November 17, 2011

• Reincarnation: considering time does not exist, and the possibility of different life-forms

• There is no space, therefore all souls are united

• Souls of the dead are aware of the living

• Invisible life-forms on earth

• All souls receive guidance, but those who have lived multiple lives may have an increased awareness due to more experience

God embraces and uplifts, comforts, inspires, and unites each of you together with a conviction of that unity, and a commitment to be reflective of your understanding of Spirit Center. Each of you is in the Light. Each of you is aware of God at some point in your many activities. Each of you understands the potential for love. Each of you seeks opportunities to be loving, opportunities to be receptive to the love of others.

Human beings continue always to be fascinated with life beyond life, for it is for everyone the great unknown. You acknowledge a desire to develop faith in the existence of such life—the lives that we experience—and yet each of you has in your mind that sense of questioning, the sense of wondering what lives that you currently experience lead to. Where do your lives go? Where do they carry you? Why life? And you wonder about the true nature of the extension of life to come.

All human beings are part of a continuum—a continuum of life, a continuum of curiosity, a continuum of awareness, a continuum of some form of love. Your awareness of that condition that you currently experience varies from individual to individual and within your own lives from moment to moment. There are times when you are filled with faith, and there are other times when you are filled with doubt.

You wonder about the return of life from our side to your condition, from our sphere to your sphere. It is a question of reincarnation. If you accept the fact that there is no time, then you can begin to understand the impact, the meaning, of our instruction, our guidance to you, when we say as you wonder about your loved ones, whether they are reincarnated or whether they are still with us, we can say in all truth that both are a reality. There is no future. There is only what is. There is no time, as you measure it, but when you ask about such realities as reincarnation, you ask from the perspective of time, and we can say with all clarity that souls do experience more than one opportunity to learn through the human experience.

But the same souls also experience a rebirth in other life-forms that you have no awareness of. You do not reincarnate into a dog or a tiger. You do not reincarnate into a plant or a tree. You are given human life because there are lessons to be learned that can only be done in your life-form, but it is also true that there are other lessons to be learned as part of soul growth that take place in different life-forms.

You may wonder about the condition of family members and good friends that you have come to know and love. Are they with us or with you? There is no difference in space. There is no differentiation, as we have said, between being with us and with you. There is a difference of energy, a different form of energy, but no spirit, no soul, is totally with us and not with you. The souls of those you love are always with you, and therefore always with us. We could say they are with us, and therefore always with you.

The question of reincarnation as human beings perceive it is one of re- experiencing the energy that you know as human energy. The truth is that energy is constantly changing. A soul who experiences life within the context of your physical life experiences a very different type of life when associated with another human being. You cannot rightly say “so and so is clearly my late brother, someone else is clearly my late father or sister or mother,” for what the soul requires is now different. What you learn in your own physical being as a spirit is different from what is learned when associated so intimately with another human being.

If you wonder whether the spirit of one who has joined our spirit plane is again experiencing human life, we can say yes for some, no for others. But we can always, always assure you that there is a distinct level of consciousness, of awareness—of awareness of being alive, awareness of growth, awareness of development, direction, awareness of benefitting from the love of another and from an experience of being loving. No spirit, no soul, exists unconsciously. No spirit is totally asleep, as you think of sleep being a lack of consciousness. The spirit, the soul, experiences an awareness of self and an awareness of what is around, of who is around.

The spirit therefore continues a consciousness. That consciousness is experienced through human form, but also through other forms. As human beings you are only aware of one very thin plane of life, but life consists of an infinite number of layers, each layer dependent on others. There is no layer that is considered supreme or better than another, but each layer of life is different. Each layer has its own consciousness.

Those whom you have loved in human life remain aware of you. They remain aware of your love. They remain aware of your growth, your development. Your light is a visible presence to all spirits. Regardless of what plane of spiritual energy they may be experiencing, that plane of energy is permanently connected to all other planes. There is no distance, literally or figuratively, between these layers of life.

You as human beings are aware of only one plane of existence, and you seek to grow in your understanding of others. That is entirely appropriate, for you are asked to associate human life with a connectivity to all that you are aware of, but you must also understand that there are many other types of existence that human beings are incapable of perceiving. These other life-forms are not implied to be on other planets around the universe. There is indeed much life in the universe, but the types of life- forms we speak of also exist within your own space, your own sense of planet, your own sense of solar system. There are other life-forms that exist in your home, where you work, where you walk. There is much that is unseen, but it is not necessary for you to see all that exists. God provides you with an awareness that is appropriate for you as individuals and as a collective.

Have your parents reincarnated, and by your parents we refer to all parents? Yes, in that they are all filled with a consciousness that speaks of the Spirit Center, that speaks of the truth of your own lives. There is no period of spiritual growth that remains in the dark. All is to be seen from the spirit.

The question was raised about how human beings are made sensitive to the presence of guides. The souls that are your essence are part of this continuum of growth, of development, of affirmation. Souls who experience human life frequently feel the connection more intimately between human energy and the spirit energy that is our experience. If you consider for a moment what it means to travel between two very different cultures, if you experience both cultures frequently, then it is not a stretch to understand something of one culture while being immersed in the life of the other. If you have never experienced a given kind of life, then it is more difficult to acknowledge the link between both.

Having said that, we also want to reiterate that each of you is guided. Each of you has experienced those nudges, those gut feelings that something must be done or that a certain condition is being encountered. Everyone has that capability, and that ability is no less than the ability of those whose spirits have traversed these different energy forms frequently. It is not a matter of strength of spirit that differentiates those who communicate easily with us. It is a matter of experience. It is a kind of remembering that takes place at a very deep level. But all have the ability. All benefit. All have some means to be guided in a way that benefits others.

You can choose to participate, to acknowledge, to listen, to be aware, or you can choose to ignore out of disbelief or a fear that such engagement is purely human-made and not God-made. But those are your choices. If you are open, you will receive the guidance you seek.

As you experience the learning that takes place through multiple human lives, you find it easier to slip, as it were, between both energy forms with little effort. There is no other qualification. There is no other element that differentiates those who feel comfortable in various energy forms and those who are less receptive. Your human lives are characterized by growth. Some of that growth may be developing the ease, the faith, the peace that provides the bridge you seek.

Your guides understand human life, for we have experienced it. We have also experienced other life-forms, and because of our experience, we are able to focus your souls on the loving light that is God’s presence.

Trust in this unity of existence—multiple energy forms belonging to the same entity, multiple consciousnesses that exist simultaneously. Acknowledge who is next to you, recognizing that each is an extension of the other. Acknowledge your environment as an extension one from the other. Commit yourselves to the unity of which we speak. Have faith in the reality of many life-forms, many kinds of consciousness, many levels of awareness, and be grateful and humble when your awareness extends beyond yourselves. You are part of the universe, a uni-verse, a singleness of existence having many components, but all belonging to one, mainly each other, collectively embraced by the loving light and presence that is God.

You are blessed in your awareness. You are blessed in your peace. You are blessed in your vision. You are blessed in your seeking. We are united with you through the loving light of God.

Amen.