"Whatever we avoid in this life, we will face in the afterlife" >>> This nugget of truth is why I got sober and doing the work from the inside out. Rather do it in this life than have to come back here to do it all over again.
I‘ve was there when my grandmother died and her inability to let go, made the whole process pretty disturbing and ugly. It was that moment that I realized that one of my greatest goals in life is to one day die without fear.
Yet I also observed how the unprocessed trauma of my grandmother did just pass on to her sister - and I saw the same happen with my two brothers, after my older brother committed suicide.
That to me is another fascinating aspect hardly anyone every speaks nor thinks about.
Another thing I like to mention is the records on how some of our older ancestors passed, back when we lived in tribal societies. I am sure this can’t be generalised and was different from tribe to tribe - but most of them woke up one day and knew it’s their day to leave this planet. They went on with their day, were celebrated until they layed down on the ground as the sun set - and passed with everybody standing around them, wishing them well.
That is the energy I’d like to leave this earth with.
Fantastic essay, Bernhard; I especially appreciate you addressing the "growing narrative in fringe conspiracy circles that 'reincarnation is a trap to recycle souls' or that the 'tunnel of light is a trap'." I've heard these same murmurs a few times, and from all my previous reading, research, and inner sense/guidance, that growing narrative doesn't ring true.
I would be interested in what you think about assisted death. I live in Canada and “MAiD” (Medical Assistance in Dying) has taken out over 76,000 Canadians between 2016, when it was legalized, and 2024 (most recent data). That number represents 5% of all deaths in my country. I read a book called “Early Exits” by a Canadian minister, David Maginley. The author argues that natural death creates the circumstances whereby the ego can be unwound, essentially allowing the person to go out the same way he or she came in, but that suicide leaves the ego fully intact. I wonder if some of these souls are so confused that they are not finding their way out of this realm.
Yes, Thomas Mayer talks about this topic in the podcast. I recomment listening to it.
He mentioned that assisted suicide and euthanasia drugs are another factor that contribute to souls getting stuck earthbound after death.
He referred to the Swiss assisted-dying organization Exit, and he has worked the deceased who chose this type of "assisted suicide." He said that in every case he was able to research, he found an earthbound, suffering deceased soul. He describes the effect as similar to what he observed with the COVID vaccines.
It's also very popualr in Canada with the MAID program. In his view, itis a very big issues nowadays that wil have increasing problematic affects on the spiritual world and the reincarnation process .
Not only the cost of physical healthcare, but the cost of mental healthcare and the cost of resolving poverty and homelessness. This is an incredibly slippery slope and Canada has already started to tumble down that well. I am sure the policy makers try not to think too much about this, and simply hold in their minds that people should have certain rights regarding when/how they exit physical life. Otherwise I imagine it would be impossible for them to reconcile the death cult being instituted and normalized.
When I was a child aged 9, a man from our community passed away after a kidney transplant due to hemorrhaging during recovery. I had a dream about the man and in my dream, he appeared in a faint yellow light, and he looked quite troubled. This impacted me deeply. When I later heard that one of his sons saw him sitting with God, I put what I saw away, but I could never forget it.
Your article also makes me think of the Bible verse “according to your faith be it unto you.” Some of the things you shared are aligned with thoughts I have had about what we believe determining our experience after life on earth.
I have listened to a number of people’s NDE stories. I noticed that there are a variety of experiences and some have even recollected temporarily being in “hell”. In pondering those things, that again made me consider that our afterlife experience is affected by our choices and beliefs here.
Thank you once again for a thought provoking read.
I, too, have read Mayer and contemplated this problem...largely through Steiner's work on Ahriman as a reference point and my basic reference point as a decades-long Buddhist.
Everything you say is true. TRUE!!
I agree that any individual who so desires can connect with the dead. Here's a short example.
When I was red pilling after 2015, I read extensively and widely. Among the narratives I investigated was the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot by ISIS. [ISIS (also known as the Islamic State or ISIL) burned the Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh alive.**
Al-Kasasbeh, a first lieutenant in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, was captured in December 2014 after his F-16 crashed over Syria during coalition airstrikes. The militant group released a video in February 2015 showing him being burned to death inside a steel cage, an act that provoked widespread outrage and led Jordan to execute two convicted terrorists." (Brave AI)
[I came to believe, during those early investigations, that if we did not observe and look squarely at evil, we can never know evil.]
I forced myself to watch the video. I was heartbroken and devastated. I began chanting and praying to his soul. From reading elsewhere at the time, I had come to see time as a manipulation in 3D. My belief had become that time was malleable, elastic, and eternal outside the 3D experience. I sent back prayers during his actual burning so that he would not feel the flames or experience pain. I sent him my presence so that he knew he was not alone. I prayed through enormous sheets of tears. Etc.
Everything you say in your article is true!! Misguided beliefs CAN trap souls. NDEs bring home the fact that no one judges us--our "judgement" is the extensive life review we undergo. We see everything we did from the other person's POV. THAT is Judgement Day.
We must develop the spirit of St. Michael to undergo a death of consequence. I plan to undertake the Michael lessons soon. We must fight for our right, for you're entirely correct...entirely correct. Many forces are at play in our current world falsely subverting our spirits and souls. We must fight not only for ourselves but for others who have become trapped. I'm not paranoid--simply realistic. And this is the mission of the Michael forces.
That’s extremely Thought-provoking; but I’m Not understanding about karma. Assuming Karma is real, the creator god will appear at literal apocalypse — as a 🦁 lion, or some-such creature — and devour me. Have I mis-read things?
Perhaps too many are dying prior to their spiritual timeline, early death or suicide locks the soul in the astral realm till its rendezvous with the next phase. Have no idea whether a tunnel of light exists or not, however have noted there are numerous YT channels now telling people not to enter as some demon or another will entrap them, many of these seemingly based on the Tibetan Book of Dead.
Tibet seems to get a free pass in enlightened Buddhism, few realizing there are Yellow and Red factions, the latter that delves into dark related areas better left alone.
I remember author George Saunders (Lincoln in The Bardo) speaking to Stephen Colbert about death and transition. He quoted from the gospel of Thomas- “bring forth that which is inside of you, or that which you lack shall be your undoing.”
He described the transition from life having to do with the condition of the spirit upon death.
As an immortalist, thank you for sharing this. I would just like to put forward a different perspective on the "don't go toward the light" thing, which I rarely hear people discuss: The light *within.* Why must the choice be between going towards the light or avoiding it? I believe there is a third option (a "secret third thing," if you will), and that is to focus on the light within oneself. We can begin practicing that now, in life, so that it comes easily should we find ourselves in the so-called soul recycler. The trap is not the light itself, but the externalization of light. That's my belief anyway, having dived quite deeply into the immortality subject for years.
Hello Bernhard. Do you ever come to England? I do a podcast called A Thousand Words where I paint a portrait and interview the guest at the same time. It's part of The UK Column. I would absolutely love to paint you!
"Whatever we avoid in this life, we will face in the afterlife" >>> This nugget of truth is why I got sober and doing the work from the inside out. Rather do it in this life than have to come back here to do it all over again.
Indeed. Learn the lessons, so you don't have to repeat the class.
What a brilliant article.
Thank you for creating this awareness.
I‘ve was there when my grandmother died and her inability to let go, made the whole process pretty disturbing and ugly. It was that moment that I realized that one of my greatest goals in life is to one day die without fear.
Yet I also observed how the unprocessed trauma of my grandmother did just pass on to her sister - and I saw the same happen with my two brothers, after my older brother committed suicide.
That to me is another fascinating aspect hardly anyone every speaks nor thinks about.
Another thing I like to mention is the records on how some of our older ancestors passed, back when we lived in tribal societies. I am sure this can’t be generalised and was different from tribe to tribe - but most of them woke up one day and knew it’s their day to leave this planet. They went on with their day, were celebrated until they layed down on the ground as the sun set - and passed with everybody standing around them, wishing them well.
That is the energy I’d like to leave this earth with.
Fantastic essay, Bernhard; I especially appreciate you addressing the "growing narrative in fringe conspiracy circles that 'reincarnation is a trap to recycle souls' or that the 'tunnel of light is a trap'." I've heard these same murmurs a few times, and from all my previous reading, research, and inner sense/guidance, that growing narrative doesn't ring true.
I would be interested in what you think about assisted death. I live in Canada and “MAiD” (Medical Assistance in Dying) has taken out over 76,000 Canadians between 2016, when it was legalized, and 2024 (most recent data). That number represents 5% of all deaths in my country. I read a book called “Early Exits” by a Canadian minister, David Maginley. The author argues that natural death creates the circumstances whereby the ego can be unwound, essentially allowing the person to go out the same way he or she came in, but that suicide leaves the ego fully intact. I wonder if some of these souls are so confused that they are not finding their way out of this realm.
Yes, Thomas Mayer talks about this topic in the podcast. I recomment listening to it.
He mentioned that assisted suicide and euthanasia drugs are another factor that contribute to souls getting stuck earthbound after death.
He referred to the Swiss assisted-dying organization Exit, and he has worked the deceased who chose this type of "assisted suicide." He said that in every case he was able to research, he found an earthbound, suffering deceased soul. He describes the effect as similar to what he observed with the COVID vaccines.
It's also very popualr in Canada with the MAID program. In his view, itis a very big issues nowadays that wil have increasing problematic affects on the spiritual world and the reincarnation process .
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How is an assisted death policy not the end result of ‘free’ healthcare? The minute it starts to cost too much, the herd will be culled.
Not only the cost of physical healthcare, but the cost of mental healthcare and the cost of resolving poverty and homelessness. This is an incredibly slippery slope and Canada has already started to tumble down that well. I am sure the policy makers try not to think too much about this, and simply hold in their minds that people should have certain rights regarding when/how they exit physical life. Otherwise I imagine it would be impossible for them to reconcile the death cult being instituted and normalized.
That is so smart. They have to hold on tightly their “good intentions” because if they looked any further, they would see the end of the road.
Ironically, they too, will get old and be subject to their policies.
When I was a child aged 9, a man from our community passed away after a kidney transplant due to hemorrhaging during recovery. I had a dream about the man and in my dream, he appeared in a faint yellow light, and he looked quite troubled. This impacted me deeply. When I later heard that one of his sons saw him sitting with God, I put what I saw away, but I could never forget it.
Your article also makes me think of the Bible verse “according to your faith be it unto you.” Some of the things you shared are aligned with thoughts I have had about what we believe determining our experience after life on earth.
I have listened to a number of people’s NDE stories. I noticed that there are a variety of experiences and some have even recollected temporarily being in “hell”. In pondering those things, that again made me consider that our afterlife experience is affected by our choices and beliefs here.
Thank you once again for a thought provoking read.
OMG. You bowled me over with this article.
I, too, have read Mayer and contemplated this problem...largely through Steiner's work on Ahriman as a reference point and my basic reference point as a decades-long Buddhist.
Everything you say is true. TRUE!!
I agree that any individual who so desires can connect with the dead. Here's a short example.
When I was red pilling after 2015, I read extensively and widely. Among the narratives I investigated was the burning alive of the Jordanian pilot by ISIS. [ISIS (also known as the Islamic State or ISIL) burned the Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasasbeh alive.**
Al-Kasasbeh, a first lieutenant in the Royal Jordanian Air Force, was captured in December 2014 after his F-16 crashed over Syria during coalition airstrikes. The militant group released a video in February 2015 showing him being burned to death inside a steel cage, an act that provoked widespread outrage and led Jordan to execute two convicted terrorists." (Brave AI)
[I came to believe, during those early investigations, that if we did not observe and look squarely at evil, we can never know evil.]
I forced myself to watch the video. I was heartbroken and devastated. I began chanting and praying to his soul. From reading elsewhere at the time, I had come to see time as a manipulation in 3D. My belief had become that time was malleable, elastic, and eternal outside the 3D experience. I sent back prayers during his actual burning so that he would not feel the flames or experience pain. I sent him my presence so that he knew he was not alone. I prayed through enormous sheets of tears. Etc.
Everything you say in your article is true!! Misguided beliefs CAN trap souls. NDEs bring home the fact that no one judges us--our "judgement" is the extensive life review we undergo. We see everything we did from the other person's POV. THAT is Judgement Day.
We must develop the spirit of St. Michael to undergo a death of consequence. I plan to undertake the Michael lessons soon. We must fight for our right, for you're entirely correct...entirely correct. Many forces are at play in our current world falsely subverting our spirits and souls. We must fight not only for ourselves but for others who have become trapped. I'm not paranoid--simply realistic. And this is the mission of the Michael forces.
Can't wait to listen to your podcast.
That’s extremely Thought-provoking; but I’m Not understanding about karma. Assuming Karma is real, the creator god will appear at literal apocalypse — as a 🦁 lion, or some-such creature — and devour me. Have I mis-read things?
Perhaps too many are dying prior to their spiritual timeline, early death or suicide locks the soul in the astral realm till its rendezvous with the next phase. Have no idea whether a tunnel of light exists or not, however have noted there are numerous YT channels now telling people not to enter as some demon or another will entrap them, many of these seemingly based on the Tibetan Book of Dead.
Tibet seems to get a free pass in enlightened Buddhism, few realizing there are Yellow and Red factions, the latter that delves into dark related areas better left alone.
I remember author George Saunders (Lincoln in The Bardo) speaking to Stephen Colbert about death and transition. He quoted from the gospel of Thomas- “bring forth that which is inside of you, or that which you lack shall be your undoing.”
He described the transition from life having to do with the condition of the spirit upon death.
We must avoid the “coulda woulda shouldas”.
Much appreciated! And this is an excellent podcast!
As an immortalist, thank you for sharing this. I would just like to put forward a different perspective on the "don't go toward the light" thing, which I rarely hear people discuss: The light *within.* Why must the choice be between going towards the light or avoiding it? I believe there is a third option (a "secret third thing," if you will), and that is to focus on the light within oneself. We can begin practicing that now, in life, so that it comes easily should we find ourselves in the so-called soul recycler. The trap is not the light itself, but the externalization of light. That's my belief anyway, having dived quite deeply into the immortality subject for years.
Hello Bernhard. Do you ever come to England? I do a podcast called A Thousand Words where I paint a portrait and interview the guest at the same time. It's part of The UK Column. I would absolutely love to paint you!