The Astral Body & After Death Experience
The astral light can be referred to as the memory of God. Since light is substance, then astral light must have qualities and conditions. It can be compared to a great photo gallery with a lens that is able to take pictures. These astral images are similar to the ‘negatives we receive back from the camera store.
The astral light is known as ethereal substance by science. It is an invisible region that surrounds the earth and can be seen by those few who can see auras and have advanced intuition.
After death, the breath of the physical body ceases, and the image body slowly adjusts itself to the region of the astral light. The astral body may initially be greeted by friends, loved ones and familiar circumstances, however, this phase will pass rather quickly as the consciousness of soul wants to move forward onto higher realms of existence. Thus, the soul will separate itself from its astral vehicle and shed its astral skin to free itself from the confines of heavy matter. So, the astral ‘shell’ is left behind to disintegrate as a remnant of the former personality. It only contains the reminiscences and old tape recordings of the life just lived and cannot learn or assimilate any new ideas.
The astral shell can be seen by only a rare few, and some shells can materialize if the leftover energy from their lifetime hasn’t dissipated due to anger, greed, fear selfishness or hatred. In other words, the shell can remain in the astral region for an amount of time equivalent to the amount of negative energy it harbored during its lifetime.
Certainly the shell does not wander in the astral region with the persistent, intelligent conscious purpose of communicating this fact. The nature of its consciousness is nothing more than a reflected light.
After crossing through the astral region, the soul passes through a subjective realm of "heavenly bliss". In this dream-like state, the soul will have the most beautiful dream imaginable, and all the hopes and expectations of the former lifetime will come true. During the soul’s dream, all the unhappiness and disappointments of the prior life will no longer exist, and all the people who the personality had loved, will all be there. Now, doesn’t that sound just heavenly?
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