DTR1975 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 1:21 am
One question I had that I couldn't find a satisfactory answer to was "Do romantic relationships continue into the afterlife and can you find new ones?" For many people in this life, romance simply isn't possible for a variety of reasons. Will these people get to try again in the afterlife?
What do you think?
Thank you for posting a link to this article, Derek. I found it very interesting and in line with my understanding.
My answer to your question isn’t simply what I think, but what I know. Romantic relationships get stronger after one transitions, because all ego-related misunderstandings disappear. We are and feel in the prime of our life, we are beautiful, healthy and filled with love. We have no scarcity-related issues on the other side. Of course we preserve our personal identity, but we no longer have limitations. We can also meet new people (discarnate spirits) or remember about spirits we had only previously met in our dreams.
I feel relationships are a key aspect of life after death.
I understand there is a so-called “sphere” in the Afterlife which is the temporary dwelling of especially evil and negative spirits. However, since linear time does not exist on the other side, I don’t expect that being especially evil or negative will make a difference for these spirits’ partners and other related spirits.
I would like to add a comment about our personal identity.
Silver Birch, the high spirit or group soul who spoke through the trance mediumship of Maurice Barbanell for many years, said that the next stage of life is a replica of our world of matter. “Were it not so, the shock for the many who are uninstructed and ignorant would be more than they could stand,” Silver Birch explained. “And so it has to be accomplished by very easy stages. The next stage of life resembles your world.” I understand that this replica involves a spiritualised version of our earth.
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Reaching the highest sphere is sometimes referred to as “merging with the whole” or achieving “Oneness” with the Creator. This is not particularly appealing to some people as it suggests that we give up our individuality. Silver Birch said that such is not the case. “The ultimate is not the attainment of Nirvana,” he communicated. “All spiritual progress is toward increasing individuality. You do not become less of an individual. You become more of an individual. You develop latent gifts, you acquire greater knowledge, your character becomes stronger, more of the divine is exhibited through you…You do not lose yourself. What you succeed in doing is finding yourself.”
Going back to romantic relationships in the Afterlife, I have read several times of two spirits being able to experience merging together and becoming one with each other, an experience which conveys tremendous joy, much more than we can experience on earth.
So I am sure that romantic relationships are fully available for everyone in the Afterlife.
