When men first landed on the moon, there was a news report of a cult in the United Kingdom which was based on a belief system that the moon did not really exist.  They felt it was some reflection or something with no substance.  They had successfully maintained this belief for many years using the argument that their belief could not be proved wrong because no one had ever gone to the moon to confirm that it was real and therefore, since their argument could not be disproved, it was correct.  The news report mentioned that this group now had to call an "emergency meeting" since their belief system was now clearly shattered - an event they had believed could never happen.

CULTS USE ANTI-SCIENTIFIC METHODS

Where do you think the state of the art in science would be if, for example, scientists were told they were not allowed to discuss their discoveries with anyone.  Suppose college graduates had to pay the college for the rest of their lives for the right to use what they had learned based on the belief that, if they did not keep making payments, the knowledge would somehow be "taken away".  Suppose you had to study under a professor who claimed his "knowledge and degree" was "willed to him" by a relative who had died and therefore, even though he had no education, he was nevertheless a full professor.

If you think this sounds crazy, then why do you fall for it when it is practiced by a religious cult?

REAL SPIRITUALITY HAS REAL PROOF

Let's look at some basic things we do know - or at least could know if we stuck to science and forgot about belief systems.

1.  Something leaves the body at death.  How do we know?  We use a scale.  There is a small drop in mass at the moment of death.

2.  Are dead people alive somewhere.  Yes, they are.  How do we know?   We can see them and talk to them with special equipment.

     For years it has been possible to view the Astral frequency band with a filter made with Dicyanin Dye.  Dicyanin Dye is listed as an agent "used for the visualization of magnetic fields".   Never heard of it.  It was once very popular and used as a medical diagnostic tool because it could be used to visualize the Astral body in real time.  Since diseases in the physical show up in the Astral first, they could be detected and treated before they ever became a physical problem.

     More recently, amateur "hackers" found that you can directly view the astral plane by using a state of the art night vision device and changing the type of gas used in the imaging tube.  This can be rather expensive because a current generation device can easily cost 20 - 30 thousand dollars if you can buy it at all [because the most recent versions are classified].  However, if you manage to get one and do the modifications, it is supposed to be a great view.  To hear the Astral entity, you need sophisticated audio equipment because the voice is very weak.  However, they have no problem hearing or seeing you.

3.  Is there a "god".  Well, there is an "active intelligence controlling the universe" according to "M Theory" [a theory devised to combine the different versions of "String Theory"].  Never heard of it?   Well, you may never see the classified version but it is used by scientists at the various National Laboratories and has been verified and tested.

WHAT LEGITIMATE SPIRITUAL EDUCATION COULD WE DEVELOP IF THERE WAS A GENUINE DESIRE TO KNOW THE TRUTH

Religions make money - lots of  money.  And, once they hit on something that makes people give them money, they have no interest in anything that would change the status quo.

However, if you could somehow get around this obstacle, there are enough tools available today to accurately map all of the planes of the physical phase of the creation and create accurate teaching aids that pretty much anyone could understand.  You can't take your video camera to the Astral plane or other inner worlds but enough people can go there now that, if there was cooperation among them, accurate maps could be developed.

Since hollywood special effects artists have no trouble making very convincing science fiction films, they should also have no problem creating realistic training films showing the structures of the inner planes and the gateways between planes.  Everything that is out there could be documented and presented in a legitimate educational format.

It is definitely "doable".   The main obstacle seems to be the fear and control exercised by the various religions and cults who would make no money if the truth was freely available.
 
 
 

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