Outline of My Tenth Presentation

Defining the Afterlife

This is a presentation of Theistic Psychology by Dr. Leon James

Section: 10.1.1

Online Book at: www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/theistic

By Lynnette Laimana

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm

Concept 1: Hell

“All negative emotions must have their origin in the vertical community”

• General relationship between those on earth and the people who dwell in their hells
• Negative emotions is the vehicle we use to descend to our hell in our mind
• Choice is offered to those on hearth by God in perfect balance – we tip the balance with our loves (heavenly or hellish)
• Once we are resuscitated in the world of spirits the balance ends.
• We are immersed in either our hell or heaven
• Process is complete at our second death

Example:

Our individual loves contribute to our pursuit towards our heavenly or hellish state.

Opinion:

I believe in this one hundred percent. You may look helpful and innocent but you can’t hide the truth from yourself. With theistic psychology you also know what and where you’ll be going should you continue your ways.

Concept 2: Spirits

“Swedenborg was a unique modern case but he did not talk to spirits across the two worlds—he was actually present in both worlds.

• Atheistic psychology concept of spirits has no status except as part of the delusions of schizophrenics.
• Theistic psychology it is known that no one can talk to real spirits because direct communication has been suspended
• Not recognized as legitimate or real phenomena is Spiritism, psychic powers, magic, exorcisms, ECT.
• Influx doesn’t allow for direct communication
• Our emotions moment by moment are caused by spirits in the vertical community with which our mind is associated in the world of spirits.
• Our mind is born in the spirit world and is immortal.
• Once we undergo our second state death and enter our heaven or hell we are unwilling to leave this state.

Key point:

Do self-witnessing in our daily emotions. By doing this we are aware of what type of spirits we are associated with. It is they who determine what kind of emotions we show or emulate.

Opinion:

Self witnessing is an excellent body compass. We can use our emotions to decipher or predict our future heaven or hell and to what level we can attain.

Concept 3: Regeneration

“It exists because the human race is always fully interconnected and networked”

• No one can be born without inheriting personhood from the parents
• Plays a crucial role in this method of regeneration
• God has made himself to be a Divine Psychologist to all
• God is putting us into specific experience which tempt us to follow our inherited loves
• At the same time we are aware that they violate the doctrine of truth from Sacred Scripture
• We are regenerated gradually over many years as we face daily temptations, battles and victories.

Key Point:

The function of temptations is to bring our evil loves into our conscious awareness, where we can judge by doctrine of truth from Sacred Scripture. Use our rational consciousness to counteract ad resist the inherited affective organ.

Opinion:

I believe that we hold the key to our future so this concept runs along similar lines.

Related Web Sites:

http://swedenborg.newearth.org

http://www.theheavenlydoctrines.org

http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/swdbor.html

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/theistic

My Home Page:

http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/459af2005/laimana/home.htm