Life Is The Preparation For Eternity - Wolfgang Smith

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Watch until the end to hear about how Wolfgang is preparing to pass on. Main Episode with Wolfgang Smith (April 2023): kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKGUaZKClN6SaZI

[@nerijusv7660]

Kurt, buddy, the red frame around the thumbnail makes me think I've already watched the video - avoid these on the bottom, if possible :D

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

Honestly it's not that big of a deal to not have a fear of death because if it's not your time to die and you represent selflessness and what is best for the vast majority of existence one for all but never all for one... this is the most logical and you will be protected but you don't know when it is your time so don't push your luck but also know that you are as strong as the singularity...

[@jeremyedgington6716]

The first couple minutes is all I needed. No thank you, sir. Trust Jesus! Do not listen to these kind of people!

[@jeremyedgington6716]

@@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler When you die, it is your time... If you are in Christ, there is NOTHING to fear.

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

@@jeremyedgington6716 ed Zachary! It's funny everytime i say Selflessism in my phone it changes it to Selflessness... it can't compute lol 😂

[@ramyafennell4615]

I so appreciate this clip. Wolfgang is one of very few Western scholars I know of who talks accurately about the Vedic tradition whilst bei g Christian. I am from the Vedantic tradition and can reassure Wolfgang that modern sannyas goes beyond tradition now. It is interpreted by several maths not as withdrawing from culture, but plunging into the service of others in need and remaining aware always of how that dedication eclipses the grasping egoic self.. This is what Padre Pio did. The suffering belongs only to the grasping self that is being transformed into the Eternal. It ia litwralky how to BE in timebound existence. I hope therefore that Wolfgang does not retire away but give of his talents till his last breath. This is the way of sannyas too. Love to you Curt for this gift.

[@LA-kc7ev]

If you have not already read it, you might be interested in, "Vedanta in Light of Christian Wisdom," by Wolfgang Smith.

[@MrLostsync]

What a fantastic person, so much wisdom. I almost crie when he talked about your apostolate. Curt, your mission is very important for all of us, for humanity. Thanks for bringing such fantastic interview...

[@Danger-six.]

Indeed, brother curt. As i have also been saying. Look at the unfolding in the world. Look at the wisdom of merely podcasts. Look at the world coming alive, through it. You, our own eyes, looking back at ourselves. Logging our collective thoughts, into our eternal memory, and bringing it before us to know, now, as a people. And you, each of you, chosen by the people. And who are of the people. And who represent, truly the people. From you and those like you will arise the seat of wisdom, and true authority. And the whole world will one day see it. We all walk there slowly, brother. Hand in hand. We are with you

[@HarryNicNicholas]

@@Danger-six. so he confirms what you want to hear, not that special really.

[@Danger-six.]

@@HarryNicNicholas I'm sure a lot of people can say that about you and essentially everyone else in almost all things.

[@Sci-fi-Si]

Wow, he knew Padre Pio. Great interview Kurt, very true words

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

Who is Kurt?

[@Sci-fi-Si]

@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda My mistake sorry, I meant Curt.

[@kwantumd]

Very much agree with the last part Curt, thank you for bringing a little light into our lives by sharing thought provoking content to nourish not just the mind, but also the spirit 🙏

[@Son0fJames]

Thank you so very much for making this interview public to all of us. I was deeply moved by this.

[@dancewithangela]

Thanks Curt. I love this type of content. How Wolfgang Smith acknowledges you as an apostolate is quite touching. People are still living in the Vedic tradition as Wolfgang describes. It's not that rare. Many schools in India still cultivate these approaches to preparing for life eternal. I wonder if you could interview one of them!

[@psychosarenuts]

This came at just the right moment for me to contemplate. Thanks for sharing.

[@1001011011010]

Seeing a scientific great like Smith openly and honestly speak to his own Catholic beliefs and mature philosophy is quite moving. No need to be startling or innovative about a newfangled TOE...but a witness to the transformative power of love. Thank you

[@workerselite479]

What a beautiful human being... We have read all his work and enjoyed his interviews since they were available to the public domain. This was good Curt as it was the full interview you made. We enjoyed it very much. Keep interviewing great people not necessarily from the acclaimed academia but the ones that can bring forward a message of growth mirrored by their life experience like Dr. Rupert Sheldrake for instance who has still a lot to say to all of us. Blessings to Mankind Empowerment. Kudos from Japan ❤

[@Tripp111]

The one thing I do agree with this man on is that your work, Curt, is absolutely essential.

[@moesypittounikos]

Friend, didn't you listen to what this guy was saying about saints? According to this fellow, a saint is like a buddha, an elevated person. A suffering mother isn't a saint. It is like calling a suffering person a buddha

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

​@@moesypittounikos dhamma: the Pāli cognate of “dharma”. However, in this case, it invariably refers to the teachings of Gautama Buddha, rather than the eternal law (“sanātana dharma”, in Sanskrit). In this book, it is used in the former sense, that is, of “holy and righteous concepts and deeds”. Therefore, the term “Buddhist dhamma/dharma” is somewhat nonsensical, since dhamma/dharma is fundamentally non-sectarian. Despite being the most atheistic human being to have ever existed, I often PRAY that I am not in the process of consuming a meal whenever I hear a Buddhist monk or lay teacher referring to his or her lecture as being a “dhamma talk”. If you have carefully read the entirety of this Holy Scripture, “F.I.S.H”, and you have listened to many Buddhist sermons, you may have already guessed the reason for my fervent prayer. This is because the assertion that the overwhelming majority of Buddhist monks are teaching authentic dharma is so excruciatingly cringe-worthy and laughable, I am genuinely fearful of choking on my food upon hearing such silly claims! First of all, the founder of Buddhism himself, Siddhārtha Gautama was hardly a paragon of virtue, having abandoned his family in order to become a mendicant monk, being an animal-abusing carnist, and encouraging females to become loose women (so-called “nuns”). In my half a century of life, I have only ever encountered one or two Buddhists who adhered to (actual) dharma, so in that sense, they were factually SUPERIOR to Gautama himself! For instance, the abbot of the largest Buddhist society in my homeland, Australia, believes that it is dharmic (legitimate) for men to insert their reproductive organs inside the faeces holes of other men, and of course, like his idol, Gautama, he is a murderer of poor, innocent, defenceless animals, and a filthy feminist. Furthermore, despite being an indigenous Englishman, and a graduate of one of the most prestigious universities on earth, University of Cambridge, he is entirely unable to coherently speak his native tongue! Should not a supposed “spiritual leader” be an exemplar in at least his own language? Of course, no human being (including so-called “Avatars”) who has ever lived was morally perfect, but those who claim to be spiritual masters ought to be beyond reproach in respect to their own ethical practices. In the aforementioned case, Gautama should have returned to his family as soon as he understood the immorality of his actions, just as I, when I began adhering to dharma, repaid two persons from whom I had stolen goods and cash. Furthermore, assuming that Gautama was really a carnist (and knowing the typical diet of Bhārata, it would be safe to assume that he was at LEAST a lacto-vegetarian, and therefore an animal-abusing criminal), he was certainly sufficiently intelligent to understand that it is unnatural for an adult human to suckle the teats of a cow or a goat, and that human beings are fully herbivorous. Otherwise, how could he possibly be considered a member of the priestly class of society (“brāhmaṇa”, in Sanskrit) if he was not able to even comprehend some of the most basic facts of life? Make no mistake, carnism (see that entry in this Glossary) is a truly abominable, horrendous, wicked, hateful, evil, immoral, sinful, demonic ideology, as is feminism and unlawful divorce (in the case of Prince Gautama, the abandonment of his wife and son would be considered an act of divorce). When a so-called Zen Buddhist priest asks another MALE so-called Zen Buddhist priest (as occurred in a video interview I just watched on the Internet), "Do you and your husband have any kids?”, one can be fully assured that the lowest point in the history of humanity has been reached. The fact that both the aforementioned so-called priests are American men, is not coincidental, since the most decadent religionists seem to be of Western/first-world origin. I don't believe I have come across a single Western Buddhist monastic who is not at least slightly left-leaning (“leftism” being a common term in the English-speaking world for “adharmic”).

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

Who is Kurt? 😬

[@user-zi1kr4kd1v]

​@@JagadguruSvamiVeganandathe host of TOE. Who are you ?

[@00TheD]

I'm commenting here I hopes of burying a toxic top comment that doesn't belong here.

[@ld2906]

God bless Wolfgang Smith

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

WHICH God?

[@00TheD]

He is great

[@goldwhitedragon]

@@JagadguruSvamiVegananda You looked for a dopamine rush through playing 'gotcha'. But it's a low EQ cope. Now try a dash of humility and raise your EQ.

[@ld2906]

@JagadguruSvamiVegananda no need to stress, brother. There is only one.

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

@@00TheD, great and lowly are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@newt1834]

Padre Pio was also able to read hearts in confession, he had the gift of levitation and could bilocate. He was persecuted by many priests and bishops in his time and was painfully obedient and remained humble in his trials.

[@nickrider5220]

Humans like to believe in something, a meaning to being here, but we are an animal like it or not. I had a near death experience when I was 20, obviously I survived, but whilst I was in a very bad way I didn't see saints, Angel's etc. My experience was more like a detachment, like being on lsd, or how I've heard it described by eloquent people. In that time when my mind was free of any sensory inputs, I believe if I were religious I might've had visions of such, my thoughts were different to normal, brighter, more meaningful - this all whilst my body was in shock and lack of oxygen going to my brain.

[@FFNOJG]

I literally don't understand how you could see that the "you" separated from your body, you continued to exist, and you couldn't grasp that maybe you would have kept on going had your body not been brought back. people have had extremely long NDE's where they die, and come back like 8 min later. literally listening to people's nde's, and the similarity they all experienced from so many different beliefs prior totally made me realize there is more after

[@dalibofurnell]

This is so beautiful, thank you for sharing this ❤ I needed to hear it again. Curt, you're amazing ❤God bless you both 💖 God is good ❤️

[@woohyawn2595]

Curt, you ask the best questions of any interviewer I know! Love you ❤

[@antoniodilisi8837]

Padre Pio

[@ionatana59]

This is such a unique interview. Thank you for gifting us this

[@decluesviews2740]

St. Padre Pio is truly amazing!

[@josephhertzberg2734]

I don't fear death, I died once and it was pure bliss, so where we go after....I'm good with that. It's the sorta panicky weird moments...shoot maybe minutes leading up to it. I've got kids, but I can't say goodbye, because I'm dying at the grocery, or oh man, I'm dying in the shower...etc.. That part sucks to think of

[@ezreality]

Good podcast... Thank you, Curt and Wolfgang...

[@jeremyquada3050]

Thanks brother one love

[@thebigroy]

You really got to get Richard Rohr on your show. You would love interviewing him. I think it would take your show to a new level!

[@beab5850]

One of your best Well done.

[@kirstencorby8465]

Here is a wild little UAP fact: General Nathan Twining, author of the 1948 "not visionary or fictitious" memo, was converted to Catholicism at the end of World War II by none other than St. Padre Pio. He remained a believing Catholic for the rest of his life. The discussion of sainthood reminds me of Chris Bledsoe. He has experienced much pain and suffering as he lives out his evident mission of Contact. And, you know, the whole Marian apparition thing.

[@docneuro4500]

Humbling wisdom and integrity. Amazing interview. Important reminder to not neglect our spiritual lives, especially in a society where almost everything else is emphasized.

[@donagh1954]

This man has a different take on the subjects he covers than those who cover the same subjects. Suffering as a prerequisite to enlightenment goes against the modern grain in a spectacular fashion. Thought provoking.

[@jeffreyallen6449]

It absolutely does and yet it makes more sense then what I have been programed to believe my whole life. In order to fully appreciate peace, you have to have been surrounded by noise at some point and the same goes with being thankful for being happy and truly being grateful that the sadness is no more. We must see feel know hell before we can ever truly appreciate heaven the way it is ment to be appreciated. May all that is kind and loving find you Mr Smith and curt.

[@freemancrosby1261]

Thank you for posting Kurt! Ur the saint! Let’s send this great man some positive energy on his way out of this current incarceration.

[@freemancrosby1261]

Haha talk about Freudian slip…

[@user-ji1zr7mz1t]

What do you think the odds are that matter in our universe is shrinking rather than the universe expanding? Would that fit observations as well? And if we live in a shrinking matter universe, then is there still a reason for dark energy?

[@tacmason]

As a retired western man - these points are very much worth considering...on my way out !

[@tomdocherty3755]

St Francis of Assisi was also a stigmata

[@donagh1954]

Right there.

[@georgialee3432]

I have absolutely no fear of death. The dying part is a bit scary. But not death. It may be weird but I feel happy for the people that crossover. It’s like you made it. The thing is nobody ever dies. Do we grieve for the people that are no longer with us yes absolutely. But I don’t grieve for the people that crossover. There’s nothing to grieve.

[@samkeen]

It’s nice that your faith gives you that confidence.

[@georgialee3432]

@@samkeen I don’t have faith. I have knowing. I am fervently against organized religion. It’s evil

[@HeartNDagger18]

@georgialee3432 religion is not evil, they are paths of learning and growing as a human. Religions can be perverted by humans such as wolves in sheep’s clothing in the church. Jesus is The One to follow, be like Jesus and then how can you do any wrong in Gods eyes. We are all human and born in sin nature, as long as you keep your eyes on God and focus on love you will grow as a human. That’s all that matters.

[@georgialee3432]

@@HeartNDagger18 we are all God. There’s no god separate from us. There’s no sky daddy calling balls and strikes. We are all one. We are all infinite consciousness. We always have been and we always will be. There is no sin there is no judgment. Religion is evil. It teaches people that they are separate from all there is. They teach them that humans were so awful God had to murder his own son. But if you don’t follow a certain set of rules you will burn in hell for eternity. It’s evil. Go within and all the answers are already within you. Meditate connect with your soul. Remove your ego. Remove the false teachings that create unworthiness and judgment. You will see. You will move past the Arkaik beliefs that are talk to you within religion. Those religions hold people back in fear.

[@TheCjbowman]

Fascinating. Great interview Curt! I disagree, though. Fear of death is cultural, not transcendent. There is a biological imperitive to survive, but higher faculties allow us to understand that death is not the end, but a natural transition.

[@luke144]

Your pain has purpose. It's a perfect teacher.

[@briansmith2836]

Does anyone in life not experience great pain and suffering either physical and/or emotional?

[@luke144]

@@briansmith2836 they're called lessons

[@Aimlessloveee]

When you question where physicality even comes from, it’s easier to detach because you may recognize that physicality was never inherent to existing, eternity, & goodness.

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

Good and bad are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@mimoochodom2684]

I don't want to go into the next phase of life, in fact I didn't even want to be in this one.

Nice!

[@Tybourne1991]

Hi folks! Would you like to know about Padre Pio? He was a Capuchin friar, not a monk. Now, 'friar' basically means 'brother,' highlighting our togetherness. On the flip side, 'monk' stems from a word meaning 'alone,' capturing another aspect of the human way. It's all about embracing the different dimensions of our shared and individual experiences. How awesome is that? 🌍✨

[@MOE-gm3si]

God pray for us all, that we can see and have a constant eye on what is important. I'm praying for all of you, us.

[@TheSouthernorycle]

Wasn’t Christ pierced in the wrists and not the hands? That’s the traditional way the Roman’s crucified men. Why would the “stigmata” reflect a mistaken idea of how crucifixion was performed?

[@richardpaschal2218]

If You transcend and become fully Self Realized You cannot fear death. You cannot transcend if you stay in your self. The operative term is - fully.

[@JuanitaGrande]

WOWDERFUL. Just what the Soul Dr ordered. 🌚

[@gammaraygem]

I never felt attracted to Christianity. Through a sequence of coincidences, I found a house in a small village called "lord of souls". Sometimes, I wake up in the morning, feeling two holes in my hands, like stigmata, but it does not hurt. It is a wonderful feeling. Maybe it is god telling me something. I am a painter, and musician. I am more inclined to the vedic tratition. Maybe an unknown saint lived in that village once. I dont know. I wondered why I dont feel the same in my feet, but only after paying attention to this question, recently, i felt some slight tinges there... Thing is, I never thought about this until after it started happening. I may have, decades ago, after hearing about the phenomenon of stigmata. Am I a saint? Absolutely not. Fear of death? Zero. When I was 18, I lived a while in an abandoned house. Once I looked a long time into a mirror there. Faces began to appear. Then, suddenly, adolf hitler. That was quite a shock. I never told anyone. A year later, someone told me that that house had been used by the gestapo, for "interrogations".

[@alfonso87ful]

Father Pio believed in the revelations of Garabandel..which happened close to where i spent my summers

[@mithrandir2006]

There's nothing you can do, and at the same time everybody can die.

[@johndoe-oc6gr]

who wants to live forever or who can

[@mithrandir2006]

@@johndoe-oc6gr Well, I guess everybody wants it, although few dare to say it. Is it possible? That would be the question.

[@00TheD]

If we can all just do nothing for 80 years it can all end. It was always our choice. This is the basis of many spiritual movements

[@00TheD]

@@mithrandir2006 anyone who says they want it is simply drunk on youthful hormones. Most over 40 understand why it has to end and most by 60 are prepared and most by 90 are waiting. The danger of rolling lots of youth into decision making at once lack of perspective outside their own current moment.

[@00TheD]

@@johndoe-oc6gr that's a queen song and I love it

[@Danger-six.]

I recently had many, literally 10-12 extreme coincidences related to seemingly the catholic faith, drawing me to it, including someone mentioning padre pio to me, today, specifically to research. If i were to describe them, you would be surprised in the extreme. Its of note to me because of how diana pasulka mentions almost all of those in the secret college were catholics. I have expensive experiences i think are related to both of these things. I have not "converted" but, if you had experienced recently that i had, you would seriously take a look at whats going on. I think you should take my words here as a hidden gem insight that can lead you to something. You are in a better position to exploit my experiences towards understanding via who you know, than perhaps i am

[@ajajaiishwarakripa6305]

Very interesting yet purely the christian concept of Sainthood. As he says, Sainthood is a state separate from existence. it is something that happens as a natural consequence of ones life choices, it is not "done" or even "attempted". Yet there is the saint as defined by Jean Genet to consider. As far as one can pursue a "purity" as a version of transcendence so too depravity as a course toward a transcendent level is a sanctity as taught by Genet & recognised by Sartre in his biography of his close friend. This, an incredibly articulated point in 20th century literature goes very much undiscussed. Sanctity is found where this world no longer is, all the while maintaining a physical presence, actively in whatever extreme of "Sanctity" is your nature. There are those within the comprehension of their depravity that have far surpassed the general population "human" & I dare say the extremity of their version of piety/depravity often outstrips those whose goal is only blessings. Om Tat Sat.

[@heartdominance]

It’s amazing how the being generates the false perceptions and subsequent stories it does based on the urgency of a particular feeling, especially when something fear is weighted up against inconceivable expectations, such as around overcoming the fear of death, a fear I do not have. And I actually look forward to it. I wouldn’t call myself a saint per se, I am around the age of 30’s and I do pursue a lot of work on raising my own awareness around important areas. But to call myself a saint? Ha! Not quite yet. Interesting nonetheless, the whole fear around death is entirely irrational to me for more than a few reasons one of those being we came into this existence from seemingly nothing, so no matter how you look at it, the fear of death is entirely irrational and at the very least has extremely flawed logic to it if not a lack of spiritual development. Best wishes and inner peace.

[@natmanprime4295]

preparation is his favourite word

[@grahamjarman]

im glad u r exploring these subjects curt. a lot of scientific people fall into the spiritual pitfalls of atheism and the like. can we really rely on science alone while living in the malleable realm of consciousness, or perception? certainly such a realm is not set in stone and cant be relied on. thats why science is constantly changing.

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

🐟 04. SCIENCE Vs RELIGION: The English word “SCIENCE” originates from the Latin noun “scientia”, meaning “knowledge”, from the stem “scire”, meaning “to know”. The English word “RELIGION” originates from the Latin verb “religare”, meaning “to join or unite”. It is the equivalent of the Sanskrit noun “yoga”, meaning “union (of the individual self with the Supreme Self)”. Therefore, “yoga” and “religion” are used synonymously in this chapter. The PHYSICAL sciences are an empirical approach to knowledge. They rely on experimentation, based on observation of the natural world. Observation is dependent on the senses, the senses are dependent on mind, and the mind is, in turn, observable by the intellectual faculty. The mind and intellect are phenomena arising in the perceived sense of self, or pseudo-ego (even if one considers that the mind and the intellect are functions of the brain), and therefore, all empirical evidence is gathered and recorded in consciousness. Similarly, the SOCIAL sciences explore facets of human society such as economics, anthropology, politics, and psychology in accordance with scientific principles. See Chapter 06 for a complete description of consciousness/Consciousness, and to understand the hierarchy of episteme mentioned above. It is patently impossible to establish the existence of anything outside of consciousness. How will one observe particles and their mechanics without the existence of consciousness? Clearly, consciousness is axiomatic for any statement of knowledge. The only fact one can know for sure is the certainty of existence, that is, the impersonal sense of an unqualified “I am” which precedes any cognitive process whatsoever. For example, if someone were to ask you "Do you exist?", you could never, in all honesty, respond in the negative, for that would be absurd! All that can be said or known about the world is a phenomenal appearance in consciousness. Anything else is speculation that can NEVER be definitively proven or demonstrated. However, this apparent subject/object duality is illusory, since Ultimate Reality is essentially monistic. So, for example, when a person looks at a tree, he or she is not actually seeing the tree in any direct sense, but interpreting an inverse image projected onto the retina of the eyes. Therefore, there is no real evidence (or at least, no conclusive proof) for the external world, APART from consciousness. Likewise, there are no sounds in the external world but solely within the mind, since vibrations do not produce an audible sound until they strike one’s eardrums, and the signal is conveyed to the brain. If the corresponding parts of the brain were to be artificially stimulated in the same manner, the experience of sight/sound would seem identical. That explains the Zen koan: “If a tree falls in a forest, and there is nobody present, does the falling tree produce a sound?” Refer, also, to the thought experiment known as “Schrödinger's cat”. Apart from the fact that we are unable to DIRECTLY perceive external phenomena, our sensory and cognitive facilities are far from perfect. Even if every human on earth experienced sounds and images in precisely the same manner, that does not prove that those perceptions accurately represent the world as it is, since other animals perceive the world quite differently than do humans. Some cognitive psychologists have demonstrated that all animals, including humans, have evolved not to perceive the external world completely objectively, but rather, have evolved to see the world in a way which promotes survival of their species. This is one explanation for the widespread belief in a Personal Creator God, since religious organizations (ideally) promote social cohesion (at least those which are not ultra-fundamentalist in nature). So, if most all the individuals in any particular nation follow the same religious tradition, the chances are that such a society will endure indefinitely. As alluded to above, it is imperative to mention that there are TWO main definitions of, or forms of, consciousness: the discrete consciousness associated with the brain of many species of animals (see Chapter 05), and Universal Consciousness (explained in Chapter 06). Perhaps a good analogy for the interplay between Universal Consciousness and the discrete consciousness found within the mammalian brain is that of a radio receiver (being the tangible hardware, akin to the physical brain) and radio waves (being intangible, akin to consciousness/Consciousness). So long as the radio receiver is in good working-order, it tunes-into the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. However, if the radio set breaks down, the radio waves themselves continue to modulate in space. So too, when the human brain dies, Universal Consciousness (“brahman”, in Sanskrit) continues indefinitely. Note, however, that this analogy is imperfect, since in reality, both the brain and the radio waves are contained within Infinite Awareness (“brahman”). This confusion of terminology is due to the fact that the English language does not include a single word for the concept of Universal Consciousness, due to monism/idealism being a rather esoteric philosophy in the Western World. As Lord Śri Krishna so rightly states in “Bhagavad-gītā”, the King of All Knowledge (“rāja vidyā”, in Sanskrit) is the Science of the Self. At the time of writing, material scientists are beginning to explore the “hard problem” of consciousness. Assuming homo sapiens society will survive for at least a few more centuries, there will come a time when the majority of professional scientists will acknowledge the primacy of CONSCIOUSNESS. Indeed, if humanity is to continue indefinitely, it is necessary for not only this concept to be imprinted on the human race but for it to be acted upon; that is to say, we humans must imbibe the principal tenets presented in teachings such as this Holy Scripture, “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity”, and actively follow them to a very large extent. The alternative is the extinction of not only humanity, but of most (if not all) biological life forms on Earth, due to environmental degradation, and immorality as a consequence of nihilism. Cont...

[@00TheD]

This cast is always worth the time

[@mr.c2485]

How does one fear what hasn’t been experienced previously in one form or another. Did Japan fear the atom bomb prior to detonation? Do they fear it now…or do they fear those who wield its power? Fear evolves with relevance and experience.

[@jasonwilliams9922]

That’s sort of right, but all things come from Eternity and through growth most infinitely return. Needing an offset for its fulfilment the choice of growth provided all. Infinity’s cancer cured as the bad cells are forced to feed off their own. Jas THAT bloodline

[@seforaportela4997]

There are so many people with stigmata around the world. There are so so many. Some have died a short while ago. He is not being upsdated

[@0thniel101]

❤‍🔥

[@hvalenti]

Suffering is the most exquisite form of learning in life. Spiritual perspectives remind us that the world is illusory, yielding transcendent significance and relief.

[@zekeedmondson2001]

he referred to you as an "apostolate".. wow! that's quite a statement. I'm curious as to how you felt about that. his perception has some juice, right? So with that would seem to come some sort of responsibility.. Im just curious to what you thought and felt about that.. Love you brother

[@Blackdragon87100]

I don't like his use of the word serious, its more about being sincere like Allan Watts says.

[@nickpmusic]

Two people always come to my mind when I hear scientific religious people expressing over complicated, convoluted thoughts. Richard Feynman ( If you can't explain an idea to an 8 year old, you don't understand it) Carl Sagan (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence)

[@mr.c2485]

Is this “great pain” which is required for sainthood voluntary or involuntary? What about gratuitous suffering. No discernible meaning whatsoever. I do appreciate his nihilistic approach to that which cannot be effectively reconciled or resolved.

[@caiorossi4776]

Google his late master, Schuon, and the lawsuit he was involved in.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Jesus fasted for 40 days. It seems there is great currency in asserting oneself in the spiritual against the worldly. Just breath holding can be an interesting exercise of awakening.

[@TheMonkeysMagic]

I’m interested to know how Jesus fasted. Was it just during daylight hours, similar to Ramadan? Or did he just not eat or drink for 40 days and nights?

[@DanFrederiksen]

@@TheMonkeysMagic the story is that he went out into the desert and fasted 40 days iirc. It doesn't say water but Jesus had skills so he might not have needed water. I know people today have fasted that long but not without water. There is a young guy on youtube that did 28 days, he was a bit overweight and became completely slim.

[@joemeschke]

Pain and suffering are what??

[@jimjiminy5836]

I don’t fear death. Not claiming sainthood or anyfink.

[@astanarcho8651]

pain is my domain :)

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I'm very much not afraid of death but I am no saint. I wish it'd hurry up. Things aren't supposed to be like what happens here. I can't buy into the "everything is exactly how it should be" idea.

[@cuthere8896]

What about Latter-day Saints, also called Mormons?

[@Avarua59]

Any relation to the New Orleans Saints?

[@danlarev6021]

👍👍👍👏👏👏👏❤️

[@Hyzer_Sozay]

"He?"

[@ArtisanTony]

We should not fear death. We can avoid the fear of death by living a good and productive life. Living a good life brings rewards in the after life :) And if your bet does not pay off, at least you lived a good life and probably lived longer because happiness creates healthy chemistry! btw, you don't have to become a saint. That's a silly notion. You just have to be a decent person.

[@JagadguruSvamiVegananda]

Good and bad are RELATIVE. 😉 death: the cessation of a life. Chapter 09 of this “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity” summarizes what happens to the body at this time. The ONLY important fact that one needs to understand about death, is that it is an event that need not be contemplated at any time by a human being. The ONLY thing that we ought to do, is live each and every moment of our lives striving to adhere to dharma and, if we are able, promote genuine dharma in all facets of our lives. This constitutes a perfect life. See the glossary entry, “dharma”. Some religionists, especially Buddhists, devote their entire spiritual practice (or at least a significant portion of their practice) to developing their minds to such a degree, so that when they are on their death beds, they will die with an EQUANIMOUS state of consciousness. In the meantime, they aspire to receive as many peak experiences, such as ecstatic (and, necessarily, temporary) states of mind. This desire to feel blissful, is not very different to a drug addict seeking his or her next narcotic-induced mental “fix”. Obviously, the vast majority of humans, at least within the past thirty-to-fifty thousand years of our species, have generated and advanced a whole host of beliefs regarding the destiny of the human soul/spirit upon death. If one has any interest in these theories, there is no shortage of dogmatic religious literature available for one to study. This book has no interest in such nonsensical, unscientific, unverifiable and/or unfalsifiable beliefs, save to note that there SEEMS to be some evidence for the persistence of a deceased entity, including ghosts, visions, parapsychic phenomena, locutions, and psychic mediation. The vast majority of such phenomena, I would posit, are experienced purely within the discrete mind of individuals (see Chapters 06 and 07), and those that are experienced by more than a single person cannot convince an enlightened sage of the existence of a separate, individualized, discrete, enduring soul. See the entry “spirit/Spirit”, for the most meticulous understanding of the notion of “soul”, or “spirit”. A VERY common misunderstanding regarding death in relation to a self-realized or enlightened human being, is that many believe such a person either welcomes death or has absolutely no fear of death whatever. In my own case, I can attest that I am not eagerly awaiting death for two reasons: firstly, assuming that I die of old age, I am definitely not looking forward to the various medical complications that inevitably arise towards the end of life, and secondly, now that I have found true peace/happiness, I would like to continue living in such a state of being for many decades or even centuries to come (and of course, spread religion and dharma to as many other humans as possible). Regarding the alternative (that is, my demise via a sudden death scenario), that would be a far more unfortunate state of affairs, because at the time of writing, my teachings (encapsulated mainly in this Holy Scripture) have yet to make a significant impact on humanity and I require many years in order to do so. I have yet to even launch my own website! Regarding the fear of death, I would be not be completely truthful if I claimed that I have no fear at all of dying, partly for the above reasons and partly due to the fact that I am a natural animal, and like most animals, I have the innate desire to stay alive. If not, I would stop consuming food and water, and eat only if and when a fellow human happened to insert a piece of food into my mouth! As established in the body of this book, the human being (as well as all other species of living organisms) is a continuous process of motion, rather than a static object. The analogy of a whirlpool appearing in a stream of water was used in Chapter 09, already. Here is another anecdote: There was once a small wave (let’s call “him” “Ripples”) who lived a very enjoyable existence in the middle of a vast ocean. One day, Ripples spotted the shoreline of a continent, and he asked another wave (let’s call “her” “Suenami”) what it was. Suenami replied, “Well, that’s the place where waves go to die”, since, when a wave breaks against the rocky shore, it dissipates. As you can imagine, Ripples was visibly distressed upon hearing this news, and protested about this sad state of affairs. “Do not fret”, replied Suenami, “There is something called ‘water’. When we waves die upon the rocks, we simply return to that which we ALWAYS were - water!” Honestly, why is everybody so afraid of death? It is not as if any of us ASKED to be born in the first place, would you not agree? When we were encapsulated within the initial singularity (at the “Big Bang” beginning of the universe) we were not afraid of death, so why are we humans so fearful of the end of our lives? Of course, this is inconsequential to the fact that we are perpetually “dying” within our very lifetimes, for we are a slightly different being from moment to moment. Interestingly, the antithesis of “death” is “conception”, NOT “life”.

[@goldwhitedragon]

If we assume happiness is most important.

[@farewelljupiter]

Isn’t it weird Catholics think there are saints and legit pray to them when no where in the Bible were there saints and in every translation it says pray to no one but God. Not the “saints” not the pope and def not Mary.

[@bluejay3945]

Didn’t Abraham have sex with his slave girl? The Bible doesn’t have all the answers and it’s how u interpret the messages

[@fredwilson2748]

Saints are written about 27 times in the Bible. % times in the Old testament and 22 times in the new testament. Pray to God through his son our Lord and savior Jesus Christ and ask him to help you find the truth

[@farewelljupiter]

@@fredwilson2748 and you think you have to work for your salvation? Then “for all those who believe are saved NOT BT WORKS so no man can boast” is a lie?

[@fredwilson2748]

I do not think that nor did I say that. I did not find Jesus, He found me!@@farewelljupiter

[@franksu9735]

Most old people are interested in eternity , more life more time , sad .

[@baileystruss7319]

We are animals. How does this apply to other animals? Should a gorilla aspire to sainthood?

[@gregorygant4242]

I think we humans are a little bit more than animals we are sentient beings who act as animals sometimes when we lose control of ourselves !

[@goldwhitedragon]

Keep playing the gotcha troll.

[@zwigoma2]

If you simply read the book of John Catholicism falls to pieces, just one simple fact that Mary had no sin, she's quoted in the word of God saying I rejoice in God my saviour... C mon

[@Nonconceptuality]

A saint is in direct communion with God. Stigmata is not proof of such. Being free of suffering, is. God is omnipresent and accessible to all (who is omnipresent? Is it not that which is looking through those eyes?) To stop missing/ignoring your Divinity, abide in/as thought free Awareness

[@gregorygant4242]

Well ,most saints had a life full of pain and suffering so there goes one of your theories doesn't it ?

[@Nonconceptuality]

@@gregorygant4242 If that's what a saint is, then why would one want to be like a saint?

[@gregorygant4242]

@@Nonconceptuality They , those who become saints , don't necessarily want to be that , most saints aren't called that until after their deaths . They just want to be kind , compassionate , loving to others lead simple lives and that makes them feel closer to God. And usually such people are mocked, ridiculed , led to poverty , pain and misery then they die. So I couldn't do that which is why saints are such rare people !

[@progrob27]

I agree with your last sentence. Stigmata sounds like utter nonsense, much more plausible they just purposely injured themselves either out of some kind of delusion or perhaps as creepy propaganda for the church. Sounds more like a fetish than spiritual growth.

[@nonpareilstoryteller5920]

The children of Gaza are saints Mr Smith. And like Padre Pio, they did not ask for their wounds, yet, they will never be canonised. It is for adults to suffer, not children. Yet carelessly, we do them harm. What is the opposite of saint Mr Smith? Whatever it is, too many of them are ruling the world today, making saints wherever they go.

[@briandmadden8545]

Does he only talk about Christianity ? It seems a bit limited by excluding other saintliness in other religions. Is this the new science ?

[@TonyVega123]

This guy seems to believe he'll go to hell. You will have zero fear of death if you know who you are and know where you are going, and many people know both

[@mitsuracer87]

Unfortunately it seems like he's blinded by a Catholic worldview to some extent. I do agree with him about going against the natural grain though. What makes us human is our abilty to use metacognition. We can go against our natural instincts whereas animals cannot. If we give into natural instinct, we are not using our sacred power.

[@Gypsyalchemy333]

God bless this old fella but that was. literally the worst attempt at saying a name i have ever heard, especially considering the man of whom he speaks of is a saint 😂😂

[@jestexan12]

John 14:6 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

[@audiodead7302]

Sorry. But talk of stigmata is complete dribble.

[@farewelljupiter]

You don’t work on your salvation….. 😂 this guy has no idea what he’s saying 😂😂😂

[@westmassdave7354]

Believe in reincarnation. Meet yourself.

[@jeremyedgington6716]

Wow dude... Judge much???

[@__Tazzzo]

The priest faked "stigmata" with chemicals (veratrine) Also... the movie Stigmata sucked. Don't watch it.

[@elitisthavoc3949]

Take some time and read about all his verifiable miracles. Those who hate God always try to debunk. Merciful Lord, I lift up to you those who may not yet know the love of Jesus. Open their hearts to the truth and grace that your Son offers. Pour out your Holy Spirit upon them, guiding them on a path of discovery and understanding. May they encounter the light of Christ in their lives and find the peace that comes from knowing Him. In your compassion, lead them to the knowledge of your boundless love. Amen.

[@__Tazzzo]

I don't hate God. Lol what a strange stretch. @@elitisthavoc3949

[@chrisharvey7461]

lost me at stigmata...ffs just tripe

[@karlgimmedatforfreemarx]

What utter nonsense

[@barryboland3031]

wish fulfilment, fear of death, fear of non existence... I do not believe it

[@gregsrmanglitz2386]

God bless Wolfgang Smith