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Originally Posted by Liveformx64  don't believe there is punishment outside of our physical earth for us, period.
There is only learning. Period. |
I agree with you that learning is of the utmost importance, and your quote is very pertinent.
With regard to what we generally conceive to be punishment, this is also part of the learning process. If we don't learn from our mistakes, then we keep making them - that is our punishment, whether it is in this physical world or in the spirit world we migrate to after physical death. It is self-inflicted.
Our thoughts and actions always have consequences, and they affect others. We punish ourselves through the mistakes we make, i.e. giving way to the lower aspects of the ego, hurting others, etc.
When we pass into the spirit world, we will realize the full impact of everything we thought and did - the good and the bad ... and we will judge ourselves. But, even there, we may still reject the promptings of spirit and conscience and continue to persist in our self-inflicted punishment.
We have the free will to make that choice.