Realms in spirit world

This page is part of an ERW course: Spiritual exercises, section Articles.

By John Eagles, September 30, 2009.

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A spiritual realm is a place or a set of places in the spiritual world that is occupied by spirits who have reached a similar spiritual level and who are bound by common beliefs, traditions and sometimes abilities. This is a definition based on observations I have made in the spiritual world.

It is often thought that the spiritual world looks like a kind of building with floors on top of one another. The cellar of that building would be like hell and coming higher in the building it begins to look more and more like heaven. At the top floor in such a model are residing those of the highest level and with the deepest love and they are controlling the entire building.

Of course, nowhere in the spiritual world can be found a building like that. Just like it is true in the physical world, the spiritual world is divided in many places and each of these spaces are controlled by different angels and/or human spirits.

The image of a several-story building is of course only used as an analogy, to illustrate significant points about the reality of the spiritual world. This image is not a literal depiction of the spiritual reality.

Most cultures and religions have their own view on the spiritual reality. They commonly have their own names for their 'heaven', their 'hell' and often there also is a kind of purgatory or waiting room. When you look in the spiritual world, all these realms can be found. They all exist. Even the spiritual realms that were believed to exist by oldest cultures can usually still be found in the spiritual world.

When a specific culture lives within certain boundaries of communities and sometimes also physical borders, the people of that culture will often share a common belief and traditions. They share the same spiritual reality. Within that spiritual reality of that particular culture or religion, there are those who reached a higher level and there also those who made offenses against what that culture or religion perceives as being right. The latter category will be destined for the spiritual hell that belongs with that culture or religious practice.

When a person has a strong belief in his or her own religion and restricts human relationships with those in the community, that person has set up his or her own restrictions for whom are loved and whom are being met. That situation already may exist in the physical world and will then continue in the spiritual world. We are setting up our own limitations by whom we love, what we believe and where we are going in the spiritual world.

In the spiritual world there comes into existence a realm that goes with a certain subgroup or level of that particular culture or religion. Sometimes the borders of such a realm are reinforced by angels or human spirits to form real frontiers that cannot be passed easily anymore by most of the spirits who are residing within these boundaries.

But it is also true that people who have reached a higher level of unselfish love, and who therefore also are able to love people of many cultures and backgrounds, can more easily move through different realms in the spiritual world. Some of them can even visit the darkest places because of their love for the spirits living there. Such higher spirits have come to live in a kind of heaven that they themselves are making through their love for God and for other people. These higher spirits make their own heaven wherever they come.

The spiritual realms that are formed by the beliefs and traditions of particular cultures and religions can be found on many different places. Some of these realms may be connected to places in the physical world, for example to churches or shrines or holy places. Others of these realms may have been built in places in spirit world that are not situated in the spiritual world that is directly connected to the earth, but instead are located somewhere else in the cosmos.

Because peoples of different backgrounds have formed such spiritual realms throughout history, the spiritual world has become a very complex and diverse domain. The spiritual world is immense and there exist many places where no human spirit has ever been yet. Many spaces in the spirit world are still open to be explored and inhabited.

It is through the highest love that we have for God and for fellow man that we can take part in abolishing the borders in the spirit world that separate one group from another.

Comments

Question: This question is about villages in spirit world or towns. Do spirits live there?

Most modern people end up in many different places in spirit world. Some are stuck to their houses, others to some of their descendants, again others are so dead in spirit world that they cannot speak, cannot move, do not even know anymore they exist. Again others end up in realms of their religions. There are many possibilities here.

A village in spirit world is a community of people loving each other and wanting to stay together and all having at least a minimum level of spiritual maturity. Modern-day towns and cities on earth are not built from such communities anymore. Of course, one can visit such physical towns from spirit world, but they are not consciously built in spirit world.

I have seen villages built in spirit world but these are not connected to villages existing on earth, or not anymore. Almost always they are inhabited by spirits that form a clan or tribe.

Question: Please elaborate more concretely on some of the changes and phenomena in spirit world of the Last Days. What about aliens, UFO s and crop circles?

In the Last Days, all historical problems must be solved. Because all these problems are linked to groups in spirit world, groups of angels, groups of people who lived in cultures of past and present, these groups are reconnecting to life on earth.

This phenomenon can clearly be seen in spirit world. The Last Days are the scenario of a final frontline battle. Angels and spirits who resist the changes of heavenly restoration are giving their utmost to stop God's Providence from being successful. Heavenly angels and spirits are called to defend God's work.

The evil side has made their own plans for this time. Of course, they are presenting these plans as if heavenly. They try to give people the impression that under their dominion a much better future will come. They present false ideals and many people in the present have come under this influence.

There is no culture of the past whose spirits are not active right now. It can be recognized by the surging interest that so many people have in these old cultures. Also the spirit world is working hard to lead archeologists etc. to find artifacts telling about the old times.

It is a little difficult to speak here in detail about aliens as not everyone would be able to understand. There exist many beings in spirit world that are not known to man. They have only existed in the spirit world. They sometimes have very special abilities, far surpassing what humans can do. Compare this to what computers are capable of in respect to the human mind.

I have made study again and again of UFO's and crop circles etc. and until now I have found no reason to believe that they are anything other than spiritual phenomena. The physical facts that show up are not convincing to me. Although I think that these phenomena are sometimes spiritual and sometimes faked, I leave the possibility open that there might be a physical element to this.

I studied many pictures of crop circles and they all appear man-made to me. On careful examination one can see that the patterns of how the straw was bent are in such a way that one expects people on earth to do it. If they were caused by an energy event from spirit world or out of space, one not expect such typical human patterns, like straight lines being bent where there is the trace of a tractor wheel, etc.

I have seen films where people show in detail how they made such crop circles. It's done very cleverly. A new art form, I would say.

Then there are the stories of abductions by aliens. I spoke to several people who had experienced this and they told me in detail what had happened to them. They were clearly spiritual experiences. From spirit world, the spirits of people can be taken out from their bodies and then things are done to them. This is a very old phenomenon that has existed since oldest times. It's rather scary but I have come to the conclusion that it is real yet spiritual of nature.

Then there are the stories of angels coming in bodies on earth, or having done this in the past. The Bible also tells us about this ("There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown." Genesis 6:4).

There's still a lot to be discovered about the history of man.

Question: "My own course to get to know the spiritual world has not been by studying books but has been entirely guided by what God asked me to do and experience." Is it God personally who has been guiding you in your course? Or has God fully or partially delegated this "project" (of guiding and educating you) to a mediator? A mediator like physical persons on earth through which God can fully work, or angels/spiritual guides that are totally united with God, who completely understand what God's plan is for you and who are fully qualified to guide you.

I always pray for God's guidance for whatever I must do. God answers us when we are serious in our quest. God's answers can come in many different ways, through dreams or through physical people or good spirit world. The most important is our sincere desire to do God's will and to do only God's will.

I know that God will guide everyone who has this kind of desire and faith. Sometimes God can use mediators to guide us, but how can we be sure that what a mediator tells us comes from God? Or that we correctly interpret what a mediator to God tells us?

There's only one guarantee, which is in our personal relationship to God. To have such a relationship is the standard for each and everyone. Those people who don't have such standard either did not make effort for it or did not believe it is possible. Why would it not be possible? Sometimes we may have to pray long for answer. There are questions that I asked God for over 10 years until I got an answer. Sometimes the answer comes quickly. It's in our desire and our faith.

Question: I understand and appreciate your answer, but I asked the question from a slightly different angle. Recently I have been told by someone something surprising about God's situation. So far I understood that God can relate directly with you and directly with me. However this person told me that God has been in soooo much pain that (in order to bear the immense pain) He was forced to step away from his children and that He now resides in some remote place in the spiritual world. From there He still supervises and coordinates His providence of restoration, however that whole work has been fully delegated to the angelic world on God's side! That would mean that third parties can fully act on God's behalf, but also that God does not relate directly to me. I can still experience and relate to God, however not directly, but only through representative mediators Can you confirm or deny this as true?

God cannot relate directly to you or me etc????? Nonsense.

God does not reside in a part in spirit world. God is above God's creation and spirit world is also God's creation. And: How could you know which angels you can trust? It's only through your own relationship to God. Any angel can come and say they represent God.

I have always understood the mediator's task to help people get their personal relationship to God, not to stand in-between God and me or you or to take God's place. We are all children of God (unless you are a monkey but I did not get that impression) and therefore God can speak to each of God's children. Which parent would refuse to speak to his or her children? It is the mediator's task to make that clear to people and to help them overcome the barriers that blocked the relationship to God.

Question: What about the idea that God had to take some distance as otherwise He would not be able to bear the constant pain?Question: What about the idea that God had to take some distance as otherwise He would not be able to bear the constant pain?

God's pain? God's pain is man's separation from God. Would it help to relieve that pain to take more distance?

Question: Have you been able to see for yourself (and thus understand more clearly) the providential changes in the spiritual world that Rev Moon has declared at numerous occasions of his ministry?

It is not the most difficult to see such major changes in the spiritual world when they occur. One way to realize them is through spiritual contact to angels and spirits, but just as important is to pray about and analyze the changes taking place in the world. All global changes on earth are expressions of developments in the spiritual world. It needs research and study of these global changes and then much prayer to realize their meaning.

A most significant change that I can testify of was that with the installation of Home Church. I have been doing Home Church for a long time now and I can speak of countless experiences with the spiritual world that has helped me to fulfill it. I could give you many more examples, but I mention Home Church as this dispensation is rooted deep in my heart.

Question: " again others are so dead in spirit world that they cannot speak, cannot move, do not even know anymore they exist." Simply speaking, what during their physical life on earth has led them to such a state in the spirit world? By observing certain types of human behavior on earth, can you already make some kind of educated guess where people may end up in the spiritual world What is the expected destiny in the spiritual world of people who are leading and concluding their earthly life in the sphere of homosexuality? Of course, I can imagine that there is an endless amount of parameters that determine the final outcome and that it may be just too complex to even try to make some kind of prediction.

With enough experience it is quite well possible to know for many people where they will end up in spirit world. But making these kind of predictions should never become a routine. Each person is different. Some people are very complicated.

People who live in a very materialistic way always end up in low places in spirit world and often they are incapable of doing there much. But some people who seemingly are materialistic have a spiritual reason for doing it. For example, some people try to get a lot of money in order to get spiritual control over people. They are not spiritually undeveloped but they use money as a means to reach spiritual goals, not all too lofty yet still spiritual.

I have found many creative people in higher levels in the spiritual world, for example composers and artists. They are often capable of doing quite much in spirit world. As a contrast, many Christian pastors and priests end up very low. They preach 'the word' but don't practice it. Knowledge of religious books can very much help us but is absolutely no guarantee for reaching a higher spiritual level.

Homosexuals are in for a difficult life in spirit world. There are many spiritually developed homosexuals in evil realms but none to my knowledge in the more heavenly spheres. I have quite many good friends who are homosexual but this is a tendency that doesn't help them in any way.

Question: "The evil side has made their own plans for this time. Of course, they are presenting these plans as if heavenly. They try to give people the impression that under their dominion a much better future will come. They present false ideals and many people in the present have come under this influence." I can understand and agree with this concept. However are you also confident to put names and faces on the earthly people pursuing those false ideals?

I could mention names of many. One false ideal is that of communism. It makes people believe in good ideals such as sharing riches and living in harmonious communities. The question always is: who is controlling this? In the case of communism, it is the state. The state forces people to live such ideals. The ideals themselves may not always be bad but the situation that the few control the many is bad.

On the other side there are the ideals of many fundamentalist Christians (or similar people in other religions) who believe in God and in Jesus and in keeping God's Word etc. But to whom are they relating as their god? Is it the real God? Would the real God make them to be dogmatic and judgmental? They believe in going to heaven and keep many rules, but they don't have a personal relationship to God and do not deeply enough investigate the state of their own heart.

I could mention many more but I am not out on a mission to condemn those around me. Generally speaking, the essence of evil is to pursue false ideals. The expression of evil is in all kinds of visible sins and crimes. False ideals are those that resemble God's ideals but the Creator is not the one controlling those false ideals.

Question: "Angels and spirits who resist the changes of heavenly restoration are giving their utmost to stop God's Providence from being successful. Heavenly angels and spirits are called to defend God's work." Reportedly Lucifer has returned to God's side a few years ago. Did other angels follow him back to God as well? What determines the return of angels to the heavenly side? Angelic behavior or human behavior

How did Lucifer get evil? According to the Divine Principle, by instigating Eve to the spiritual fall and later Adam to the physical fall. Are angels originally above people or people above angels in God's world? So if a man instigates a woman to fall and then that woman passes that on to another man, would that not place that first man in the same position as Lucifer? Look around in today's world and count how many people repeat Lucifer's fall each day. Would all angels suddenly have stopped to show similar behavior? Evil isn't gone if the first angel who started it stopped to sin.

Of course, Lucifer also increased his own evil by his own evil actions throughout history. But do you know how many more angels and people have become extremely evil throughout history? I don't know the number, but I fathom they are many.

Question: "God does not reside in a part in spirit world. God is above God's creation and spirit world is also God's creation." Interesting. Never realized that as such. Apart from God, are there other beings that exist or that can come and dwell in God's realm above the creation (= spiritual + physical world)?

This is not an easy topic to speak on. I could say something about this from my own experiences but it is very difficult to put this in comprehensible words. Imagine our universe coming out from God. Because of deepest love, God is in all of God's creation. It's like when a parent thinks with deep love of a child. The parent can sense the pains of the child. I imagine that God's love is deeper and therefore God senses more of each of us, is more in all of God's creation than what we normally experience with those whom we love.

This means that God is in all of creation, but is that all there is to it? How did the universe come about? The entire universe is composed of dualities, plus and minus, male and female, mind and body.

There are black holes in the center of each galaxy, according to the latest findings. What is a black hole? Here there is so much gravity that all the normal laws cease to apply. What is at the other end of the black hole? Similarly, what is beyond the border of the universe? What is the duality that came out from God? What is the partnering aspect of the created universe?

It must be a realm where God also resides. Is there time and space in those realms? Not likely at all. Who can go there? I leave with this question....

Question: "How could you know which angels you can trust?" I heard that the sensation of a cold (spiritual) energy can be trusted, while according to this logic a warm energy would indicate something not trustworthy? Is that correct? Or can both good and evil spiritual entities simulate any kind of energetic sensation? Are there spiritual sensations that evil spiritual world can not simulate? Can a seeming intimacy with God (accompanied by tears, feeling of truth, sobering energy, sense of humility...) be simulated by evil spirits?

Think of love. If two people commit the fall do they feel bad? Sometimes they do, but many times they feel very good. We can judge good or evil love on its deeper content, on its direction. Was it centered on God or was it centered on selfish pleasure? Just like it is very difficult to judge love on its appearance, so it is very difficult to judge energies. There are no simple rules for this to my knowledge and conviction. It is by our being sincere in our relationship to God that we can sense what pulls us away from God.

It is easy for evil spirits to bring to us bad energies that seemingly feel good. It is easy for them as long as we trust simple rules. It gets much more difficult for them if we keep a close and personal relationship to God because then that what is evil collides with what is good. This is what we can sense, but only if we are centered on God. What evil entities cannot handle is our personal and deep relationship to God. From that relationship comes our intuition, which is the main instrument that helps us to discern what comes or doesn't not come from God.

All other spiritual senses can be fooled, in my experience. Some angels or spirits might not be good in faking one sensation or energy, but they are good in other crafts of deceit. With our good intuition we also know what is truth. Yet this is similar to our habits of eating food. If a person keeps a good standard, his or her body will tell which food is good or not good. But if a person got addicted to a type of bad food, the original instincts stop working. Tears? You never saw fake tears? Tears alone are no proof.

Humility? When you know to be a child of God you will be proud of that, and rightly so. It is to defend your position as God's child. There exists a lot of false humility in this world.