What is Hell Like?

Article about experiences of the Spirit World based upon the book "What to do when you are dead" by Craig Hamilton-Parker..
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The Real Hell

Hell is usually depicted as punishment and retribution for sin. Within many religions, it is described as eternal damnation. When you go to Hell, it's a one way ticket--there's no coming back. Commit a sin in this life--such as not believing in the doctrines of your church--and it's down to the sulphurous pits for you. You will be damned forever. The only way to avoid your diabolical destiny is to conform to what you are told by your religious leaders.

It will probably come to no surprise to hear that I don't believe in hell and eternal punishment. It just doesn't square with what I understand from my own mediumistic work and the spiritual insights of others. However, it is clear that not every person is worthy of the same treatment in the afterlife. Surely, the good and the wicked are not entitled to the same treatment in the next world. What happens to those whose hearts are filled with hate and selfishness?

Hell for eternity was invented by human beings to manipulate the hearts and minds of the unaware. It does not exist. Nonetheless, there are lower spheres in the afterlife which are particularly dark, unpleasant, and even horrific. For some, it may be like the classic depictions of hell, but it is not forever. This place, like the higher levels, is there to help with the eternal progress of the human soul. It is a reflection of yourself and is an opportunity to help you grow. The universal “law of progress” ensures that, at some time in the future, those with lower vibrations will eventually graduate to the higher spheres.

Being religious does not necessarily mean being spiritual. Atheists, agnostics, and others may not be encumbered from passing to the higher spheres when they die. It's what they did in their lifetime, and the motivation for their actions that counts. In fact, religious belief can hold the spirit back. Those with dogmatic, unalterable fixed ideas about what to expect immediately after death are likely to experience serious problems when they pass over. Even the initial stages of death can be hard for them. For example, very materialistic people at the point of death will have a very heavy duplicate body and will find it difficult to separate from the physical body. Similarly, those who on earth are deeply caught in negative habits and vices may get caught on a lower astral level and not be able to progress until the habits are completely removed or they are drawn towards another earthly incarnation.

Most people when they die are met by their loved ones, their spiritual guardians, and beings who are part of the group soul. However, those who are consistently evil are either left alone or are met by others of the same low vibrations. Together they will be drawn into the shadowy lower spheres. Similarly, the negative karma that such persons have accumulated while in life now pulls them like a heavy weight into these dark worlds. Lies, greed, cheating, and cruelty to others hang upon them like heavy dark weights and pull them into places where they will be forced to confront the consequences of their deeds. Deathbed confessions or baptisms make no difference. You are what you are, and this determines the life to come.

The dream of the soul

Hell, like heaven, has many different planes. In fact, it is not really somewhere separate to heaven. There is no demarcation between heaven and hell--they are degrees of the same one reality. The degree of hell-like quality is determined by the person's own nature.

People who are overtly wicked may immediately find themselves in a terrible place. It may not be a place where devils poke you with tridents, but it may feel much the same. For example, a corrupt doctor from the German death camps of WWII may find himself experiencing the same horrors that were inflicted on his victims on earth. The afterworld of such souls will be like a nightmare that has become reality. But far worse that this, will be the realization of what they have done. The angelic beings will present the culprit to their victims, who were made to suffer. They will feel every drop of pain that was inflicted upon their victims--from both the spirit worlds and from those still alive on earth. And this will not be a momentary experience but one which will afflict them until such time as they want to reform themselves.

On physical death, we go to the highest sphere accommodated by the vibrations we accumulated throughout our lifetimes on earth. Most people will go to either one of the higher spheres, too beautiful to imagine, or experience worlds almost the same as the earth plane. Once there, however, we all have to come to terms with the negative sides of our own natures. None of us is all good or all bad. Like the planes of heaven itself, there is no clear demarcation. We are all a mixture of good and bad qualities. (human .)

Your bad qualities will, at times, cause you to experience personal hells, generating scenarios in which you are able to consider issues in your life. For example, suppose you went through a divorce, with all of its hurtful aggression and legalized nastiness. Suddenly, you experience details of it again, but from the perspective of your ex-partner. Similarly, if you've willingly done things to hurt another, you may find your roles now reversed. The afterlife is a bit like virtual dreaming, which the soul can use to generate scenarios designed to enlighten. These dreams may be “good” or “bad” but this is not about reward and punishment. It’s part of the road to be travelled to attain spiritual reform and growth.

The afterlife planes are a continuation of the process of the life review, except now they are played out like a cosmic play. The good and bad deeds done on earth set the themes. Fortunately, there is always a happy ending to the cosmic play, for every sentient being will eventually know the bliss of the infinite even though, for some, this may take the work of many earth lives and extended periods spent in study and contemplation on different levels of the afterlife worlds.