Afterlife and the Books of the Dead (video lecture)
The lecture is devoted to the consideration of various descriptions of the posthumous journeys of the soul in the “Books of the Dead,” in particular — “Bardo Thodol” and “Er nu peret em heru.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlFAL-7sxqI The lecture opens an exploration of ancient Egyptian conceptions of attaining the “wholeness of the soul” and presents an overview of the journey of...
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Originally published in Russian: Enmerkar.com
4 responses to Afterlife and the Books of the Dead (video lecture)
Hello.
In the afterlife, consciousness passes through gracious and wrathful deities, shedding its veils. Why, after this process, are memories of past lives still accessible?
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These ‘memories’ are not true memory; they are ‘read’ not as memory but as ‘imprints’ from the world environment.
Okay. What makes a particular imprint akin to a practitioner delving into past lives? Why is a specific scenario remembered?
The flow of karma – impulses carrying the flow of consciousness.