Our stay in the physical is for but a time, and as a mazing as it must be to exist in the ental planes, certain aspects of conscious life just won't be the same, after we shed these bodies.  What will you miss about the physical world?




Matthew

I'm not so sure we will miss anything because from my observations, what we call non-physical reality only appears to be non-physical while we are in this reality. I suspect that the non-physical once we shed the body will appear just as physical as the world we live in now with the main difference being that we will have less limitations because there are different laws governing other dimensions/worlds.

However, if I had to choose one thing that I would miss, it would be watching a thunderstorm as it rolls in... the dark bellowing clouds, the light show of lightning, the rolling sound of thunder and the smell of rain mixed with freshly mowed grass.

Love, Kathy

I respectfully disagree.  From my experiences, there are certain aspects of life on earth that are not possible to experience if you are not incarnate.  Swedenborg speaks of this, when he writes of his extensive conversations with dead people.  He finds that certain notions such as linnear time and certain physical concepts have no spiritual equivalent, and thus puzzle those in spirit he was speaking with.

That is not to say, that we can not create wonderful things in a mental, nonphysical plane, only that there will be aspects about being a physically living human being that are not present, that we either forget (since there is no equivalent), or miss. 

For those who believe in reincarnation, let us not forget that there is supposedly a seductive pull to reincarnate based on the illusions of and seductions of the flesh and physical world. 

I think I will miss my kids coming into bed to snuggle late at night.  The perfection and bliss that comes along with the pain and suffering.  The camraderie of playing music in a physical band.  The taste of chocolate......


Matthew

I don't think I'd miss anything in terms of sensory experiences, because you can get any of those in a BST anywayz.

The only thing I can think of that we don't have in astral space which we do have here, (and this is something Bruce talks about in the story Max's Hell) is the ability to positively influence a wide and diverse group of people in a level playing field.

That seems to be what the purpose of C1/the ELS is from a developmental point of view.  Astral space is compartmentalised; people are either in F27, unaware of anyone in F23, or mentally locked up in a construct in the BSTs.

To mention two fictional examples, taking advantage of this key characteristic of physical reality is something which Ebenezer Scrooge didn't do, and which Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap) did.

If we can touch people's lives Here, we can potentially prevent them from ever needing to be retrieved There. 

I wondered why the Helpers couldn't do whole retrievals as well like we can, and I think that is the answer.  Helpers aren't allowed to do it because they're dead themselves.  So even in astral space, we're possibly only allowed to interact with a large number of different groups while we're still physically alive, because we're given the ability to do that here as well.  If the dead were allowed to retrieve their own relatives, none of the illusions of any of the BSTs would be able to survive.  Hence, we only can influence others in any way while we're alive.

This is something I urgently need to remember more myself.  Carpe Diem.  C1 is the only place we're able to (to quote William Shatner) make a difference...and that's why it's so important.

Lights of Love wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 7:00pm:


Wow, this is exactly what I love so much... A++ Kathy...  There is nothing on Earth better then this to me... Love it.

I can tell you what I won't miss.  I won't miss all the noise . Man made sounds sometimes go right through me-- the motor vehicles, the sound of electricity going through the house, my grandson's loud, obnoxious, horrible music he plays about killing, rapeing, swearing. I won't miss the hate in the world that others are so quick to display. I won't miss the thousands of years of wars, politics and religions that have hindered the growth of human beings. When I make the transgression (that is exceeding my earthly bounds) in the ether, I suspect that I will be able to love my grandchildren in a spiritual way, not being able to physically hold them in my "no longer existing" arms. Instead, I will be able to love them by passing trough their physical bodies and merging with their spirits. I feel sadness that I can't be here for them as they grow older. When they are my physical age now, I will be long gone--- physically. But, I know that I will always be a part of them.  I miss my brother and father who have already passed. However, I feel their presence whenever I think of them.  It is a bitter-sweet feeling.

We are sent to the physical realm to learn lessons that can only be learned while instilled in this physical shell.  But, I long for  my "HOME" in my spiritual realm where there is such a knowledge and freedom of self and oneness with ALL that have no earthly word to discribe it.

I will miss the physical blog called the Afterlife Knowledge--- and my dear friends here.  I will send messages to all of you who are not with me in the ether --- from there. 

So will I get the chance to conduct orchestras and make original music on my synthesisers as I do now in the afterlife?
(and yes, I am being serious)

David.

Hi Carol Ann, many thanks for that -I'll see you there!

And my cosmic synthesisers won't go breaking down on me occasionally like they do here! 

Best wishes,

David.