Amrit Kaur is a singer-songwriter and Sarangi player, who tours internationally as a performer, composer and workshop facilitator. She is an experienced youth worker; trained as a theatre director at the Young Vic Theatre; and is a Global Youth Ambassador for 'A World at School'. Most recently, she founded Humanised, a social enterprise dedicated to humanising history through the Arts.
And, on top of all that, she is a SOAS graduate, having studied both BA History and MA History at SOAS University of London.
What first got you interested in studying History?
I have always been fascinated with the past, but my involvement with history was redefined for me on a trip to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland when I was 16 for 'The Lessons from Auschwitz Project' by the Holocaust Educational Trust. I became an ambassador for them and met many Holocaust and Rwandan genocide survivors. We went around schools to teach the dangers of discrimination, emphasising individual stories of real people just like us. It was the first time that history and social activism merged for me. I felt its power and knew this idea of humanising history could be replicated for other histories, including my own.
What inspired you to start Humanised?
By the time I finished my BA and began my MA, I was a passionate historian; a touring musician; an experienced youth worker; I had just completed training at Young Vic as a theatre director; and I was an ambassador for various charities that championed causes I really cared about. So, instead of trying to pick one thing to pursue, I decided to put all of them together and set up a social enterprise – Humanised. I had been a youth worker and educator for several different companies, and recognised a gap that none of them were really addressing. Humanised uses experiential learning activities with the use of music, theatre and games to educate young people and wider communities across the world, about society and history.
We encourage people to engage with historical evidence and archives and think critically – and ultimately humanise our stories.
Every day is different. Some days are spent researching; others are spent working with other artists and entrepreneurs; and, when I am not planning, I am writing music, recording, rehearsing and performing – managing a music career! I still coach and mentor regularly both in the UK and on international programmes. This work keeps me grounded and makes me a better educator. I learn so much from younger students: their perspective is invaluable and I get to keep up with the latest slang and music trends!
What would be your advice to a prospective student considering studying History?
Know that at SOAS you are not only a student, you are also a teacher. SOAS students and teachers are all eager to learn. And we all have something to share.


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Janene S. Martin, 59, of Lincoln, died July 21, 2013. The daughter of Margie and Roy Martin, Jeanie was born June 13, 1954 in Lincoln. Jeanie graduated Lincoln Southeast High School in 1972, attended Stephens College in Columbia, Mo. and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, where she graduated in 1975 with a degree in theatre arts and dance. She also spent time at Perry Mansfield School of Dance in Steamboat Springs, Colo.
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CFMEU questions BMA on Saraji coal job cuts
March 11, 2014 NewsStaff Writer	Cole Latimer
The CFMEU has accused BMA of attempting to bypass redundancy processes for the more than 200 workers it cut last month.
Last month the miner said a recent review of the mine determined staff numbers were too high, and began talks with employees on how to reduce numbers by 230 staff on site.
"BMA has made a number of changes across its operations to reduce costs and increase productivity in order to ensure that our operations are profitable and sustainable," BMA asset president Lucas Dow said.
"A recent review of the Saraji mine by the company concluded that a fundamental improvement in the cost base of the open-cut operation is required to ensure that it remains competitive."
At the time CFMEU district president Steve Smyth the union was disappointed to learn of the job cuts.
"Obviously we are disappointed that in the first instance there wasn't more dialogue about what the issues are," he told AAP.
"Now we want them (BMA) to comply with the agreement in regards to compensation."
Now Smyth is questioning the number of permanent workers cut, stating that "they're still putting labour hire people on; they're still putting contractors on," the ABC reports.
"If it's a genuine redundancy requirement then that's fine, but there's been no evidence shown to us at this stage that's the case."
Smyth went on to say BMA have to justify the 230 redundancies.
"What we're saying is let's sit down and work through what the agreement requires where you've got to provide the documentation and evidence to say that many people have got to go."
These latest redundancies were a major blow for the region, which is still reeling from the decision to close the Norwich Park coal mine just over two years ago.
BMA cuts 230 jobs at Saraji coal mine
BHP to sue CFMEU for millions
BMA shafts Peak Downs expansion
CFMEU claims all BMA coal jobs at risk
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I had the opportunity to get a preview copy of the first episode of the upcoming show called Doomsday Preppers which will be airing next Tuesday, February 7th on National Geographic.
I wanted to take a moment to give you guys an idea about what the show is about and what my initial thoughts and reactions are.
From the introductory scenes I immediately thought that NatGeo was going to paint these preppers in a negative light (which I've seen other shows do). To my surprise though I thought they did a great job at staying neutral and just documenting what these various preppers are doing if the SHTF.
A group of 22 preppers from Texas with various skills (military, farming, homesteading etc) with plans of sheltering in a fortified compound capable of being completely off-grid and having 15 years of food storage for all 22 people.
A solo surivivalist in L.A. with plans of living off the land using mostly local plants, wildlife and his wilderness survival skills.
A young 20-something apartment-dwelling female from Houston who has enough supplies to last the initial 2 week chaos with plans to bug out to Mexico.
The basic outline of the show is as follows: Get a glimpse into the lives of each group of preppers, find out what they are preparing for, what types of preps they have, and what they are going to do when the SHTF. At the end of their segments, each prepper receives an expert assessment from Practical Preppers (a company founded by longtime preppers) who share their experiences and knowledge giving them tips on what they could improve upon. After some time, NatGeo follows up with them to see what types of changes they made after the initial assessment was made.
Without going into details about each group (I don't want to ruin it for you) my feeling is that overall I really liked the show. Not only did I find some of the preppers inspiring (giving me some great ideas for my own plans) but I felt National Geographic did a great job at keeping the tone of the show very neutral and not condescending in any way.
I'm sure many of the everyday Americans that will watch this show will find some of these people (or maybe all) crazy and extreme, but for me I felt right at home (which maybe categorizes me into the "crazy and extreme" crowd :)).
All in all I give the show a thumbs up and would recommend you all to check it out the premier next Tuesday, Feb 7th 9PM EST.
You can get more details by checking out the Doomsday Preppers official website.
I still have to wonder about the opsec of all this. Sure, you've got to take some opsec risk to get any of the rewards of tapping into others' knowledge in this (or any) field, but the exposure here just seems too much to safely handle with shows like these. The money these preppers are bringing in for their appearances on shows like these would be an awesome addition to the prep budget, but at what price?
I was thinking the same. Even though most of the viewers don't know you or where you live exactly, I'm sure there are some who do and now know what you are holding up. A definite trade off.
The people on the show did not receive any money to appear on the show.
The Survivalmom was featured on the show and posted an article about her experiences with the show on her blog. She had some interesting things to say about the final edit. You can find it at http://www.thesurvivalmom.com.
I'll check out the show, I love seeing new ideas that people come up with. Looking at our country and the condition it's in, it just feels wrong to me, I feel that something is upon us something bad! I don't let it consume me but I face the possibilities that something could go wrong and I do the best that I can do to prepare with material things but most importantly "knowledge". That is the key, knowing what to do if something happens from being able to start fires without matches or a lighter, to knowing how to store certain food items for decades.
And what really makes me feel like we are in trouble is the vast majority of people out there that don't think anything "will happen", and refuse to even think about it (denial). And these are the same people that vote the wrong people in office and keep them there. They are so narrow minded. Financial collapse is very possible if something isn't done now, and the longer this government keeps kicking the can down the road the more likely that it will come to pass.
You're right Don. Thanks for the comments.
I am looking forward to checking out the show.
Great website. I'm just starting out with getting prepared. I am putting together the different tiers mentioned in the survival pack article now and have a lot of ideas for the future when I get some more capital to work with. While I have started to get the basics together the Polar Pure tablets are sold out everywhere. The manufacture website says something about an on going court case in California. Do you have any alternative suggestions for that particular item?
Further, I'm an athletic, educated guy but have very minimal outdoors experience. I've never been much of a fisherman or hunter primarily because all of my time was spent playing sports, working or in school. Any suggestions on how to get started on becoming more familiar with outdoor survival skills?
I recently bought my first hand gun and have been spending some time at the range with it. I bought an XDM 9mm and plan to buy a shotgun, a 22m rifle and a high powered rifle with in the next year to 18 months. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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If you can't find Polar Pure there are many other options. Just do a google search for "water purification tablets" and you'll find many brands. These aren't as convenient and long lasting as Polar Pure but will do the job. I'd also check out the "Seychelle Advanced Water Filter Purification Straw" Be sure to get the advanced model (not the cheaper standard model ). These little straws are super compact and can be packed with hardly any extra packing weight. Since I'm a big fan of redundancy, be sure to pack multiple options in the different tiers.
Regarding outdoor survival skills, it's really a dirt-time thing. You just need to get out there and practice. Start with the priorities: building shelters for your area, water filtration using only primitive means, fire starting etc. Then you can do more advanced skills like plant identification and use, food procurement (hunting/trapping etc).
In regards to your firearms questions there are an endless number of opinions on the topic. I would suggest you read Boston's Gun Bible. It is an excellent resource. The author also has many other books that you would find helpful. See http://www.javelinpress.com/ for more information. For the record I am not affiliated with the author of these works in any way. I have just found his style to be informative, well researched, and easy to digest.
For your rifle, a bolt action in .308 caliber is a good way to go…Remington 700, Winchester 70, Ruger are all decent and a reasonable prices. .308 caliber as it offers a very common caliber that is capable of taking a wide range of game.
You should also consider a magazine fed semi-auto rifle. They provide you with a much greater ability to project power and defend yourself against many people when compared to the other items currently on your list. There are many respectable producers of .223 caliber and .308 caliber semi-auto rifles. The number of producers of AR15s alone is a mile long….other platforms that you should consider include FAL, M14, M1 Garand, AK47….and there are just too many details to discuss to give the semi auto topic any justice….
There are many nuances to picking what is best for you. My advice is to do your own research and don't get bogged down into Chevy vs. Ford vs. Dodge type debates. I would focus on reliability and common calibers (9mm, .40 S&W, .45 ACP in pistols…..223, .308, .30-06 for rifles)….
Thanks for the very informative comments!
I started my Survival and Emergency Preparedness facebook page just before the "dooms day preppers" series started on tv.. I sat on the page for 5 years waiting for the "right" moment..
what makes you think surviving a catastrophe at home is any different than surviving one while traveling??
do YOU plan when traveling?
do you have a bug out bag/ get home bag just in case in your vehicle?
do you have ANY items, large or small, in your vehicle that would help you SURVIVE an unseen blizzard?
look at my page, all are welcome.. and read the news article from Dec 2011 about the elderly couple stranded in the freak blizzard.. the wife died.. but what could have been done to make their rescue better, and their situation more comfortable??
please take a moment and read..
I bought some EMP protection Faraday containers on Ebay last week.
I feel so much better now that all of my electronics are now protected.
I have been watching the Sun weather reports.
On April 16th SPECTACULAR EXPLOSION ON THE SUN!!!
Magnetic fields curling over the sun's northeastern limb rose up and erupted, producing one of the most visually-spectacular explosions in years. The event, which also produced an M1.7-class solar flare and a coronal mass ejection, was not Earth-directed. Nevertheless, it confirms suspicions that a significant active region is rotating onto the Earth-side of the sun.
This year protect your electronics!!!!!
Thanks for the great comments Doug. I still do not as yet have any EMP protection for my various electronics. It's definitely on the list though.
Unless you learn to brew your own at home.


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Publisher hits back after Air NZ cans Koru Lounge newspapers for 'sustainability' reasons
Stuff Limited has called Air New Zealand's decision to no longer offer Koru Lounge customers a newspaper for sustainability reasons "disappointing", saying their papers are as sustainable as they come.
The airline has told Koru Lounge customers that, as of July 1, it will no longer offer complimentary copies of the newspaper, citing its "committment to sustainability".
Stuff publishes The Dominion Post, The Press and the Sunday Star Times, and Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher said she was "surprised" to hear of Air New Zealand's decision.
"While Air New Zealand obviously has the right to make whatever commercial decisions it sees fit, I must admit we were very surprised to hear they were cancelling the newspapers for reasons of sustainability," Ms Boucher said in an article on Stuff.
"We were also really concerned that the message to their customers in the lounges said the decision was linked to sustainability and that therefore the extrapolation is that our papers must be bad for the environment."
Ms Boucher hit back, saying "not a single tree is cut down to make our papers".
"One hundred per cent of the paper used is made from waste byproduct," Ms Boucher said.
"Our ink is made from vegetable oil and tree sap, which is biodegradable."
However, in a statement to 1 NEWS, Air New Zealand General Manager Customer Experience Nikki Goodman said the decision to remove the newspapers is "two-fold".
"Firstly, we have seen a decline in customers seeking out newspapers as more gather their news from multiple sources through their digital channels on mobile devices," Ms Goodman said.
"Secondly, we have a well-publicised commitment to improving our sustainability efforts right across the airline to minimise our environmental impact."
Ms Goodman said Air New Zealand distributes "an estimated 33,000kgs of newspapers as cargo to various lounges around the country every day" which "contributes a significant amount to our annual fuel burn and carbon emissions".
The airline says it was done for sustainability reasons, but the publisher says that's a red herring. Source: Breakfast
New Race Relations Commissioner 'walks in many worlds' - Justice Minister
Train services in Wellington up and running after incident suspends services
First firearms buyback event set to go ahead in Christchurch
Australian managers called in for H&M mediation talks


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Q: Force.com IDE V2 new SFDX project w/ embedded space in project location directory name - fails to create Detail Description:
To get a hands on on Force.com IDE 2, I installed it on my system. But while creating a project it gives me below error. This error is becoz of white space in the project path.

As it is clear in the picture the error is due to white space in my project name path.
I checked & found that in CMD & in Powershell, I can avoid this error using either single quote, double quote or escaping space character.

But no success. Salesforce Force.com ide 2 does not work with any above workaround. I m not able to create new Salesforce dx project as project lie in a directory with space in name.
Let me know, if anyone faced this issue earlier & how we can fix it.
Thanks in Advance.
P.S.: Question updated as got negative response (i.e. question is not clear). Be kind & let us know what is not clear. Just giving negative response & going away won't help.

A: I tried creating a project using force.com IDE with a long path name with space in the name. I am able to create the project without any issue. See attached screenshot.I selected the folder name using the browse button.

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Media reports about the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are often accompanied with a photograph which depicts a guerrilla column marching. They are several thousand of armed men, all wearing camouflage uniform, with armbands featuring the Colombian national colors. Also on the photo is Manuel Marulanda, Commander of the FARC guerrilla army during four decades of insurgency against the Colombian state. To stage such kind of a 'show' march would be impossible. The FARC army is being attacked from all possible sides. The guerrillas have to consider all their actions to avoid clashes with numerous soldiers of the Colombian army.
Marulanda died of a heart attack in March, 2008, aged 77, and was buried – according to his will – in the forest, not to surrender to enemies even after his death. The 55-year-old Sanez Guillermo Varfas, better known as 'Alfonso Cano', became Marulanda`s successor. Cano faced a very challenging task to help the guerrillas maintain the fighting spirit, ensure stable supplies of arms, food and medicines to the army. After being attacked by the Colombian army and US security forces commanded by Raúl Reyes, FARC rebels no longer have an opportunity to have a break in the areas bordering Colombia`s neighboring countries and discuss their further strategy. Some FARC and ELN (National Liberation Army) rebels had already been arrested in Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Panama.
In the past three years FARC has suffered big losses. The deaths of Reyes, Ivan Rios, Briceno Suarez and other comandantes could not but have affected the success of the guerrilla army. As President Juan Manuel Santos put it, "the killing of Alfonso Cano has become the greatest blow to the FARC in the entire 40-year history of its existence".
This all proves that the Colombian army and intelligence forces have become much more sophisticated. Analysts say that FARC is being closely watched by the CIA, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), as well as Mossad agents. The killing of Cano would not have become a reality without their participation. The above mentioned organizations have used all means, including threats to family members, to learn as much information about FARC as possible.
In July, 2010, the US managed to locate Cano`s guerrilla camp, shared the information with Colombia, and its army attempted to assassinate Cano. The operation resulted in the death of Cano`s 10 security guards, but the commander himself survived. A second attempt, coded Operation 'Odyssey', took place on November 4, 2011, in south-eastern department of Cauca, and was successful: Alfonso Cano was killed. Inspired by the results, Santos urged FARC rebels to surrender, saying that they had no other alternative but stop resistance if they did not want to be killed or jailed.
Santos offers a tough policy towards FARC: no negotiations, no compromise, the enemy must surrender arms and capitulate. The country`s army has been implementing a large-scale anti-guerrilla campaign, haunting rebels in the most distant areas, including those FARC camps which had been earlier considered impossible to reach. The army provides daily updates on FARC and any suspects who could be linked to the guerrilla group. They also regularly discover the guerrillas` arms caches. Last month the army shut down the main radio station operated by the FARC rebels, 'Voice of Resistance'.
Santos has made it clear that he would stop fighting only in case all guerrillas surrender. Otherwise, the resistance will get even stronger in the coming years, with a $4 billion budget approved to meet these goal. In his recent address to officers, Santos said that ''a final day of this 50-year-long conflict will become closer if we remain as persistent as we`ve been in the past years.'' He added that no less than 250,000 troops and 190,000 police officers would be taking part in the anti-FARC campaign. ''Peace will arrive in Colombia, this way or another,''- said Santos.
Reprisal against any leftist groups, including guerrillas, has never stopped in Colombia. Although several commanders of the right-wing United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) group faced trial, the Santos government still favors secret operations which result in the killings of guerrillas and their accomplices without taking them to trial. 'Paramilitares' (illegal armed groups) are always ready to compromise the guerrillas by organizing explosions in residential areas, and placing bombs in the offices occupied by newspaper journalists and TV staff. Throwing FARC leaflets at the scene of the attack is often enough to make people believe that FARC rebels are not ready for an open dialog. In fact, all peace initiatives submitted by the FARC, including the release of hostages, had been rejected by both the Uribe government and that led by Santos.
Although the FARC has repeatedly said that guerrillas are banned from taking any part in the production of drugs, not to mention their trafficking, the drug problem is often used by the army to compromise the guerrilla group. There are many drug cartels in Colombia, and their owners enjoy active support from local authorities, farmers, bankers and, of course, the US security services as maintaining control of drug trafficking from Colombia is a strategic task for Washington.
In a statement released on Alfonso Cano`s death, the FARC Secretariat says that 'peace will come to Colombia only after all problems which had forced people to begin the uprising are solved'. These problems are the following: social inequality, unemployment, clashes between peasants and farmers over lands, and many more. This all has already force at least 4 million Colombians to flee their homes and settle in camps for the replaced in Ecuador, Venezuela and other countries.
Several days after Cano`s death, the FARC had appointed its third commander-in-chief, Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, aka "Timoshenko". A member of the FARC since 1982, he received military and political training in Cuba and Russia before he was appointed to the FARC's ruling body, the Secretariat, in the 1990s. He took his pseudonym in honor of Semyon Timoshenko, a famous Soviet General. When Santos demanded the FARC`s capitulation, Timoshenko said: "FARC are thousands and thousands of revolutionaries," Timoshenko wrote, "and they brave the hardest conditions because they believe in their cause." Since Cano`s death the rebels have already carried out some successful operations: attacked a garrison in Cauca, threw grenades into a car column, and blew up an oil pipe in Norte de Santander.
The current number of FARC and ELN rebels in Colombia stands at about 11,000. Among its major principles the group names the realization of a socialist society, fighting oligarchy and forcing US military bases out of the country.
Evidently, President Santos has no intention to sit down for talks with the guerrillas. The US is neither interested in ending the military confrontation for it is the only way to keep its presence on the border with Venezuela, which is a source of numerous problems for the Pentagon. The FARC Secretariat knows this quite well, and believes that sooner or later the US will attack the Bolivarian regime of Hugo Chavez. And this when the guerrilla movement might get a second wind. So, today the FARC`s only task is to withstand at all cost!
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Q: Discrete Mathematics - How to Express the phrase "There is no one who did action y" Let's say $P(x,y)$ means $x$ sent an e-mail to $y$.
If I want to say that no one has sent a message to Jean, then aren't there multiple ways to do this?
$\neg Ǝx(P(x, Jean))$
But I can also say
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Aren't these equivalent? Or am I missing something?

A: Yes. The "negative" of "there is" is the same as "all" who "haven't."


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Q: How to read JOSN file data using Typescript and show in HTML file I have projects list. So I want to read json using TypeScript.
This is my json file called. projects.json
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Mrs. Donna W. McDowell, 79, of 802 East Johnson Street, Dunn, passed away March 22, 2019.
Survivors: husband - Garland McDowell of the home; children - James J. Williams of Charlotte, Sylvia Shields (Derry) of Forth Worth, TX, Corey Williams (Juandra) of Dunn, Bishop John McDowell (Patricia) of Dunn, Edna McDowell of VA, Garland McDowell (Cassandra) of Fuquay-Varina, Carland McDowell and Eric McDowell (Tosha) of Dunn; three sisters - Hazel Bryant (William) of Charlotte, Elaine Cameron (Thomas) of Erwin and Margie Staton of Indianapolis, IN; a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends.
The viewing will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm at Dafford Funeral Home, Dunn.
The viewing will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm at the Cape Fear Conference A Headquarters, 25 Beaver Road, Erwin.
The funeral service will be conducted on Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 2:00 pm at the Cape Fear Conference A Headquarters, 25 Beaver Road, Erwin.


Ed. Msgr Robert Hugh Benson's transition directly from physical death to the Astral Plane is an alternative to the passage from death to the Borderlands. Instead of including his discussion of his transition in the chapters on death and the Borderlands, his full discussion is included here. Rather than being a repetition, I hope the reader will view it as an alternative discussion of events.
I had a presentiment that my days on earth were drawing to a close only a short while before my passing. There was a heaviness of the mind, something akin to drowsiness, as I lay in bed. Many times I had a feeling of floating away and of gently returning. … During such lucid intervals that I had, I endured no feelings of physical discomfort. I could see and hear what was going on around me and I could 'sense' the mental distress that my condition was occasioning. And yet I had the sensation of the most extraordinary exhilaration of the mind. I knew for certain that my time had come to pass on and I was full of eagerness to be gone. I had no fear, no misgivings, do doubts, no regrets – so far – at thus leaving the earth world. … All that I wanted was to be away.
I suddenly felt a great urge to rise up. I had no physical feeling whatever, very much in the same way that physical feeling is absent during a dream, but I was mentally alert, however much my body seemed to contradict such a condition. Immediately I had this distinct prompting to rise, I found that I was actually doing so. I then discovered that those around my bed did not perceive what I was doing, since they made no effort to come to my assistance, nor did they try in any way to hinder me. Turning, I then beheld what had taken place. I saw my physical body lying lifeless upon its bed, but here was I, the real I, alive and well.
For a minute or two I remained gazing and the thought of what to do next entered my head, but help / was close at hand. I could still see the room quite clearly around me, but there was a certain mistiness about it as though it were filled with smoke very evenly distributed. I looked down at myself wondering what I was wearing in the way of clothes, for I had obviously risen from a bed of sickness and was therefore in no condition to move very far from my surroundings. I was extremely surprised to find that I had on my usual attire, such as I wore when moving freely and in good health about my own house. My surprise was only momentary since, I thought to myself, what other clothes would I expect to be wearing? Surely not some sort of diaphanous robe. Such costume is usually associated with the conventional idea of an angel and I had no need to assure myself that I was not that!
The final illness – the serious one – was too much for the physical body and my transition took place. And immediately I knew what it felt like to be a spirit person.
Ed. Some people leave their bodies, go directly to the Astral Plane, and take their convalescence on that plane rather than in the Borderlands. Usually their convalescence is shorter because their spiritual knowledge is greater.
The spirit longs to rest. There comes the great desire to sleep.
In that sleep a great deal happens but I don't know enough yet to tell you all about it. It is not exactly a sleep, but your sleep in the earth life is very much the nearest thing to it. … All you know is that you wake up another being. When the spirit comes out of that sleep he knows where he is and what he is, as you sometimes wake up in the morning with some knotty problem solved.
Those who pass over with full knowledge and understanding of the life beyond do not need that sleep at all, unless they come over with their spirits tied by long illness or the worries of life. In practice almost everyone needs the sleep period for a shorter or a longer time. The greater the difficulty of the spirit in adjusting himself the new conditions, the longer and deeper the sleep period that is necessary.
Making myself 'comfortable' upon a couch [in my house], I sank into a delightful state of semi-sleep, in which I was fully conscious of my surroundings, yet at the same time I could feel a downpouring of new energy, which coursed through my whole being. I could feel myself becoming, as it were, lighter, with the last traces of the old earth conditions being driven away forever.
(1) Interestingly, the same process that Sigwart is describing himself going through immediately after his transition is the process he will go through in the "Second Death." His words here are as applicable to his dropping of the astral body as they are to his dropping of the physical and etheric bodies.
[We saw in the distance what turned out to be] a home of rest for those who had come into spirit after long illness, or who had had a violent passing and who were, in consequence, suffering from shock. … As we drew near I could see that the [stately] building was in no sense a 'hospital' in outward semblance, whatever its functions might be. It was built in the classical style, two or three stories high and it was entirely open upon all sides. That is to say, it contained no windows as we know them on earth.
Occupying the whole of the floor space were extremely comfortable-looking couches, each of which bore a recumbent form, quite still and obviously sleeping profoundly. Moving quietly about were a number of men and women intent upon watching the different couches and their burdens.
Long illness prior to passing into the spirit world has a debilitating effect upon the mind, which in turn has its influence upon the spirit body. The latter is not serious, but the mind requires absolute rest of varying duration. Each case is treated individually and eventually responds perfectly to its treatment. During this sleep-state the mind is completely resting. There are no unpleasant dreams or fevers of delirium.
When a spirit first arrives it is cared for much as patients are entered in a hospital. They are helpless, and often remain so for long periods. In this condition they need little care. When sensation and consciousness begin to show, they need attention.
Many cannot be reached at all by their guides, as you know by those who have been brought to you. Sometimes they can be led from place to place, but that is all. Sometimes they need to be surrounded by guards to prevent them from running hither and thither without reason. When they can be made to realize that they still live and are in the spirit world, they can be easily managed. But the progress of each is according to the ability to receive and understand the teachings given them.
We think we can truthfully say that one-fourth of those who come to this side are made to understand the needs of spirit life in a reasonable time. But the remaining three-fourths are our problem and care. We do not mean that all of this large number are unable to advance, but that they are slow, and sometimes very slow.
We have many, many, whom we seem unable to help at all. We do not know that it is impossible for them to advance, but we do know that many of them have made no advancement since we came; and we are told that some of them have been in this condition for centuries.
It is pitiful. It seems to us unnecessary. It does not seem to be so much because of difference in ability, as from a state of mind brought about by forming wrong opinions and ideas when in earth life. And the position they occupied in that life seems not to have much to do with it. This makes us think that it is unnecessary, and we wish some way could be found that would make the world understand what is needed. (Unnamed spirit in LHH, 154-5.) The primary need of the soul on arrival 'over there' is to be free, free first to sleep and then to learn how to use the new form now clothing him, and to begin to understand the strange conditions by which he finds himself surrounded. For these purposes it is imperative that all emotional disturbances should be avoided, especially those caused by the grief, depression, regret (and sometimes fear) of those he has left behind. This is especially important in cases where belief in an after life is faint or non-existent.
It is here that Providence steps in and acting at her most merciful, screens the soul (temporarily) from all these mundane contacts which could disturb or delay progress and understanding.
The patients resting upon their couches looked very peaceful. Constant watch is kept upon them and, at the first flutterings of returning consciousness, others are summoned and all is ready for the full awakening. Some will wake up partially and then sink back again into slumber. Others will shake off their sleep at once and it is then that those experienced souls in attendance will have, perhaps, their most difficult task.
We were shown another large hall similarly appointed, where those whose passing had been sudden and violent were also in their temporary sleep. These cases were usually more difficult to manage than those we had just seen. The suddenness of their departure added far greater confusion to the mind. Instead of a steady transition, the spirit body had in many cases been forcibly ejected from the physical body and precipitated into the spirit world. The passing over has been so sudden that there seemed to them to be no break in their lives. Such people are taken in hand quickly by bands of souls who devote all their time and the whole of their energies to such work. And in the hall of rest we could now see the results of their labors. Had so many of these had but a small knowledge of spirit matters, these awakenings would have been so much happier.
There are, as you wrote in your messages, places … created by very advanced entities, where people can go … with fountains, birds and incredibly lovely colour blending and rippling streams, and all the doings. They are used as rest-cure homes.
It is difficult for me to visualize the condition of those … who cannot see the people here at the first because they think they are not killed as, from the first, as soon as I saw Grandpa, I knew, and when I got to you and saw you, you were the glowing aura with a dark physical centre that all human beings are. I could see the helpers all round you. There was never any plane of illusion for me, at all.
After the Change was over and I was free of my earthly 'covering,' I 'woke up' here. … I opened my eyes … or I just came back to consciousness … and there was Mother Superior just as she used to be and as I had remembered her for so many years.
After I woke up from the sleep of death, and following its uneasy dreams, some pleasant, some nightmares, my father and mother appeared to welcome me. Then your father and my sisters came. But my end was my beginning. I was too overjoyed perhaps at getting a glimpse of George, your brother, so father and mother soothed me, calmed me, took charge of me and gave me my first sense of locality and environment.
I am no longer alone – I have met my dear brother. He came out here three years ago and has come down to welcome me. The tie between us is strong. William could not get near me for a long time, he says, the atmosphere was so thick. He hoped to reach me in time to avert the 'shock' to which I have referred, but found it impossible.
My present body is made of chemicals, and gases, and atoms – atoms certainly of a finer kind than one / gets on the earth-plane. These are held together in much the same way as the atoms of the physical body, but this body does not disintegrate in the same way as the physical one does, because the life on the third Sphere (1) is sure to be as long and perhaps many times longer than the one on the earth-plane.
There is something substantial about my spirit-body. Suppose I had to leave the third Plane and to go to the fifth, sixth, or seventh Plane (for good I mean, not for a visit). I know then my entire etheric body would undergo a change: the atoms would be of a still lighter kind, because the nearer I go to the God-force, or Life-force, the more actual Life-force there is running through my body and holding those atoms together.
Because of this greater force in the higher spheres we would require less chemical matter.
On the third Plane the body in the way of its chemical constituents would be very much like that of the earth-plane – not so much in quantity, but the same in kind. Is it not correct that hydrogen and similar gases or chemicals can be obtained in a grosser or coarser or in a more refined state, a lighter state – lighter in pressure? Our bodies are made of the extremely refined variety.
Take coal, … for example; you can set / it alight in the raw state, and you have a coarse flame of gas, or even if we don't light it we know there is gas there of a coarse kind. If that gas is taken and put through certain processes it becomes purer and more refined in nature, simply because it has passed through those processes. It has passed through and over something, and is farther from its foundation in the lump of coal. The gas is drawn from the coal and blown right across steam, and when it reaches the other side it is caught in a purer state.
Now we come to the point. The gases and chemicals that go to make up our physical bodies, we know, need not be drawn only from the surface, or just above it, of the earth-plane.
(1) I do not for certain know which plane the "third sphere" is. I hazard a guess that it is the Higher Summerlands, what are called the fifth, sixth, and seventh subplanes of the Astral Plane.
(1) Philip is probably referring to his mental body, but he may be referring to the immortal Self, the essence.
I still have several 'parts' or 'bodies' and I marvel more as I recognize them. The 'purely personal' part of me is being cleansed and purified. I live mostly now in an astral body and that gives a measure of greater freedom than a dense physical body, but I am very much aware of my Higher Body, or, if you wish, my inner self, much more aware of it than when in incarnation in the physical plane of matter. I am now learning, and achieving I trust, a higher balance of living. By this I mean that I am becoming aware of my Spiritual Body and, in so doing, I am enabled to absent myself from this plane of thought, the astral or emotional, and slip away in consciousness to the higher Mental and Spiritual planes of thought.
(1) White is describing the astral body from the standpoint of the Mental Plane where he occupies a mental body. Of course the mental body is not our "real" body either. No body is. By nature, we are formless.
Leichtman: Was there something distinguishing about the term "spiritual body"? ….
It was not meant to describe the body of any one plane. It can be used to refer to any of the inner bodies. Betty used the label, I'm being told, to describe the inner essence of a being. The essence is not related to a specific plane, because we live on more than one plane simultaneously.
Imagine that you had spent sixty or seventy years in a heavy earthly body, a body which insisted on growing fat, and would get stiff-jointed and rheumatic, even going on strike occasionally to the extent of laying you up in bed for repairs of a more or less clumsy sort. Then fancy yourself suddenly exchanging this heavy body for a light and elastic form. Can you imagine it? I confess that it would have been difficult for me, even a year or two ago.
(1) Aunt Marian has just arrived and is at present resting.
Age differences melt away as our consciousness expands; I am no longer their wrinkled old Grannie. But they still pay me the respect and homage they did on earth and I love them dearly, as my beloved children and children's children.
One's mind gradually becomes adjusted to the fact that time is a factor related only to earth conditions. Time is therefore an illusion and not / a reality. Once this is grasped, one is no longer hampered by its limitations. But this degree of consciousness has to be achieved before the results become manifest.
Just as on earth, it is the things you want to believe that are accepted first, so it did not take me long to dispel the illusion of old age. It is one of the rewards of having lived out a long and complete life on the earth plane.
The seeds of this knowledge have already been sown and, … although your body ages, you still feel that the central "you" is unchanged. So it is not so difficult, after all, to accept the fact that this is indeed true, once the earth life has fallen away.
As a rule, those who say that they have been long here do not seem old. I asked the Teacher why, and he said that after a time an old person forgets that he is old, that the tendency is to grow young in thought and therefore young in appearance, that the body tends to take the form which we hold of it in our minds, that the law of rhythm works here as elsewhere.
The spiritual bodies are whole and perfect. Even a person who has lost a limb by amputation while in the physical body can function as a whole person in the spiritual world. The limbs of the spiritual bodies are not lost through amputation of physical limbs.
A young soldier of whom we had known, had been blown to atoms by a shell. We asked if that would interfere with the spirit's entrance into that life.
Many of [the people I saw] had crippled twisted bodies. I saw the helpers lay them in a horizontal position on a ray, using it as though it were a table, straighten out their limbs quiet simply, then focus another ray upon them and then, and still in a sleep state, float them away out of our sight. I was gasping with questions and my doctor friend needed no further vocal word, but started off at once to explain.
These were mostly the etheric bodies of people who had suffered from polio or been crippled or paralysed in some way. They had all to be treated before they woke up and it was all quite simple. He explained that there was no illness of the etheric body. They only became crumpled like a dress which is always being worn crooked. They have to be straightened and strengthened and that is all.
For a short period of time you will look the same; however, this changes in about the first three days as you know time. Then you take on a form in a totally healthy body. Say a person was an amputee or a cripple in life, after about thirty-six hours, he would find that he is no longer without lost limbs. He has to adjust mentally to having a whole body again. With some people, this takes longer for they are not willing to accept it. Many people will still see themselves as crippled or without limbs for a while.
(1) It is probable that Monsignor Benson is restricting his comments to the Summerlands in which he lives; on the dark plane, the inhabitants are often misshapen, reflecting their thoughts.
A temporary lapse of soul health which might be described as illness is not unknown. This takes the form of absorbing and persistent grief for one's self or for others; remorse for evil done; unhappy memories; longings for the unattainable; carnal earth desires; feelings of hatred and bitterness; desire for revenge; jealousies; hatred; malice and all uncharitableness. These and similar mental conditions constitute disease of the soul, the remedy for which in every case is to encourage the development of the opposite quality of the particular disease.
Do you hate? Then you will find love the antidote. Are you unduly depressed? Take a dose of optimism, it will put you right. Are you self-absorbed with your own griefs? Lend a helping hand to another in similar straits and you will effect your own cure. The poet asks: "Who can minister to a mind diseased?" The sufferer must be his own physician: he himself and no other possesses the remedy.
The aura and the astral body are not quite the same. Every entity has form – an astral body which reflects his latest earth shape. Out of the head his eyes glow like lamps, just as in those paintings by that psychic painter.
Extending from the astral body is a glow, or in the case of the average person, an emanation, glowing only in proportion to the entity's permeation with the creative Force. This emanation has colour, and, to us, sometimes a subtle odour. The darker and dingier the emanation, the less evolved the entity, because it is the diffusion of inner Light which causes the aura.
All that Theosophists say about the aura is correct. The aura of one of the Advanced People is too wonderful for words; it extends for what you would think of as miles and every entity on which this glow falls is stimulated and exalted. The first glimpse of the Chief – your Unknown [Teacher] – was enough for me to purge away my follies and misconceptions. I was so completely convinced, once and for all.
We continue to use the psychic centers of the body. They become much more active because they are now free of the physical body.
These psychic centers, the chakras, are sources of spiritual energy and each has certain colours it contributes to the aura, or magnetic field of light which emanates from each person. There is an aura of light around the physical body which is visible to those, such as clairvoyants, who are attuned to see it.
The mediumistic aura to spirit gaze is of golden hue. The sympathetic tint is crimson, the colour of the affections. The tint of the learned and powerful agent for development of truth is blue, the colour of the intellect.
What does the violet signify?
It would indicate a progressive spirit who might be developed. The spirit that is hard and unreceptive of sympathetic influence a green aura encircles, and we cannot approach.
To spirit eyes, does [the aura] declare the character?
(1) White is speaking from the vantage point of the Mental Plane. No "unpleasant elements of character" survive and accompany the individual into the Mental Plane; these are dropped with the astral body; hence White's comment.
Myself – Do you have organs?
I was a doctor on earth … but I had no use for religion or faith healing, or any of those sentimental emotions. … I woke up in a hospital. … A doctor came over to me and asked how I was feeling, adding, "We shall be glad to teach you all we know." … He sat down beside me and out of nowhere a diagram appeared showing the organs and arteries of my new body. "This is what you've got to work on now," he explained. I thought I must be going mad. Here was a diagram of a body, similar in shape to the one I knew, but with feeding ducts, digestive organs and so on, of a much simpler kind.
In company with many others I have seen and spoken to at least one illustrious being whose period of life, in years, reaches astronomical figures. He possesses, just as do you or I, the ordinary normal complement of limbs; he has hair upon his head. His hands, anatomically like yours and mine, have their full number of finger-nails. And so we might go on, through the complete catalogue of the parts of the human anatomy as it exists in the spirit world. The exalted nature of his being and the elevated realm in which he resides make him no different, anatomically, from the rest of us.
The spirit body, coming first in the order of 'creation,' is the standard of human form and figure. The earthly body resembles it, but it has certain other organs added by which it carries out certain processes that are essential to its continued survival upon earth. The two principals of these processes are the means of assimilating food and the means of perpetuating human life on earth. Food we do not need in the spirit world, and the population of spirit lands is derived, with the exception of those beings in the higher and highest realms…, entirely from the earth in so far as this spirit universe is concerned.
In discarding my earthly body at my physical dissolution, I found that my spirit body was without certain organs, the possession of which would be entirely redundant. Such organs have no counterpart in the spirit body.
When you first arrive here … the routines of eating and drinking and sleeping are too firmly established to be eliminated at one fell swoop. So if you think you need to sleep … you sleep for as long as you want. If you think you need to eat, then you eat your fill. There are no excretory organs in our bodies. … When I drink water it just diffuses itself throughout my system and that's that!
The spirit world has air just as you have on earth and we have lungs in our bodies with which to breathe it. And it does 'oxygenate' the blood in what would be the spirit world equivalent of that process. Upon earth the air you breathe will help to purify the blood. In the spirit world we have good rich blood running through our veins and we breathe the beautiful, clean, fresh, fragrant air, but while your blood undergoes the process of oxygenating, our blood is reinvigorated by the spiritual force and energy that is one of the principal constituents of the air we breathe here.
Could one exist without [air]? Hardly. It gives us a measure of life-force just as it does you on earth. But you could not exist upon air alone. You must have food and drink. We do not need these latter two commodities, as you know, but we derive another part of our sustenance from the light of these realms, from the abundance of colour, from the water, from the fruit when we wish to eat of it, from the flowers, and from all that is beautiful itself. As these realms positively abound in beauty you will see why we enjoy such perfect health.
But we also take in strength from the great spiritual force that is being constantly poured down upon us all from the Father of Heaven Himself. It is, as it were, an eternal magnetic current that is for ever charging us with force and power and giving us life.
(1) Lawrence died in 1935 and Sherwood's book was published in 1964, so, at the most, just short of thirty years would have passed.
Four of us were together one evening, and we asked Mary if she could tell us what would be our first experiences if we should suddenly come there together from any cause.
"That is a question not easily answered. First, the unconscious period, which might be long or short according to the spiritual advancement of each. Then the awakening, and then, ah, then! the beauty, the loveliness, and the surprise! We think then a quiet enjoyment, a quiet receptivity, the while your spirits were becoming accustomed to the light and glory.
Q: Does the place where people go when they die look like the earth plane?
These realms wherein I live are, to all of us who inhabit them, a state of perfection so far as our present experiences takes us. The great majority of us can scarcely contemplate a state of greater beauty and happiness, that is, a state of greater perfection than this sphere where we have our homes and our life. We love every inch of these realms, we love every moment of our lives; we are supremely happy – we could not be more so; that is to say, we do not think we could be more so.
There is no room for the unpleasant phases of human character that are so often exhibited upon earth. They cannot enter these realms. And in so far as such elements of character and temperament as we show upon earth are not the true reflection of our real selves, we shall at once cast them aside for ever as we enter the spirit world upon the moment of our transition.
I have previously said that a human being is exactly the same one minute after his dissolution as he was one minute before it. That is borne out by what I just said. It is the great difference between our real selves and the personality which we present for outward view. We are just the same in our true selves, but we may not be recognizably so. It is not so much that we have altered but that we are no longer subject to the stresses that produce the unpleasant qualities that were observable in us when we were on the earth. Remove the causes of the distempers and the latter will disappear also. Here in spirit lands we have nothing to disturb us. On the contrary, we have everything that will bring us contentment.
Our true natures thrive and expand upon such glories and splendours as the spirit world alone has to offer. We work, not for an earthly subsistence, but for the joy that comes with doing work that is both useful and congenial, and above all things, work that is of service to our fellow beings. The reward which work brings with it is not a transient reward as is the case with so much mundane labour, but a reward that will bring us eventually to a higher state of living.
To us here in the spirit world, life is pleasure, always pleasure. We work hard, and sometimes long, but that work is pleasure to us. We have not the tiresome wearying toil that you have upon earth. We are not solitary beings fighting for our existence amid a world that can be, and so often is, somewhat indifferent to our struggles. Here in these realms wherein I live, there is not one solitary individual of whatever nationality under the sun who would not come immediately to the assistance of any one of us upon the merest glimmering of our needing help. And such help it is! There is no false pride that precludes our accepting help from a fellow creature anxious to give it.
Q: [The Astral Plane] looks like the same plane as earth for convenience and comfort's sake?
A: There's no difference. It's just that we have controlled temperatures all the time. We have sunshine all the time. There's great beauty. It's not polluted. The air is pure and clear. We have lovely homes and gardens, beautiful buildings, restful and peaceful places. Whatever you can imagine, we have, for it is built through the imagination. We have little communities gathered together in the mountainous countries. Some people prefer snow-capped mountains; even though it is not cold, we still have snow if that's what you choose to see. It is whatever you make it.
Q: Is there music, art, color on the other side?
(1) White's term for the mental body.
(1) The reference is probably to wartime queues formed for luxuries like tomatoes.
(1) Philip seems to be speaking here of discarnate entities wishing to communicate directly with incarnate entities.
What are the facts? When anyone dies, upon awakening in their new surroundings, they naturally think of those they have left behind. If they are in great happiness, they long to tell their loved ones not to grieve for them. They want to describe the new and beautiful country to which they have come. With their clearer vision they are often able to guide those on earth in their human affairs, and, above all, they want them to realize how love is deeper, stronger, purer, than ever it was on earth.
Well, then, the cords of their great love draw them back to the earth and, in spirit form, they enter the old home. Their first sorrow is their total inability to make their presence known, their desire to comfort is unavailing; they watch the agony of grief and can do nothing. In their distress they often seek someone of psychic development and send a tender message of love and consolation. But, alas! Too often the bereaved will not receive the message. They are only frightened or incredulous.
On returning to my alcove in the Rest Hall I found someone else there.
Our spirit dress would be imperceptible to you, and our spirit forms unrecognisable; consequently, we array ourselves in such sort as you would expect us to appear. If the spirit is showing itself to its own friends, it would appear in the semblance of the dress it was in the habit of wearing in earth-life; and would specially exaggerate, or draw attention to, any peculiarity of gesture, dress or demeanour which would identify it.
It is a bitter disappointment and sorrow when a spirit is unrecognised by its loved friends to whom it has so longed to manifest itself, and when it has so striven for success. It is one of the sorrows which hang round the spirits who are attracted to earth by longing desire to minister to loved ones left behind. They hover round them, tend and care for them, yet they cannot communicate. They search around, and at length find a medium through whom they can reach their friends. After infinite pains they are enabled to show to them their real selves, to demonstrate their existence, to show their love.
As I was with all of you tonight I could see how falling asleep is related closely to dying. Material existence clings to the spiritual by a thread, (1) and the spirit rejoices in being free. We then converse with each other just as in life on earth, and I tell you much of myself.
Q: Does the dead person's spirit ever stay with their loved ones that are still in the body?
A: Yes, many times they will come back when they feel there is a need, even if they had left to go on to other realms of teaching and learning. They are always there in times of crises; also on holidays and celebrations. They never like to miss the happy occasions which they knew on the earth plane so that they will join loved ones during the holiday festivals and special occasions. They are also with you at night when you leave the body.