Life Beyond Death
The purpose of death
The nature of life beyond death
How we can prepare for death
How we can assist the dying
Stage Four - The Divine Realm
A good man has nothing to fear, either in life or in death. And his fate is not a matter of indifference to the gods.
Each stage of life after death becomes increasingly difficult to describe and the Divine realm is vast beyond measure. Within it are many Divine worlds and ascending levels. This represents the most real and eternal level of cosmic creation, in near perfect alignment with Divine Will. (see Illustrations) In some traditions, this realm is called heaven or the celestial plane. But these concepts don't do justice to the inconceivable Love, Beauty and Truth, which are the essential elements of this realm. Presiding here are the Great Souls and Perfect Forms, which are the template for the order of creation.
All experiences during life and after death, up to this point, have been a dream. In other words, they've been subjective experiences reflected completely within the context of individual consciousness, which has no basis in reality. But the Divine realm is not a dream. It's an objective reality that exists beyond life and death. To experience the Divine realm, we must have an eternal spiritual body as a suitable platform of conscious experience. Only a body of pure Divine essence is refined enough to serve this function. After many cycles of Earth life, if we've accumulated sufficient Divine essence (in other words, if we've developed a spiritual body which is able to sustain a conscious presence) then we awaken in the Divine realm and the dream of individual consciousness is vanished forever.
Everyone has a spiritual body in some stage of evolution, and hence, some intuitive awareness (conscious or subconscious) of this realm. It exists within us, individually and collectively, as our conscience, our inner guidance and highest Good. It's this intuitive awareness of our Divine nature that we reflect off when we're being courageous, selfless and true in the face of difficult circumstances. In other words, when we're in alignment with Divine will.
At any point in cosmic evolution, we can only experience what we've evolved to, in terms of a body. In most cases, our spiritual body has not evolved sufficiently to sustain a conscious presence in the Divine realm. But it's ok, because our Divine essence is never lost. It's continuously added to our evolving spiritual body. And, when sufficient Divine essence accumulates, we awaken as a conscious presence in the highest and most real plane of experience.
Although the lifespan of the Divine realm is inconceivable in terms of time, everything in relative creation eventually comes to an end. When cosmic desire is fulfilled, this cycle of creation will be over and all the planes of experience will merge like rivers into the ocean of Divine Consciousness. This is the cyclical nature of creation.
