FORGIVENESS

QUESTION:

In a recent Post, you wrote: “Forgive your enemy! If you curse him and he dies, do you realise he can still continue the enmity from the beyond? Free yourself!” I do not understand how a departed soul can continue enmity from the beyond. Can you expand this please? I will appreciate it if you do. Thanks very much.

RESPONSE:

The departed ones are still living human spirits just  like us on earth! The main difference between them and those on earth is that they have discarded their physical bodies.

On leaving the flesh, the departed one simply changes his location from one part of Creation to another part. The departed is held fast to the environment in the beyond which corresponds with the way he has lived his life while on earth. So, there are communities in the beyond for those who relish bearing false witness, for those who are robbers, hoodlums and so on. These areas are dark and each one tries to inflict harm on the other thus creating for themselves spheres of great suffering! These are the regions of the beyond which have come to be recognized as hell.
 
Those who are noble minded will however find themselves in the regions of Light in the beyond and they continue to work with those of like nature for the further maturity of their spirits.

Once we see that life continues after earthly death, then the riddle of how a departed soul can continue enmity from the beyond is solved. A person who has suffered an injury in the hands of another reserves the right to forgive the offender. If this is not done, then the matter remains unresolved until the offender bears the consequences through the workings of the Laws of creation. The matter remains fresh regardless of the departure of one or both parties. The benefit of forgiving others is already made known to us in the Lord’s Prayer that tells us that we will receive forgiveness as we forgive those who trespass against us. So, when we forgive others we are  freed from the invisible bonds imposed by relentlessly pursuing revenge.

We should strive to recognize that Creation is one. The different spheres of existence in Creation can be visualized as different countries belonging to one continent. Therefore, those who depart this earth do not simply cease to exist but have relocated to another part of Creation.