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Can the departed soul look back on us and see and feel how much we are thinking of him and missing him?
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Q: I read your "There is Life after Death" and I have a practical
question. Can the departed soul look back on us and see and feel how
much we are thinking of him and missing him? And does the departed soul
try to help us and comfort us...if so how? Or does the departed soul
just keep going onward on his own individual journey oblivious of the
people he left behind who love and miss him and cannot go on without
him?
A: That's a good question with a difficult answer. If we answer
"no" there's no looking back, then that destroys the hope and
anticipation so many people carry with them about being comforted and
loved by their departed loved ones and their
devotion to the memories
of those who have died. If we answer "yes" then we're ignoring what The
Urantia Book teaches about life and life after death and promoting
ghost belief and thoughts of spirit intervention into our daily lives.
The Urantia Book makes it clear that we're under the
watchcare of angels; that's the job they're assigned and they fulfill
their obligation fully, lovingly, and with compassion. The angels are
also responsible for transporting the souls of the departed to the
mansion worlds — there are no souls left wandering about
earth, they're either placed in a spiritual slumber or they're taken to
the mansion worlds which are both physically far away and mindally far
removed.
It is possible however that mindal energies that were used
by the departed are still active here on earth, at least for a while
— that may account in some manner of the experiences
people relate about connections with the departed. It is also possible
that those starting out on their mansion world careers may wish to
assure their loved ones that they're alive and well and such a desire
may be carried back by angels to be delivered in such a way
that it seems as though there's been contact. It's also possible that
the departed are simply in a spiritual sleep state until other loved
ones join them before they pass as a group to the mansion
worlds. In any case it would still be within the realm of possibility
that the angels of our supervision simply provide encouragement and
comfort to us in the most meaningful of ways to ease our
sorrow, grief, and burden.
So to be specific, we're not told that departed souls can
look back and feel how much we are thinking and missing them. There
will be meetings of loved ones on the mansion worlds, whether
all are resurrected at the same time or whether there's a delay. It's
true that the journey is an individual one but we always do it in
concert with others and loved ones play an important part in everything
we do.
I hope that reply brings you some comfort.
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