The question about the meaning of life in the face of inevitable death resurfaces in human awareness with growing urgency. We find ourselves wondering: If everything ends with our departure from this world, what purpose does our present moment truly serve?
This fundamental doubt—born from fear—opens the door to a deeper understanding of who we really are and what our life means within a far greater spectrum of existence.
One of the greatest misconceptions of modern times is the reduction of human nature to the physical dimension alone. The body matters, yes—it houses the entire panorama of our conscious experience. Yet the truth about us is far more intricate.
We are, first and foremost, souls temporarily inhabiting a material form so we can participate in the dense vibrations of the physical world.
Beyond the physical shell, we carry a structure of subtle bodies. The emotional body contains our feelings and inner reactions. The mental body governs thoughts, concepts, and ideas. The causal body—the most enduring—acts as the soul’s treasury. Only experiences in which we transcended egocentric limitations and acted with sincerity, generosity, or selfless giving are stored there.

These aren’t random moral values. They echo the fundamental nature of the Universe itself. Creation unfolds in a constant act of giving—pouring out light, energy, and endless possibilities of life. When we give to others from the heart, we resonate with this cosmic principle and consciously participate in its flow.
Evolution isn’t just a biological mechanism described by science. It is a driving force permeating the entirety of reality. Everything strives toward greater complexity, subtlety, and beauty. That movement shapes our thoughts—refining them from coarseness—deepens our emotional world, and gradually transforms physical life so it becomes less about survival and more about expression.
Even our current technological landscape is an external reflection of this inner evolutionary motion. We are moving toward a civilization where work is no longer a requirement for survival but a creative space for self-expression. We will have more energy to learn, explore, discover, and expand consciousness. This is the natural direction of humanity’s evolutionary arc.
It is worth remembering that the history of humanity stretches far beyond the few thousand years recorded in textbooks. Before Egypt, there were advanced civilizations—Atlantis, which existed for nearly a million years; earlier Lemuria; and even older Hyperborea. Each went through stages of growth and decline, contributing to the vast spiral of human evolution.
When the physical body ceases to function, consciousness does not vanish—it shifts into other planes of existence vibrating at higher frequencies. The first phase is a brief passage through the etheric realm, followed by entry into the astral world—the realm of emotional existence.
This transition can be startling for those unprepared, as the astral dimension differs significantly from religious portrayals of “life after death.” There, we encounter the direct consequences of how we lived. If we cultivated harmony and kindness, we experience peace and luminous presence. If egoism and harm dominated our lives, we face the very energies we generated.
Later, consciousness releases the emotional body and moves into the mental plane—the world of pure thought. These successive layers become increasingly subtle, radiant, and expansive. Eventually, the mental structures dissolve as well. What remains is the causal body—our true, enduring form, carrying the distilled essence of every higher act of love, compassion, and unity we ever expressed.
Contemplating death and impermanence can be deeply transformative. It can lead to profound self-understanding and a clearer sense of meaning. But there is a line which, when crossed, shifts reflection into fear—and fear leads into suffering.
The instinct for survival, embedded in the most ancient parts of our brain, is a relic of our evolutionary past. In modern life, it manifests as constant anxiety. It makes us worry about everything—money, health, family, relationships, safety, the future. But worry does not protect us. It drains our energy and disconnects us from higher states of awareness.
More importantly, this fear can imprison us even after physical death. Spirits who remain earthbound are beings trapped by their own terror of the unknown. They cling to familiar reality and become confined within the heaviest emotional vibrations—fear, anger, sorrow.
When we, the incarnated beings, emit fear, we resonate with these energies and attract such spirits into our lives, leading to attachment and profound additional suffering.
Freedom from this destructive cycle begins with the mastery of thought and emotion. This doesn’t mean repression—it means conscious redirection. When we catch a negative thought arising, we can choose to stop its momentum and move our awareness toward something constructive.
The first step is cleansing ourselves from external astral influences. As long as we remain dominated by destructive energies—whether they come from spirits or harmful thought-forms, our own or others’—true inner work is nearly impossible. Only after we purify our field can we develop a stance that rejects negativity and embraces growth.
Most crucial is the expansion of perspective—seeing ourselves as multidimensional beings rather than limited physical organisms.
When we recognize the full spectrum of our existence—emotional, mental, causal—the fear of death dissolves. Death stops being an end; it becomes a natural passage between stages of development.
Life, in turn, gains profound meaning: it is an opportunity to gather experiences that become the everlasting substance of the causal body, the part of us that accompanies our soul forever.
About the Author:
Michael, a co-founder of The Dr. Wanda Pratnicka Center, holds a B.A. degree in psychology and is a spiritual teacher and healer, with a specialization in spirit removal. Under the mentorship of his wife Wanda Pratnicka, Michael gained profound spiritual insights into the nuances of spirit attachment phenomenon, and for many years, he played a crucial role in assisting her with the remote spirit removal process. In his leisure time, Michael finds solace in meditation, immerses himself in the timeless beauty of classical music, and cherishes tranquil walks by the sea.
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