Life after death?

[truepath_Sa]

Salam

I am interested in what the average ismailis believe about life after death? so when you die,do you go to Barzakh? we sunnis believe in barzakh,which is the place where souls live until judgment day when we go to hell or paradise.

or do you reincarnate? i read some ismailis believe in reincarnation .to me that is a deprresing belief and i hope it is not true..saying,you grandpa is reincarnated somewhere ? we look up to heaven and hope they hear us,thats more natural than to think maybe he is in china as a baby now

[kmaherali]

In Ismailism there is strength in diversity. There are diverse strands of thought in regard to the concept of hereafter. There have been various discussions in this forum in this regard. You may want to visit the link below and ask specific questions related to the thread.

Reincarnation in Islam

http://www.ismaili.net/html/modules.php ... highlight=

[swamidada_1]

According to Quran Allah gives only one chance. Quran says;

When death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back again. so that I may act rightly regarding the things I failed to do!". No indeed! It is just words he utters. Behind them there is a barrier until the Day they are raised up.

Al Mu'minun: 99-100

One should study Surah Mu'minun. It is an important surah in which ethical values and qualities of mu'min are mentioned beside day of judgement and lessons from story of Prophet Noah and Moses.

[kmaherali]

There has been extensive discussion on this subject on the thread of reincarnation. We would be repeating the cycle if we started again.

[swamidada_1]

There has been extensive discussion on this subject on the thread of reincarnation. We would be repeating the cycle if we started again.

The thread reincarnation is locked. I suggested to study Surah Al Mu'minun. At present I am not intended to discuss reincarnation.

[mahebubchatur]

Ismaili doctrine - every soul, manifested or not, has been created from one single, by a single creator. All souls are a part of the same one soul, which are all & each, an integral and and interconnected part the unity & oneness of the entire creation - manifested or not - Tawhid

All human beings are born with a soul and, when the soul leaves the physical body, to continues its eternal journey, the body dies & returns to earth.

O mankind! Be careful of your duty to your Lord Who created you from one single soul and from it created its mate and from them twain hath spread abroad a multitude of men and women.” Quran 4:1

O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware. Quran 49:13,

“Many Spiritual Children who have lost their loved ones come to me sorrowing and with tears in their eyes. If they only knew how happy the departed souls are in the next world, they would not be so sorry. Life in this world is very short and we should all work for the happiness of life hereafter, which is everlasting.”
- Mawlana Hazar Imam,
(Paris, June 1963)
 
“Before leaving you, I again convey my best, best affectionate blessing to your Jamats, to your families and to all the murids whom you meet in your lives. I also convey my best blessings to the ruhani members of your families. They are in my thoughts, they are in my prayers, and I send blessings for the eternal peace and rest of their souls. Our lives are transitions. They are not permanent in any way. And those who are not here physically, they are there, eternally, in the form of a soul. And to those souls, I give best, special, loving blessings. Khanavadan, Khanavadan, Khanavadan.”
- Mawlana Hazar Imam, 
(Kampala, March 22, 2005)
 
 Links -Articles & Threads

https://ask.ismailignosis.com/category/ ... h-the-soul

http://heritage.ismaili.net/node/10592

http://heritage.ismaili.net/node/10515

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Institute of Ismaili Studies. http://www.ismaili.net/html/modules.php ... pic&t=9397

[kmaherali]

The book below is worth reading for anyone interested in life hereafter...



Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past-Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives

From author and psychotherapist Dr. Brian Weiss comes the classic New York Times bestseller on the true case of the past-life therapy that changed the lives of both the prominent psychiatrist and young patient involved—now featuring a new afterword by the author.

As a traditional psychotherapist, Dr. Brian Weiss was astonished and skeptical when one of his patients began recalling past-life traumas that seemed to hold the key to her recurring nightmares and anxiety attacks. His skepticism was eroded, however, when she began to channel messages from the “space between lives,” which contained remarkable revelations about Dr. Weiss’ family and his dead son. Using past-life therapy, he was able to cure the patient and embark on a new, more meaningful phase of his own career. With more than one million copies in print, Many Lives, Many Masters is one of the breakthrough texts in alternative psychotherapy and remains as provocative and timeless as it was when first published.

https://www.amazon.ca/Many-Lives-Master ... op?ie=UTF8

[kmaherali]

Book


A "beautiful and sensitive" tale of true love that transcends time, from the multi-million bestselling author of Many Lives, Many Masters (Gary Zukav, author of Seat of the Soul). Recommended by Kendall Jenner.

In Many Lives, Many Masters, a skeptical Dr. Brian Weiss found his life changed profoundly after curing a patient using past-life therapy. Now he takes his research into transcendental messages one breathtaking step further.
He portrays two strangers, Elizabeth and Pedro, who are unaware that they have been lovers throughout the long centuries -- until fate brings them together again. He shows how each and every one of us has a soulmate whom we have loved in past incarnations and who waits to reunite with us now. And he opens up entirely new worlds for all of us everywhere, based on a single, powerful truth...

https://www.amazon.ca/Only-Love-Real-So ... 0446672653

[kmaherali]

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[kmaherali]

Linda Backman - Past Lives and Soul Agreements

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQEzCmCo-CA

The video of Dr. Linda Backman, psychologist and regression therapist, who returned to the Center on May 21, 2017 to talk about Past Lives and Soul Agreements Today.

[kmaherali]

Raymond Moody: Reincarnation

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_S8yacTRnU

Raymond Moody, MD, best known as "the father of the near-death experience" and author of the groundbreaking book Life After Life, gave a talk on Reincarnation in January 2015.

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[kmaherali]

Does a human being know they’re dead once they die?

My grandmother died in the middle of the night when I was five years old. She came into my room and woke me and sat on the edge of the bed and told me that my mother was going to go through a very difficult time and even though I was so young, I was going to have to help her. When I get up the next day, I told my mother what happened and that Nana had died. 15 minutes later, my two aunts came to the door to tell my mother that she had died about the same time that she had visited me I have never had any fear of death , mostly because of this. I know there is something after we die and I know she looked strong and healthy. She had not been in life.

Discussion at: https://www.quora.com/Does-a-human-bein ... e-they-die

[kmaherali]

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[swamidada]

A soul’s journey to the other world

By Veenu Sandal
March 9, 2019

Do you believe you have soul—an entity that is distinct from your physical body? Do you believe in the existence of a soul? Individuals may or may not believe in the existence of a soul. But since ancient times, almost all religions, at least the major ones, have believed in the existence of a soul. Today as well, it is widely believed that a soul exists and after death, the soul leaves the physical body and travels to another realm or world. Descriptions of where this other world is located vary from religion to religion, community to community. How long does it take for the soul to journey from earth to the other world, no matter where it may be located?

The beliefs, mythological, religious, community and individual all vary on this, as do the beliefs on when after death this all important journey begins for the soul. Depending on the belief, the soul’s journey to the other world begins immediately after death, or three, four days or seven, eleven, twelve or thirteen days or forty days after death. Again, depending on the belief, the duration of the soul’s astral journey to the other world is contingent upon the kind of soul it is and can range upto a year after death if one doesn’t become ghost.

It is fascinating to observe that several common elements, such as 40 days, the crossing of a river, the existence of two worlds—usually Hell and Heaven, the existence of ‘gates’ as entry points to these worlds, etc, link ancient times to the present and feature in almost all religions and community beliefs. As with much else, their significance of course, varies from community to community, religion to religion, family to family. For instance, according to Wikipedia, “It is believed that the soul of the departed remains wandering on Earth during the 40-day period, coming back home, visiting places the departed has lived in as well as their fresh grave. The soul also completes the journey through the Aerial toll house finally leaving this world.

“In Russian tradition, bread and a glass of water is put in the Icon Corner in the house of the departed… It is common to make up the bed for the departed during the 40-day period, donating the bedding to poor on the 40th Day…In some traditions all night vigils with intense prayers are held on the night before the 40th Day. The motif of the 40th Day is ‘we said good bye to you, no longer come to us, we will come to you.’ After the 40th Day the living can no longer grieve about the departed, they must move on with their lives.”

In India, in many families a ‘diya’ is kept lit for the departed soul for 40 days and it is believed that on the 40th day, the soul crosses the river that separates the world of the living and the world of the dead and the soul’s journey to the other world will henceforth be smoother. Many families also believe the river crossing erases or considerably reduces the soul’s memories of its earthly existence and dissolves its earthly ‘personality’, enabling an easier transition to a true spirit form.

Islam also allows 40 days of mourning, during that period relatives and community members pray for departed soul.

In Greek mythology, the Styx river had to be crossed to reach the other world. The river crossing could only be made in a ferryboat rowed by an old, grizzled boatman named Charon and he in turn would only take a soul if proper funeral rites for the body had been performed on earth. In India, the 47th chapter of the Preta Khanda in the Garuda Purana describes the Vaitarni River which must be crossed by the souls of the dead. Those with good karma could cross it easily, otherwise they would sink into it.

Wikipedia says that “Vaitarna or Vaitarani river… lies between the earth and the infernal Naraka, the realm of Yama, Hindu god of death and is believed to purify one’s sins. Furthermore, while the righteous see it filled with nectar-like water, the sinful see it filled with blood… According to the Garuda Purana, this river falls on the path leading to the Southern Gate of the city of Yama. It is also mentioned that only the sinful souls come via the southern gate.”

I’ve written earlier about my paternal grandmother who ‘died’ but came back before she could be cremated and narrated how she had to cross a river and other gripping details. When it comes to experiences similar to those of my grandmother and other near death experiences or NDEs, passing through a tunnel and seeing a bright light are often recounted. Some time ago, Time carried an adaptation from Lisa Miller’s book ‘Visions of Heaven: A Journey Through the Afterlife’ in which she quoted Andrew Newberg, a neuroscientist and professor at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital who has made his reputation studying the brain scans of religious people—nuns and monks—who have ecstatic experiences as they meditate. “He believes the ‘tunnel’ and the ‘light’ that NDE-ers so frequently describe can be easily explained. As your eyesight fades, you lose the peripheral areas first, he points out. ‘That’s why you’d have a tunnel sensation.’ If you see a bright light, that could be the central part of the visual system shutting down last…. It is possible, Newberg asserts—though not at all certain—that visions of heaven are merely chemical and neurological events that occur during death.” It is worth noting that Newberg only ‘believes’ and has not ‘proved’.