Hey cool off Hoss. No can prove anything about past life or what happens after death. There isn't any proof of beans. It might not be worth a resentment to care what anyone thinks. Some cults believe they are going to their own planet after death. Good for them.

I feel the best advice I can give you is to stick to your beliefs that ring true and make you feel comfortable.

You know what a argument there would be if you tried to change someone else beliefs. Hey Jude "just let it be".

Many other spiritual beliefs were meant for that time in history and that race. They are not for me; and maybe not you.

Blessings!!!

Karma, Cause and Effect, You get what you Give, and You Reap what you Sow, Do unto others...are all variations of the same law which seems to be quite universal among the philosophies of the world. As far as souls choosing to live a life of poverty and/or abuse, from what I've read, I think what happens is that when souls cross over they have the opportunity to review their life with God. God provides that space of love, and you can either accept God's love, or punish yourself with your guilty, critical, consciousness. I think many people feel the need to punish themselves for the so called "wrongs" they have done and they end up coming back to Earth choosing a life of pain. So for me, I know there is perfection. It might not be exactly how I've described it above, but God is God, and that's all I need to know. People have their lives and I love them without judgement. Peace, and I suggest to you the book "Into the Light" by John Lerma

Hi Jodie. I like Stingray's comment under your question.

What I wanted to say, he said it better in those few words.

Other than that, May I add a few ideas?

You now have a few choices. You can take what you want from everybody's suggestions; perhaps even follow The Prophet as intelligent men and women are supposed to do. (+1 to The Prophet for being confident in what he believes)

Either way you will be a follower.

You are experiencing this "dislike" because you soul is trying to break you out of that habit of "following" other's advice.

You are being bothered by things that cannot be satisfied by an external search.

Any pre-existing philosophy or dogma will force you to examine it in a desire to authenticate it.

You will never find a "fit" between the frustration within you and a satisfactory explanation to that frustration by studying things that have occurred in the minds of others.

You have moved beyond that.

If an existing religion or philosophy cannot satisfy your curiosity consider yourself lucky because you have developed discernment that is not possessed by the average "follower".

I believe that most spiritual "Methods" serve the dual purpose of keeping us energetically sedated and completely ignorant of the true nature of our relationship with the creator.

Now you have to begin to trust the understanding that awakens within you. If you must insist on authenticating it against the opinions of others, realize that they are as sure of themselves as you are of yourself.

Imagine if there was another "YOU" identical to the person that wrote the question, but this other "YOU" is completely in touch with the Source, God, Devine creation etc... And this person never needs to seek the approval or authentication of another's opinion, because this other "YOU" is completely confident within themselves.

Now how would this "other YOU" feel if this question was awakened within their consciousness?

Would this "other YOU" feel un-balanced in not knowing the answer while they are confident in the guidance of the divine from within themselves?

In other words, would this "other YOU" be bothered by this question?

You see? .....you can assume the state of mind of this "other YOU" and accept the wisdom and guidance of the creator from within your own consciousness.

(That's how you make the switch; you assume the mind of the person you want to become)

You can let go of the details of what is not necessary for you to know.

As long as you keep asking this question, no answer will satisfy the feeling that is driving the question.

You can release that feeling by letting the wisdom of the creator worry about your spirit and your spiritual progress.

You cannot analytically awaken your spirit.

You have to let go of analysis and let the divine guide you.

If you ask the question "Well how long is that going to take?” you’re still analyzing it.

Use the analysis for shelter and food.

Use surrender to experience the spirit within you.

You will find that your spirit does not need to know the answer to this question.

continue searching until and acceptable alignment is found
and continue to see if it answers all your concerns,
we are here to gain more knowledge of who we are,
look for the mental anarchy giving way to spiritual consciousness
with compassion and the transfer of individuality to universality

I find a strange, but familiar feeling here in the Inward Quest group. Strikes deep chords within me and I like this!

Why do some people choose "hideous lives"? Why do some people go to horror movies? I don't like them, and it is my choice not to attend.

Once I liked the series "24". I liked the problem solving, dramatic decision making, sudden twists and turns. My wife and I rented the whole season and watched it from daybreak to midnight. (oops, feel my solar plexus churning)

With the emotion and passion I was experiencing, (and the LOA) my life turned into a version of "24". Not that intense. but more than I liked. Also had nightmares. Now we watch documentaries and "feel good" movies. My life is better, more joyful.

Ever think that you are in a movie? Your movie. Your life. Who writes the script? Who produces it? Who casts the characters? Who is free to get up, turn on the lights and walk out? Change the script?

You want to write the script that you chose this lifetime and set up events to help you learn? OK. You want to write the script that something else happened? OK. This is simpler than most people think.

Please don't write the script that you are helpless in your own movie, unless you enjoy helplessness.

"The Power That Creates Worlds" as Abraham often mentions may mean creating your own world, your own universe, your own life. And we all do whether we know it, consciously, or not.

I completely agree and I don't think we come back into this world again to make up for past mistakes. Does a baby go back into the womb to live there again if it hasn't come out perfectly? Spiritual progress is always forward never backwards

Yes Jodie... In a way the "game" was invented by the Devil...

Many years before Jesus would come to save this world -- God made the decision to put Jesus' divine brother, Lucifer, in charge of the program that would establish the foundations for human society -- a society based on the personal disciplines of: Order, Loyalty and Truth.

In fact, it was in that early development role, that Lucifer eventually fell in love with himself. Men were ignorant and malleable in those days, therefore it was easy for him to discredit his Father's more rigorous plan, and convince most of mankind to pay exclusive and devoted homage to him:

"Flatter me" Lucifer said; "tell me how intelligent and beautiful I am... Then will I surely give you all the liberty that you need, to express the passions and possess the material things that you most desire as men!"

And so it has been, for about 200,000 years. From primitive man, right up until the time of Melchizedek and Abraham -- Lucifer's doctrines of false and self-centered liberty have been so powerfully inculcated into the hearts of humans that religion -- true religion -- has been all but completely forgotten!

True Religion is not the pious and pretentious recitation of memorized knowledge...

True religion is The Living Revelation of God revealed by -- THROUGH -- intelligent men and women who can discern and experience the greater good in doing His Divine will.

The way I see this is that we choose to come back into lives with the intent of learning how to overcome the difficulties with grace and compassion. We are on a journey to the source, to be one with the source. So, in spite of the horror we put ourselves through. We need to understand that overcoming these limitations is the goal. How we choose to deal with these issue's is where the challenge begins. Do we take personal and get mad? Or do we see it for what it is, an opportunity to gain greater wisdom of the spiritual/human condition

well it is the truth you chose to come and experiece this life. you are responsible of your choice so are other people. the other people that do those negative things that you refer to are the one that do not know that they are responsible of their free will. the problem is not your higher self it is your ego. what his the ego? it is the false center. http://deoxy.org/egofalse.htm if you do not like the position you are in just change it. move from the false center to the true center. and be the light that you can be. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L156XHjoDL0 experience and enjoy.

THERE is light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it does not shine, it is dark.

Hey Jodie, ya can call me Bill if you like. Yup, you attracted the news story. You put energy into it and you are paying the price of separation from your Source. You did this. No-one forced it on you. You went to a horror movie. Source did not like it and therefore neither did you.

Let's say that you are an extension of Source that has come into manifestation to experience the duality of physical plain. Most religions agree on this. As an immaterial monadic being, Source needs a physical extension to be able to experience hot/cold, soft/hard, smooth/rough, man/woman, OK? Abraham calls this "contrast."

You are free to choose good stuff. If you want to get a really clear view of being free, read "Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor Frankl, imprisoned at Auschwitz, he wrote,"“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”

His body was imprisoned, his mind was not. Certainly an extreme case, but we are all free to choose. Choose joy. Like attracts like.

If you are experiencing rude people it may be because you are being rude, or you concentrate on rudeness. You attract exactly what you put your attention and energy into. It is the Law!

If you put your energy into the woes of the world, you will open a door that will flood you with the same. If you put your energy into fighting the woes of the world you will attract those situations.

Rub the lamp and hear the Geni say, "Your wish is my command!"