Shall We Rest in the Hereafter? ~ Ernest Holmes
"The questions might arise in our minds, "Where shall we go when we die?" Shall we engage in activity or shall we be inactive?" These are natural questions. Where shall we take this marvelous mind and subtle body? If today is the logical continuance of yesterday, then all of the tomorrows which stretch down the vista of eternity, will be a continuity of experiences and remembrance. We shall keep on keeping on. We shall continue in our own individual stream of consciousness but forever and ever expanding. Not less but ever more: More and still more ourselves.
Our place hereafter will be what we have made it. We certainly cannot take anything with us but our character. If we have lived in accordance with the law of harmony, we shall continue to live after this Divine Law. If we have lived any other way, we shall continue to live that way until we wake up to the facts of Being.
When we came into this life, we were met by loving friends who cared for use until we were able to care for ourselves. Judging the future by the past, we can believe that when we enter the larger life, there will be loving hands to greet us and loving friends to care for us until we become accustomed to our new surroundings. Nature provides for herself there as well as here. We confidently expect to meet friends who are on the other side, and to know and be known. We cannot believe otherwise. We should not look forward to a hereafter without activity; but to a place where our work will be done in greater harmony with the Divine Law, because of greater understanding. A place where there was nothing to do, would be eternal boredom.
With this understanding of eternity, should we not be able to view our passing in a different light? The experience loses its sting, the grave its victory, when we realize the eternity of our own being. Nature will not let us stay in any one place too long. She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul. This is a wise provision, for should we stay here too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible. Nature demands the change in order that we may advance. When the change comes, we should welcome it with a smile on the lips and a song in the heart."
"The questions might arise in our minds, "Where shall we go when we die?" Shall we engage in activity or shall we be inactive?" These are natural questions. Where shall we take this marvelous mind and subtle body? If today is the logical continuance of yesterday, then all of the tomorrows which stretch down the vista of eternity, will be a continuity of experiences and remembrance. We shall keep on keeping on. We shall continue in our own individual stream of consciousness but forever and ever expanding. Not less but ever more: More and still more ourselves.
Our place hereafter will be what we have made it. We certainly cannot take anything with us but our character. If we have lived in accordance with the law of harmony, we shall continue to live after this Divine Law. If we have lived any other way, we shall continue to live that way until we wake up to the facts of Being.
When we came into this life, we were met by loving friends who cared for use until we were able to care for ourselves. Judging the future by the past, we can believe that when we enter the larger life, there will be loving hands to greet us and loving friends to care for us until we become accustomed to our new surroundings. Nature provides for herself there as well as here. We confidently expect to meet friends who are on the other side, and to know and be known. We cannot believe otherwise. We should not look forward to a hereafter without activity; but to a place where our work will be done in greater harmony with the Divine Law, because of greater understanding. A place where there was nothing to do, would be eternal boredom.
With this understanding of eternity, should we not be able to view our passing in a different light? The experience loses its sting, the grave its victory, when we realize the eternity of our own being. Nature will not let us stay in any one place too long. She will let us stay just long enough to gather the experience necessary to the unfolding and advancement of the soul. This is a wise provision, for should we stay here too long, we would become too set, too rigid, too inflexible. Nature demands the change in order that we may advance. When the change comes, we should welcome it with a smile on the lips and a song in the heart."
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