Quote: One thing that is interesting though is that you take certain things as given : There is a new age belief system which encompasses much of the beings/processes you describe which is not verified by everyone.
Simply because these, like everything else, is a relative reality insofar as different souls are concerned. That is to say, not everyone will experience all of these in exactly the same way, and very naturally, some may not experience some of the aforementioned beings/events. It's a matter of what is appropriate or needed by the individual soul.
The beings/events I mentioned and you highlighted, I mention not only because they are indeed experienced, by virtue of usefulness or appropriateness, by a vast majority of human souls (for whom such events have *benefit*... consider this point), but *precisely* because these have benefit or relevance to the discussion (of hypothetical scenario, as well as subject matter being discussed) at hand.
Yourself, and many readers of this forum, have worked as guides & helpers (in past and present, in many ways and on many levels), surely you remember, or intuitively recognize the nature and relevance of these events, and intuitively understand how these work in the scheme of things. If something (eg. life review) is of value or benefit, we as guides & helpers will bring such to the awareness of the soul, of course in varying form, depending on the needs of the soul.
From the perspective of the guides & helpers, this is why much of the discussion as to verification of certain matters (eg. life review, council of elders, etc), is a moot or quite useless one. It's relative and dynamic, not absolute, and it depends on what is appropriate, helpful, or cosmoethical.
And the details really don't matter. From Michael Newton's perspective of research, it did matter. So it does matter, to him or some of his clients. But from our perspective, from the way we work, what is important is the essence, the helpfulness.
Quote:I do think its possible that things like the life review and guidance, etc. come in different forms for different souls. So here, we may again be talking about perspective.
Yep, that's what I'm saying.
Quote:I also like the idea of divine cosmoethical law or consequence. I do think that if the contract killer had some loving relationships, part of his inner pscyhe would be torn, knowing the harm he caused directly. This is well shown on "The Sopranos," with the likeable Tony Soprano being just this sort of vicious killer and also family man. He ends up passing out frequently from panic attacks due to the internal self conflict (in the show).
Ah yes, many of these productions include very relevant and educational points, with regard to the human psyche, existence and evolution.
If the individual does not have a balanced functioning psyche that would register compassion, then the individual's soul energies is (verily by such acts or experiences), warped and the soul's evolution, retarded. The karma will have to be worked out and balanced, the outcome of which, the learning of compassion and the helping of others, evolution.
Moreover, you could also see it as, that particular recalcitrant soul's guides & helpers are the *other aspects of that soul* that do recognize the difficulties, inappropriateness or anti-ethics of the situation, and reach out to, and counsel, the recalcitrant aspect of themselves, that is, that individual soul. Afterall, we're all One, aren't we?
Thank you too, Matthew, for this engaging conversation and for your amicability.