Beginners Guide To Spiritual Reality

The previous post outlined the change of opinion of Monsignor Benson regarding salvation when he entered the spirit world. Jesus himself, during his ministry on earth, never proclaimed that he died on the cross for the salvation of mankind from their sins. Here he explains in detail the errors of the Christian churches on this matter. ‘The Christian churches, of course, are mistaken when they talk about being saved by my blood, for my blood has nothing to do with their salvation, but as they have been taught this, I cannot expect that they will know the real Salvation which the Father has provided for them. Sometime they will know that only the Divine Love of the Father saves from sin and error, and that not any blood of mine or death on the cross can save them. But, notwithstanding this false belief, these people in their prayers actually aspire for the Love of God, and He knows the longings of their hearts and sends the Holy Ghost to fill them with this Divine Love which makes...

It is a fundamental tenet of Christianity that Jesus died on the cross, as a sacrifice for the sins of humanity. Thus those who accept Jesus as their saviour believe that they will achieve eternal salvation in the afterlife, and consequently those who reject the role of Jesus as their saviour will face eternal damnation. Monsignor Benson preached this doctrine as a priest during his earth life. However, when he entered the spirit world he radically changed his opinion denouncing his earlier views whilst on earth as ‘revolting’. Monsignor Benson clarifies his changed outlook as follows. ‘Jesus, the great teacher who was born upon earth two thousand years ago, was cast out of the earth world violently and shamefully by the people of earth. This tragic transition was an act of expiation to the Eternal Father for the wrath He felt and as a means of saving the earth world’s inhabitants’. So it is still taught in the churches of earth. A blood sacrifice of His only son! Such beliefs as...

Arthur Findlay in his book The Way of Life explains that ‘It is so natural to look upon the physical body as the person, because it is the only part of us which appeals to our physical senses. The part that does not influence our senses, the invisible part, we do not appreciate. The invisible part of us leaves the physical body at death, to start a new life in a different environment which is vibrating at a frequency in harmony with the duplicate etheric body. Consequently, the individual who has parted from his physical body finds himself in a body like the one he has just left, in a world he can appreciate. His mind can now respond to the higher vibrations, because it has a vehicle which is in harmony with its new surroundings. So, except for a new body, we are the same in looks and character as we were on earth, no better and no worse’. One person in spirit describes the transition as ‘death is not an end but the beginning. It is a triumphal march to the spirit side of life’. ...

As a minister of religion during his earth life Monsignor Benson felt some remorse over the errors about the afterlife which he had preached. In the following account he relates the difficulties many people face after their transition to the spirit realms and repudiates the teachings of the Church to which he once belonged. ‘The Church has assumed responsibility for the spiritual care of man upon earth, and the Church has failed dismally. It is in most respects an impostor, for in professing to know much, it knows very little which can be of spiritual service to man. It can provide no answers to vital questions, questions that are in the minds of so many people. Can the Church answer these questions, for instance, as applied to yourself: What becomes of me when I die? What has become of all my relatives and friends? Why is there this seemingly profound silence between them and me? There is an enormous number of people throughout the entire earth that prefers to leave the...