Cheersy! 🎉😊🥂
I love all the descriptions of pure love on the other side, Marina, though I am aware that there are some people who have gotten a taste of hell in their NDEs. But we, too, don't believe in a "judgment" as is typically imagined. Our view is that God loves us so much that he lets us choose what kind of environment we want to live in to eternity. Nobody will feel stuck in the wrong place!
My question is what about disability vs how I feel in heaven? How will that work?
What is your disability?
Swedenborg indicated that all body-based challenges will no longer be a problem when we "graduate" to our SPIRITUAL bodies, Heather. Your spirit will be free to operate at full power as your true self!
To answer your question of why it is hard to communicate with people in the afterlife is really very simple. There are no people in the afterlife. The perceived illusory appearance of people are only experienced here in this realm. The so-called afterlife contains a singular formless Consciousness which is what we actually are. This Consciousness in order to interact with the physical realm must temporarily fool itself into believing it is a limited individual, a self among countless other selves and beings, animals and insects. Every time you surrender to sleep you disappear, you die, you cease to be. I don't mean your body dies or ceases to be, I mean your image of you, everything you associate with you as a person. When you sleep you have no sense of self, no past, no future, no story, no experiences because there is nothing there to see hear taste touch or smell. You have no body there, no form, no senses. You exist as awareness, consciousness, life. You go there every time you sleep yet you remember nothing about it since the body/mind isn't what "travels" there. It can't know or comprehend the other side so to speak since we require forms or objects to have experiences which again only exist in this reality or realm. So think about that, the dream state during REM lasts for less than 10% of your sleep time, the rest of the 90% of your sleep time you have no recollection of anything. On the other side so to speak you go back to your true nature, your true formless form and selfless self. You were never a person to begin with and never born, everyone you ever met and knew whether alive or dead are all you. There are no others, there is no death, there is no thinker, no doer, nothing to change, nothing to improve. The person you think you are, and all other people, don't exist in the way you believe them to be.
Thanks for sharing your perspective, BaritoneUke. So many different conceptions of it all. Perhaps the most important thing is to love one another along the way, no matter what our beliefs are. Blessings to you.
Actually, per my own personal experiences, there is FORM in the Heavens and it is MORE REAL than what we perceive as form here. Form here is transitory, unstable, no matter what appearances may be. You have to become extremely observant and then will notice how reality here shifts in weird ways. The lower dimensions are highly unstable and usually deficient representations of what is in the Heavens, or symbolical. Colors are also far more vibrant (which is why I love neon colors because they remind me of Heavenly colors, although there are colors in Heaven that cannot be perceived at all in the lower dimensions). As you move up into higher dimensions form becomes more exquisite and complex. Form is also more reactive, emotions (LOVE LOVE LOVE) is highly elevated in the Heavens. It is so intense there that most people cannot begin to experience it much less imagine it. The high intensity causes people emotional and physical pain if they are not spiritually evolved to handle it. There are things in Heaven: People, flora, fauna, crystal palaces, mansions, places, and they are ALIVE, not dead as it seems in this dimension. Jesus even described people who are of low consciousness as being dead. Consciousness is key, but it is not "all that is." God told us how he created us: to love and to do greater things than Jesus did. This is manifesting now for some people.....and the proof is out there. It's noteworthy that I had my experiences BEFORE learning about Swedenborg and how accurately his descriptions correspond to mine. Also my dream experiences are far different from what you describe. I am still who I am and I visit different dimensions and places, usually serving God's people in some way to provide reassurance and assistance. Some cultures say we have it totally backwards. Our dream life is our real life; the 3d experiences are just dreams.
What if the person you want to talk to is in hell?
Great question, Keith. Seems to me if there is a useful reason for people to meet, it can happen, according to the design of the spiritual world where love and usefulness are two guiding principles. Somewhere Swedenborg talks about how accommodations can be made to prepare spirits to visit other communities -- so maybe there's a way?
Those comment`s from some so called " christians". If you fear the devil then you respect it, why do you respect the devil ( or evil) when its not worthy of respect ??. I have no fear or respect for error. God is Love and truth. There are only two human emotions that power ALL that humans do, fear and Love, choose Love.
God is Love and Truth. Choose Love. Amen to that, Damian!
What is the meaning of tears rolling down the cheeks of a deceased person in the photo? The tears were real and it happened about four times. Does it mean that the person is suffering and is in hell or is he crying for his family members. Please clarify, this truly happened and it has disturbed me a lot.
We area sorry that the tears in the picture have caused you distress. There is grief when we lose someone, but that is not the whole story. There is also great joy from being loved, and joy when we see our loved one again. There is no suffering, or hell being represented in this picture or the video. Is that at all reassuring, veenapaul?
What is the Swedenborgian understand and view towards mediumship; such as practiced by members of spiritualist churches?
Well, Otto, Swedenborg warned about the possible dangers of trying to contact spirits, just because it's the "wrong ones" that usually want to get involved. (See first link below for a video.) But his insistence on the reality of the spiritual world being all around us all the time seems to leave the door open for a very real possibility of communicating with the spirit world. Also, with Swedenborg's emphasis on usefulness, one wonders what the intended purposes might be of a given medium.
Here's a show we did called "Is it Safe to Talk to Spirits?" -- ua-cam.com/video/aD_rMNoZyNw/v-deo.html
We've also addressed the question on several Q&A shows in the past. Here are links to those shows, if you want to chase that down. There's usually a list of topics under the video so you can pinpoint the timestamp of the conversation.
ua-cam.com/users/liveidq75PntIt4
ua-cam.com/users/liver_RcR7tHOj0
ua-cam.com/users/liven9qBm6NO0EY
ua-cam.com/video/nZ62-J7EmwM/v-deo.html
Hope any of this answers your question!
Thank you for the links. It seems that it is all about intent, more so then the activity involved that is of primary concern. @@offTheLeftEye
Good distinction, Otto. Intent really matters. @@OttoVonKonrad
@@OttoVonKonrad Intent is set by God's unconditional love (which is not as people tend to define it, but that's another discussion). In my experience, we need to submit ourselves to God and ask for His guidance continually ("praying without ceasing"). We also need to continue to work to keep our intent pure, especially in this corrupt world. Love at such a high degree actually drives away people and spirits who can't handle the vibration, God's Holy Spirit that surrounds us. I was "anointed" very powerfully by God's Holy Spirit and ever since then many people have fallen out of my life, including many of my family members. But Jesus does teach us that this can happen. The good thing is that I rarely have "bad" spirits bothering me and if any should try, there's instant intervention, even in my dream state, which can be interesting.
The 8 to 5 my grandparents Hesua is working for me 😬
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@@offTheLeftEye Many parallels between heaven and earth.
I was almost flabbergasted when I saw the old mouse trap game. My brother who departed this earthly plane back in 2020 loved Mouse Trap above of all the games he had in his collection. His pure and child like spirit is greatly missed by me.
I was wondering as the angels are the spiritually evolved forms of humans,which is the spirit level below the outer most heavenly level, is there a spiritual evolution of outer most leading to the next higher level and so on? Are the angels interracting with human spirits must needs be originating from the closest outermost heaven? And thanks for a very interesting explanation of the reason why inter-correspondence tends to be obstructed and unfeasable.
I'm glad the Mousetrap game stirred some sweet nostalgia about your brother! ❤️
Great questions! Below the outermost heaven is what Swedenborg calls "the world of spirits," where people first go after death. It's the level at which people sort out their inner thoughts, feelings, and priorities and then get prepared to enter heaven, through instruction by angels and through purification processes. OR, people in the world of spirits finishing confirming that they reject heavenly love, in which case they enter hell.
Some parts of the world of spirits are close to heaven, and some parts close to hell, and yes, people on earth are mostly interacting with either "good spirits", people in the world of spirits preparing to enter heaven, or with evil spirits there who are preparing to enter hell. The world of spirits is the realm of the spiritual world that is closest to this earthly plane.
However, people on earth can go through stages of spiritual rebirth in which their minds open up to higher levels, and they start interacting directly with the angels of the lowest heaven, or, open up even more deeply to interact with angels of the middle or even innermost heaven. Not common, maybe, and not something that the person on earth is necessarily conscious of, but most certainly possible!
Is it worth even trying to speak to someone on Earth who is in all probability headed to the second heaven from a person who in all probability is headed to the third heaven, of course, God willing?
Sounds like you're doubtful, John? We can't know ALL the rules and regulations, but I like to keep in mind that LOVE and USE are two of the driving forces in heaven -- so if those two are engaged, maybe it's worth trying?
So if this is true does that mean we will only be with the ones were connected with on the other side, or will we be with all of our loved ones please?
Yes you will be with your loved ones, Elaine! Here is a video about reunions in heaven. ua-cam.com/video/wpWrtwlyvE0/v-deo.html
I have my own theory why some people so really want hell to be like a place you go to if you are a "bed person" once beacause people wish that on other people that they deal "unredeemable" or who's actions will never be forgiven (which you know, you as a person might have difficulty but I strongly believe God is capable of forgiving everything but also it's not like, God expect you to then go ahead an do the same thing again because then you have not really understood what forgiveness is, it is basically, a change that you have been given over and over and over again and when we misuse that chances "hell" comes upon us, we end up in life situations, where we ask ourselves why it is us, what we have done wrong or if we are such terrible people that we deserve those things but every life circumstance is a growth opportunity and also to stand fast in your believes and also maybe go throw a process, that we on earth have basically broth upon us) and to me it is because let's suppose there is not hell, then what incentive do some people have, to be nice or kind people? some people follow religions out of fear and thinking that if they follow just the right things and do just the right things, there is no way they are doing to "end up in hell". So it is a believe that is more based in, if I believe God exists, then I will not be punished, like the proverbial, if you get baptized all your sins get washed away, I have seen family members, on the verge of passing away, that started questioning all their life choices and having regrets and all of those things that get baptized for a "last minute salvation" and we have been thought, that the baptism itself, is not going to do absolutely anything, if you don't life a life accordingly to what a baptism even symbolizes. I am not baptized and I have been pushed by for years to get baptized, so that you can publicly state how much you believe in God and then again, have had many people in that community that after their baptism, went on to life the same life and even feel shame because of that public statement but the living a life that did not go accordingly to their seemingly believes. It is not to shame people by all means, you don't need to be baptized publicly even single time you turn your life around because even after that, you are going to make mistakes and it is not a shameful things, it is more what you do with those mistakes and if you let God take over, after all, this is what Jesus preached and he pricked about hell which I believe is more an internal state, when you feel shame, you are basically in hell, when you don't feel the presence of God or think God is not present during every instance of your life, even the more seamingly challenging ones, you are in a state of "hell" and so on.
Yes Miriam, shame is a kind of hell, and being separate from God definitely is. Yes, it is not just about a moment like baptism, but a life long effort to live the way God teaches.
So, if I'm on the third level and decide to reincarnate. can I lose that level when I die again? because I didn't accomplished my goal here on earth.
Our mission on this channel, Tim, is to share the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg. Swedenborg did not subscribe to the idea of reincarnation. Rather, we continue developing spiritually in the afterlife, without having to return to earth to facilitate more growth.
Here's a show we did about reincarnation:
“Do We Reincarnate?” - ua-cam.com/video/kVYKEfpnxj0/v-deo.html
And here's a blog post that discusses how Swedenborg's understanding of regeneration in the spiritual world is similar to the idea of reincarnation, which you might be interested to read: www.swedenborg.com/swedenborg-and-reincarnation.
What did Swedenborg say about suicide?
Swedenborg expresses God's great mercy around suicide. Here is one short video about it. ua-cam.com/video/NQXg57qjm7g/v-deo.html
There is a new book on our website as well that you can check out. www.swedenborg.com
It is a painful subject and we wish you healing for anyone you have lost.
I’m so confused! I thought Jesus was talking about fleeing from the horrible thing? How does this translate into communication between the heavens?
Can you help me understand what you mean by "fleeing from the horrible thing"? Are there some particular words of Jesus that you are thinking of?
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Yes, in Matthew 24:15 -18 it says “So, when you see the horrible thing (told about by Daniel the prophet) standing in a holy place then those in Judaea must flee into the Judean hills. Those on their porches must not even go inside to pack before they flee. Those in the fields should not return to their homes for their clothes.”
Did I mishear or completely get the bible verses wrong? I’m known for getting distracted and confused🤓‼️
Frequency vibrations is the key to communication with those who passed on and matching your vibration frequency with those loved ones who passed and you are communicating ! Deep meditative state of tetra once reached your frequency is opened with the spirit realm to communicate telepathically ! Meditation is key to opening your Pineal gland to further develop your consciousness because only through high vibration consciousness can you free your soul from earth s reincarnation cycle ! After you are relieved of your physical body when you die do not go toward the light or to what the light is instructing you to go to it because if you go you will get trapped and will come back to earth again ! Ignore the light face the universe and say to yourself I want to be free so I can go home and you will return to your home density which is where your soul group will be and your soul s true origin free from earths reincarnation cycle over and over ! Don’t believe me ? Because I m gonna loose a wink if you don’t ! Right ! When the tile comes my words here will become loud and clear in your consciousness !
Thanks for sharing your perspective, dinomyte. What do you mean by "when the tile comes"?
How do I know that my own mind isn't just making it up when I 'see' my husband in my mind and hear things he is saying but I am hearing them in my head. Like if you're writing a story and the characters are speaking and doing things in your imagination. I see my husband and he talks to me and looks at me with so much love but how do I know he isn't just my imagination? That's my biggest fear right now that the comfort I get from this is all based on my imagination and when I finally do die, I am going to find out it wasn't real.
I haven't once felt like I was seeing him in this earthly dimension like others report. 🥺
Well Simsane, I can't possibly know the real answer, but here are a few thoughts. Swedenborg asserts that ALL our thoughts come to us from the spiritual world. Make of that what you will! Seems to me that those kinds of comforting images and thoughts can't do harm -- what a blessing to see him looking at you with abundant love! Obviously, you still feel him close to your heart, and Swedenborg says that's how it is: "The spirit of the deceased continues to dwell with the one not yet deceased."
Swedenborg also asserts that in the other life, married couples get together, and if they truly belong together, they become an angelic couple. If they AREN'T the right fit, they move on to find their true partner. So no matter what, it's going to be OK and work out for the best.
I'd be inclined to take those lovely imaginings as a gift from God, and as a reminder of your happy marriage. A loving and heavenly experience like that is exactly the kind of thing that the hells want to attack, by inducing doubt and fear. Perhaps try just sending those fearful and doubtful thoughts packing, and let your husband's love for you be real and comforting! Sending you blessings of peace!
@@offTheLeftEye thank you. That does help.❤️
So glad to hear that, Simsane.
So what if different family members are on different levels in heaven? Does that mean we won’t be able to talk to each other anymore??
Whatthebleep, we will always be able to visit people we love in the afterlife. We may live in different parts of heaven, according to our deepest loves, but that will increase the joy of seeing one another when we want to. Here is a video about reunions in the afterlife. ua-cam.com/video/wpWrtwlyvE0/v-deo.html
@@offTheLeftEye I just watched the reunion video. I wish it covered the loss of a child but I think that is pretty much a given that the love between a child and parent is so strong that the connection will be there on the other side.
@@whatthebleep2810 Absolutely that bond is strong! Here is a video about children who die, that may bring you comfort. ua-cam.com/video/ONO7VgUMlyM/v-deo.html
I am truly sorry that you are going through this. Perhaps you know that Curtis's sister died in a car accident when he was very young.
@@offTheLeftEye thank you for sharing. What if someone’s child is an adult? I know many whose kids died in their 20s. Mine took his life at 18.
@@whatthebleep2810 Wow whatthebleep, that is so painful. I am sorry that your child was overwhelmed by life. And even those who die by other causes.... there is such heartache there. God is incredibly merciful, and the ways that those young adults were struggling will find healing in the care of angels.
there is no truth to the spirit world, I can't find hope anymore, the greater mind gave swedenborg the ideas, I was given a story as well
It's hard to hold on to hope, Stephen. Sending prayers for peace and healing.