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| The NDE
and War |
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Kevin Williams'
Research Conclusions |
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 War
exists everywhere in nature. The world is a literal
combat zone where survival of the fittest is law.
Viruses invade our bodies and antibodies kill them.
We are constantly at war against insects that destroy
our crops and invade our homes. Because we, as humans,
are at the top of the food chain, we slaughter all
kinds of plants and animals for food and clothes.
Law enforcement is fighting a war against crime
and drugs. The federal government declared war on
poverty and illiteracy. At times, our country declares
war against other countries which threaten our national
interests. Hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural
catastrophes unmercifully kills multitudes of people
and destroys billions of dollars worth of property.
Some day in the future, the world will in danger
of being destroyed by a killer asteroid or comet.
Ultimately, the whole universe might end the same
way it began - with a violent explosion of unimaginable
destruction.
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1. Introduction
In New York
City, terrorists flew airplanes into the Twin Towers and
killed thousands of innocent people in the name of religion.
What should our response be to this? Should we love the
terrorists and pray for them in the hope that more of them
don't do it again? Or should we kill them all to prevent
them from ever killing our children? In the light of the
NDE and unconditional love, should we kill our enemies or
should we love them? This is not an easy question for us
to answer. Fortunately, we can find some answers by analyzing
history, nature, and science in light of the NDE.
2. God's Big Bomb
An incredibly
violent act by God resulted in the creation of the universe
and all the acts of violence that followed.
An infinitely massive explosion unleashed by God led
to unimaginable chaos, destruction and fireballs of incredible
proportions. After eons of time, the chaos began to subside
and harmony began - the heavenly bodies were born.
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I saw
that the Big Bang is only one of an infinite number
of Big Bangs creating Universes endlessly and simultaneously.
The only images that even come close in human terms
would be those created by supercomputers using fractal
geometry equations. (Mellen-Thomas
Benedict)
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3. The War for the Survival of the
Fittest
From the
very beginning, the
survival of the fittest became the struggle for life
through domination, submission, killing, and being killed.
The evolution of all living things came about through war
and aggression. The
fight or flight mechanism within animals and humans
is a critical component of evolution. Animals and humans
kill plants and animals for survival. This is not a moral
decision, but a matter of life and death.
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A way became available for
souls to enter the Earth and experience it as part
of their evolutionary/reincarnation cycle. Of the
physical forms already existing on Earth, a species
of
anthropoid ape most nearly
approached the necessary pattern. Souls descended
on these apes - hovering above and about them rather
than inhabiting them - and influenced them to move
toward a different goal from the simple one they
had been pursuing. They came down out of the trees,
built fires, made tools, lived in communities, and
began to communicate with each other. Eventually
they lost their animal look, shed bodily hair, and
took on refinements of manner and habit. The evolution
of the human body occurred partly through the soul's
influence on the endocrine glands until the ape-man
was a three-dimensional objectification of the soul
that hovered above it. Then the soul fully descended
into the body and Earth had a new inhabitant: the
homo sapien. (Edgar
Cayce)
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4. Natural Born Killers
Evolution and
reincarnation put humans at the top of the food chain of
command. Humans succeeded in conquering the animal kingdom
and ruling the planet through violence and killing. Science
is beginning to understand that humans are genetically
natural born killers. Medical researchers discovered
that people born with dysfunctional frontal cortexes of
the brain are highly prone to be
serial killers. In our courts of law, criminal defense
attorneys have used the criminal defense of "my
brain made me kill." FBI profilers know that white men
are more prone to be serial killers.
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One of these fates casts before
the crowd to be reincarnated a number of earthly
destinies from which they may choose to be, for
example, a tyrant, an animal, an artist, or, as
Odysseus carefully chose, an ordinary citizen who
minds his own business.
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5. The Planet of the Apes
The history of humanity is
the
history of warfare. Modern civilization is the product
of a tremendous number of devastating wars and man's inhumanity
to man. History teaches man that man learns little from
history. However, some people are learning from history
by traveling back into time during their NDEs to experience
the entire history of the world. Perhaps the reason experiencers
journey through history is to teach humanity the lessons
of history.
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I went back
and lived in the minds of Jesus and his disciples.
I heard their conversations, experienced eating,
passing wine, smells, tastes - yet I had no body.
I was pure consciousness. If I didn't understand
what was happening, an explanation would come. But
no teacher spoke. I explored the Roman Empire, Babylon,
the times of Noah and Abraham. Any era you can name,
I went there.
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6.
Holy War? Smart Bombs? Friendly Fire? Military Intelligence?
In modern times, humans became
capable of completely destroying the world and everyone
in it with
weapons of mass destruction. Experiencers reveal that
war not only exists in the physical realm, but in the spirit
realm as well. The inner nature of man that is responsible
for committing atrocities against others becomes manifested
in spirit realms.
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I had always
thought of hell, when I thought of it at all, as
a fiery place somewhere beneath the Earth where
evil people like Hitler would burn forever. But
what if one level of hell existed right here on
the surface - unseen and unsuspected by the living
people occupying the same space.
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7. The War Against Death
Today, doctors are beginning
to win the war against death. Modern medical technology
can now be used by doctors to literally bring people back
from death.
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Laura experienced a heated
battle between the doctors who were trying to save
her and the angels who were trying to bring her
over to spirit. During the struggle, an angel finally
said, "They're stronger than we are," and she was
sucked back into her body.
(Laura)
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8. Learning From War
While it is true that love is
always the best teacher, even war can result in divine revelations
for the learning and soul growth of humanity in general.
Near-death insights reveal that our greatest mistakes can
be our greatest teachers.
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The oldest near-death account ever recorded in
western civilization was the result of war.
Plato described the NDE of a soldier who was
killed in battle and who came back to life on
his funeral pyre. Er was told that he must be a
messenger to humanity to tell them of the other
world. (Plato)
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Lynn saw soldiers who died during the Vietnam
War hiding in the near-death tunnel. They were
afraid to come into the light or who were
disoriented about where they were. Lynn was told
that there was no need to worry about them
because a guide would eventually help them
along. (Lynn)
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Ned Dougherty once lived an unspiritual and
hedonistic life. While trying to murder his
business partner, Ned had a heart attack and a
NDE. He saw the light of God and felt God's
embrace and love - a love greater than any love
he had ever known. Spiritual beings began
cheering him and conveying their loving
encouragement and support. They cheered: "You
are doing wonderfully. We are here to support
you. Continue to do good work, and we will help
you. You are part of us, and we are part of you.
We stand ready to come to your aid when you need
us, and you will. Call us. Beckon us. We will
flock to you when the time comes!" Ned was
confused by all the attention because there
wasn't anything wonderful about the way he had
conducted his life. He thought, "How can I be
doing wonderfully? I almost killed someone
tonight. Could I be justified in what I tried to
do?" Ned's deceased friend appears and says,
"You were spiritually rescued from a negative
event that was taking place in your life." (Ned
Dougherty)
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After a man's son was murdered, it angered him
so much that he decided to kill the person
responsible. One day, the spirit of his son
appeared to him and said, "No hatred, no anger,
Dad," and he repeated it, "No hatred, no anger."
This amazing spiritual experience changed his
heart so much that he no longer felt the anger
and hatred. He even began to feel sorry for the
man who murdered his son because he will have to
live every waking minute of his life knowing
that he is a murderer. (Bill
Guggenheim)
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During the Apostle Paul's NDE, he witnessed the
judgment and punishment of a soul who murdered
three people. Paul saw angels whipping the
murderer. The soul wonders what sin he has
committed. The "gatekeeper" brings forth three
of his murder victims. The soul was then cast
down to the world to be reincarnated.
(Apocalypse
of Paul)
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A woman consulted Edgar Cayce on a critical
health matter. She was about to undergo a very
risky surgery and she wanted to know whether or
not to have it done. Cayce induced himself into
having a NDE using hypnosis in order to read the
woman's life record in heaven. Afterward, he
advised the woman to have the surgery because it
would be a success. He explained that the
surgeons who were to perform the surgery were
once Inquisitors in a past life who tortured and
killed her because of her religious beliefs. By
going ahead with the surgery, she would be
allowing the surgeons to pay a karmic debt they
owed her. Because of this advice, the woman
underwent the surgery. It was successful just as
Cayce foretold.
(Edgar
Cayce)
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9. The Armies of
Heaven
Some near-death accounts describe
the unseen spiritual warfare occurring all around us and
the warring angels involved. These angels are often described
as extensions of God's desire to bring peace to the world.
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God
is in the process of recruiting an army in which
God will shake the world. Working through his soldiers,
God will produce great miracles that will shake
the established hierarchy of organized religion.
(Rev.
Howard Pittman)
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The archangels Michael and
Gabriel are two gigantic, magnificent and mighty
beings dressed in brilliant garb. Michael's role
is to choose souls to be soldiers for God. Gabriel
teaches souls the ways of the soldier for God. (Lou
Famoso)
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According
to the archangel Michael, God's army of angels is
visiting us with a life force of energy, a spiritual
energy radiated by the Creator to all humankind.
(Ned
Dougherty)
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I was
told that the war between darkness and light upon
the Earth has grown so intense that if we are not
continually seeking light, the darkness will consume
us and we will be lost. I was not told when it would
happen, but I understood that the Earth is being
prepared for the second coming of Christ.
(Angie
Fenimore)
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Souls
preparing themselves for birth are like battle-hardened
veterans girding themselves for combat. (Dr.
Michael Newton)
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Kerry
witnessed a battle between a Being of Light and
a force of darkness during which the dark force
was defeated. (Kerry
Kirk)
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Everything
in the spirit realm is controlled by the all-pervading
vibration of God. This divine vibration controls
all thoughts by destroying negative thoughts and
allowing only good thoughts of love and happiness.
(Arthur
Yensen)
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10. No Pain.
No Gain.
Near-death
accounts reveal that God's love for us is not a passive
love that would sit by and watch humans destroy the
world and everyone in it. The evidence suggests that
although God does not want people to kill each other,
God permits it for the purpose of instruction. Such
evidence suggests that God's love is a tough love.
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God does not wish to see us suffer. Our
adversities are of our own creation. Just as a
parent punishes a child in order to correct it,
so the laws of God prove immovable when we try
to resist them. The more we struggle to resist,
the more hopelessly do we entangle ourselves at
the mental or physical or material or emotional
level, and sometimes on all four levels
simultaneously. (Edgar
Cayce)
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God's overriding desire is to purify the
darkness of our souls, irrespective of the
suffering it puts us through to achieve that
end. If we learn to accept our situations in
life, instead of fighting it, then our suffering
is greatly minimized.
(Daniel
Rosenblit)
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All the suffering in our lives is actually for
our own good. Out of the most tragic of
circumstances springs human growth. (Angie
Fenimore)
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Howard Storm was given
the following insights from beings of light
after his life review when he was fearful of returning
to Earth life and afraid he would make mistakes
again:
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"Mistakes are an acceptable
part of being human. We are here to make all the
mistakes we want because it is through our mistakes
that we learn. As long as we try to do what we know
to be right, we will be on the right path. If we
make a mistake, we should fully recognize it as
a mistake, then put it behind us and simply try
not to make the same mistake again. The important
thing is to try our best, keep our standards of
goodness and truth, and not compromise them to win
people's approval. God loves us just the way we
are, mistakes and all. When we make a mistake, we
should ask for forgiveness. After that, it would
be an insult if we don't accept that we are forgiven.
We shouldn't continue going around with a sense
of guilt, and we should try not to repeat our mistakes.
We should learn from our mistakes. God wants us
to do what we want to do. That means making choices
- and there isn't necessarily any right choice.
There are a spectrum of possibilities, and we should
make the best choice from those possibilities. If
we do that, we will receive help from the Other
Side." (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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Our suffering is not a cross from God for us to
bear. It is a challenge to help us grow and stay
compassionate. (Lynn)
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Life is supposed to be hard. We can't skip over
the hard parts. We must earn what we receive.
(Angie
Fenimore)
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An acceptance
of suffering as a needed lesson can bring instantaneous
healing. (Edgar
Cayce)
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11. The Meek Will
Inherit the Earth?
Jesus taught
that the meek will inherit the Earth. The question arises
concerning the identity of the meek and the identity of
the strong? Are the so-called strong actually weak? Are
the so-called weak actually strong? Near-death insights
suggests that people who appear to be very physically weak
are often very spiritually strong and these people chose
to assume this physical weakness before they were born for
the purpose of advancing the spiritual growth of themselves
and others.
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There are many divine rewards from struggling
and overcoming a handicap from birth. (Mary
Ellen)
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The mentally retarded are special people who
know much more than they are able to express.
They are actually more spiritually advanced and
come to Earth to teach the rest of us. (Sandra
Rogers)
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Life is a cycle leading humanity toward
perfection. Most people have this secret
revealed to them when they die, but handicapped
children often know this and endure their
problems without complaining because they know
that their burdens will pass. Some of these
children have even been given the challenge of
teaching the rest of us how to love. (Dr.
Frank Oski)
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Hardships are necessary for the growth of our soul.
(Sandra
Rogers)
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Some people have a NDE because of losing a
battle against a fatal disease. During their
NDE, a Being of Light miraculously destroys the
disease in their body. They are then returned to
their body and returned to life. This suggests
that God does destroy diseases in NDEs -
possibly as a testimony of the supremacy of the
spirit over the body. (Anecdotal
evidence of NDE healings)
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A firefighter lost a battle against a fire he
was fighting. During his NDE, he was told that
if he chose to return, he would miraculously not
suffer the ill affects from the fire. He was
told that this will happen so that: "God's power
over the elements would be made manifest." (Jake)
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Sarah
was beaten to death by an intruder in her home which
resulted in a NDE. In heaven, she was told by her
guardian that she was brought to heaven to rest
and gain the courage and energy to go on and finish
her mission. (Sarah
Powell)
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12. Give Me Liberty
or Give Me Death
The NDE evidence
suggests that free will is one of God's greatest gifts given
to humanity. This means we are free to war and kill each
other at will. Although God's gift has lead us to war and
murder, free will is the only vehicle which permits us to
truly love God and others. A robot with no free will can
only do what it is programmed to do and has no choice to
do otherwise. It is clear that God does not want robots
to love. Perhaps divine love is something that cannot programmed
and can only be attained through trial and error. Perhaps
this explains all the injustices that exist in the world.
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War exists in the world because humans come here
and make free choices to learn and evolve.
Unfortunately, this creates a mess and war is a
part of that mess. But the same free choice
principle is instrumental in cleaning it up. (David
Oakford)
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All the misery that happens in this world is our
fault. God gave us the tools to live by
including free will. It is our free will that is
responsible for war and hatred.
(Carter
Mills)
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Some scientific discoveries were divine gifts
that humanity perverted to use for war. (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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Humanity's general inability to believe that
life is everlasting is responsible for millions
of people being killed by war. Human life has
been held very cheaply. But humans are
progressing up the spiral of evolution to a
place where we know that there is no problem, no
pain, no ill, no disharmony in the entire
universe that will eventually not be made into
harmony. (Margaret
Tweddell)
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13. The Perfect
Love of Adolf Hitler
Its hard to comprehend how one man can
have such a horrible influence on the world. Adolf Hitler
was responsible for unleashing a global war that was never
before known in history. We think of Hitler as the personification
of evil and we believe he is now somewhere burning in hell
for eternity. We believe we are incapable of doing the things
that he did. It horrifies us that any human being could
do these things. We practically deny his humanity in order
to demonize him. But this is one of the things that makes
Hitler so horrifying - he was human. And the question concerning
the Holocaust is not, "Where was God?" but "Where was man?"
Try to imagine what Hitler's life
review must have been like. In the light of complete understanding,
he would suddenly realize his true nature as perfect love.
He would then become every victim of his atrocities and
feel all their pain. He would see perfectly how all his
thoughts and actions had an impact on the entire universe.
Although he made such monumental mistakes, he probably learned
monumental lessons from his life review. One might even
wonder if Hitler learned more from a life review than anyone
else. We can only speculate how horrible the negative aspect
of his life review must have been. It may even be too unbearable
for one man to take.
14. The Perfect
Teacher Adolf Hitler
From big mistakes come big lessons. It
is clear that Hitler made very big mistakes which led to
big lessons not only for himself, but for humanity. It should
be clear to us that God permitted Hitler to make these mistakes
for the purpose of instructing humanity. Near-death accounts
reveal that God loves everyone unconditionally and this
includes Hitler. So, we too must love everyone unconditionally,
including Hitler. We know that God's infinite mercy extends
to him and someday Hitler will join the choir in heaven
just like the rest of us
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I'm sure that I asked the question that had been
plaguing me since childhood about the sufferings
of my (Jewish) people. I do remember this: There
was a reason for everything that happened, no
matter how awful it appeared in the physical
realm. And within myself, as I was given the
answer, my own awakening mind now responded in
the same manner: "Of course," I would think, "I
already know that. How could I ever have
forgotten!" (Beverly
Brodsky)
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Everyone goes to the same place. This includes
Billy Graham, Hitler, and Jeffery Dahmer. (Mac
Wright)
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Mistakes are an acceptable part of being human.
We are to make all the mistakes we want. It is
how we learn. (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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There really is no sin as it is known in the
world. The only thing that has any meaning in
the spirit world is what we think. The very core
of our being is perfect love and light. (Jayne
Smith)
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There is no evil in any human soul. It is the
lack of love that distorts people. We are
designed by God to self-correct, just like the
rest of the universe. No one is lost because
everyone is already saved.
(Mellen-Thomas
Benedict)
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From these
NDE insights, we should conclude that Hitler was not an
evil man because evil does not exist - only ignorance exists.
Hitler was very spiritually ignorant. He was so spiritually
ignorant that we might even consider him spiritually retarded.
It is even possible that this spiritual retardation was
the result of a dysfunctional frontal cortex of the brain.
Who is to say? Thinking of Hitler as a mentally handicapped
person (who but by the grace of God goes us) makes it a
little easier to love him unconditionally. How can we hate
retarded people? It is much easier to sympathize with them.
15. The Perfect
Lessons From Adolf Hitler
If we assume that Hitler was strong enough
to enter into the Light after his death, and that he was
able to endure the tremendous negative aspect of his life
review and not flee into darkness because of it, then he
would have seen the tremendous positive influence he had
on the world. The positive influence resulting from his
atrocities are positive lessons God gives to humanity for
the purpose of instruction and perfection. One positive
influence, as a possible example, is that never before in
history have so many people cried out to God because of
one man's atrocities.
During his life, Hitler was probably
unaware of how his "demonic" influence upon the world would
ultimately have the positive effect of bringing the world
together toward a new level of spiritual awareness. Atrocities
such as those of Hitler, teach us in a fierce manner, how
such atrocities must never be allowed to happen again. For
over the last fifty plus years, a war on such a massive
scale as World War II has not happened again. This worldwide
awareness of higher spiritual realities due to the utter
horror that profound spiritual ignorance can bring, helped
unite the world through the creation of the United Nations.
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Hitler was the catalyst that led to the
development of the atom bomb, another factor
that brought a new level of spiritual awareness
to humanity. We now have the ability to destroy
the planet many times over and everyone in it.
This helped bring humanity together to prevent
this from happening. The full extent of the
horror of war is now realized. One act of
aggression can now result in the complete
oblivion of Earth. Ironically, the atom bomb is
actually contributing to the deterrence of
complete oblivion. (Mellen-Thomas
Benedict)
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Hitler gave humanity a yardstick for which to
measure the extent of the need for people to
change for the better. The spiritual darkness
that Hitler unleashed into the world greatly
increased the need for spiritual light.
Unbridled bigotry, hatred, and spiritual
ignorance on such a massive scale are greater
threats to the world than ever known before.
Spiritual ignorance now has the power to bring
humanity to the very brink of extinction. (Kevin
Williams)
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The legacy of Hitler demonstrates the folly of
appeasing murderous dictators. It is too costly
to allow them to threaten the world with
impunity. Their murderous intent must be nipped
in the bud early on before it takes a
devastating world war to stop it. As stated
earlier, God does not desire war but God will
allow it to happen for the purpose of
instruction leading to perfection. (Kevin
Williams)
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Hitler's attempt to rule the world ultimately
led to a shift in the balance of the world's
power. Colonialism dissolved all around the
world and people began to be free to govern
themselves. America became the Arsenal of
Democracy to counter the threat of political
oppression that breeds dictators such as Hitler.
The legacy of Hitler and World War II is
ultimately resulting in the victory of democracy
all over the world. (Kevin
Williams)
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The NDE principle of how our greatest mistakes
become our greatest lessons can certainly be
applied to Hitler. Hitler and Nazism was such a
colossal mistake that it resulted in a colossal
lesson. A similar situation on the other side of
the spectrum can be made concerning Jesus. The
colossal mistake of executing Jesus led to an
even greater good - the proliferation of his
teachings. (Kevin
Williams)
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Humanity is designed to self-correct itself. (Mellen-Thomas
Benedict).
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16. Apocalypse Now
Near-death experiencers
are given
glimpses of the future.
They see the future as it would exist if current trends
continue. Near-death accounts reveal that the Earth as a
single organism for which we are all a part. We are the
Earth's human awareness. Our wars and transgressions not
only cause us to suffer but causes the Earth to suffer as
well.
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The Earth has terrible wounds on her body. She
is gasping for breath and calling out to God and
to her children to stop the killing and
hatefulness. The world is dying and praying for
all of us to help her to heal and regenerate. (Dr.
Liz Dale)
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Humans have fallen away from living in balance
with nature. Great damage will be inflicted on
the Earth before this harmonic balance is
finally restored.
(David
Oakford)
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Humans are out of harmony with the world and all
its creatures, including our own brothers and
sisters, with whom we are constantly at war. (Norman
Paulsen)
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Humanity
is in the final moments before Jesus returns. The
Earth is being prepared for this event. The war
between the forces of light and the forces of darkness
are growing so intense on Earth that humanity is
in danger of being consumed by the forces of darkness.
(Angie
Fenimore)
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17. The Enemy Within
Near-death accounts reveal that everyone
has within them a divine nature and an animal nature that
wars against each other. At a higher divine level of consciousness
(spirit), everyone is connected and there is no separation
between things. This "Universal Consciousness" that connects
us all is what people refer to as "God." But our lower animal
nature tends to believe in a delusion that somehow we are
separate from other people and God and that we are not connected.
This creates a spiritual struggle within us between our
lower nature and our higher nature.
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The Biblical "war in heaven" between God and
"the devil" is a symbolic religious description
of this real spiritual struggle within all
humans between our lower animal nature and our
higher spirit nature. Our higher self - our
spirit - is one with (or "a part of" but also
"is") the "Universal Consciousness" which people
think of as "God." The lower self is symbolized
as "the beast within" which Jesus taught to put
to death by "taking up our cross" and following
him in practicing unconditional love through
self-sacrifice, self-deprecation, and
self-denial in devotion to others. By
"crucifying the flesh," we allow our higher
selves to manifest itself more and our lower
unevolved animal nature to recede. The nature of
the beast within humanity is manifested as
self-gratification, self-indulgence,
self-centeredness, selfishness,
self-consciousness, self-importance,
self-righteousness, self-delusion,
self-condemnation, self, self, SELF (the "ego,"
the "false god," "Satan") This spiritual
condition of a "conscious self" deluding itself
into thinking it is separate from the "Conscious
Whole" is what the Bible symbolically refers to
as the "fall" of spirit in man at the "Garden of
Eden" - or the "fall" of one third of the
"angels" from heaven (both Biblical analogies
refer to the same spiritual event). (Edgar
Cayce)
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This struggle between our animal nature and our
divine nature ultimately created a gulf in our
consciousness which must be overcome. Self is
the greatest enemy you will ever have to face.
This desire for self constantly wars against our
higher self - the Whole. The collective human
desire for self and materialism (symbolically
described in the Bible as "Babylon") is the
source of every war and atrocity committed by
human beings. Only the painful processes of
"crucifying self" and the "purification" of the
Earth will restore everything to its original
glory. For humans to fully evolve from their
animal nature and overcome self, it is not
enough to merely believe in these things or know
about them. It must be experienced and put into
practice. The higher self - the spirit - must be
brought into conscious awareness.
(Edgar
Cayce)
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It is not enough to merely focus on the cross of
Jesus and the divinity within him. Jesus taught
people to "take up their own crosses" and follow
his example and way. A person whose higher self
has overcome his lower self will then become
spiritually "awakened" and a spiritual
"resurrection" will take place. The person will
then begin to manifest the human-divine unity
that Jesus, Buddha, and other avatars did. Once
our spirit "comes alive" in our conscious mind
through the spiritual practice of unconditional
love for others, we become liberated from the
cycle of evolution and rebirth. This process of
spiritual awakening within an individual and
within humanity at large is described in the
Book of Revelation in dream symbols - the
language of the soul. The liberation of humanity
is when the "devil" (the delusion of separation
and self-will) is then "cast into the abyss"
(self-will is suppressed from consciousness by
the divine will). The result will be "heaven on
Earth" (divine awareness within humanity). So,
in conclusion, this describes in a nutshell the
entire story of human evolution. It is the story
of the struggle of the human spirit in
overcoming the animal flesh. It is the Bible
story, from Genesis to Revelation, concerning
the fall and rise of the human spirit. It is
paradise lost and paradise found again. The rest
of the Bible is mostly commentary. (Edgar
Cayce)
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The struggle between our higher and lower selves
grows until finally the destructive elements are
completely overcome. (Betty
Bethards)
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Humans are educated at a higher level by spirit
beings who bring us into heaven. We grow and
increase, and grow and increase, and shed the
concerns, desires, and base animal stuff that we
have been fighting much of our life. Earthly
appetites melt away. It is no longer a struggle
to fight them. We become who we truly are, which
is part of the divine.
(Rev.
Howard Storm)
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God's love looks at all of us throughout the
eyes of eternity. God's overriding desire is to
purify the darkness of our souls, irrespective
of the suffering God has to put us through to
achieve that end. However, it will greatly
minimize our suffering if we learn to accept
instead of fighting against our situation in
life. (Daniel
Rosenblit)
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Jesus
knew he had to die on the cross to fulfill his mission.
His mission was to demonstrate to humanity how to
practice unconditional love through self-sacrifice
in devotion to others and by overcoming self so
that our divine nature can be manifested.
(Edgar
Cayce)
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18. War Is Hell
Since war is so prevalent in this
world, it should be no surprise that there exists a spirit
realm where the human desire to kill can be fully expressed.
At death, a person's inner nature is expressed outwardly
in the spirit realm. People take their inner hellish natures
with them after death. The result is what people refer to
as "hell".
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Hell is a great battlefield where thoughts are
not private and where hordes of angry souls are
locked in fights to the death where no death is
possible. They are locked into destructive
habits of mind, emotion, hatred, lust,
addictions, and thought-patterns which cannot be
satisfied. Angry souls have been observed
arguing over some religious point and trying to
kill those who do not agree with them. (Dr.
George Ritchie)
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Hell is a psychological condition which
represents the hellish inner thoughts and
desires within some souls. Here they become
uninhibited and their hellish condition is fully
manifested. No demons are there to inflict
punishment. Each soul acts out their own anger
and hatred by warring and tormenting others.
(Emanuel
Swedenborg)
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Hell is a state where a wild orgy of frenzied
taunting, screaming and fighting occurs. These
souls are completely ignorant of any higher
spiritual realities. They are a mob driven by
unbridled cruelty and passions.
(Rev.
Howard Storm)
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Murderers
in hell do not see a devil. Instead they see visions
of their own face distorted by hatred, greed, anger,
and other defeating emotions. Souls such as these
will stay in torment for a long, long time, until
they believe themselves to be totally lost. At this
point, they may at last cry out to God to rescue
them. This wail of despair is heard by God and they
are rescued. They are then given opportunities to
make amends through the process of reincarnation.
(Ruth
Montgomery)
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19. Farewell To
Arms
Although the world
has a long history of war and murder, near-death accounts
reveal that someday all war will end and
heaven will be established on Earth.
This will happen when humanity learns its lessons, renounces
war, and changes for the better.
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There will be no nuclear war in the world
because God loves the world. (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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If humanity changes for the better, a horrible
world war will be averted. (Dannion
Brinkley)
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Out of all the wars that humans tried to create,
God allowed only a few, to bring people to their
senses and to stop them. (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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If people turn more to spirituality and less to
materiality, these wars will not happen.
(Ned
Dougherty)
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God is going to rescind some of humanity's free
will in favor of more divine control over human
events in order to bring peace and harmony to
the world. (Rev.
Howard Storm)
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Man will prey on man until man will pray for
man.
(Lou
Famoso)
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