From: KimbaWLion_aol.com@127.0.0.1   
      
   Revat  wrote:   
      
   >Some things though just don't sit right with me. He says he was met by   
   >Jesus. How can everyone that dies be met by Jesus ? I mean how many   
   >people die every second on this planet ? How could Jesus possibly be   
   >seeing them all ? He took George Ritchie for a bit of a tour so it was   
   >happening in real time.   
   >   
   >Another thing was the suicides. For some people life in this world is   
   >never-ending suffering and they end their lives to stop it. But it   
   >seems even in the afterlife the suffering goes on .. "chained to every   
   >consequence of their actions" Jesus told George Ritchie when he was   
   >shown suicide souls. Are some people just supposed to suffer torment   
   >forever ?   
      
   I don't know the book in question, so I will talk about my understanding   
   of these things.   
      
   Both of these aspects have to do with the power of the mind to create its   
   own reality. Or "environment" might be a clearer term. For example, if a   
   person is deeply involved with the Christian religion, it may be that he   
   _needs_ to see Jesus immediately after crossing over. Therefore, his   
   interpretation of the first spirit he meets is that it is Jesus.   
      
   The same sort of thing applies to the suicide aspect. The person ends his   
   life in the depths of despair. He is completely wrapped up in his   
   problems. He takes this mindset with him, not necessarily chained to the   
   consequence of his actions, but still lost in the despair.   
      
   In neither case is the misperception permanent. One gradually learns to   
   leave the perceptions of this world behind and see their situation, or   
   others, for what they are. The person who committed suicide learns that he   
   doesn't have to despair, and learns to free himself from the chains that   
   he has perpetuated himself.   
      
   And of course my explanation reflects the fact that I am not particularly   
   taken with the "son of god" idea. But, without the limitations of time and   
   space, it would indeed be possible for one spirit to communicate with many   
   others all (apparently) at once. It is possible for one to receive a   
   "tour" in what we would think of as "an instant". Direct mind-to-mind   
   communication happens faster than you can imagine.   
      
   Returning to the question of George Ritchie's books, if you look them up   
   on Amazon.com, you will find several thoughtful reviews of them. Most   
   people seem to think highly of the man and his books.   
      
      
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