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  People often confuse reincarnation and purgatory , and at first glance, it’s easy to see why. Both deal with what happens after death , both involve some form of ongoing process, and both seem to suggest that the soul is not instantly “finished” at the moment of death. But beneath that surface similarity, they are answering the same human question in fundamentally different ways: What happens to us if we are not yet fully what we are meant to be? What Reincarnation Says Reincarnation, most commonly associated with traditions like Hinduism and Buddhism, proposes that: The soul (or stream of consciousness) lives many lives Each life is shaped by previous actions (karma) Growth is gradual and cumulative The goal is eventual liberation (moksha, nirvana) In this view, life is a cycle : birth → death → rebirth → repeat If you are not yet perfected, you return—again and again—until you are. What Purgatory Says Purgatory, as taught in the Catholic Church , is something quite...

Today's book excerpt comes from  An Afternoon's Dictation  by  Steven Greenebaum . This book has been in the Amazon top 100 among interfaith and ecumenical books on many occasions. PART TWO: DEALING WITH DEATH AND DYING CHAPTER FIVE   It wasn’t lost on me that the questions that most oppressed my mind and had me angrily demanding answers from God weren’t answered until halfway through the revelations that were placed before me. Still, what I desperately needed at that moment of crisis in my life was some kind of handle on death and dying. So, what I gravitated to first were the revelations about these two difficult subjects. I read them, reread them, and lived with them. In all honesty, being open to it required me to reorient my thinking about God as well as life and death—which is a lot to unpack! But it did comfort me and help me to begin to move ahead. Given how spent I felt, this was no small task. The mind is not the soul. Nor is the body. Sometimes, the mind...

  In a post on her blog that she shared today, Marti Wells-Smith ( Lamentations of the Heart ) relates a dream about her late son that was experienced by a friend.  Here is the beginning of the post: I want to share a dream with you that a dear friend had, following the passing of my son in 2019. She said that Grant appeared in what looked like a hologram, with a radiant smile, and impressed upon her what seemed to be a telepathic message. He told her that we shouldn't be sad, because there is no sadness in heaven - and that everyone there is connected heart to heart - with a universal language...I think of this often, and rejoice for the beautiful signs I've received, and for a dream such as this. My son is blissfully happy now, forever. But my sadness? It still comes and goes, as time moves along and life continues. Yet it's not a hopeless sorrow - I have great hope for our futures. Can you feel your loved ones gone on? Do you also wait to be reunited with great ex...