Thoughts on both Christianity and
his afterlife experiences, from the
world view of Rembrandt.
During her life, Jane Roberts wrote three "World View" books. These were:
1. "The World View of Paul Cezanne: a Psychic Interpretation." (1977)
2. "The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: the World View of William James." (1978)
and
3. "The World View of Rembrandt". (2006)
In
the book, "The "Unknown" Reality: Volume Two; Section 5: Session 718
November 6, 1974, by Jane Roberts, © 2012 Laurel Davies-Butts, Seth
talked about the subject of "World Views". In that session, in Session
718, Seth talked about how these "World Views" differ from, for example,
a "Medium's" message that was received from a dead person, (or what
Seth sometimes referred to as a "Survival Personality").
Here in this post, we will take a look at the information that came from the World View of Rembrandt.
The information, in this post came from the book "The World View of Rembrandt", by Jane Roberts, Laurel Davies.
According
to the internet, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, was a Dutch painter,
printmaker, and draughtsman, and he was born on July 15, 1606 and he
died on October 4, 1669.
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"(3:32. At a slower pace:) I am pleased to see that Christianity endures, even though it is broken into thousands of fragments."
"(Pause.)
I thought that it was indispensable (pause), that man used it as a kind
of sounding board, or a framework, in which he tried to explain his
experience and the connections between the body and the soul. (Pause.) I
am also pleased to see that the Bible endures - for in the same way it
also serves as a sounding board containing stories that are somehow
fitted to man's higher hopes and most profound anguish. I thought that
Christianity was a spiritual framework upon which the world of ethics
and law revolved. (Long pause.) In my day every child knew the biblical
stories by heart. They were considered morality plays of a kind, and I
must say that I do not understand what could conceivably replace
Christianity were it to disappear."
"(3:38.)
I did want to mention that I will of course try to answer any questions
when you have them. (Pause.) There may be some I cannot answer, or I
may have to think some over for a while, but you may always feel free at
least to inquire."
"("Alright.""
"(Long
pause.) I am surprised that religious subjects are not used more
frequently in your time as a proper subject matter for paintings; for I
believe that the biblical stories alone united many varieties of people,
so that they did indeed have a universal quality."
"(4:02.) During my lifetime, we considered anyone who was not Christian to be an infidel."
"Shortly
after my own death, I understood for myself how wrong that attitude
was. Somehow, then, I instinctively realized that this vast universe
opened its doors to everyone. No one was left out -"
"(4:07.)
An almost exultant feeling of being welcome permeated everywhere, and I
understood that each and every creature, regardless of its degree, was
somehow welcome here. Not only welcome, but desired - and that no
exclusions ever applied."
"I had
long thought, even in my lifetime, that Christianity somehow
misinterpreted the Jews, but I was so used to the concept of hell or
damnation that it was with a sense of shock that I understood that no
hell or damnation existed. No matter how foul a man's deeds might have
been on earth, here they were somehow redeemed. Such an atmosphere of
loving acceptance exists in this afterdeath dimension that I found it
almost impossible to imagine that I had ever believed in punishment or
damnation. So certain attitudes of mine have changed, and certainly for
the better."
I also understood
that Christianity itself was actually a frail vehicle, that it's
framework was far too small to contain the reality that I was and am
experiencing. This does not mean that I do not still feel a genuine
fondness for Christianity, because regardless of its shortcomings I grew
up in its atmosphere. (Long pause.) I am filled, however, with the
greatest sense of acceptance, of being where I should be, and of the
rightness of being who I am. I barely remember having such feelings in
my early childhood. It now seems to me that all children are born with
this sense of freedom - and that indeed by adulthood, however, the old
sense of rightness vanishes. I am not sure why."
"(Pause
at 4:16.) It occurs to me that you and others are indeed trying to form
a new framework large enough to contain man's experience, and that such
communications as ours serve in that regard."
"The World View of Rembrandt",
Deleted Session July 22, 1983,
by Jane Roberts,
2006 by Robert Butts, Laurel Davies.