Through Death Into Light
Author: Julie Redstone

This is a true story of beings and energies, and the passage
after death into greater light. Some of it is metaphor, but the
overall principles of ascendance are not. The character of the
ancient one has a place in the hierarchy of light, and the
blessings offered and help given to the departed are very real.

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At the edge of the Garden of Eden, at a place not far from
where the wilderness meets the cultivated landscape of fruit
trees and flowers, stands a little house, and in it, sits a
small man with a long gray beard who reads from a very old book
with dry, dusty pages that he turns every now and then. He
cannot see much in the dim light, for there are no windows in
the little house, but the light that shines from within sets
aglow all that surrounds the house in any case, and leaves
enough light for the book to be read.

Within this book are the names of those who have passed through
the portals from life to death during the past year, and the
book is called the Book of Life. As the ancient man reads the
names, he conveys a special blessing to each one whose spirit
ascends from the place where it has gathered to rest and review
its circumstances, before proceeding on further. With the
ancient one's blessing, the souls of the departed are given
permission to rise still further in the light so that they may
begin the next stage of their journey.

The ancient one who reads from the dusty book is not a sage,
nor is he God himself, nor is he a friend or relation of the
departed souls. No, he is rather the Lord of the Underworld and
of the Overworld itself, and he is in charge of the transition
into light of the ones who await his blessing before moving on.
As Lord of the Overworld, his blessing moves souls into greater
light. As Lord of the Underworld, his blessing moves souls
further into the fires of purification so that they, too, may
be given renewed opportunities to release the darkness they
have carried and to ascend into the heavenly spheres.

Each soul is weighed according to its thoughts and actions
during the previous lifetime, and each is given the test of
truth which is the ability to see for themselves the truth that
lived in their hearts while they were yet in bodies. The ability
to deny truth is no longer present in the ones who are no longer
in bodies, and each can see clearly and without doubt, the good
that they have created and the harm they may also have been
instrumental in creating. Such witnessing is a great gift and a
great responsibility, for there are new choices to be made in
the presence of truth, and new opportunities given for learning
that may not have been possible while in a body.

For the souls who are primarily experiencing the fires of
purification, these souls are becoming acquainted firsthand
with the darkness they have carried, and they are being met
with the same pains and sources of distress that they may have
caused to others out of the dark motives of their heart. These
souls are not being punished. They are being given the
opportunity to release what they have held onto so that they
can be set free to move into the spheres of light by their own
free choice to do so.

The souls in the Underworld and the souls in the Overworld are
aware of the blessing of the ancient one when it comes, for it
lifts the one who receives it in an embrace of love, and, while
this may not be directly perceived by some, it nevertheless
provides a forward motion and sense of new possibility for the
souls that seek the light. In the end, all souls are weighed
and measured according to the quality of their hearts as well
as the actions of their bodies, and each finds the place of
resonance within the spheres of light that corresponds to the
greatest opportunity for further development.

At some point the old man closes the book and closes his eyes
for a very short while, as he rests from the work of holding
the souls in his care in the delicate embrace of advancing
light. But his rest is very brief, and not much is needed, for
there are always souls waiting to be blessed, and there is
always his heart waiting to pour forth additional blessing upon
those who have departed the sphere of earthly life.

About The Author: For other writings by Julie Redstone, see
Pathways of Light- http://lightomega.org/PathwaysofLight.html,
a part of http://lightomega.org. For a deeper understanding of
the life of the soul see the Purification section of the Light
Omega website and the "Calendar of 100 Days"-
http://calendar100.org.