An “Update” On Death

FRI., JULY 8, 1994, 1:35 PM
FARM, STUDY

On Monday afternoon you commence your second course of this summer season, one you have done many times, but which is always excitingly new. It shall be, naturally, another opportunity to speak of the spirit as an aspect of health, of being, and one quite related to the phenomenon of death. So, you do look forward to this, as I do, too.

You were disappointed at yourself, as you should have been over your last appearance in the Survival course. I told you what I wanted you to do, and you reread the Teaching as instructed. You even had the extra time to make a strong pitch for spirit and… you just didn’t. Your actual demeanor during the class, closing with the poem and the song, was one of spirit, but your words were insufficient. I appreciated you realizing this so soon after the class… and, in a way, I appreciated that conclusion that if I really wanted this and I didn’t remind you during the lecture time then I was responsible, also. If I get credit for helping you when you succeed, then I should share the blame when you fall short of success. I’ll accept that.

Using your 5 Perspectives I’ll give you a condensed summary of human death. Ecologically, death is a natural and necessary part of the human life cycle and the interactions of all life forms. Humanistically, death is the end of an individual’s existence and therefore it is an occurrence that should be postponed as long as possible, at almost any cost.

In Christian perspective death is the time of judgment on how your life has been lived and how completely you have accepted My love and grace. Reincarnation asserts that life goes on, in conscious continuance, with death affording you an opportunity to see how you have done, spiritually, in your journey so far, and what should come next. Life after life says only that consciousness continues after death, connecting with the consciousness of others who have preceded you… but with no clear sense of what happens after the initial post-death experience.

It would be logical to assume that I, the Holy Spirit of the Triune Christian God, would be wholly and solely a devotee of the Christian perspective. With some I am. With you, I am not. The Ecological view is that death is necessary, even somewhat urgent, at this time in the history of the earth. Human life, however beautiful, is excessive, and the resources that go into burials, and even cremations, could be used in better ways. This, you know, is a position I favor.

Given this previous perspective, linked to the Humanistic, I am in favor of living life fully to the natural end… and I certainly approve of hospice care… and in remembrances of the dead. I like it when Christians who are clearly in My Everlasting Arms accept death, perhaps a bit prematurely from the Humanistic view, as just part of the faith journey, refuse excessive intrusive treatments and come across to Me quite happily and peacefully. I also meet and greet others of humankind who have not accepted My Way… may even have denied or ridiculed it. A few of these are truly sorry for how they have lived life, but most are just surprised, even frustrated, at encountering Me. Some of these do go off to what you would call Hell, but this is as much their decision as Mine.