What will happen after death?

According to eyewitness reports, the first thing is that the spirit leaves the body and lives completely separate from it. As a rule, he observes everything that happens, including the physical body that belonged to him during life, and the efforts of doctors to revive it; he feels that he is in a position of painless warmth and airiness, as if he were floating; he is completely unable to influence his surroundings by speech or touch, and this makes him feel enormous loneliness; his thought processes traditionally become much faster than when he was in the body. Here are some of short stories about this kind of experience:

“The day was very cold, but while I was in this blackness, I felt only warmth and the utmost calm that I had ever experienced ... I remember thinking: “I must be dead.”

“I had amazing feelings. I felt nothing but peace, calm, airiness—just calm.”

“I watched as they tried to revive me, it was really unusual. I was not very high, as if on some kind of eminence, a little higher than them; just might have been looking down on them. I tried to talk to them, but none of them heard me.”

“There were people coming from all directions toward the scene of the car accident... When they got really close, I tried to duck to get out of their way, but they just walked right through me.”

“I couldn’t touch anything, I couldn’t talk to anyone around me. This is a terrible feeling of loneliness, a feeling of complete isolation. I knew that I was completely alone, alone with myself.”

There is amazing objective evidence that a person is actually outside the body at this moment - sometimes people retell conversations or report exact details of events that took place even in neighboring rooms or even further away while they were dead.

Dr. Kubler-Ross talks about one amazing case when a blind woman saw and then clearly conveyed everything that happened in the room where she “died”, although when she was brought back to life, she was again blind - this convincing proof that it is not the eye that sees (and it is not the brain that thinks, because after death mental abilities increase), and rather the soul, and while the body is alive, it performs these actions through physiological organs.

There are many examples of this kind.

Andrey M. from Arkhangelsk recalled the car accident he got into in 2007. After the jeep rushed into the oncoming lane and ended up in front of his car, Andrei first felt a powerful blow, and then a sharp, but short-lived pain. And suddenly, to his amazement, he saw his own body, surrounded by a group of doctors who were trying to resuscitate him. Very soon Andrei felt himself begin to be carried away somewhere upward, while he seemed unusually free and calm. He soon realized that he was drawn to a milky-white light that burned somewhere ahead.

He rushed quite a long distance until he realized that some force was trying to bring him back. The realization of this at first was disappointing. young man, because he knew that freedom awaited him ahead: from vanity and excitement. And a moment later, Andrei discovered that his motionless body was quickly moving towards him. Here it was, as if in a vice, squeezing him from all sides, powerful pain penetrated every cell of him, and in the next second Andrei opened his eyes.

Good, evil spirits and planes of existence

First of all, if the spirit consists of psychic energy - to put it another way, if the spirit and the mind are a single whole - then it turns out that we classify as spirits what is actually considered part of the physical world. This is material matter, no matter how imperceptible it may seem, because energy in any form combines part of the physiological universe. We are not able to see the hydrogen atom, but despite this, it is physical quantity. We know his real weight.

It is obvious that the material world is considered one of the especially dense worlds on the lower planes of existence and in its own impenetrability is much greater. If cultural spirits have every chance of descending to the lower levels of existence, they are absolutely fit to be in physical world. The astral bodies of the deceased can remain on the earthly plane only for a short period of time, and the spirit has the opportunity to descend to a lower level and remain for some time, if it so wishes. This means that after the disintegration of the astral body, the immortal spirit, which is the seat of consciousness, is able to return to Earth if desired.

If this is so, then what can prevent you from being in the material world again to cause pain to people? On the other hand, apparently, they also have every chance of returning to Earth to help their loved ones and all of humanity in overcoming difficulties and becoming a human being. These stunning predictions are based on the stories of people who had the experience of communicating with both evil and good spirit spirits.

If the spirit living in the Astral World can establish contact with our physical world, then it has the ability to influence our thoughts and actions. And such an impact can be both positive and negative, depending on the level of formation of a particular spirit. For this reason, many of the church and mystical schools teach that when we make a significant decision, we need to make sure that it is only our decision that coincides with our personal beliefs. At the same time, it is necessary to avoid impulsive actions that may be dictated by opposition.

So, based on the academic evidence studied and paranormal phenomena, we can draw the following conclusions.

It is possible that a person's instincts and emotions that make up his astral body continue to exist for some time along with memories and basic personality traits. Over time, this astral body gradually collapses. Meanwhile, the conscious personality, or ego, called spirit, rests for some time in the Astral world, and then moves on to the corresponding mental or, depending on the level of its development.

There the spirit lives, works, sometimes creating works of art similar to those that it created during its life in the physical world. Sometimes these works manifest themselves in the physical world thanks to people who become objects of direct influence from the spirit.

IN astral world life appears as real as on the earthly plane because every physical or spiritual being identifies itself with the plane on which it dwells. Because the matter of each plane matches the vibrations of the beings on it, they perceive this plane as the true reality.

The mysterious and incomprehensible astral world is revealed to us in all its splendor in dreams. That is why the phantasmagoric world of dreams seems so real when we sleep. We simply travel with the help of our subtle body in the astral world, where our spirit belongs. In a state of sleep, we move between subplanes of the astral world, experiencing joyful or frightening experiences. They only help us understand that we are asleep and are capable of modifying the circumstances or events of the astral world at will.

According to ancient teachings, the life of the spirit in the astral world is true life, while life on the physical plane is only a theater, a training, a temporary state, a kind of journey on which the spirit goes for a certain period of time, at the end of which it returns to its home in the astral world.

Meetings on the other side

Those who have visited another world often say that they met there with deceased relatives, acquaintances and friends. As a rule, people see those with whom they were close in earthly life or were related.

Such visions cannot be considered a law; rather, they are deviations from it, which do not occur very often. Usually, this kind of meeting acts as an edification for those who are too early to die and who need to return to earth and change their own lives.

Sometimes people see what they would like to see. Christians observe angels, the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, saints. Non-religious people see certain temples, people in white, and sometimes they don’t notice anything, but they feel a “presence”.

According to the stories of some people, during their near-death experiences they passed through a dark tunnel, at the end of which they met an angel or Christ himself. In other cases, deceased friends and relatives would meet them to accompany them to the spirit's new location. This habitat is located in the astral world, woven from electromagnetic vibrations of different densities and sizes. After death, each spirit is at a certain energy level of existence, which coincides with the level of its development and vibrations. After death, the soul remains in its original state of loneliness for a very short time.

Raymond Moody, the author of a widely known book called “Life After Life,” cites several facts when, even before death, people unexpectedly saw deceased relatives and friends. Here are some excerpts from his book.

“The doctor told my family that I had died... I realized that all these people were there, there were many of them, they were hovering under the ceiling of the room. These are people I knew in earthly life, but they died earlier. I saw my grandmother and the girl I knew as a student, and many other relatives and friends... It was a very joyful phenomenon, and I felt that they had come to protect and see me off.”

This experience of meeting deceased friends and relatives at the onset of clinical death is not considered an unprecedented discovery today. Almost a century ago it was the subject of a small dissertation by the pioneer of modern parapsychology and psychological research, Sir William Barrett (Deathbed Visions).

Dr. Moody gives an example of a meeting of a dying person not with relatives or an exalted being, but with a completely stranger: “One lady told me that during her exit from the body she observed not only her own pure spiritual body, but also the body of another person who had died completely shortly. She didn't know who it was." (“Life after life”).

As we delve deeper into this study of the experience of the lost and of death itself, we are obliged to remember the considerable difference between the general experience of the lost, something that now attracts such great attention. This can help us better understand the many mysterious aspects of death that are tracked in real time and depicted in literature. Awareness of this difference, for example, can help us identify the phenomena that those who are dying observe. Do relatives and friends really come from the kingdom of the dead to visit the dying? And do these actions themselves differ from the last appearances of holy righteous people?

To answer these questions, let us remember that Doctors Osis and Haraldson report that many dying Hindus observe the gods of the close Hindu pantheon (Krishna, Shiva, Kali, etc.), and not close relatives and friends, as is usually the case.

They hold that the assimilation of beings encountered is largely considered to be the result of personal interpretation based on ecclesiastical, civilized and private premises; this opinion seems reasonable and suitable to the bulk of cases.

Based on Scripture Orthodox teaching that “the souls of the dead are in a place where they do not see what is happening and what happens in this mortal life,” and their own opinion, that cases of apparent appearances of the dead alive, as a rule, turn out to be either “the work of Angels”, or “evil visions” induced by demons, for example, with the aim of creating in people a false idea of afterlife, St. Augustine proceeds to distinguish between the apparent appearances of the dead and the true appearances of the saints.

Indeed, let's take one example. The holy fathers of the recent past, such as Elder Ambrose of Optina, teach that the creatures with whom they communicate are demons, and not the souls of the dead; and those who deeply studied spiritualistic phenomena, if they had at least some Christian standards for their judgments, came to the same conclusions.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the saints are actually righteous at the time of death, as is described in many lives. Ordinary sinners often experience apparitions of relatives, friends, or “gods,” according to what the dying expect or are ready to see.

The exact nature of these latter phenomena is difficult to determine; this is, without a doubt, not a hallucination, but part of the natural experience of death, as if a sign to the dying person that he is on the threshold of a new kingdom where the laws of ordinary physical reality are no longer valid. There is nothing extraordinary in this state; it is apparently unchanged for different times, places, and religions. “Meeting others” usually occurs just before death.”

Today we will talk about what happens to a person’s soul after his death.

It’s not so scary to die if you know for sure that after the rigor of your mortal body, something else awaits you. Therefore, the question of the afterlife has interested humanity throughout its existence. Numerous prophecies and philosophical and religious treatises gradually gave way to scientific research with measurements of weight, body temperature and brain activity at the time of death. Scientists managed to record the “weight of the soul” and even the moment it left the body, but they were unable to obtain reliable information about what happened next.

But, despite the lack of scientific confirmation, you have the right to believe in any of the hypotheses of life after death and behave in accordance with it.

Opinions of world religions: heaven, hell and reincarnation

The most happy people- believers. After all, they know for sure that after death they will have a meeting with the creator and life in Paradise. It is there that, according to Christian teaching, the soul of the righteous - people who kept the commandments of God and regularly attended church - ends up.

The departure of the soul to another world in the Bible is described as a complex, staged process:

• When the body and soul are separated, the body is entitled to burial in the ground, and the soul is entitled to farewell to loved ones and earthly attachments. For three days she is close to those she loved and completes her earthly journey.

From 9 to 40 days after death, the soul is in purgatory, where it has two options - repentance and sincere misunderstanding, “Why am I so bad?!” In the first case, the soul can be cleansed of sins and go to heaven, in the second, it will be purified by fire in the 9 circles of hell.

Islam adheres to similar ideas, ordering its believers to cleanse themselves of sins as much as possible during their lifetime. To avoid the torment of hell, Muslims are required not only to lead a righteous lifestyle, but also to make pilgrimages to holy places. Sin can be forgiven even if there is a right fight against the “infidels.”

According to Christian ideas, heaven is a luxurious garden where peace and prosperity reign, and it is located somewhere high in the heavens. Hell, on the contrary, is underground. Many esotericists believe that this is only a figurative expression, and in reality, heaven and hell are worlds that are located in another dimension. At the same time in Old Testament it is indicated that paradise was a very real place on Earth, from which Adam and Eve were expelled with curses: “you will give birth to your children in pain.”

Many scientists made attempts to search for paradise, but like the entrance to Shambhala, it was never found. But miners found a potential road to hell back in the USSR. It is the deepest artificial well in the world - Kola.

« At a terrible depth, which no one in the world had ever reached, chilling sounds were heard, similar to the groans and screams of hundreds of martyrs. And then - a powerful roar and an explosion in the depths. The drillers say that they felt horror - as if something terrible had jumped out of the mine, invisible to the eye, but this made it even more frightening." - foreign media published in the 80s. Surprisingly, but true, no one decided to further explore the road to hell. It was simply abandoned and forgotten.

Buddhism and the holiday of death

Buddhism is one of the few religions that does not have a model of hell and heaven. The parishioners here are not intimidated by the torment of cooking in cauldrons, but everyone knows for sure that they came into this life to correct and cleanse themselves from sins committed in previous lives. And everyone knows that death is only part of the journey, followed by the departure of the soul to one of 7 levels of the afterlife:

Souls that had harmful passions during life - anger, anger, a habit of eating or even crazy love - are sent to the lowest levels, where they undergo the pangs of cleansing from what is no longer available to them;

Enlightened souls go to high levels, where a sweet and calm life awaits them.

Souls from low levels go through the karmic path and rebirth unconsciously. Place of birth and family are chosen for them higher powers. Thus, a soul tempted by wealth and permissiveness is reborn in a family of poor and powerless people.

Inhabitants of high levels have the right to finish their journey and remain in peace and quiet, but many of them still return to earth to again experience love, joy, inspiration and other emotions that are unavailable in the afterlife. They are born into rich and creative families, but often fall into all seriousness and after death they already find themselves at levels of torment and pain.

In Buddhism, a person is not easily immortal, but in most cases is forced to constantly return to earth to correct and cleanse karma:

The constant desire to satisfy all emerging needs leads to disappointment, because many desires cannot be fully realized. This leads to the emergence of karma (the totality of a person’s actions, including his thoughts and actions). Karma involves a person in the process of striving for good and bad. This process leads to the emergence of new karma. This is how the “circle of samsara” arises.

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Therefore, among Buddhists, death is considered the greatest holiday - a sign of the completion of a person’s life mission on earth and departure to a better world.

Shamanism and paganism

If Christianity is 2000 years old, and Buddhism is about 4000 years old, then shamanism and paganism have existed on Earth literally since the appearance of the first person on it. The inhabitants of Ancient Egypt also adhered to polytheism, and Ancient Greece, many African tribes still have a similar belief.

Moreover, in each direction of paganism there is a cult of ancestors. It is believed that the souls of people after death go to a more subtle world, which is literally superimposed on ours. Therefore, in difficult situations, they can return and invisibly help their descendants.

Representations of modern esotericism

Modern esotericists consider the periodic appearance of ghosts and phantoms in our world to be a kind of confirmation of the existence of the afterlife.

Ghost or ghost - in traditional beliefs, the soul or spirit of a deceased person, or mythical creature, appearing in visible or other form in real life(from invisible and intangible presence to almost realistic observations). Deliberate attempts to contact the spirit of a deceased person are called séances or, more narrowly, necromancy.

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It is difficult to call this phenomenon far-fetched or new - ghosts have bothered humanity since time immemorial. First literary descriptions they date back to the 3rd century AD, when a new genre appeared in Chinese and Japanese literature - stories about the otherworldly. Later, haunted castles appeared in good old England, and all of Europe knew that buying a house in which people died terrible death, dangerous.

So this is a glitch in the soul's escape system. afterlife, fiction or another evidence of the immortality of the soul?

Modern psychics, like the masters of spiritualism of the 18th century, claim that using certain techniques and techniques, each person can contact the soul, or rather, a phantom loved one and get answers to your questions from him. Moreover, they all explain the journey of the soul after death in their own way:

• The vast majority of modern psychics are confident that the soul is a stable substance that perfectly remembers its earthly life. Her rebirth, if possible, is in extremely rare cases, at the request of a righteous person to God. For example, a newborn child may contain the soul of a child who died several years ago from illness.
• Others believe that rebirth is a constant process, and it is possible to contact the soul only as long as it is in subtle worlds and undergoes a procedure of cleansing from sins and addictions. A living confirmation of this theory is the 14th Dalai Lama Tenjing Gyamtsho - this man remembers all his previous lives and is the spiritual leader of Tibet for the 14th time. According to tradition, the dying Dalai Lama gives instructions to his disciples where, in which family and after how many years to look for his new incarnation. The boy is taken from his family at the age of 8, subject to his story about adventures and bright moments past life.
• And finally, there are psychics and magicians who do not believe in either rebirth or the life of the soul after death. They explain all the mysterious manifestations of our world by recording what happened in the information space of the Earth. In their opinion, ghosts and “answers from the other world” are the actions of phantoms - energy substances that are always nearby, like records of past years.

There is another opinion that has become widespread in the circles of modern philosophers. According to him, hell is earthly life, A physical body– the first and heaviest shell of the soul. After death, gaining lightness, the soul moves to a new and more pleasant level of life, which ends with the loss of the next shell. The result is the achievement of a perfect, pure mind.

The Wheel of Life and the Gift of the Eagle

As you have already noticed, the ideas of religions and many esoteric practices agree on one thing: death is only part of the path, and the soul is immortal and capable of correcting its mistakes. The saga of Carlos Castaneda literally blew up the world, erasing all ideas with firmer philosophical beliefs and some scientific approach to the study of the most mystical phenomena. Having become part of the community of magicians, the author diligently puts everything in order and compiles a special teaching.

According to him, there is no life after death.

• Having left the body, the soul rushes to the beak of the mystical giant Eagle - the universal mind, and is absorbed by it. And, despite the continued existence of the soul as part of the general mind, it is completely depersonalized and purified.
• You can avoid being swallowed up by the Eagle, but only if you adhere to the path of the warrior: keep your body healthy, learn to consciously transition to other worlds, learn to be elusive and unpredictable. In this case, you have every chance after death to “sneak away” from absorption, retain your personality, and then be reborn in a new body.

Castaneda's theory is scary and beautiful. On the one hand, it is hard to realize that after death, life, consciousness and all emotions will cease to exist. On the other hand, inevitable death is the best adviser, forcing you to get rid of fear, act decisively and live according to conscience and honor. After all, with such a balance of power, you will no longer be able to repent after death and receive warm place in heaven - you can create chances for salvation for your soul only through diligent training and struggle.

According to Christian beliefs, after death a person continues to live, but in a different capacity. His spirit, having left the physical shell, begins its path to God. What is ordeal, where does the soul go after death, should it fly away and what happens to it after separation from the body? After death, the spirit of the deceased is tested by trials. In Christian culture they are called “ordeal.” There are twenty of them in total, each more complex than the previous one, depending on the sins committed by a person during his lifetime. After this, the spirit of the deceased goes to Heaven or is cast into the Underworld.

Is there life after death

Two topics that will always be discussed are life and death. Since the creation of the world, philosophers, literary figures, doctors, and prophets have been arguing about what happens to the soul when it leaves the human body. What happens after death and is there life at all after the spirit leaves the physical shell? It just so happens that a person will always think about these burning topics in order to know the truth - turn to the Christian religion or other teachings.

What happens to a person when he dies

Having completed his life's journey, a person dies. From the physiological side, this is the process of stopping all systems and processes of the body: brain activity, breathing, digestion. Proteins and other substrates of life decompose. Approaching death also affects emotional state person. There is a change in the emotional background: loss of interest in everything, isolation, isolation from contacts with the outside world, conversations about imminent death, hallucinations (past and present are mixed).

What happens to the soul after death

The question of where the soul goes after death is always interpreted differently. However, the clergy are unanimous in one thing: after a complete cardiac arrest, a person continues to live in a new status. Christians believe that the spirit of the departed who lived righteous life, angels transport to Heaven, the sinner is destined to go to Hell. The deceased needs prayers that will save him from eternal torment, help the spirit pass tests and get to Paradise. The prayers of loved ones, not tears, can work miracles.

Christian doctrine says that man will live forever. Where does the soul go after a person dies? His spirit goes to the kingdom of heaven to meet the Father. This path is very difficult and depends on how a person lived his life. worldly life. Many clergy perceive their departure not as a tragedy, but as a long-awaited meeting with God.

Third day after death

For the first two days, the spirits of the dead fly around the earth. This is the period when they are close to their body, to their home, wander through places dear to them, say goodbye to their relatives, and end their earthly existence. Not only angels, but also demons are nearby at this time. They are trying to win her over to their side. On the third day, the ordeal of the soul begins after death. This is the time to worship the Lord. Relatives and friends should pray. Prayers are performed in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

On day 9

Where does a person go after death on the 9th day? After the 3rd day, the Angel accompanies the spirit to the gates of Paradise so that he can see all the beauty of the heavenly abode. Immortal souls stay there for six days. They temporarily forget the sadness of leaving their body. While enjoying the sight of beauty, the soul, if it has sins, must repent. If this does not happen, then she will be in hell. On the 9th day, the Angels again present the soul to the Lord.

At this time, the church and relatives perform a prayer service for the deceased with a request for mercy. Commemorations are held in honor of 9 angelic ranks, who are defenders during the Last Judgment and servants of the Almighty. For the deceased, the “burden” is no longer so heavy, but very important, because the Lord uses it to determine the future path of the spirit. Relatives remember only good things about the deceased and behave very calmly and quietly.

There are certain traditions that help the spirit of the departed. They symbolize eternal life. At this time, relatives:

1. They perform a prayer service in the church for the repose of the spirit.
2. At home they cook kutya from wheat seeds. It is mixed with sweets: honey or sugar. Seeds are reincarnation. Honey or sugar is sweet life in another world, helping to avoid a difficult afterlife fate.

On day 40

The number “40” can be found very often in the pages of the Holy Scriptures. Jesus Christ ascended to the Father on the fortieth day. For Orthodox Church this became the basis for organizing commemorations of the deceased on the fortieth day after death. Catholic Church does this on the thirtieth day. However, the meaning of all events is the same: the soul of the deceased ascended to the holy Mount Sinai and achieved bliss.

After the spirit is reintroduced before the Lord on the 9th day by the Angels, it goes to Hell, where it sees the souls of sinners. The spirit remains in the Underworld until the 40th day, and appears before God for the third time. This is the period when a person’s fate is determined by his earthly affairs. In posthumous fate, it is important that the soul repent of everything it has done and prepare for the future. right life. Remembrances atone for the sins of the deceased. For the subsequent resurrection of the dead, it is important how the spirit passes through purgatory.

Six months

Where does the soul go after death six months later? The Almighty has decided future fate the spirit of a deceased person, it is no longer possible to change anything. You can't sob and cry. This will only harm the soul and cause severe torment. However, relatives can help and ease the fate with prayers and remembrances. It is necessary to pray, calming the soul, showing it the right path. Six months later the spirit last time comes to relatives.

Anniversary

It is important to remember the anniversary of death. Prayers performed before this time helped determine where the soul would go after death. A year after death, relatives and friends perform a prayer service in the temple. You can simply remember the deceased from a heartfelt heart if it is not possible to attend church. On this day, souls come to their families for the last time to say goodbye, then a new body awaits them. For a believer, a righteous person, the anniversary gives a start to a new one, eternal life. The annual circle is the liturgical cycle after which all holidays are permitted.

Where does the soul go after death?

There are several versions of where people live after death. Astrologers believe that the immortal soul ends up in space, where it settles on other planets. According to another version, she floats in upper layers atmosphere. The emotions that a spirit experiences influence whether it ends up on highest level(Heaven) or lower (Hell). In the Buddhist religion it is said that having found eternal peace, a person’s spirit moves into another body.

Mediums and psychics claim that the soul is connected with the other world. It often happens that after her death she remains close to loved ones. Spirits who have not finished their work appear in the form of ghosts, astral bodies, phantoms. Some protect their relatives, others want to punish their offenders. They contact the living through knocks, sounds, the movement of things, and the short-term appearance of themselves in visible form.

The Vedas, the sacred scriptures of the Earth, say that after leaving the body, souls pass through tunnels. Many people who have experienced clinical death describe them as channels in their own body. There are 9 of them in total: ears, eyes, mouth, nostrils (separately left and right), anus, genitals, crown, navel. It was believed that if the spirit came out of the left nostril, it went to the moon, from the right - to the sun, through the navel - to other planets, through the mouth - to the earth, through the genitals - to the lower layers of existence.

Souls of dead people

As soon as the souls of deceased people leave their physical shells, they do not immediately understand that they are in subtle body. At first, the spirit of the deceased floats in the air, and only when he sees his body does he realize that he has separated from it. The qualities of a deceased person during life determine his emotions after death. Thoughts and feelings, character traits do not change, but become open to the Almighty.

Soul of a child

It is believed that a child who dies before the age of 14 immediately goes to the First Heaven. The child has not yet reached the age of desires and is not responsible for actions. The child remembers his past incarnations. The First Heaven is the place where the soul awaits rebirth. A deceased child is awaited by a deceased relative or a person who loved children very much during his lifetime. He meets the child immediately after the hour of death and escorts him to the waiting place.

In the First Heaven, a child has everything he wants, his life resembles great game, he learns goodness, receives visual lessons on how evil deeds affect a person. All emotions and knowledge remain in the baby’s memory even after rebirth. People who live nobly in ordinary life are believed to owe these lessons learned and experiences in First Heaven.

Soul of a Suicidal Man

Any teaching and belief states that a person does not have the right to take his own life. The actions of any suicide are dictated by Satan. After death, the soul of a suicided person strives for Paradise, the gates of which are closed to it. The spirit is forced to return, but it cannot find its body. The ordeal lasts until the time of natural death. Then the Lord makes a decision according to his soul. Previously, people who committed suicide were not buried in the cemetery; suicide items were destroyed.

Animal souls

The Bible says that everything has a soul, but “they are taken from dust and will return to dust.” Confessors sometimes agree that some pets are capable of transformation, but it is impossible to say exactly where the animal’s soul ends up after death. It is given and taken away by the Lord himself; the soul of an animal is not eternal. However, Jews believe that it is equal to human meat, so there are various prohibitions on eating meat.

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Sometimes we want to believe that loved ones who have left us are watching over us from heaven. In this article we will look at theories about the afterlife and find out whether there is a grain of truth in the statement that the dead see us after death.

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Do the dead see us after death - theories

In order to accurately answer this question, you need to consider the main theories about. Considering the version of each religion will be quite difficult and time-consuming. So there is an unofficial division into two main subgroups. The first says that after death we will experience eternal bliss in "elsewhere".

The second is about complete life, about new life and new opportunities. And in both options, there is the possibility that the dead see us after death. The hardest thing to understand is if you think the second theory is correct. But it’s worth thinking about and answering the question - how often do you have dreams about people you’ve never seen in your life?

Strange personalities and images that communicate with you as if they have known you for a long time. Or they don’t pay attention to you at all, allowing you to calmly watch from the sidelines. Some believe that these are just people whom we see every day, and who are simply inexplicably deposited in our subconscious. But where then do those aspects of personality that you cannot know about come from? They talk to you in a certain way that is unfamiliar to you, using words you have never heard. Where does this come from?

It's easy to appeal to the subconscious part of our brain, because no one can say with certainty what exactly is happening there. But this is a logical crutch, nothing more and nothing less. There is also the possibility that this is a memory of people you knew in a past life. But often the situation in such dreams is strikingly reminiscent of our modern times. How could your past life look the same as your current life?

The most reliable version, according to many opinions, says that these are your dead relatives visiting you in your dreams. They have already moved on to another life, but sometimes they also see you, and you see them. Where are they talking from? From parallel world, or from another version of reality, or from another body - there is no clear answer to this question. But one thing is for sure - this is the way of communication between souls that are separated by an abyss. After all, our dreams are amazing worlds, where the subconscious walks freely, so why shouldn’t it look into the light? Moreover, there are dozens of practices that allow you to calmly travel in dreams. Many people have experienced similar feelings. This is one version.

The second concerns the worldview, which says that the souls of the dead go to another world. To Heaven, to Nirvana, the ephemeral world, reunite with the general mind - there are a great many such views. They have one thing in common - a person who has moved to another world receives a huge number of opportunities. And since he is connected by bonds of emotions, common experiences and goals with those who remain in the world of the living, naturally he can communicate with us. See us and try to help somehow. More than once or twice you can hear stories about how dead relatives or friends warned people about great dangers, or advised what to do in difficult situation. How to explain this?

There is a theory that this is our intuition, appearing at the moment when the subconscious is most accessible. It takes a form close to us and they try to help, warn. But why does it take the form of dead relatives? Not the living, not those with whom we have right now live communication, A emotional connection stronger than ever. No, not them, but those who died, long ago or recently. There are cases when people are warned by relatives whom they have almost forgotten - a great-grandmother seen only a few times, or a long-dead cousin. There can be only one answer - this is a direct connection with the souls of the dead, who in our consciousness acquire that physical fitness, which they had during their lifetime.

And there is a third version, which is not heard as often as the first two. She says that the first two are true. Unites them. It turns out she's doing quite well. After death, a person finds himself in another world, where he prospers as long as he has someone to help him. As long as he is remembered, as long as he can penetrate someone’s subconscious. But human memory is not eternal, and the moment comes when the last relative who remembered him at least occasionally dies. At such a moment, a person is reborn in order to begin a new cycle, to acquire new family and acquaintances. Repeat this whole circle of mutual assistance between the living and the dead.

What does a person see after death?

Having understood the first question, you need to constructively approach the next one - what does a person see after death? As in the first case, no one can say with complete confidence what exactly appears before our eyes at this mournful moment. There are many stories from people who experienced clinical death. Stories about a tunnel, gentle light and voices. It is from them, according to the most authoritative sources, that our posthumous experience is formed. In order to shed more light on this picture, it is necessary to generalize all the stories about clinical death and find intersecting information. And derive the truth as a certain common factor. What does a person see after death?

Right before his death, a certain crescendo, the highest note, comes in his life. The limit of physical suffering is when the thought begins to fade little by little and eventually goes out completely. Often the last thing he hears is the doctor announcing cardiac arrest. Vision fades completely, gradually turning into a tunnel of light, and then becoming covered in final darkness.

The second stage - the person seems to appear above his body. Most often he hangs several meters above him, able to examine physical reality down to the last detail. How the doctors are trying to save his life, what they do and say. All this time he is in a state of severe emotional shock. But when the storm of emotions calms down, he understands what happened to him. It is at this moment that changes occur to him that cannot be reversed. Namely, a person humbles himself. He comes to terms with his situation and understands that even in this state there is still a way forward. More precisely - up.

What does the soul see after death?

Understanding the most important moment of the whole story, namely, what the soul sees after death, you need to understand important point. It is at that second when a person resigns himself to his fate and accepts it that he ceases to be a person and becomes soul. Until this moment, his spiritual body looked exactly the same as his physical body looks in reality. But, realizing that the shackles of the physical no longer hold his spiritual body, it begins to lose its original outlines. After which the souls of his dead relatives begin to appear around him. Even here they try to help him, so that the person moves on to the next plane of his existence.

And, when the soul moves on, it comes to strange creature, which cannot be described in words. All that can be understood with absolute certainty is that all-consuming love and a desire to help emanate from him. Some who have been abroad say that this is our common, first ancestor - the one from whom all people on earth descended. He is in a hurry to help the dead man who still does not understand anything. The creature asks questions, but not with a voice, but with images. It plays out a person’s entire life, but in reverse order.

It is at this moment that he realizes that he has approached some kind of barrier. It is not visible, but it can be felt. Like some kind of membrane, or thin partition. Reasoning logically, we can come to the conclusion that this is exactly what separates the world of the living from. But what happens behind it? Alas, such facts are not available to anyone. This is because the person who experienced clinical death never crossed this line. Somewhere near her, doctors brought him back to life.

The mystery of death has raised a huge number of questions over the years. Until now, very little facts are known about this natural component of the life cycle. Where is the soul after death? Does heaven or hell exist? Is it possible for the soul to transmigrate to another body after death? U different religions and beliefs, there are different answers to these questions, and we will look at the most common ones.

Life of the soul after death: what Indian philosophy says

More recently, a huge number of scientists denied the existence of the spirit as matter separate from the body. But numerous studies have proven that such a substance exists; for example, it was found that after death the body becomes 15-35 grams lighter. However, what happens to the soul after death remains a mystery.

It is known that people who have experienced clinical death tell an identical story about a long dark tunnel and a bright light at its end. These stories echo the Indian version, according to which the soul leaves the body after death through the following channels:

• Mouth - in this case, she will then return to Earth again for reincarnation or painful wanderings.
• The nostrils, and then the liberated spirit goes to heaven towards the Sun or Moon.
• The navel is the further refuge of the spiritual substance – the cosmos.
• Genitals, but in this case the spirit is transported to dark gloomy worlds and dimensions.

It is this transition that everyone who experiences clinical death sees. The tunnels are the channels through which the liberated spirit leaves the deceased body, and the bright light is the future worlds to which the human soul goes after death.

How the soul lives after death: the opinion of Orthodoxy

Every Orthodox man knows that death is not the end of life, but only a transition to the divine world. In Orthodoxy, the soul does not disappear after death, but is sent to God’s judgment, after which it goes to heaven or hell, where it awaits the Second Coming.

According to Orthodox canons, the soul of the deceased is in the process of preparation for the Judgment for up to 40 days:

• From the first to the third day, she, accompanied by a guardian angel, travels the earth, visiting her native places and relatives. On the third day she appears before God for the first time.
• From the third to the ninth day, the spirit remains in the heavenly villages, where it observes all divine grace and forgets the seal about earthly life. On the ninth day, he again appears before God and goes to witness the horrors of hell.
• From the ninth to the fortieth day, the spiritual substance remains in hell, where it goes through twenty rounds of ordeal. All this time she is accompanied by angels, and the purpose of these tests is to test her passions and commitment to unrighteous, devilish thoughts.

After 40 days, the soul is sent to God's Judgment, where it will be told where it will continue to stay - heavenly villages or hell. She can no longer influence this choice, since the decision is based on the past life path and funeral prayers for relatives. If a person commits suicide, then the soul cannot leave the earth after death, since the heavenly gates are closed to it. She will continue to wander the earth in torment until the day of death, provided for by the Creator, comes.

Where is the soul after death: the theory of transmigration

Another common theory about the path of the soul after death is reincarnation or transmigration. According to this belief, after death the spirit simply moves into a new shell - the body, and begins a new life cycle. Thus, the spiritual substance is given another chance to improve its karma and complete the circle of reincarnation by going to Eternity.

Doctor of Psychiatry Ian Stevenson has conducted a huge amount of research on how the soul lives after death. Most of them concerned the theory of reincarnation, which he considered absolutely real. For example, during research, a person was found with a congenital strange growth in the back of the head. During hypnosis, he remembered that in a past life he was killed with a blow to the back of the head. Jan began an investigation, and based on the data obtained in hypnosis, he found a person who died in exactly this way - the shape of the wound was identical to the growth.

According to Stevenson's theory, the following factors indicate reincarnation:

• The ability to speak a foreign language appears, and often, ancient language. In medical practice, there have been many cases where young children could speak languages ​​that their parents did not know.
• The presence of moles, nevi, unknown neoplasms in the same places in a living and deceased person.
• Accurate historical facts, which a living person could not know about.

Details about past migrations can be revealed through hypnosis and trance. As practice has shown, approximately 35-40% of people at such sessions talked about strange events, spoke ancient or simply other languages. Memories of past lives also come to people who have experienced clinical death.

What does the soul do after death? Perhaps one day there will be an exact scientific answer to this philosophical question. Today one can be content with only religious and pseudo-scientific theories. Whether they should be taken at face value is up to each person to decide for himself.