ARE THE DEAD "RESTING IN PEACE"?

“May his soul rest in perfect peace.” These words are often written in condolence registers and spoken to comfort the loved ones of the departed. But are the deceased truly resting in peace?

Motion is a fundamental law of creation! Therefore, nothing and no one can remain at rest, either on earth or in the beyond.

As a child in primary school, I looked forward to secondary school, hoping to escape the endless homework assigned by my primary school teachers. However, I soon discovered that secondary school brought even more challenges. Then I thought: “I will finally have a carefree life when I get to university.” But once there, phrases like “student unrest” became a reality! To this day, I—and everyone around me, young and old—am in constant motion, moving from one experience to the next. I suspect the same is true for you. Or are you truly at rest?

The core of every human being is spirit, which existed and was active even before its earthly incarnation. With birth, the spirit uses the physical body to carry out its activities on earth. Similarly, physical death is not an end but a transition—a birth into the beyond. In the best-case scenario, the spirit continues its journey from plane to plane until it returns to Paradise, its original place of origin, as a fully matured spirit. In other cases, the spirit may need to take another journey back to earth after a period in the beyond.

Human beings who strive for spiritual maturity and joyfully follow the Laws of God will shine brightly, even after physical death. Their lightness allows them to ascend to the higher, lighter regions of the beyond. Conversely, those of a darker disposition will be heavy and sink into the lower regions of the beyond as a natural consequence.

In these lower regions, they will encounter the grotesque forms they created through their thoughts and actions, as well as others with similar tendencies. The turmoil and conflict that occur there are beyond imagination.

On the other hand, those in the lighter areas will find themselves among like-minded spirits. Together, they will pursue kindness, peace, and the greater good.

Thus, there is no "resting" after physical death. Each person continues to experience creation in the region they have prepared for themselves through their thoughts, words, and deeds while on earth.

 

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