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Gurbani (14-53)
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Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
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ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
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Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
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Gurbani (151-185)
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Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
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Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
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Chhant (435-462)
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Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
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Gurbani (527-536)
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Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
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Gurbani (557-564)
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Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
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Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
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Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
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Gurbani (1319-23)
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Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
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<blockquote data-quote="Astroboy" data-source="post: 106301" data-attributes="member: 4990"><p><strong>[FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> Desmond</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/garden.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"> </span></span>[/FONT]</strong>[FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 10px"> There are lots of stories of <strong>very young children</strong> that still remember what it was like <strong>before</strong> they came down here to this life. In the book "Life before birth" the authors Peter and Mary Harrison recount that little Desmond first spoke of his other life at the age of three and a half. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">He surprised his mother Dorothy one day by telling her, "You know mommy, before I came to be with you, I was with aunty Ruth!" He couldn’t have known that his aunty had had a still born baby about ten years before. She has a hard time talking about it, so the family never mentions it. Desmond told his mum, that it was warm and dark with Aunty Ruth. When asked where he was before, he replied "I went back <strong>home</strong> of course--the place I lived before I came to be with Aunty Ruth, where all the <strong>nice fields</strong> are and all the <strong>other little boys and girls</strong>." He mentioned there were big people there also that took care of them and that the children played games and attended <strong>school</strong>. Dorothy recounts how Desmond told her how the children used to play in <strong>pools</strong>. "But when I asked him if he swam, he answered no."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">He explained, "We didn’t swim because <strong>we didn’t sink</strong> and we <strong>never got wet</strong>. When we went into the water we just floated on top and <strong>the </strong> <strong>water just fell off</strong> when we got out and made its way back to the pool. And we were all dry…The <strong>water played songs</strong> for us , but not with words. When we picked up some water, it went tinkle tinkle."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> Another day Desmond told more about Heaven as Dorothy was planting some seeds with her son. Dorothy says: "He took my breath away when he told me he used to make his own <strong>singing flowers</strong>."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">When I asked what he meant, he answered: "You know <strong>flowers with the music coming out of them</strong>." </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">He explained that he and one of his friends in Heaven had been taught how to make flowers. All they had to do was to <strong>think of the flower stage by stage</strong> and the flower would appear in the colours he wanted and started to play music.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">As Desmond got older the stories of his other home become fewer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "Now he's six years old, he seems to have forgotten them." Says his mother, "but I am certain he must have had some strange experiences."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/skylake.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span>[/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Daniel</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong> </strong></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Another toddler called Daniel, spoke of his experiences to his mother when he was two and a half, when he saw the <strong>sea</strong> for the first time in his life. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">His mother Greta said, "I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He ran straight in and started dancing up and down."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Then Daniel told her, "<strong>I had to go into the water to get born</strong>, Mummy, it wasn't the same as the sea though. <strong>It was a river</strong>."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Asked where that was, he replied: "You know <strong>Heaven</strong>, where all the little boys and girls live before they are born. It's where the river was."</span>[/FONT]</p><p> [FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong>Lorna</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #0000ff"><strong> </strong></span></span>[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Lorna Bradshaw, at two years old had clear memories of being in Heaven before she was born, and remembers <strong>meeting Jesus</strong>. She spoke about it first time when her grandfather died. She said, "I expect when I am old, I'll be quite glad to die," she told her mother Margaret.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Everybody I love will be with Jesus and I'll want to be there too."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Margaret asked her where she had met Him.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"It was when I was <strong>at my other home before I was born</strong>," said Lorna. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Everybody knew it was Jesus when He came to see us. Everybody talked about Him coming." Lorna's father wondered if she had seen pictures of Jesus before and perhaps confused her present with an imagined past, or that she had simply dreamed about it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> Lorna answered: "Oh, I did see pictures of Jesus, but I liked Him better when I saw Him <strong>really</strong>."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Her father argued, "But you haven't died yet, Lorna, so how could you know about Heaven?"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"I died the last time," she said, "When I was little I got sick and went back to Jesus."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> Her Father asked what Jesus was like, and Lorna's face lit up.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"He was pretty," she told her father,". "He had <strong>shiny eyes</strong> and He <strong>made us all glad</strong>."</span>[/FONT]</p><p> [FONT=Arial,Arial] <p style="text-align: center">* * *</p><p> [/FONT]<strong> <p style="text-align: center">[FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #800000">Pre-Life Life Excerpt From "Embraced By The Light" </span></span></p></strong></p><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #800000"> </span></span>[/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="color: #0000ff">Courtesy Betty Eady</span>[/FONT]</p><p> [FONT=Arial,Arial] </strong></p><p><strong>Selecting a Body</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><img src="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/mkbeliev.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> [/FONT]</strong>[FONT=Arial,Arial]<span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">I returned to the garden and met my earlier escorts again. I had seen people progressing in the worlds I had visited, working toward becoming more like our Father, and I was curious about our development on earth. How do we grow?</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">My escorts were pleased with my question, and they took me to <strong>a place where many spirits prepared for life on earth</strong>. They were mature spirits--I saw no children spirits during my entire experience. <span style="color: #0000ff">[Editor: Which doesn't mean that there aren’t any, as we just learned from the article before this one]</span> I saw how desirous these spirits were of coming to earth. <strong>They looked upon life here as a school</strong> where they could learn many things and <strong>develop the attributes they lacked</strong>. I was told that we had all <strong>desired</strong> to come here, that we had actually <strong>chosen</strong> many of our <strong>weaknesses</strong> and difficult situations in our lives so that we could grow. I also understood that sometimes <strong>we were given weaknesses</strong> which would be for our <strong>good</strong>. The Lord also gives us gifts and talents according to his will. We should never compare our talents or weaknesses to another's. We each have what we need; we are <strong>unique</strong>. Equality of spiritual weaknesses or gifts is <strong>not important</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"…We were also given the <strong>spiritual</strong> attributes we would need for our missions, many of them specially designed for our needs. Our parents had their own set of spiritual attributes, some of which may have been passed down to us, and we watched how they used these abilities. While maturing, we also acquired other attributes. Now we have our own set of spiritual tools, and we can <strong>continue to learn</strong> how to use these abilities or we can <strong>choose not to</strong> use them at all. No matter what our age is, we can continue to acquire new spiritual attributes that can help us in old or new situations. The <strong>choice is always there</strong>. I saw that we always have the right attribute to help ourselves, though we may not have recognized it or learned how to use it. We need to look within. We need to trust our abilities; the right spiritual tool is always there for us.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"…After watching the spirits trying to corral these two young people together, my attention turned to other spirits making preparations to go to earth. One exceptionally brilliant and dynamic spirit was just entering his mother's womb. He had <strong>chosen</strong> to enter this world <strong>mentally handicapped</strong>. He was very excited about this opportunity and was aware of the growth he and his parents would achieve. The three of them had bonded with each other and planned for this arrangement long before. He <strong>chose</strong> to begin his mortal life at his <strong>body's conception</strong>, and I watched his spirit move into the womb and enter the newly formed life. He was anxious to feel the great love of his mortal parents.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"I learned that spirits can choose to enter their mothers' body at <strong>any stage</strong> of her pregnancy. Once there, they immediately begin experiencing mortality. <strong>Abortion</strong>, I was told, is <strong>contrary</strong> to that which is natural. The spirit coming into the body feels a sense of rejection and sorrow. It knows that the body was to be his, whether it was conceived out of wedlock or was handicapped or was only strong enough to live a few hours. But the spirit also feels compassion for its mother, knowing that she made a decision based on the knowledge she had.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"I saw many spirits who would only come to the earth for a <strong>short time</strong>, living only hours, or days after their birth. They were as excited as the others, knowing that they had a <strong>purpose</strong> to fulfill. I understood that their deaths had been appointed before their births--as were all of ours. These spirits did not need the development that would result from longer lives in mortality, and their deaths would provide <strong>challenges</strong> that would help their parents grow. The grief that comes here is intense but short. After we are united again, all pain is washed away, and only the joy of our growth and togetherness is felt.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "I was surprised at how many plans and decisions were made for the benefit of others. We were all willing to make sacrifices for others. <strong>Everything</strong> is done for the growth of the <strong>spirit</strong>--all experience, all gifts and weaknesses are designed for this growth. The things of this world matter little to us there--almost not at all. Everything is seen through spiritual eyes.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"A time was established for each of us to complete our earthly education. Some spirits would come only to be born, to give experience to <strong>others</strong> and then pass quickly out of this world. Some would live to an old age to complete their goals and benefit <strong>others</strong> by allowing them opportunities to <strong>serve</strong>. Some would come to be our <strong>leaders</strong> or <strong>followers</strong>, our soldiers, or our rich or poor, and the purpose for their coming would be to <strong>provide situations</strong> and <strong>relationships</strong> that would allow us to learn to <strong>love</strong>. <strong>All</strong> who would be led into our paths would lead us to our ultimate achievement. We were to be tested under challenging conditions to see how we would live the most important commandment of all--to <strong>love one another</strong>. We are all collectively bonded to each other while on earth, united in this one supreme purpose--to learn to <strong>love one another</strong>.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> "Before this scene of the pre-earth life spirits was closed up, my attention was drawn to another spirit. She was one of the most charming and delightful beings I had seen yet. She was buoyant with energy and radiated a contagious cheer to all around her. Watching her with wonder, I recognized that feeling of a close bond between us and the love that I knew she felt for me. My memory of this moment has been mostly blocked, but I knew that I would never forget her, and there was no doubt that wherever she went she was going to be somebody's special angel.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"During this view of the pre-mortal existence, I was impressed by the <strong>beauty</strong> and <strong>glory</strong> of each spirit. I knew that I had been there before, that each of us had, and that we had been filled with light and beauty. Then the thought came to me, referring to us all: "If you could see yourself before you were born, you would be amazed at your intelligence and glory. Birth is a sleep and a forgetting."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/lifelife.htm" target="_blank"></a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><a href="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/lifelife.htm" target="_blank">LIFE BEFORE LIFE STORIES FROM CHILDREN THAT REMEMBER BEING IN HEAVEN BEFORE THEY WERE BORN AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW SOME REMEMBER MEETING JESUS</a></span>[/FONT]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Astroboy, post: 106301, member: 4990"] [B][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff] Desmond [IMG]http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/garden.jpg[/IMG] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=2] There are lots of stories of [B]very young children[/B] that still remember what it was like [B]before[/B] they came down here to this life. In the book "Life before birth" the authors Peter and Mary Harrison recount that little Desmond first spoke of his other life at the age of three and a half. He surprised his mother Dorothy one day by telling her, "You know mommy, before I came to be with you, I was with aunty Ruth!" He couldn’t have known that his aunty had had a still born baby about ten years before. She has a hard time talking about it, so the family never mentions it. Desmond told his mum, that it was warm and dark with Aunty Ruth. When asked where he was before, he replied "I went back [B]home[/B] of course--the place I lived before I came to be with Aunty Ruth, where all the [B]nice fields[/B] are and all the [B]other little boys and girls[/B]." He mentioned there were big people there also that took care of them and that the children played games and attended [B]school[/B]. Dorothy recounts how Desmond told her how the children used to play in [B]pools[/B]. "But when I asked him if he swam, he answered no." He explained, "We didn’t swim because [B]we didn’t sink[/B] and we [B]never got wet[/B]. When we went into the water we just floated on top and [B]the [/B] [B]water just fell off[/B] when we got out and made its way back to the pool. And we were all dry…The [B]water played songs[/B] for us , but not with words. When we picked up some water, it went tinkle tinkle." Another day Desmond told more about Heaven as Dorothy was planting some seeds with her son. Dorothy says: "He took my breath away when he told me he used to make his own [B]singing flowers[/B]." When I asked what he meant, he answered: "You know [B]flowers with the music coming out of them[/B]." He explained that he and one of his friends in Heaven had been taught how to make flowers. All they had to do was to [B]think of the flower stage by stage[/B] and the flower would appear in the colours he wanted and started to play music. As Desmond got older the stories of his other home become fewer. "Now he's six years old, he seems to have forgotten them." Says his mother, "but I am certain he must have had some strange experiences." [IMG]http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/skylake.jpg[/IMG] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][B]Daniel [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=2] Another toddler called Daniel, spoke of his experiences to his mother when he was two and a half, when he saw the [B]sea[/B] for the first time in his life. His mother Greta said, "I thought that his eyes were going to pop out of his head. He ran straight in and started dancing up and down." Then Daniel told her, "[B]I had to go into the water to get born[/B], Mummy, it wasn't the same as the sea though. [B]It was a river[/B]." Asked where that was, he replied: "You know [B]Heaven[/B], where all the little boys and girls live before they are born. It's where the river was."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#0000ff][B] Lorna [/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=2] Lorna Bradshaw, at two years old had clear memories of being in Heaven before she was born, and remembers [B]meeting Jesus[/B]. She spoke about it first time when her grandfather died. She said, "I expect when I am old, I'll be quite glad to die," she told her mother Margaret. "Everybody I love will be with Jesus and I'll want to be there too." Margaret asked her where she had met Him. "It was when I was [B]at my other home before I was born[/B]," said Lorna. "Everybody knew it was Jesus when He came to see us. Everybody talked about Him coming." Lorna's father wondered if she had seen pictures of Jesus before and perhaps confused her present with an imagined past, or that she had simply dreamed about it. Lorna answered: "Oh, I did see pictures of Jesus, but I liked Him better when I saw Him [B]really[/B]." Her father argued, "But you haven't died yet, Lorna, so how could you know about Heaven?" "I died the last time," she said, "When I was little I got sick and went back to Jesus." Her Father asked what Jesus was like, and Lorna's face lit up. "He was pretty," she told her father,". "He had [B]shiny eyes[/B] and He [B]made us all glad[/B]."[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial,Arial] [CENTER]* * *[/CENTER] [/FONT][B] [CENTER][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=#800000]Pre-Life Life Excerpt From "Embraced By The Light" [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][COLOR=#0000ff]Courtesy Betty Eady[/COLOR][/FONT][/CENTER] [FONT=Arial,Arial] Selecting a Body [IMG]http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/mkbeliev.jpg[/IMG] [/FONT][/B][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=2] I returned to the garden and met my earlier escorts again. I had seen people progressing in the worlds I had visited, working toward becoming more like our Father, and I was curious about our development on earth. How do we grow? My escorts were pleased with my question, and they took me to [B]a place where many spirits prepared for life on earth[/B]. They were mature spirits--I saw no children spirits during my entire experience. [COLOR=#0000ff][Editor: Which doesn't mean that there aren’t any, as we just learned from the article before this one][/COLOR] I saw how desirous these spirits were of coming to earth. [B]They looked upon life here as a school[/B] where they could learn many things and [B]develop the attributes they lacked[/B]. I was told that we had all [B]desired[/B] to come here, that we had actually [B]chosen[/B] many of our [B]weaknesses[/B] and difficult situations in our lives so that we could grow. I also understood that sometimes [B]we were given weaknesses[/B] which would be for our [B]good[/B]. The Lord also gives us gifts and talents according to his will. We should never compare our talents or weaknesses to another's. We each have what we need; we are [B]unique[/B]. Equality of spiritual weaknesses or gifts is [B]not important[/B]. "…We were also given the [B]spiritual[/B] attributes we would need for our missions, many of them specially designed for our needs. Our parents had their own set of spiritual attributes, some of which may have been passed down to us, and we watched how they used these abilities. While maturing, we also acquired other attributes. Now we have our own set of spiritual tools, and we can [B]continue to learn[/B] how to use these abilities or we can [B]choose not to[/B] use them at all. No matter what our age is, we can continue to acquire new spiritual attributes that can help us in old or new situations. The [B]choice is always there[/B]. I saw that we always have the right attribute to help ourselves, though we may not have recognized it or learned how to use it. We need to look within. We need to trust our abilities; the right spiritual tool is always there for us. "…After watching the spirits trying to corral these two young people together, my attention turned to other spirits making preparations to go to earth. One exceptionally brilliant and dynamic spirit was just entering his mother's womb. He had [B]chosen[/B] to enter this world [B]mentally handicapped[/B]. He was very excited about this opportunity and was aware of the growth he and his parents would achieve. The three of them had bonded with each other and planned for this arrangement long before. He [B]chose[/B] to begin his mortal life at his [B]body's conception[/B], and I watched his spirit move into the womb and enter the newly formed life. He was anxious to feel the great love of his mortal parents. "I learned that spirits can choose to enter their mothers' body at [B]any stage[/B] of her pregnancy. Once there, they immediately begin experiencing mortality. [B]Abortion[/B], I was told, is [B]contrary[/B] to that which is natural. The spirit coming into the body feels a sense of rejection and sorrow. It knows that the body was to be his, whether it was conceived out of wedlock or was handicapped or was only strong enough to live a few hours. But the spirit also feels compassion for its mother, knowing that she made a decision based on the knowledge she had. "I saw many spirits who would only come to the earth for a [B]short time[/B], living only hours, or days after their birth. They were as excited as the others, knowing that they had a [B]purpose[/B] to fulfill. I understood that their deaths had been appointed before their births--as were all of ours. These spirits did not need the development that would result from longer lives in mortality, and their deaths would provide [B]challenges[/B] that would help their parents grow. The grief that comes here is intense but short. After we are united again, all pain is washed away, and only the joy of our growth and togetherness is felt. "I was surprised at how many plans and decisions were made for the benefit of others. We were all willing to make sacrifices for others. [B]Everything[/B] is done for the growth of the [B]spirit[/B]--all experience, all gifts and weaknesses are designed for this growth. The things of this world matter little to us there--almost not at all. Everything is seen through spiritual eyes. "A time was established for each of us to complete our earthly education. Some spirits would come only to be born, to give experience to [B]others[/B] and then pass quickly out of this world. Some would live to an old age to complete their goals and benefit [B]others[/B] by allowing them opportunities to [B]serve[/B]. Some would come to be our [B]leaders[/B] or [B]followers[/B], our soldiers, or our rich or poor, and the purpose for their coming would be to [B]provide situations[/B] and [B]relationships[/B] that would allow us to learn to [B]love[/B]. [B]All[/B] who would be led into our paths would lead us to our ultimate achievement. We were to be tested under challenging conditions to see how we would live the most important commandment of all--to [B]love one another[/B]. We are all collectively bonded to each other while on earth, united in this one supreme purpose--to learn to [B]love one another[/B]. "Before this scene of the pre-earth life spirits was closed up, my attention was drawn to another spirit. She was one of the most charming and delightful beings I had seen yet. She was buoyant with energy and radiated a contagious cheer to all around her. Watching her with wonder, I recognized that feeling of a close bond between us and the love that I knew she felt for me. My memory of this moment has been mostly blocked, but I knew that I would never forget her, and there was no doubt that wherever she went she was going to be somebody's special angel. "During this view of the pre-mortal existence, I was impressed by the [B]beauty[/B] and [B]glory[/B] of each spirit. I knew that I had been there before, that each of us had, and that we had been filled with light and beauty. Then the thought came to me, referring to us all: "If you could see yourself before you were born, you would be amazed at your intelligence and glory. Birth is a sleep and a forgetting." [URL="http://users.belgacom.net/gc674645/grave/lifelife.htm"] LIFE BEFORE LIFE STORIES FROM CHILDREN THAT REMEMBER BEING IN HEAVEN BEFORE THEY WERE BORN AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW SOME REMEMBER MEETING JESUS[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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