"We are the universe contemplating itself." - Carl Sagan
Within the commonalities of the afterlife experiences, the hypnotic states, and the Scriptures there is ample [scientific and religious] evidence that we are involved in our own judgment, our own introspective evaluation. Also, many scientific findings postulate free will as an illusion. This is also found in Scripture. While our holographic worlds may appear sketched in stone, however, we may be much more involved in our choices than we believe.
"According to his [Whitton's] subjects, part of the purpose of this realm was to allow them to plan their next life, to literally sketch out the important events and circumstances that would befall them in the future... when individuals were in the between-life realm, they entered an unusual state of consciousness in which they were acutely self-aware and had a heightened moral and ethical sense."(Michael Talbot, The Holographic Universe, pp 213-215)
"They would choose to be reborn with people whom they had wronged in a previous life so they would have the opportunity to make amends for their actions. They planned pleasant encounters with 'soul mates,' individuals with whom they had built a loving and mutually beneficial relationship over many lifetimes... One man said that as he planned his next life he visualized 'a sort of clockwork instrument into which you could insert certain parts in order for specific consequences to follow.'"
"I form the light, and create darkness: I MAKE PEACE, AND CREATE EVIL: I the LORD do all these things." (Isaiah 45:7)
"These consequences were not always pleasant. After being regressed to a metaconscious state, a woman who had been raped when she was thirty-seven revealed that she had actually planned the event before she had come into this incarnation. As she explained, it had been necessary for her to experience a tragedy..."(Continuation of Whitton's findings)
PRE-ORDAINED
"...All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be." (Psalm 139:16) "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the Lord." (Proverbs 16:33) "Man's goings are of the Lord; how can a man then understand his own way?" (Proverbs 20:24)
As a pre-ordained entity, we have no apparent 'free' will. Nevertheless, as a part of the collective unconscious, or the Body of Christ (IN-Christ) we sit as judge of our own destinies, and hence, the destiny of the whole.
"Is it possible that our unconscious mind is not only aware of the rough outline of our destiny, but actually steers us toward its fulfillment?" (Talbot, p 216)
The Biblical Scriptures will be our primary source. However, these truths can be found throughout all major world religions and the occult. Science itself validates the oneness of mankind. It is interesting how we complain of our situations, and yet, ironically, we may be at the core of our own, pre-destined fate. In essence, in Christ, in that realm of in-between lives, in the Spirit... we are of Christ... of the ONE spiritual Energy that allows us to objectively consider our next steps...
We are (as the Body of Christ) the Judge of ourselves (if, indeed, we are a part of Christ)... In-between lives... The Collective Unconscious... In the Spirit... Together... New Jerusalem... The Garden of Eden... The Kingdom Within...
JUDGE NOT
We are not here to judge one another, in the physical, in the flesh...
"Ye judge after the flesh; I JUDGE NO MAN." (John 8:15) "JUDGE NOT, that ye be not judged." (Matthew 7:1) "JUDGE NOT, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned..." (Luke 6:37)
"Judge not thy neighbor." (Buddhism, Siamese Buddhist Proverbs)
We are not sent into this world (as men) to judge...
"For GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON TO THE WORLD THAT HE MAY JUDGE THE WORLD, but that the world may be saved through him..." (John 3:17, YLT)
IN CHRIST - We judge [Together, as ONE] IN THE SPIRIT!
"...HE THAT IS JOINED UNTO THE LORD IS ONE SPIRIT." (1 Cor 6:17)
THE CHURCH
Christ IS the Head of the Church (We are all ONE big Church, the New Jerusalem!)
"For the husband is the head of the wife, even as CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH: and he is the saviour of the body."(Ephesians 5:23)
The Church IS the Body! Christ is the Head, We are the Body
"And HE IS THE HEAD OF THE BODY, THE CHURCH: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." (Colossians 1:18)
THE JUDGE
Together, we are the Son! In Christ we are the Son! The Judge IS the Son...
"Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son..." (John 5:22)
"For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad." (2 Corinthians 5:10)
Who is IN CHRIST? ALL... IN Adam, IN Christ
"For as IN ADAM all die, so IN CHRIST all will be made alive."(1 Corinthians 15:22)
ONE BODY
"...WE, BEING MANY, ARE ONE BODY IN CHRIST, AND EVERY ONE MEMBERS ONE OF ANOTHER." (Romans 12:4-5)
And God (Spirit, Field, Within) through the Body of Christ (of which we are) "...will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil." (Ecclesiastes 12:14)
Outside of Christ, In Adam, In the flesh, if we judge - it is self-righteousness...
"FOR IN THE SAME WAY YOU JUDGE OTHERS, YOU WILL BE JUDGED, and WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE, IT WILL BE MEASURED TO YOU." (Matthew 7:2)
MERCY TRIUMPHS
"...judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. MERCY TRIUMPHS OVER JUDGMENT." (James 2:12-13, NIV)
We are tied in, individually; with the collective in Christ... as Spirit beings... once the journey is complete we remain as helpers, ministering angels, etc.
THE OVERCOMERS
"Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out..." (Revelation 3:12)
"The impression my subjects gave... was that these were entities that had completed their cycle of incarnations here." (Whitton, Talbot's private communication with the author)
"Whatever they may be, [these beings] have the ability to radiate a warmth of friendliness that evokes complete trust. Perceiving our thoughts is absurdly easy for them. The entire history of humankind and earth is available to them in the most minute detail." Their priority is "totally solicitous as to the well-being of the human beings with whom they are associated with." (Monroe, Journeys Out of the body, pp 51 & 70)
And those of us that will return will judge ourselves...
"...AS I HEAR, I JUDGE; AND MY JUDGMENT IS JUST..." (John 5:28-30, NASB)
JUDGMENT'S PURPOSE
"Thus says the LORD: 'EXECUTE JUDGMENT AND RIGHTEOUSNESS, and DELIVER THE PLUNDERED OUT OF THE HAND OF THE OPPRESSOR. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place'" (Jeremiah 22:3)
"Now, whenever ALL may be subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO HIM Who subjects all to Him, that GOD may be ALL IN ALL." (1 Corinthians 15:28, CLT)
THE FIRSTBORN
Christ is the Firstborn of many... 'them' He (the Father) called... Christ is the Head ('them'), many lives, many people, the first 'group' to ascend, or Firstborn!
"For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." (Romans 8:29)
"Moreover whom he did predestinate, THEM he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, THEM he also glorified." (Romans 8:30)
"He that spared not HIS OWN SON, but delivered him up for us all..." (Romans 8:32)
This explains the Transfiguration… This is My Son, ALL OF THEM.
"And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him." (Matthew 17:2-3)
"Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, THIS IS MY BELOVED SON, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him." (Matthew 17:4-5)
Who could He be?
"...John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God." (Luke 9:19-20) "...The Son of man must suffer many things..." (Luke 9:22)
"And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: Who appeared in glory..." (Luke 9:30-31) "This is my beloved Son: hear him." (Luke 9:35)
John the Baptist IS Elijah (Elias) IS Christ... Yes, the same person crossing paths... all of us may be unaware (as John was) until (just before) the Ascension. At the Transfiguration, they were conversing with one another, ONE person, people, group.
"He said to them, 'What kind of man was he who came to meet you and told you these things?' They answered him, 'HE WORE A GARMENT OF HAIR, WITH A BELT OF LEATHER ABOUT HIS WAIST.' AND HE SAID, 'IT IS ELIJAH the Tishbite.'" (2 Kings 1:7-8) "Now JOHN HIMSELF WAS CLOTHED IN CAMEL'S HAIR, WITH A LEATHER BELT AROUND HIS WAIST; and his food was locusts and wild honey." (Matthew 3:4)
Jesus Christ
"For all the prophets and the law prophesied UNTIL John. And IF YOU ARE WILLING TO RECEIVE IT, HE IS ELIJAH WHO IS TO COME. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!" (Matthew 11:13-15)
There is a plethora of lives, people... that make up our Head... "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." (Matthew 25:40)
Christ is the Firstfruit(s) - plural, many... the Body (also plural, 'they') enters the Kingdom after... As all the previous lives of Christ make up ONE Head, so all of our lives are ONE Body.
"For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father..." (1 Corinthians 15:22-24)