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The more I consider this subject as queries arise, additional ideas and explanations spring to mind; therefore, more will be added to this essay from time to time.

Positive people shall inherit the Earth

How positive are you?

LIFE BEFORE & AFTER DEATH

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Our world is dying and we are to blame, because negative people are doing negative things

  •  I believe in life after death.  Do you?

  • I also believe in life before death.  Do you?  (Are you one of life's watchers, or a doer?)

We are already aware that everything in life is recycled, but in death, positive energy is recycled too, whilst negative energy is rejected.  We might be able to fool ourselves that we are positive, but we cannot fool God, because our inner soul stores a fluctuating record of our positive thoughts and deeds. This record is constantly adjusted, according to our negative, or cruel thoughts and acts.  If our ‘positive tally’ is too low, (through lack of achievement, or negative deeds, etc) we start to dislike ourselves, but are unlikely to know why, unless we are in tune with our inner soul. 

I  believe:-

  • Only positive energy is recycled from each soul, but an abundance of negative thoughts and deeds throughout the person's  life will cancel out all, or much of their positive energy reserve
  • God is an intelligent, combined mass of positive energy in waiting, ready to supply a soul to new life
  • Heaven is the euphoria of being part of this combined mass
  • Reincarnation is the opportunity to live again as recycled positive energy, but the energy of one person is unlikely to remain intact, unless they are very positive and caring and respectful towards every living creature and plant.  Even then, nothing is guaranteed, because persecution, their thoughts at the time of their death and the manner of their death could leave them in limbo
  • No-one is perfect - physically, or behaviour-wise, but God expects us to do the best with what we have, so those who are relatively decent, but who do relatively little with their lives will reap few rewards, because their recyclable energy will be minimal.  Are you a doer? or one of life's onlookers?
  • No-one person is more important than any other living creature, but they may be more powerful, if they have weapons, or an authorative position
  • People without consciences (psychopaths), are rarely eligible for recycling and go elsewhere – possibly as ‘dark matter’ to the edge of our Galaxy and who knows what Hell that entails  

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Not everyone will want to agree with my beliefs, of course. Nevertheless, in the scheme of things, we are just unimportant specks, while most of God’s creatures, great and small, are ‘grains.’  

  • Humans are the least important, because they are most capable of being negative

  • The souls of animals, insects, birds fish and plants are fairly pure in thought, unless they are:-

    •  caged and/or desperately unhappy in their habitat 

    •  injured road victims left to die in agony

    • sadly, trapped souls can never be saved if they are sealed in lava, or in crystals.  

  • Sadly, trapped souls can never be saved if they are sealed within lava, or crystals.  

  • Nuns have traditionally given up their lives in order to spend most of their days, praying for the souls of victims of natural disasters, but few new nuns are taking their vows nowadays.

  • As a result, our world is dying, because negative energy from negative people doing negative deeds is slowly destroying everything for the sake of 'globalization'

  • Many precious souls are lost, because there is no-one to pray for them, e.g.

    • The souls of reasonably decent people who die unexpectedly, are often unable to make the transition and remain  in limbo if they are traumatized at the time of death
    • Positive people who are not necessarily guaranteed a place in ‘heaven’, because they are in the middle of negative thoughts, or actions, when they die
    • Even the souls of God’s creatures can miss out if they are suffering and fearful as they die as a result of cruelty, or an accident

It is no mistake that white has traditionally been shown as good, while evil, on the other hand, was always considered to be dark, mysterious and frightening.  I believe this stems from the natural, traditional, fear of darkness, which has existed throughout history, due to animal attacks, misdeeds and accidents at night;  on the other hand, the ‘purity of white’ has nothing to do with colour-prejudice, but with the colour of positive energy.  There are countless reports from revived patients, who remember a wonderful feeling of being drawn towards a brilliant white light, whilst in the process of dying.  Saints are shown with shining white halos, which could be ‘positive energy auras’.  Kirlian photography shows auras in graphic detail. Many black martyrs and saints must have existed (unrecognised) in the past during slavery and other traumatic times.

Death is still a fairly taboo subject with many people in Britain . When a child ‘pulls a face’, the traditional response is:  “Don’t pull faces; the wind might change.”  I believe ‘the wind might change’ was a euphemism for ‘you might die’, because the state of mind, in which one is in at the time of death, can dictate whether one’s soul is saved, or not.

‘Suffer the little children to come unto me

And the ‘meek’ shall inherit the Earth’  

What does meek mean?  The dictionary seems to imply that ‘meek’ people are spineless, personalities, with mildly negative traits: submissive, docile, very little spirit, or courage.  I believe ‘meek’ had a different meaning when it was first used, or that something was possibly lost in the translation, because the message in the Bible tells us we should not ‘hide our talents’. I believe the word ‘humble’ (as opposed to 'big-headed') should replace ‘meek’.   The following qualities are also important: being positive, conscientious, industrious and caring

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Devastation of rain-forests, global warming, depleted natural resources, pollution, etc. are all taking their toll, but there is something even more important, about which everyone should be aware - from cradle to grave – and that is the importance of positive energy and the knowledge of a Faith.

There is little chance of us becoming defunct like the Incas, as we are multiplying in numbers; neither are we sacrificing our children in the same way.  Nevertheless, our world is dying and we are to blame for putting our own future seriously in jeopardy. If this continues, we will have mimicked the foolishness of the Easter Island Tribe – not only by using up our natural resources on a global scale and causing other species to become extinct, but also through development of our negative traits, at the expense of  our positive qualities - thanks to Commercialism

I am not a physicist, but I believe positive energy is absorbed from us by the Sun and, because it is electro-magnetic, this interaction helps the Earth to maintain its orbit close to the Sun.   In return, we receive different energies: warmth, light, (ultraviolet, infra-red, etc.), which allows all mammals to survive and metabolize vitamin D, photosynthesis to occur and many other benefits. The Earth's orbit is changing and moving away from the Sun. In order to save the Earth, every scrap of positive energy is vital. Unfortunately, the world is currently being dominated by money-minded, selfish, negative people, doing and thinking negative things.  

In the 1980s, in Britain alone, positive people were in the minority, on a ratio of 1:6., or less. Negativity abounds in all walks of life – from the council estate to the upper echelons.  Snobbishness, jealousy, greed, envy, vandalism, hatred, (should I go on?) are all negative and they are just the tip of the iceberg. 

On a grander scale, commercialism and greed are dominating societies the world over.  

  • Drug companies are using people in developing countries as guinea pigs, to test drugs and to create new markets for medication which has been banned elsewhere.  Mexico’s dreadful toll of Thalidomide babies bears witness to this. 

  • Exploitation is rife and the misuse of technology is happening on a grander scale, because mass-production has made it available everywhere.

  • In Nandigram, West Bengal, protesting farmers and their families are being killed, because their land is required for a chemical factory.

In Britain :-

·      cruelty is becoming more common amongst people renowned globally for being animal-lovers; pets and wildlife are being badly-treated, even micro-waved for ‘fun’ by very sick people  

·      television brings negative ideas into the home; family viewing has been gradually ‘converted’ to accept things that would have shocked and disgusted adult-viewers 20-30 years ago

o     pop videos carry scenes, which would once have been classed as pornographic

o     films and plays feature negative, unethical and/or cruel behaviour as exciting, eg: infidelity, murder, violent theft, road incidents, etc.

o     quiz shows (eg: the Weakest Link) and sitcoms, which ridicule and undermine people are popular

o     some shows (eg: Big Brother, Jerry Springer, etc.) take advantage of inadequate people, desperate for fame or fortune;  at the same time, they are designed to appeal to immature and inadequate viewers with fragile egos, who need to jeer at the inadequacies of the participants in order to increase their own 'stature'

·      the ‘information highway’ (the internet) is a wonderful invention, yet the surge in pornography is something, which should fill us all with shame, not only because children can access it, but also because lives are damaged in the making of it.  This so-called ‘adult material’ is not adult at all; it caters for an addiction in inadequate and immature people, who are emotionally under-developed and incapable of real love, so require worse and worse visual stimulation 

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The subject of creation presents questions for people of all Faiths.  I am Christian, but not a regular church-goer.  Nevertheless, I believe I have worked out the meaning of life.  Religion has tried to teach us about life before and after death.  Faith is personal, but if I am correct, all religions have elements of truth within them, although the message seems to have been distorted over the centuries, possibly due to the following three reasons:

  • poor translation
  • in order to allow young children and immature adults to absorb the message at their level
  • misinterpretation by religious elders of yore, either by design for reasons of power, or in error

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Unless we act now, the world will have no future.  In conclusion:

  • No-one is perfect. Punishment must therefore be positive, so everyone benefits

  • People must be taught how to identify positive & negative actions.  (Any action which does not benefit everyone involved is negative, even if 3 people are laughing and the 4th person is not)

  • Adverts must encourage people to be positive. Currently, viewers are encouraged to be envious, snobbish, etc.

  • Parenting skills should be taught, so children grow up positive, honest and able to choose the right path in life

  • Every child should be taught a Faith initially at Sunday School & then at School

  • Carnage on the roads must be stopped (I say a prayer for every dead creature I pass, whilst driving along British roads)

  • Live exports must be stopped; the misery of these wretched animals reduces (and possibly obliterates) their positive energy  (Kirlian photography before and after the journey should prove this)

  • All other animal suffering on a world-wide basis for commercial reasons must be stopped

  • Conservation must include more habitats for wildlife, not less

  • Current housing must be better utilised, rather than increased construction at the expense of wildlife

  • Food must not be wasted; plants, fish, birds and animals have been exploited to suffer and die to provide us with food, whilst people in other countries are starving

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In order to present the above concept for discussion, I have created a series of tasks (see below), which I hope will prove useful and informative, but most of all, I hope they will promote debate.  A chat room will be set up on this page as soon as possible.

 

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PEDAGOGIC SUGGESTIONS

LIFE BEFORE & AFTER DEATH

I believe in life after death.  Do you?  Creation presents all sorts of questions for people of all faiths.  I believe I have worked out the meaning of life.  If I am correct, all faiths have elements of truth within them.  In order to present this concept for discussion, I have created a lesson with various tasks.  I hope it proves useful and informative, but most of all, I hope it promotes debate.  

 

  • DEBATE:  Set up a debate with students ‘for’ and ‘against’ life after death
  • INTERNET ‘CHAT ROOM’ TASK:  Find out about other faiths

Exercise 1

"........in the scheme of things, humans are just unimportant specks whilst most of God’s creatures, great and small, are ‘grains.’

Question:  Which famous Christian hymn does the underlined section remind you of most?  It begins with "All things........." 

INTERNET ‘SEARCH ENGINE’ TASK

See if you can find a copy of the hymn, using the search engines. (e.g. Google, Yahoo, etc.)  

Do other Faiths have songs/hymns which say something similar?

INTERNET ‘CHAT ROOM’ TASK: 

Go into chat rooms and ask people from other faiths if they can help you

Exercise 2

Are you a positive person? or a negative one?

CATEGORISING TASK:

Instruct students to use the following table, to write down:

  • their positive qualities, then their negative traits
  • then to list their friend’s qualities and traits, so they can compare

 

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Exercise 3

Do you do more positive deeds than negative deeds?  Or vice versa?

CATEGORISING TASK:

Instruct students to divide a page into two columns, or use the following table, and write down the positive qualities about themselves, then the negative traits.

My Positive Qualities

My Negative Traits

 

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