After passing away loved one our consciousness does not want to put up with the fact that he is no longer around. I would like to believe that somewhere far away in heaven he remembers us and can send a message. Sometimes we want to believe that loved ones who have left us are watching over us from heaven. In this article, we will look at theories about the afterlife and find out whether there is a grain of truth in the statement that the dead see us after death.
When someone close to us dies, the living want to know whether the dead can hear or see us after physical death, whether it is possible to contact them and get answers to questions. There are many real stories, confirming this hypothesis. They talk about the intervention of the other world in our lives. Different religions also do not deny that the souls of the dead are close to loved ones.
The connection between the soul and a living person
Followers of religious and esoteric teachings consider the soul as a small particle of Divine consciousness. On Earth, the soul manifests itself through the best qualities of a person: kindness, honesty, nobility, generosity, the ability to forgive. Creative skills are considered a gift from God, which means they are also realized through the soul. She is immortal, but the human body has a limited lifespan. Therefore, at the end of earthly life, the soul leaves the body and goes to another level of the universe.
Basic theories about afterlife
Myths and religious views of peoples offer their vision of what happens to a person after death. For example, "Tibetan book of the dead"describes step by step all the stages through which the soul passes from the moment of dying to the next incarnation on Earth.
Heaven and Hell, Heavenly Court
In Judaism, Christianity and Islam, a person after death awaits a Heavenly court, at which his earthly deeds are evaluated. Depending on the number of mistakes and good deeds, God, angels or apostles divide dead people into sinners and righteous people in order to send them either to Heaven for eternal bliss or to hell for eternal torment. However, the ancient Greeks had something similar, where all the dead were sent to the underground kingdom of Hades under the guardianship of Cerberus.
Souls were also distributed according to their level of righteousness. Pious people were placed in Elysium, and vicious people were placed in Tartarus. The judgment of souls is present in different variations in ancient myths. In particular, the Egyptians had a deity, Anubis, who weighed the heart of the deceased with an ostrich feather to measure the severity of his sins. Pure souls headed to heavenly fields solar god Ra, where the rest were not allowed to go.
Evolution of the soul, Karma, Reincarnation
Religions ancient india look at the fate of the soul differently. According to traditions, she comes to Earth more than once and each time she gains invaluable experience necessary for spiritual evolution.
Any life is a kind of lesson that is passed in order to reach a new level of the Divine game. All actions and deeds of a person during life constitute his karma, which can be good, bad or neutral
The concepts of “hell” and “heaven” are not here, although the results of life are important for the upcoming incarnation. A person may deserve Better conditions in the next reincarnation or be born in the body of an animal. Everything determines behavior during your stay on Earth.
The space between worlds: the restless
IN Orthodox tradition There is a concept of 40 days from the moment of death. The date is important, since the Higher powers make the final decision about the residence of the soul. Before this, she has the opportunity to say goodbye to places dear to her on Earth, and also undergoes tests in the subtle worlds - ordeals, where she is tempted by evil spirits. The Tibetan Book of the Dead names a similar period of time. And it also lists the trials encountered on the path of the soul. There are similarities between completely different traditions. Two beliefs tell about the space between the worlds, where a deceased person resides in a subtle material shell (astral body).
This place can be called the astral, parallel or subtle world. The human eye is not capable of seeing astral inhabitants. But the inhabitants of the parallel world can watch us without making much effort.
In 1990, the film “Ghost” was released. Death overtook the hero of the film suddenly - Sam was treacherously killed on a tip from a business partner. While in the body of a ghost, he investigates and punishes the culprit. This mystical drama perfectly outlined the astral plane and its laws. The film also explained why Sam was stuck between worlds: he had unfinished business on Earth - protecting the woman he loved. Having achieved justice, Sam gains passage to heaven.
People whose lives were cut short in early age, as a result of murder or an accident, cannot come to terms with the fact of their departure. They are called restless souls. They wander the Earth as ghosts and sometimes even find a way to make their presence known. This phenomenon is not always caused by tragedy. The reason may be strong attachment to spouses, children, grandchildren or friends.
Do the dead see us after death?
In order to accurately answer this question, we need to consider the main theories about what happens to the soul after death. Considering the version of each religion will be quite difficult and time-consuming. So there is an unofficial division into two main subgroups. The first says that after death, eternal bliss awaits us in “another place.”
The second is about the complete rebirth of the soul, about new life and new opportunities. And in both options, there is the possibility that the dead see us after death. But it’s worth thinking about and answering the question - how often do you have dreams about people you’ve never seen in your life? Strange personalities and images that communicate with you as if they have known you for a long time. Or they don’t pay attention to you at all, allowing you to calmly watch from the sidelines. Some believe that these are just people whom we see every day, and who are simply inexplicably deposited in our subconscious. But where then do those aspects of personality that you cannot know about come from? They talk to you in a certain way that is unfamiliar to you, using words you have never heard. Where does this come from?
There is also the possibility that this is a memory of people you knew in a past life. But often the situation in such dreams is strikingly reminiscent of our modern times. As yours past life could look the same as your current one?
The most reliable version, according to many opinions, says that these are your dead relatives visiting you in your dreams. They have already moved on to another life, but sometimes they also see you, and you see them. Where are they talking from? From a parallel world, or from another version of reality, or from another body - there is no definite answer to this question. But one thing is for sure - this is the way of communication between souls that are separated by an abyss. After all, our dreams are amazing worlds, where the subconscious walks freely, so why shouldn’t it look into the light? Moreover, there are dozens of practices that allow you to calmly travel in dreams. Many people have experienced similar feelings. This is one version.
Second refers to a worldview that says that the souls of the dead go to another world. To Heaven, to Nirvana, the ephemeral world, reunite with the general mind - there are a great many such views. They have one thing in common - a person who has moved to another world receives a huge number of opportunities. And since he is connected by bonds of emotions, common experiences and goals with those who remain in the world of the living, naturally he can communicate with us. See us and try to help somehow. More than once or twice you can hear stories about how dead relatives or friends warned people about great dangers, or advised what to do in a difficult situation. How to explain this?
There is a theory that this is our intuition, appearing at the moment when the subconscious is most accessible. It takes a form close to us and they try to help, warn. But why does it take the form of dead relatives? Not the living, not those with whom we have live communication right now, but the emotional connection is stronger than ever. No, not them, but those who died, long ago or recently. There are cases when people are warned by relatives whom they have almost forgotten - a great-grandmother seen only a few times, or a long-dead cousin. There can be only one answer - this is a direct connection with the souls of the dead, who in our consciousness acquire the physical form that they had during life.
And there is a third version , which is not heard as often as the first two. She says that the first two are true. Unites them. It turns out she's doing quite well. After death, a person finds himself in another world, where he prospers as long as he has someone to help him. As long as he is remembered, as long as he can penetrate someone’s subconscious. But human memory is not eternal, and the moment comes when the last relative who remembered him at least occasionally dies. At such a moment, a person is reborn to begin a new cycle, to acquire a new family and acquaintances. Repeat this whole circle of mutual assistance between the living and the dead.
And yet... Is it true that dead people see us?
There are many similarities in the stories of those who went through clinical death. Skeptics doubt the reliability of such an experience, believing that post-mortem images are hallucinations generated by a fading brain.
The person saw his physical body from the outside, and these were not hallucinations. Another vision was turned on, allowing one to observe what was happening in the hospital room and beyond. Moreover, a person could absolutely accurately describe a place where he was not physically present. All cases are carefully documented and verified.
What does a person see?
Let’s take the word of people who have looked beyond the physical world and systematize their experience:
The first stage is failure, a feeling of falling. Sometimes - literally. According to the story of a witness who received a knife wound in a fight, he first felt pain, then began to fall into a dark well with slippery walls.
Then the “deceased” finds himself where his physical shell is located: in a hospital room or at the scene of an accident. At the first moment he does not understand what he sees from himself. He would not know own body, but, feeling the connection, may mistake the “deceased” for a relative.
The eyewitness comes to the realization that in front of him is his own body. He makes the shocking discovery that he is dead. There is an acute feeling of protest. Break up with earthly life I do not want. He sees the doctors working their magic on him, observes the anxiety of his relatives, but can do nothing. Often the last thing he hears is the doctor announcing cardiac arrest. Vision fades completely, gradually turning into a tunnel of light, and then becoming covered in final darkness.
Most often he hangs several meters above him, able to examine physical reality down to the last detail. How the doctors are trying to save his life, what they do and say. All this time he is in a state of severe emotional shock. But when the storm of emotions calms down, he understands what happened to him. It is at this moment that changes occur to him that cannot be reversed. Namely, a person humbles himself. Gradually, a person gets used to the fact of death, and then the anxiety recedes, peace and tranquility comes. A person understands that this is not the end, but the beginning of a new stage. And then the way up opens before him.
What a person sees and feels when the physical body dies can only be judged by the stories of those who have experienced clinical death. The stories of many patients whom doctors were able to save have much in common. They all talk about similar sensations:
- A man watches other people bending over his body from the side.
- At first one feels strong anxiety, as if the soul does not want to leave the body and say goodbye to the usual earthly life, but then calm comes.
- Pain and fear disappear, the state of consciousness changes.
- The person doesn't want to go back.
- After passing through a long tunnel, a creature appears in a circle of light and calls for you.
Scientists believe that these impressions do not relate to what the person who has passed on to another world feels. They explain such visions as a hormonal surge, the influence medicines, brain hypoxia. Although different religions, describing the process of separation of the soul from the body, talk about the same phenomena - observing what is happening, the appearance of an angel, saying goodbye to loved ones.
After this the person receives new status. Humanity belongs to the Earth. The soul is sent to Heaven (or a higher dimension). In that moment everything changes. Until this moment, his spiritual body looked exactly the same as his physical body looks in reality. But, realizing that the shackles of the physical no longer hold his spiritual body, it begins to lose its original outlines. The soul perceives itself as a cloud of energy, more like a multi-colored aura.
The souls of loved ones who passed away earlier appear nearby. They look like living substances emitting light, but the traveler knows exactly who he has met. These essences help to move on to the next stage, where the Angel awaits - a guide to the higher spheres.
People find it difficult to describe the image of the Divine being on the path of the soul in words. This is the embodiment of Love and a sincere desire to help. According to one version, this is a Guardian Angel. According to another, he is the progenitor of all human souls. The guide communicates with the newcomer using telepathy, without words, in the ancient language of images. He demonstrates the events and misdeeds of his past life, but without the slightest hint of condemnation.
Some who have been abroad say that this is our common, first ancestor - the one from whom all people on earth descended. He is in a hurry to help the dead man who still does not understand anything. The creature asks questions, but not with a voice, but with images. It plays out a person’s entire life, but in reverse order.
It is at this moment that he realizes that he has approached some kind of barrier. It is not visible, but it can be felt. Like some kind of membrane, or thin partition. Reasoning logically, we can come to the conclusion that this is exactly what separates the world of the living from the world of the dead. But what happens behind it? Alas, such facts are not available to anyone. This is because the person who experienced clinical death never crossed this line. Somewhere near her, doctors brought him back to life.
The road passes through space filled with Light. Those who have experienced clinical death talk about the feeling of an invisible barrier, which probably serves as the border between the world of the living and the kingdom of the dead. None of those who returned comprehended beyond the veil. What lies beyond the line is not given to the living to know.
SENSATIONS THAT A PERSON EXPERIENCES AFTER DEATH (Clinical death)
There are stories that say that a person who was pulled out of that world attacked the doctors with his fists. He did not want to part with the feelings he experienced there. Some even committed suicide, but much later. It is worth saying that such haste is unnecessary.
Each of us will have to feel and see what is there, beyond the last threshold. But before that, each person will have many experiences that are worth experiencing. And while there are no other facts, we must remember that we only have one life. Awareness of this should push every person to become kinder, smarter and wiser.
Is it true that dead people can see us?
To answer whether deceased relatives and other people see us, we need to study different theories about the afterlife. Christianity talks about two opposite places where the soul can go after death - heaven and hell. Depending on how a person lived, how righteously, he is rewarded with eternal bliss or doomed to endless suffering for his sins. According to esoteric theories, the spirit of the deceased has a close connection with loved ones only when he has unfulfilled tasks.
In the memoirs of the holy confessor Nicholas, Metropolitan of Alma-Ata and Kazakhstan, there is the following story: Once Vladyka, answering the question of whether the dead hear our prayers, said that they not only hear, but “they themselves pray for us. And even more than that: they see us as we are in the depths of our hearts, and if we live piously, they rejoice, and if we live carelessly, then they grieve and pray to God for us. Our connection with them is not interrupted, but only temporarily weakened.” Then the Bishop told an incident that confirmed his words.
The priest, father Vladimir Strakhov, served in one of the Moscow churches. After finishing the Liturgy, he lingered in the church. All the worshipers left, only he and the psalm-reader remained. An old woman enters, modestly but cleanly dressed, in a dark dress, and turns to the priest with a request to go and give communion to her son. Gives the address: street, house number, apartment number, first and last name of this son. The priest promises to fulfill this today, takes the Holy Gifts and goes to the indicated address.
He goes up the stairs and rings the bell. An intelligent-looking man with a beard, about thirty years old, opens the door for him. He looks at the priest somewhat surprised.
- “What do you want?”
- “I was asked to come to this address to see a patient.”
He is even more surprised.
- “I live here alone, there is no one sick, and I don’t need a priest!”
The priest was also amazed.
-"How so? After all, here is the address: street, house number, apartment number. What is your name?" It turns out that the name is the same.
- “Allow me to come in to you.”
- "Please!"
The priest comes in, sits down, says that the old woman came to invite him, and during his story he looks up at the wall and sees a large portrait of this same old woman.
- “Yes, here she is! She was the one who came to me!” - he exclaims.
- “Have mercy! - the owner of the apartment objects. “Yes, this is my mother, she died 15 years ago!”
But the priest continues to claim that he saw her today. We started talking. The young man turned out to be a student at Moscow University and had not received communion for many years.
“However, since you have already come here, and all this is so mysterious, I am ready to confess and take communion,” he finally decides.
The confession was long and sincere - one might say, for my entire adult life. With great satisfaction, the priest absolved him of his sins and introduced him to the Holy Mysteries. He left, and during Vespers they came to tell him that this student had unexpectedly died, and the neighbors came to ask the priest to serve the first requiem. If the mother had not been concerned about the afterlife about his son, then he would have passed into eternity without partaking of the Holy Mysteries.”
Does the soul of a deceased person see his loved ones?
After death, the life of the body ends, but the soul continues to live. Before going to heaven, she stays with her loved ones for another 40 days, trying to console them and ease the pain of loss. Therefore, in many religions it is customary to schedule a funeral for this time in order to escort the soul to the world of the dead. It is believed that ancestors see and hear us even many years after death. Priests advise not to speculate about whether the dead see us after death, but to try to grieve less about the loss, because the suffering of relatives is difficult for the deceased.
Can the soul of the deceased come to visit?
The religion condemns the practice of spiritualism. This is considered a sin, since a tempting demon may appear under the guise of a deceased relative. Serious esotericists also do not approve similar sessions, since at this moment a portal opens through which dark entities can enter our world.
However, such visits can occur on the initiative of those who left Earth. If there was a strong connection between people in earthly life, then death will not break it. For at least 40 days, the soul of the deceased can visit relatives and friends and observe them from the side. People with high sensitivity sense this presence.
The deceased uses the dream space to meet the living when our body is asleep and our soul is awake. During this period, you can ask for help from deceased relatives. He may appear to a sleeping relative to remind him of himself, provide support or give advice in a difficult life situation. Unfortunately, we do not take dreams seriously, and sometimes we simply forget what we dreamed at night. Therefore, the attempts of our departed relatives to reach us in a dream are not always successful.
When the connection between loved ones was strong during life, this relationship is difficult to interrupt. Relatives can feel the presence of the deceased and even see his silhouette. This phenomenon is called a phantom or ghost.
Can a deceased person become a guardian angel?
Everyone perceives the passing of a loved one differently. For a mother who has lost a child, such an event is a real tragedy. A person needs support and consolation, because the pain of loss and longing reign in the heart. The bond between mother and child is especially strong, so children feel suffering acutely. Moreover, any deceased relative can become a guardian angel for a family. It is important that during his lifetime this person is deeply religious, observes the laws of the Creator and strives for righteousness.
How can the dead contact the living?
The souls of the deceased do not belong to the material world, therefore they do not have the opportunity to appear on Earth as a physical body. In any case, we will not be able to see them in their previous form. In addition, there are unspoken rules according to which the dead cannot directly interfere in the affairs of the living.
1. According to the theory of reincarnation, deceased relatives or friends return to us, but in the guise of another person. For example, they may appear in the same family, but as a younger generation: a grandmother who has passed on to another world may return to Earth as your granddaughter or niece, although, most likely, her memory of the previous incarnation will not be preserved.
2. Another option is spiritualistic seances, the dangers of which we talked about above. The possibility of dialogue, of course, exists, but is not approved by the church.
3. The third option for communication is dreams and the astral plane. This is a more convenient platform for those who have passed away, since the astral plane belongs to the immaterial world. The living enter this space also not in a physical shell, but in the form of a subtle substance. Therefore, dialogue is possible. Esoteric teachings recommend taking dreams involving deceased loved ones seriously and listening to their advice, since the dead have greater wisdom than the living.
4. In exceptional cases, the soul of the deceased may appear in the physical world. This presence can feel like a chill down your spine. Sometimes you can even see something like a shadow or silhouette in the air.
5. In any case, the connection between the departed people and the living cannot be denied. Another thing is that not everyone perceives and understands this connection. For example, the souls of the departed can send us signs. There is a belief that a bird that accidentally flies into a house carries a message from the afterlife calling for caution.
Conclusion
As you can see, neither religion nor modern science do not deny the existence of the soul. Scientists, by the way, even named its exact weight - 21 grams. Having left this world, the soul continues to live in another dimension. However, while remaining on Earth, we cannot voluntarily make contact with departed relatives. We can only keep good memories of them and believe that they also remember us.
Relatives leave, go far away...
we get so lonely in life...
like sad birds fly away...
familiar faces melt in a cloud...
don't cry, it hurts them to see you like this...
self-pitying and strangers...
look at the memory, they are forever
they see and hear everything, they will help when
invite me to your place, remember me kindly...
ask - they will answer when you expect them...
Guardian angels are disembodied spirits created by the Lord precisely as disembodied spirits, and not the souls of previously deceased people. Many people believe that after death, their relatives and friends take care of them, are constantly invisibly present nearby, and become their guardian angels. This is wrong. The souls of the dead, after standing before the Throne of the Lord, go to hell or heaven until the Last Judgment. They cannot fly freely around the world, be close to us, in the world of the living. The only way our deceased loved ones can help us is with their prayers for us. We help them with our prayers and remembrances, and they help us with theirs. And nothing else. The soul of a previously living person cannot become an angel; these are different formations. Believing in such a transformation is the same as believing that after death a mosquito will become a fly, a fish will become a snail, a flower will become an earthworm. I purposely do not take antipodes, because the souls of people and angels are not antipodes, they are simply completely different creations of the Creator.
Many people think that a guardian angel is a saint in whose honor (with whose name) a person is baptized. But a guardian angel and a patron saint are not the same thing. A guardian angel was given to us by the Lord to constantly look after us, like a kind of nanny. But the namesake saint is something completely different. It is not his task to constantly “shepherd” us. He is a mediator between man and God. When we ask him to pray about something with us, he prays, helps, asks the Almighty for us.
A person's guardian angel has no name. He's just a guardian angel, so don't try to call him anything special. Angel - that's all.
Some people believe that guardian angels A person can have several, naturally, the more, the better. That is, the number of angels is an indicator of a person’s strength and security, his special charisma. I must disappoint you. This is speculation; the Church does not talk about anything like that. And if we want to receive real help and acquire the Kingdom of Heaven (I remind you that this is the main goal of man. And not, say, accumulating treasures, not even caring for children and elderly parents), then we need to remain in the bosom of the Church and trust it, and not those fabrications that are pleasant to us, but go against church tradition. You ask why is this? Orthodox Church has apostolic succession, Christ himself appointed its first bishops, and they, in turn, appointed more and more - and so on to this day. The Church carefully preserves the covenants of Christ. The God-man who came into the world to atone for our sins. Trusting the Church therefore means trusting Christ.
Guardian angels are usually depicted either as stately, effeminate young men with wings behind their backs, or as plump cupids (putti). This is a tradition established in painting and sculpture, but in reality it is difficult to say what angels look like. Or rather, no way: they are not carnal beings. There is no need to even try to imagine them with your own eyes when addressing them. Although there are known cases when angels appeared in the flesh, this is only for the convenience of interacting with them; flesh is not an attribute of an angel (it characterizes only a person).
How to become angels
The soul of every deceased person goes through the Last Judgment. A person is shown his whole life and asked to comment on what good he has done over the years. Bad deeds and words are monitored very strictly. And many sometimes feel incredibly ashamed of the life lived on Earth. To assess the earthly life of the deceased, archangels use concepts such as: spiritual development, the ability to empathize with others, care and the desire to do good. Before a deceased person, the past life “passes” like a kind of movie from a huge number of moments. Some of them, like on a screen, scroll quickly, and some slowly. Sometimes the image may stop so that the deceased can better remember everything that happened then. Before trial, you must truthfully condemn each of your negative actions or negative thoughts.
The Archangels strictly criticize moments in life, explaining what they should have done to correct their mistakes. But these judges are very fair. They do not hesitate to praise all worthy deeds. Each action of the deceased is discussed for a long time, and then a verdict is made. These are prosecutors who do not give leniency to anyone. For the life given to you, you must answer to the court.
But every dead person at this terrible court has a lawyer. This is a guardian angel who has been with him throughout his life. And he fiercely defends the rights of the deceased soul, trying to minimize punishment and mitigate the sentence.
The results of the past life are summed up by Archangel Michael. It counts positive and negative actions. The deceased must score 600 points, which will help him avoid a new reincarnation and being sent to Earth to correct his mistakes in a new life. Even a minor lie, any refusal, even a spiritual impulse or thought, any initiative is taken into account. Everything is included in the calculations. And only those who score 600 points can become a more perfect being in the new world and forever get rid of the “prison of the flesh” and return to Earth, to the world of despair and suffering.
A soul that has scored 600 points can choose for itself: whether to return to Earth or become a Guardian Angel to help people develop spiritually while living among them.
And if the soul decides to become an Angel, your former, earthly Guardian Angel accompanies you to the tunnel. This is the path to the land of Angels, where you will have to learn to be the guardian of human souls. Now, having stepped into this territory, you receive your own angel-instructor, who will teach you the profession of an angel, tell you what to do, and help you acquire new skills and abilities.
Becoming an Angel for a deceased soul is a huge privilege. Now you will never have to be born again to go through earthly suffering again. And this is the best gift for a person after death.
Agree, the question “how to become an Angel” is somewhat incorrect, since a counter question arises - why should they become on purpose. An angel is a person with a kind soul, who has never caused harm to anyone, who always helps everyone, but for one reason or another, left this world early not of his own free will. However, now it is common to think that you can become an Angel during your lifetime. Let's find out how!
How to become an Angel during life?
I don’t know how possible it is to become an Angel himself, being a living person. Even so sincere and a kind person, just as Jesus Christ could not become God during his lifetime, let alone modern people. However, they won’t just say that, and if you are seriously thinking about your mission on this sinful earth to bring light, goodness and warmth to people, then I bring to your attention several postulates on how to become an Angel, having your own living flesh.
As soon as all of the above points become “too tough” for you, consider that you now know how to become an Angel! But for whom exactly you became it is up to you to choose. These could be our wives, husbands, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, but mostly these are our children. You, like a Guardian Angel, will provide the chosen person with help and support in everything, protect him, suggest the right answers, guide him on the right path, and so on...
How to become a Guardian Angel?
Unfortunately, no one can ever become a real Guardian Angel during their lifetime! After all, they usually become our deceased parents, close people, friends who loved us during our lifetime...
If they undertake to protect us, they do so until the end of our lives. But he is not obligated to do this at all! However, if we sin a lot and lead a dissolute lifestyle, then our Guardian Angel may temporarily leave us for seven years. Remember, the Guardian Angel protects us only because he loves us and wants to help! Therefore, pray often and turn to your Guardians for help and guidance!
