tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432633271282355020.post2241154726484056519..comments2023-10-05T08:21:32.000-04:00Comments on Soul Lite: MemoriesChonihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10279879507351594239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432633271282355020.post-9977341839702223142010-07-25T00:10:30.295-04:002010-07-25T00:10:30.295-04:00Sorry that I did not notice your comment till now....Sorry that I did not notice your comment till now. I was very ill around that time and it could be with difficulty concentrating that I glossed over my e-mails during this time. Thanks to the Creator I am now feeling better. <br /><br />In Judaism, we do believe that there will be an age of a "new heaven and earth". However, it's possible that it will happen a while after the Messiah arrives and humanity lives out some generations of peace and spirituality in their current biological form. <br /><br />Vertical memory should be possible in our current biological form. Moses and our great prophets had it. Even our later mystics had it to some extant. They all had bodies functioning by the standard mechanisms of biology. If they occasssionally transcended these mechanisms it was onlt because people, as we know them, are capable of doing that by becoming more spiritually developed.<br /><br />However, in general I agree based on the words of Tenakh that there will one day be a new heaven and earth and it won't look like the one we're in now. Otherwise, what would be its purpose?Chonihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10279879507351594239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1432633271282355020.post-81720086926316522282010-07-08T00:27:36.659-04:002010-07-08T00:27:36.659-04:00I think you said it all, and I like the way you wo...I think you said it all, and I like the way you word horizontal memory and vertical memory. I agree with you. If we could all remember what happened in the higher realms, the pain of our earthly memory would not exist. We'd realize all things are done for our ultimate good and understand the reasons why.<br /><br />Let's take marriage. Since my vertical memory was not at all developed in my late teens or at age 20, I married from an earthly standpoint. I did not follow my heart, knew it, and paid the consequences.<br /><br />Ever since I was very, very young--a toddler--I've strove to remember who I was. I was so confused and frustrated at my amnesia. As I grew older, my memory grew greater and greater. I searched and found out who "I Am." I now follow my heart at all costs.<br /><br />We should regret nothing. The stones, seemingly failures, and stumbles have marked our upward path. They were necessary to build our character and who we are, but we should not dwell on them. We can't weigh our souls down with the years past, and if we foolishly choose to bear those burdens, we mock God and what our hearts know.<br /><br />In our spiritual life we sometimes try to bear these burdens when physically we never would weigh ourselves down with worn-out shoes and clothing of past years. <br /><br />We have to put the spiritual first; then, the material/physical will follow.<br /><br />Talking about the Messianic era/Kingdom of God era, God offered Israel a permanent covenant, one not of this old world. So I'm quite sure this era will not exist on this old earth. I think the ones who enter this era will be filled with those who have vertical memory. It's necessary. Others would not be able to enter because they're not ready. The ones who keep the commandments of God--the orthodox Jews--and overcoming saints of the Tanakh come to mind. People from every nation, religion, culture, etc. who overcomes will be part of this age. This is not the same as the new heaven and earth God will create where the lamb will lie down with a lamb, etc. <br /><br />I believe those who experience the Messianic era are the ones married to God--the ones God considers His Wife.Angelanoreply@blogger.com