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There Are More Things in Heaven and Earth… Preview It took science to discover the patterns of the universe and learn how to use them for mankind’s progress. Yet, the most important discovery for humankind to make is still avoided by most scientists. We have explored the laws of the physical universe; now it is time to study the spiritual laws for mankind… Rev. Dr. Franklin Loehr graduated
in 1933 with a degree in chemistry, but returned to college a few months later
to become a Presbyterian minister…When Franklin founded the Religious Research
Foundation, its motto became “adding facts to faith...” By researching thousands of
past-life recalls and thousands of the readings channeled to earth by our
spirit guide, Dr. John Christopher Daniels, Franklin discovered both purpose
and pattern to life on earth, along with spiritual laws that help us live our
lives. The unique paths of thousands of souls revealed a grand design of human
life…Every lifetime can (and should) be used for the growth of its soul. The
soul must learn to take mastery of all phases of earth living. Furthermore, the
soul must take mastery in terms of its own nature as a child of God. It is not
enough simply to learn to survive on earth; the soul must survive in keeping
with the values of God. Growth is the first, the foremost
spiritual law that surfaced in the research...What takes one soul several
lifetimes to learn may be learned by another soul in only one…Each soul (often
with help) chooses its own unique pattern of growth. The growth of a soul is
not like climbing a spiral staircase, with one life leading to the next step in
growth and then to the next in an upward progression. The growth of a soul is
more like putting together a jigsaw puzzle… I recently watched my daughter
working on a very large puzzle with thousands of pieces. First she picked a
color—in her case green for trees at the top right of the puzzle—and worked on
that section for a while, then she picked another color—brown for a building in
the lower center—and put that part together. On and on she went until all the
sections were completed and the puzzle came together as a whole. This is the
way the soul grows. First it will work on one area of its growth for a while,
then leave that area and go to another. At the end of its incarnations the
puzzle is ready to be put together as a whole. To illustrate, here is one soul
and its incarnations over the past millennium…The Barbara soul took a variety
of lives during this last millennium: three as a man, five as a woman, one in
South America, one in Africa, four in Europe and two in America. The lives
differed in income, responsibility, culture, climate and achievement. However,
the earth lives had neither an upward nor downward progression… Karma is one important facet of the
soul’s growth. It is the principle that whatever we do comes back to us—in this
life or in another…This is true whether we treat others kindly or cruelly.
Karma provides us with justice. The villain in one life will become the victim
in another. But good deeds are also rewarded. The person we help in this life
could be our benefactor in another…When an action causes a reaction that is not
completed in one life, it becomes unfinished business for another life… Just as karma helps us grow, so
do problems…Problems are signs of incomplete mastery of some type and the
opportunity to do something about it. If you want to know your purpose in life,
look to your problems. They are often the key to the growth you need in this
life because they show an area in which you need to improve… This is not to say that all
problems exist so we can grow. For many reasons, life can be difficult at
times…Some people are jobless because of something they need to learn, but many
of those who are pushed into the ranks of the unemployed are faced with a
problem that was not created for the sake of their growth…It is not what
happens to us that truly matters; it is how we handle it. Nothing outside us
can interfere with our spiritual growth unless we allow it… Karma discourages wrong moves, and problems provide opportunities for growth, but these are not the only ways that the cards are stacked in favor of our growth… |
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