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Death and Rebirth, Chapter 2: Our First Stage After Death

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Lee — 2 Comments

For Chapter 1, click here. In his Forward to The Tibetan Book of the Dead John Woodroffe says: Life immediately after death is, according to this view, as Spiritists assert, similar to, and a continuation of, the life preceding it.…

Tagged with: death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, near-death experiences, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world, the world of spirits
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth, Chapter 1: The Experience of Dying

Posted on April 1, 2018 by Lee — 12 Comments

For the Introduction, click here. There is a difference between Swedenborg’s experience and the experiences of people who have come close to dying and have returned. When Swedenborg described the spiritual world and the process of dying in Heaven and…

Tagged with: angels, death, death and dying, Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, near-death experiences, rising from death, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world
Posted in Spiritual Growth, The Afterlife

Death and Rebirth: Introduction

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Lee — 2 Comments

In 1975 Raymond Moody published his book Life After Life. It became an instant bestseller, sparking an intense popular interest in near-death experiences (NDEs) that has continued to grow ever since. Suddenly there was new light shining on a part…

Tagged with: Emanuel Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell, Life After Life, near-death experiences, Raymond Moody, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the spiritual world
Posted in The Afterlife

How Imagination and Fantasy Help our Spiritual Growth

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Lee — 16 Comments

This post is an edited version of part of a reply I wrote to a comment by a reader named Boluwade Kujero on the article, “Is Masturbation Always Sinful? Does it Always Come from Lust?” My full comment responds to…

Tagged with: coveting, fantasy, imagination, lust, religion, sin, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, spirituality
Posted in Spiritual Growth

What If I’m In Love with Someone I Can’t Have?

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Lee — Leave a comment

Here is a Spiritual Conundrum submitted to Spiritual Insights for Everyday Life by a reader named xXxMajaxXx: Is it possible to fall in love in heaven with a person you never met? I know this sounds crazy, but I am…

Tagged with: eternal marriage, heaven, lasting marriage, love, marriage, personal development, relationships, spiritual growth, spirituality
Posted in Sex Marriage Relationships

Why does God Keep it a Secret until it’s Too Late?

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Lee — 9 Comments

Do any of these sound a little too familiar? You work hard toward something you’ve set your heart on, but no matter what you do, you just can’t achieve it. You start a project with high hopes, everything goes wrong,…

Tagged with: atheism, Divine Providence, Emanuel Swedenborg, future events, God, God works in a mysterious way, knowing the future, spiritual growth, spiritual rebirth, Swedenborg, the future
Posted in All About God, Spiritual Growth

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