New Consciousness Review Spring, 2017 | Page 44

AWAKENING HEALTH

God out . If there is too much ego , then you can ’ t see yourself for who you truly are ; you ’ re just trying to feed into this illusion .

This is the illusionary world , the Earth . And , the spirit world is our soul ’ s home . That ’ s where we belong . We know that there is no pain with death because we ’ ve had a lot of people with near-death experiences and come back and talk about those experiences .

I always say , as a soul , 20 % of who we are is in the body ; probably 80 % is out of the body . So , there are many more levels of consciousness and awareness . You are not the body ; this is a temporary space that you ’ re in for as long as the soul needs to learn its lessons . And , then you go home .
This is the illusionary world , the Earth . And , the spirit world is our soul ’ s home . That ’ s where we belong . We know that there is no pain with death because we ’ ve had a lot of people with near-death experiences and come back and talk about those experiences . Myself included . And , that is a natural state . When we leave the body , it ’ s our graduation . It ’ s our time to go home . And , I ’ ve never met in 35 years of doing this work , one person come back and say : “ Oh , I really miss that physical body . I really miss the pain , the density , the fears . I really miss it .” I ’ ve never had that . It ’ s been quite the opposite .
Miriam : And yet we were created with egos , so the ego has a purpose . What , in your view , is this purpose ?
James : Well , the ego is necessary in order to have the human experience ; we have to have our senses to believe in the self and who we are on a physical level . The ego helps us to make things happen , but we have to be very careful that there is proper balance , because I also say ego can be E-G-O , edging
Miriam : Doesn ’ t it also play a role in expanding the universe . I always think of the veil of forgetfulness when we take on a body here as being the Creator ’ s way of giving us free reign to create our lives in any way that we can conceive of .
James : Exactly right . I totally agree with you . We do go through a valley of forgetfulness . I believe in reincarnation . I believe that we ’ ve been through many different schools and the earth is one of many , many , many different schools . Again , I go back to the soul , the experience of those that come back . They say the earth world is like one grain of sand on the beach . That ’ s how many planets and star systems that there are . So , I think the ego in some way keeps us grounded for living in this reality , and testing out different aspects of it . I think the more in tune people get with themselves , with their own souls , whether it ’ s through a path of prayer , religion or meditation , I think they ’ re getting more to their soul self , which , I believe , has lived many , many lifetimes . The more one is willing to go within and listen to that wisdom , they ’ ll always be correct , but sometimes the ego , that human part , will get in the way and hold them back from their truth .

We do go through a valley of forgetfulness . I believe in reincarnation . I believe that we ’ ve been through many different schools and the earth is one of many , many , many different schools . Again , I go back to the soul , the experience of those that come back .

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