Guardian Spirits and the Afterlife  

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For the longest time, I was taught that there was no such thing as the afterlife. When we die, we sleep. This makes no sense to me. How can one truly die? We all have a soul, a spirit, or whatever you call it. I've always felt that there was more. When I began walking the Jedi path almost ten years ago, a lot of my beliefs regarding death underwent a drastic shift. I was taught, as I'm sure most of us were at a young age; that when you die, your body 'sleeps' to await the coming of Christ. That never made sense to me, but I never really started exploring why until I was 15.

I began to really delve deeply into the beliefs of my parent's church. Nothing made sense to me, least of all the church's stance on life after death. The church believes that when one dies, the body 'rests' and ceases to exist..and then somehow the body that no longer exists is recreated upon the Second Coming. Now, I'm not even going to begin to postulate on Creationism, as that is a subject for another time.

I have long felt that there is much more to this than at first meets the eye. When I was younger, and especially in recent years….I have found myself to be guided by spirits. Some of you make think this strange, but it does happen. I have always felt; since I began to walk the Jedi path, that when one dies their body may disappear, but their spirit an knowledge remain. What then is the purpose of their spirit remaining behind on this plane of existence?

I'm sure that there are several opinion on that, but I'll share mine here for consideration. I have long felt that I am being guided down a certain path in life. We each have a purpose to fulfill in this existence, and on our journeys we will find many teachers. I have had much experience with this over the years. It really started when I began my study and training in the ways of Reiki. I have found that I have many guardians and guides….spirits who for whatever reason have chosen to remain behind instead of becoming one with the Force.

It is my belief that these spirits do so because they wish to guide, teach, and protect those who come after them, those who strive to follow in their footsteps and to bring new knowledge to their lives and to the lives of others. These teachers and helpers may remain with us for our entire lives. Some are aware of them, as I am. But others go through life completely unaware of their existence. Choosing instead to put those subtle nudges down to intuition or other things, when in fact they are the subtle nudgings of the Force.

I pose these questions to you, the reader:

I have shared my opinion on the phenomenon of "Spirits" and other supernatural states of being. What other mythologies in history point out these phenomena? What do these phenomena translate to you in the Jedi/Sith path?

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