Contrary to what many believe otherwise, and what most religions suggest... the movement back to God is not a gentle walk up a garden path, or something that begins at one's death, and certainly not something one can accomplish by intellectual means. At least this has been my experience and the reported experience of those individuals with whom I have spoken who have been initiated by a Perfect Living Master. They say that life is anything but gentle, easy, or even mostly pleasant.
Although some people intensely deny God, and proudly proclaim themselves Atheists, by such claims we can know these individuals as "newbies" to the form of human being, and that they suffer "Intelack" [explained Here ]. And the concept of Intelack becomes clear as we briefly discuss the concept of "reincarnation".
If the reader can accept the notion that Life has a "Purpose", then we can ask what that purpose might be? Let me just share what I perceive as this "Purpose" as a consequence of my research: The Purpose of Life is for each Soul to explore and experience the entire Creation fully and completely. To accomplish this, the Soul needs more than one life to life.
Built into what we call "Life" are the two crucial elements of Life: The Law of Karma and the concept of "reincarnation". The Law of Karma demonstrates the genius of God. The reader can research Karma Here. And for Karma to work, ones Soul must have more than one life to live.... but then, this stands to reason does it not?
Mystics, Saints, and prophets have all said that this physical plane of existence is a veil of tears. They also remind us that we are on this physical plane to do Karma. And specifically to reap the Karma that we have previously sown over many lifetimes.... and hopefully "complete" it [because this results in one acquiring Spiritual Evolution, which helps one rise up the Ladder of Life] - the concept of a Ladder of Life is my imaginary way of explaining how Life works [for explanation see THIS]. They also remind us that generally speaking, people normally create much more Karma in each life than they can pay off in that lifetime, and this excess Karma is stored as "Sinshit" Karma.
WHAT HAPPENS AT DEATH ? When one dies, it is ones physical body, brain and personality that dies.. while ones Soul with MIND attached is escorted to the Astral region where one meets with a "judge" to evaluate how well one did working through ones Fate Karma for ones just completed life?
After going over one past life, one then designs a new Fate Karma for ones next life. Into ones design goes any "unfinished business", any great desires one might want to explore, and the rest is filled in with ones Sinshit or stored Karma. Then one either goes to some heaven [if one has earned it by doing more good than harm in ones last life], or one goes to some "hell" for Re-education, if that is what one needs. When all is prepared, one is then reincarnated and in the process of being born, ones MIND and Apapsyche construct a new Psychology, personality, and identity... all of which are aligned with and operate to fulfill ones Fate Karma for ones new life.
The reason for Karma is to insure that each Soul fully and completely participates in the "Absolutely equal and fair process" we call "Life". To suggest that Life seems "unfair" is only suggested by "newbies", or individuals who are new to the form of human being. In other words those individuals who lack sufficient "Knowledge" to help them perceive the Reality or Purpose of Life. This lack of CDK&EU causes one to be more vulnerable to greed, selfishness, deceitfulness, fear, and Delusional Thinking.
A fascinating phenomenon exists with [and within] Man that science and even what passes for "mental health" today fail to comprehend. That is, there is an inverse correlation between intellectualism and Spirituality. My new label "Intelack" refers to this phenomenon. The more intellectualism a person possesses, the less Spirituality that person is likely to possess. The reason for this is to "compensate" for the lack of access to ones [common sense or CDK&EU]. Ones MIND assumes a greater role in that person's life... which results in a higher level of intellectualism [that is, in ones "thinking"]. The intellectualism is a form of "compensation" by a person's MIND for that persons lack of CDK&EU [Conscience, Discretion, Knowledge and Empathetic Understanding... which is ONLY acquired by completing Karma over many, many lifetimes]. Imagine how we have all been fooled in the West, by "thinking" that the more intelligent a person is, the more enlightened that person must be. Who would have imagined that the more intellectualism a person exhibits, the less access to CDK&EU that person has!
If the Purpose of Life is to explore and experience the Creation [and this is the purpose], then the natural question is "why"?
A possible answer just might be that God is composed of what I refer to as "Neutral Spiritual Energy", or NSgy. As ones Soul accumulates "Spiritual Evolution", the result of completing Karma over many, many lifetimes, ones Soul slowly ascends the rungs of the Ladder of Life. On the lower rungs of this ladder are perched the "newbies" that are identified as those exhibiting the attributes of the Progressive Personality, or [P-ism]...explained Here.
Unknowingly, especially in the West, we are confused by the excessive intellectualism of those suffering from [P-ism] because we tend to "think" that by possessing such intellectualism, they must be enlightened. It would simply not occur to most people in the West that these intellectuals might be new to life as a human being. And that their views of Life should be ignored as merely symptoms of their being "newbies" as human beings.
Those of us capable of realizing that Spirituality does exist, and that we possess a Soul, and we believe in God, must resist the fear and chaos that is gripping much of the world today. Please remember that ones Soul is permanent, and it cannot be harmed. And to follow those filled with hate or fear, is not a wise thing to do.
Peace