Heaven and Hell Video – what do we make of it?
Apparently, this man died…and returned..Heaven and Hell are real he says in this YouTube video.
A friend posted the video link in her Facebook profile and posed the question:
“What do you guys think of this video? you think he’s real? fake? cool video etc?”
Here is my reply:
The video raises a number of complex questions, but I will comment in a simplistic way – after all, a loving God cannot by definition exclude people on the basis of intelligence or ability to understand religious or spiritual issues.
As it happens, this man’s experience seems to run contrary to generally accepted Christian doctrine in the sense that he was given an opportunity to change after he had died.
Christian doctrine is basically a sticking point in a whole heap of ways which are exacerbated by the huge variety of denominations, sects and Christian cults. In many of these you would be deemed as being destined for hell if you do not believe in the way that they prescribe.
Clearly, we need to get at the truth behind the situation. Perhaps we can take some cues from the Bible itself, where I recall that Jesus himself apparently said to the religious people that the prostitutes and tax collectors were going into the kingdom of heaven ahead of them. (In those days tax collectors were often extortionate criminals). The Bible has many clear messages against religiosity and Phariseeism – hypocritical observance of the letter of religious or moral law without regard for the spirit; sanctimoniousness.
All these different denominations cannot be right about their differing “formulae” for entering heaven. No wonder that so many people are confused. As a former Christian Minister with cross denominational experience myself , a Private Investigator (one of my professional hats), and a current counsellor, I can sadly confirm that churches are riddled with all kinds of people and nefarious activities; not all of which have been exposed. Whilst personally involved with the church I suffered severe persecution at times as a result of my sincerity. Many of these Christians have trouble with their beliefs, and then there is the issue of the integrity of belief in terms of: is it just a head thing or a heart thing? We also have clear examples of where large numbers of Christians, both lay folk and the Ministry, demonstrate a distinct lack of ability to hear from God because they get taken in by people like that fake terminally ill pastor that scandalised Australia earlier this year. So who should we really listen to, and what should we really believe?
I think it is all very simple. We should set our inner compass to loving that which is good, and loving people. As we do this we will find God, the loving cosmic energy, or whatever you want to call it. Doing good simply because we are afraid of hell, or some other punishment, is simply another form of selfishness because it is motivated by a reward or avoidance of a penalty. We should like good for its own sake. Love is indeed beautiful. Once many years ago, I called out to God when I was in a very difficult situation, and in the spirit I saw an intense ball of light – what was incredibly moving and interesting was the way that I saw it – its composition was pure love and it was overwhelming. It did not look like a man, just a ball of white light and energy. It did feel very strange being able to see it, but that was because I was doing it in the spiritual realm. I also found it fascinating that when I called out for help, it appeared in a form which was foreign to what I had been subconsciously conditioned to expect from an early age (man with white beard etc… I’m sure you get the idea).
To sum up, it is the essence of your being which matters. Your real motivations. This is what Jesus himself alluded to. Religion has nothing to do with it. It is also related to knowing yourself – you see, while we cling on to ideas and notions that we are good people we are blocking the flow of spiritual energy and power in our lives. When we are really honest with ourselves, we know that we’re not good. We know we have these dark and unpleasant thoughts about others. We know that our base nature is not good at all. When we have acknowledged this, and reach out to the spiritual world to receive real goodness and love, it is then that we can be a channel to help others. And when we know that we are loved deep down in the core of our being, we can then help others in the true spirit of love. This is how we know God, the cosmic energy or whatever you want to call it.
PS: this is not a pro Judaeo-Christian apologetic. Personally, I am a Shaman and as such no doubt will be heartily condemned by religious people and churchgoing folk. I like God a lot – I use the term “God” because it is a readily understood concept. The spiritual is the source of my strength and goodness. I have found that the more humble minded I become, the more I can love people and help them spiritually. And for those who don’t believe in any matters spiritual, I would suggest that you consider the evidence that police forces around the world, and some intelligence agencies, have used spiritual phenomena to achieve their aims. They are of course people primarily concerned with facts, and things that work.
Addendum to post.
I received some email correspondence from someone about this article, and while I will never reveal who the author was, I think it useful for readers to view and in the public interest. Please bear in mind that the writer, who became vitriolic and nasty towards the end of our correspondence, also exhibited other concerning behavior in other earlier correspondence that has not been published. From a psychological profiling perspective, interacting and studying the individual concerned has been a fascinating and worthwhile experience.
The individual comments about a Twitter post about a foal and the one before it a kitten. These were posts about Daily Mail articles concerning human unkindness to animals. In the case of the foal I commented (in the Tweet) that the last human experience the foal had before it died was loving. I had a number of good reasons for tweeting about the issues, however the writer never asked why, and proceeded instead immediately to judge me and my motives.
The person writes about a point of difference that she had mentioned in earlier correspondence. I was surprised at the difficulty she had finding it again, or recalling it, especially in view of how it later became a huge problem for her.
She writes:
Hi Alex,
I looked for this paragraph earlier today, but couldn’t find it–I’d just been clicking around and forgot what it was under :) Ah, heaven and hell, heh-heh
To sum up, it is the essence of your being which matters. Your real motivations. This is what Jesus himself alluded to. Religion has nothing to do with it. It is also related to knowing yourself – you see, while we cling on to ideas and notions that we are good people we are blocking the flow of spiritual energy and power in our lives. When we are really honest with ourselves, we know that we’re not good. We know we have these dark and unpleasant thoughts about others. We know that our base nature is not good at all. When we have acknowledged this, and reach out to the spiritual world to receive real goodness and love, it is then that we can be a channel to help others. And when we know that we are loved deep down in the core of our being, we can then help others in the true spirit of love. This is how we know God, the cosmic energy or whatever you want to call it.
I totally agree on the “motivations” being key. My Guides told me several years ago, actions mean nothing, it’s intentions that are significant. And it actually shocked me when I heard them say that. But it definitely makes sense.
On the other hand, the rest of it…is…well…I’m holding back here…should I? Uh, it goes so strongly against what I “believe”/know is truth. Quite frankly, it sounds like stuff you’d hear from Sunday morning’s fire-n-brimstone preacher man. Ya’ know how I spoke of my “purpose” in that last email. Strangely enough, I know that part of my purpose is to teach others the exact opposite of what you’re teaching in that paragraph.
One of the hardest energetic “imprints” for me to shake was that there is no separate “God.” That’s a hard one to shake, especially for one who had no loving parent. That wonderful feeling that there is some loving authority figure watching over you. If there was a separate being, that would make us “below.” Less than. There is no “less than.” It simply isn’t the truth. And if you truly look at what you’ve said here, you’ll see that it makes no sense. Tell me WHY an all-powerful loving “god” would love beings that were essentially trash? Much less create them (“his children”) to be such? How could it be? How could such a god even create such lowly beings?? It simply isn’t the truth.
Everything about us is Good. Everything. We appear otherwise solely out of our twisted perception, our false beliefs. As “Magicians” (the creators of our own lives), we create what we’ve been taught to believe. That we are “wretches,” lowly without this being called “God” on our side. And for some strange reason he “loves” these powerless wretches–oh, but only if they’re “good.” Why? Shouldn’t he get something out of the deal? lol ;) Self-loathing peeps don’t love…anything, anyone. Job One is Self-Love. Self-Love. That statement makes self-loathing “Christians” cringe. Understandably. Misery loves company?
Now look at what you’re telling people. “You’re not good, stop thinking you’re valuable and precious.” “KNOW THAT YOU’RE NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD AT ALL.” Okay, then you say, now swallow this… “God loves you deeply…even though you’re a piece of shit.” Oh-yeah, why is that?? lol Seriously, that makes sense to you?
Do you not see that it is this belief — that we are essentially trash (“wretches” … “sinners”) unless we do this or that, be this or that. Do something supposedly “good” on the outside of our otherwise worthless presence — do you not see that this belief is the reason we are barreling toward self-destruction? Look around, self-loathing people (includes most, varying degrees) are extremely self-destructive as well as dangerous to others. And do you think a self-destructive, self-loathing people is gonna give a damn about our world? No. They take it down with them, and that’s what’s happening.
And that will continue unless people “awaken” to the fact that THEY are this energy called “God.” Now doesn’t it make sense that if people knew that they were this precious thing called “God,” they KNEW they were valuable, most assuredly worthy of love… how do you think that would change the world? :) Additionally, to KNOW that, you would also know that we are each “God.” That Everything is, no separation. How do you think it would change the world if it were filled with people who knew that harming another is no different than harming themselves? They knew this. They knew that they needed to do nothing, to prove nothing, to OWN nothing…to make them be valuable.
I can tell you, as I was being taught this, discovering it, I totally lost that material-girl thing :) And that’s a real joy, real freedom. Now that doesn’t mean that all our old energetic “imprints” leave us immediately. And this crazy world has a way of sucking ya’ back into their insanity, their beliefs that we need stuff and status to be of worth. But even so, at the core, you don’t really forget :) For me, I’m blessed with an ability to see and receive messages all around me. The Universe won’t let me forget. So when I’m whining, I’m just living out known patterns, while the wiser one within me kinda rolls her eyes, lol ;)
I may not have convinced you, but oh-my-gosh, I “pray” that you stop teaching people that they are not good. Teach them that they are good, just as they are–that’s the only way it will become truth in this reality. Because it’s already the truth beyond the physical. Shaming people into “being good” is definitely not the answer. “Do-gooding” is only Good when it comes from the heart, not from guilt or a need to prove one’s Goodness. There’s nothing to prove. We are Good. Period.
You tell me how someone could feel more peace and joy than to know that were inherently good, valuable, worthy of love, truly self-loving and consequently loving toward others. Nothing to prove, nothing to be, nothing to become. Just because they are. THAT is the only thing that will bring peace and healing to our world. And one way I propose to teach people that they are “God” is to teach them they are magical :) Magical ones who constantly create per their powerful thoughts, just like the fairytale “God” in that old book. Something that will prove to them that they have amazing value, and that they are the “Lord” of their own lives. Makes sense, yes? ;)
I then replied:
Thanks for your detailed email. I appreciate it very much. I will reply in more detail in due course however for starters, this may help:
Simply – we have our bad, our middling and our excellent…our selfish egos and subtle motivations.
God (I will use the term God for Spirit/Cosmos/Divine etc) is good, all knowing and all loving.
We have the divine within – all of us – but it manifests in us to varying degrees. Some people are very ‘dark’ but still have some light.
So, we all need to ‘move’ to a state of being where we can manifest as much light as possible. For this to happen, one key is to let go of our rottenness which includes acknowledging that we are powerless and we need the divine help. I.e: we cannot be good in our own selves, we need the divine. If we think we can manifest the divine without the divine (religion of good works) then we are mistaken. It is when we allow the divine to shine through us that we live in glory (not pride). We do not need to beat up ourselves because we think are wretched etc – we simply turn to the divine and allow that to flow. Another way of looking at it is that I realise that I am very stupid. My self esteem is very high and academically I am bright. Yet I know that divine wisdom is so infinite that I know bugger all. So I rely on Spirit for wisdom and guidance. I don’t sit here berating myself for my lacks – be they wisdom or bad motives which I might notice, I simply ask Spirit (and expect to receive) for help. Thus become a channel. Less of the yukky non aligned with divine me and more of the divine. I allow the kingdom of the divine within to shine.
Additionally, when Spirit shows you you are loved you KNOW. In the presence and understanding of such great beauty (of Spirit) you will notice your own awfulness and also how much you are loved. It is easy then to let go of all reliance on non divine nature self. You do not try to ‘be good’ with a religion of works anymore. It happens in the deep, it is not a head psychological thing. You know.
You see, when you KNOW deep in the deepest core of your being that you are loved, then you can look at any of your nastiness within and it does not bother you in the sense of feeling wretched etc. You have an altruistic concern that you want to get it fixed for the sake of others, the divine and of course yourself.
I hope this clarifies things somewhat and I can see that I need to add more detail to the post so that some people can understand it better. I am speaking of deep things with insufficient detail which causes some people to read it in the way you have.
Alex
Note: added the word some twice to last paragraph for clarity/accuracy – the words some were not in my original email. All other text – mine and hers, is unedited.
She replies again:
Hi Alex,
I have to be honest, after reading this last email, I feel drained. It just made me feel truly ill inside, weak — it’s just so sad that you feel this way. Your parents truly harmed you. You don’t even see it…
“let go of our rottenness” i.e., you are rotten (well, I’m not)
“we are powerless and we need the divine help”
i.e., you are powerless, and need help?(I am not powerless, I am Power=that which is called “God” … and how you see me/others is all about you, no one else…it’s ALL a mirror of YOU)
“I realise that I am very stupid.” …
“yukky non aligned”
“you will notice your own awfulness” …
“your nastiness within”
“feeling wretched”
I saw the tweet you did on the foal, omg, horror–I don’t see how you could have posted that…and the one before it. Such a stark contrast to your “joywizard” name…
I’m not angry with you, just so sad for you. I still feel so ill…I’m hypersensitive, and … I feel like you’ve got some truth in there, but it’s all mixed up with self-loathing shit. Damn, your parents really did a number on you. I always doubt my ability to pick up on the energy of others, but omg, I feel it so strongly right now. You’re hiding all this sadness under a mask of “joy.”
What I didn’t share from the biblio was it said something about not trusting “Alex” (which aligned with a card I’d drawn on you initially) — it said it twice on one page (if you don’t believe me, get the book, see the page). And I thought yikes. But then there was another statement, “Give Alex a chance.” So it seemed the Universe (ultimately a higher part of me) was encouraging me to connect with you. Maybe I was simply to plant this seed, the idea of Self-Love within you, but someone else will have to cultivate it — I can’t bear interacting with someone who believes they and other human beings are inherently “rotten.” I can barely type this, feeling that energy…
Again, if you’re strong in what you believe, then none of this should matter to you. But I need to move on. Twitter too. Please don’t hate me, I wish you well, Alex. I truly do.
So I reply:
Hi ,
Thank you for your email.
I don’t have a mask of joy – it is real. People even regularly comment on how much better they feel around me. I love myself very much. People who know me comment on that too. And I certainly don’t loathe myself. You are misunderstanding me. Without the divine I am nothing – with it I AM.
We all have the divine within us – it is not rotten. Some of our thinking/motives/energies etc is though.
Anyway, best wishes and blessings. Alex
Unknown to me, while I was writing the last email above, I received this:
Alex, I feel I need to protect myself from that kind of energy, so I’ve set a filter to delete any emails from you. So please don’t respond. Again, please know I’m not angry with you at all. And there’s nothing more you can say to me that will change my mind or bring anything better to this situation. Again, be well.
My additional comments on the above:
I doubt she saw my last email. And I sincerely doubt she will see my addendum to this article because she claims to find me so loathsome.
She mentions that she got some kind of warning not to trust me. The interesting thing is that in earlier correspondence, when seeking my help, she made no mention of this warning. If I was truly untrustworthy, then publishing that someone said so is not normal behavior for a ‘con man’.
Those readers with psychological profiling experience will have noticed some of the individual’s problems. I cannot publish the earlier correspondence I received, however I had further points of concern resulting from those also.
I might also add that I have often had people express how I am one of the few people they can trust. I have even had people tell me, despite having no children of my own, that they would trust me with the care of their children should they (the parents) die. Others have spoken of the light and love they see coming through me/from me/around me.
The individual who wrote to me portrays herself online as very loving and so on. I leave you to draw your own conclusions. On her website she admits to being opinionated. The dictionary defines opinionated thus:
There is lots more I could say – stuff that could ‘further my case’, however I don’t see the need.
One final thing I will add:
The lady denies that there is/are a separate loving spiritual being/s, though she does mention Guides in a non loving capacity i.e a guide. It seems clear then that she has never met them (loving beings). She thus denies some of the basic principles of Shamanism – loving interaction with spirits for example. I have benefited much from this interaction, though writing about all that is beyond the scope of this post.
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I find you thoughts and writings interesting as I been in the church circles but now are well out of it. However this does not mean I stopped believing in Jesus Christ.
A lot of what you say here is right, Jesus was never religious, the bible when read in the spirit not in flesh clearly shows one that and the spirit reveals that to the reader.
I guess a lot of the writings I have been given under various titles that are up on my web site reflect where I am. Like you I was persecuted (the word tells us this would happen to his true followers).
I have even been tossed out of their churches simply because I asked a question of the leader(s) and because they could not answer it they turned on me and in almost all cases said I was a trouble maker.
But they did the same to Jesus and it took me a long time and a lot of pain and hurt and then forgiveness to understand that I am not a trouble maker but one who is seeking the truth of all things.
The truth goes against everything this world stands for and does and Jesus came to tell and show us this and that a better kingdom is coming, his kingdom.
Thats the sad part, it has all been revelaed to mankind but they absolutely refuse to see it and hear it, ears to hear, eyes to see but man does neither because they want to remain in their state of wickness.
I am not here to condemn anyone but to love those ones struggling to find they way to their true home but in walking as Jesus did is absolute freedom from religion of any kind that man may want to put a name to.
He gave men boundaries to walk in but they are not boundaries because the more you follow and the more you become like him, the more you walk in freedom from everything in this world.
I will confess here I have lost my way somewhat and that because I walk so much alone as I cannot find those who understand what has been revealed to me simply by following him.
I am I guess in someway broken inside or have a broken heart for seeing all the distress man causes himself and brings upon opthers because of their fallen state, all of which you understand very, very clearly.
I am lead to write more, but am also lead to stop as well. You may choose to delete this post which I pray you do not but do with it as you are lead to do.
If you were in my country, New Zealand it be great to stop and rest a while and talk and I think you would find where you have been and where you are, are in fact the same place.
Hello Ian,
Thank you for your comment on this post, and those on the IE9 post.
In time I will write more about the spiritual underpinnings of everything and all religions; which will help clarify the true situation.
Just one example is that of the Christian concept/modality of ‘inner healing’. It is actually a form of ‘shamanic journeying’ though many ‘Christians’ would be horrified to hear this.
Spirit operates in a lawful way. If people follow spiritual law, just like the obvious physical law of gravity, then they will get results of some kind – even physical healing. The healing does not mean their dogma is correct however – it just means they tapped into the function of spiritual law which has to work regardless of the religion, denomination, dogma etc, simply because it is a law.