Transitioning from the Fetus to the Material World, and from the Material World to the Spiritual World

 An Analogy

Take for example how the fetus develops in the mother’s womb, growing eyes, ears, arms, legs and a brain. And though it needs none of those things for its survival in the womb--because the mother provides all the substance it needs for survival in that matrix--nonetheless it develops these limbs and organs anyway.

When the fetus finally transitions to this world after about nine months or so, it will require these same eyes, ears, arms, legs, and brain functioning for its journey to be spent on this earthly plane. If it fails to develop any of these essential organs and limbs in the womb, for whatever reason, it will find that it comes to this material world “handicapped” in certain areas. Read the Holy Writing quotation that speaks to this phenomenon.

It is interesting to note that though the fetus is carried in the mother’s womb on this plane of existence (same world), it remains unaware of the world that the mother lives in, though the mother is aware of its world.

Now let us take this example one step further and make two assumptions. One: let us presuppose that the soul attaches itself to the fetus at the moment of conception. We make this supposition knowing that one of the powers inherent in the soul is that it is the coordinator of bodily functions. It is not hard to imagine that the embryo needs such a coordinator for all the growing that it must do before it transitions into the material world. See some excerpts from Closer Than Your Life Vein for more elaboration on the specific powers of the soul.

Second: we presuppose that the soul is the only part of a human being that lives on after the death of the body. Scientifically speaking, because the body is composed of elements, it must naturally decompose over time as all elements do. But because the soul is not made up of elements, it cannot decompose and therefore continues to exist. This belief in the survival of the soul after bodily death is a teaching of most religious traditions, so we will not elaborate on this point, but you can click here for some specific Holy Writings addressing this concept.

The Transition

So we now have a human being that we see is comprised of both a physical, composed body and a celestial non-composed entity called the soul, which comes originally from the spiritual worlds of God. During one transition, this soul attaches itself to the embryo at conception, and at another it detaches itself from the body at death. This is much like the fetus, which unattaches from the mother’s umbilical cord at birth. Both have entered a new world in a sense, and both have made a new transition. The soul merely returns to the spiritual realm from which it originated, and the body returns to dust, from which it originated.

Like the fetus that remained in the mother’s womb just long enough to grow and develop the things it would need for existence in the material world, so too has the soul attached itself to the body and remained in the material world just long enough to obtain the things it will need to function properly back in the world of the spirit. Like the fetus, it must develop those things, qualities and attributes here in the material world if it is to reach the spiritual world without handicap.

But what does the soul require for success when it returns exclusively to the world of the spirit?

The purpose of this section is to bring light to what the soul will need in its afterlife of eternity according to what the holy writings tell us. The list below is by no means exhaustive, but it is a beginning, and it is all that we can bear to hear from the Manifestations of God at this time. One such Manifestation even tells us why the prophets have not revealed all the details associated with the nature of the soul and its separation from the body. Read entire quote here.

Again, it is interesting to note that though all of our holy books speak to the existence of the life of the spirit after death, some of us remain like the unknowing fetus and recognize it not. Or are we in denial?

While it is reasonable to assume that the fetus would have grand trouble envisioning a world beyond the womb because of its limited power in that state of existence, this excuse can not be used by the thinking man or woman who has been given a soul at conception, a soul which is endowed with the ability to recognize its Creator. With such recognition comes the expectation of obedience to what the Creator commands, and to His injunction to develop that soul and make it ready for its return to its Source.