Currently in the United States, a notable if not legendary polarization rips away at the fabric of society. One bottom line is that it has become very challenging to discover the truth about anything amid so many rumors, lies, bloated rhetoric, and fundamental disagreements.
This situation has vast implications including a basic question of how reliable would information stream from what we commonly call the spirit world if SoulPhone™ (or other) technology arrives in a functional state. Will we find one reliable universal information source, or will it be a free-for-all with just as much contradictory and polarizing information as we find here?
Some people seem to have put all their faith cookies in a vision of the universe where love, caring, truth, and compassion ultimately rule. Good triumphs over evil. When people get to heaven, their ego selves melt away and their “true” loving, higher selves emerge. The assumption, therefore, is that no deceit will come from the spirit world.
Others view the afterlife as a place where those leaving earth find their appropriate level to reside in based on their spiritual progress in the life they just led. Simplistically put, lower levels house those of a more base nature. That place is a lot like earth living with maybe a few welcome upgrades. If you’ve done the work, you can go higher up the heavenly stairway to realms that are less earthly.
When we consider what to expect if/when a SoulPhone comes out, we judge it based on our current conception of the afterlife. The idea of a SoulPhone is much more attractive when we believe in an afterlife full of love. It gets dicier when we consider the influence of evil.
FEARS ABOUT SOULPHONES
One fear that some people have is that “evil” or “imbalanced” spirits will somehow commandeer or otherwise abuse SoulPhone technology when it comes out. They will use it to spread false narratives in all directions, creating havoc for their own twisted dystopian entertainment.
Evil may also include individuals or corporations in this earthly dimension focused on profiteering from this breakthrough invention. As has happened in so many industries, something invented to help humanity may instead bring forth potential for massive abuse. For all the benefits to humanity computers have brought, for instance, the invention has also empowered big time evil.
Another fear about a future SoulPhone regards the quality or validity of information passed from that dimension to ours. If every walk of ‘spirit’ life has a voice through such a device, how are we going to know what “truth” to believe?
As a hypothetical, what if Doctor A in the next dimension says one thing about Covid-19 (wear masks), and Doctor B in the next dimension says the polar opposite (don’t bother wearing masks)? What if Doctor A says that climate change is real and humans should be more responsible while Doctor B says climate change is an illusion and burning fossil fuels is fine? What if Doctor A confirms your favorite conspiracy theory while Doctor B says it’s bunk?
It could be that postmaterial persons are all being honest about their perception of the truth, but if they live in different ‘levels,’ they may not speak with universal awareness. It’s like someone living in the tropics has a different take on reality than someone living near a polar ice cap. The world has already seen plenty of examples of contradictory information about what the afterlife is like.
Meanwhile, while luminaries here work with luminaries there to create a better world, creepy entrepreneurs here could use the SoulPhone to find creepy cohorts elsewhere. We do not know how far political, religious, and ethical differences go into realms beyond physical life? Does the mental and physical warfare so ubiquitous to earth extend into the next realms? If so, will some ruling authority intervene to foil evil plots?
Some people have ready answers to questions like these. They read a book and hastily accept its contents. The more books I read, the more I realize that there is no shortage of contradictory statements between them, all of them allegedly telling the truth. One person’s new-death experience does not speak for the whole universe. Ditto for one person’s out-of-body adventures, one person’s channeling, one person’s “amazing” reading from a tippy-top medium.
Some people are intrigued by the possibility that a SoulPhone will give earth people access to iconic spiritual leaders, either in “webinars” or in private conversations. This has stunning implications. Imagine the chaos that could erupt if some divine souls appear to contradict long-accepted religious tenets and practices, such as how many organized religions supported wars. (“What about thou shalt not kill confuses you?”)
This already happens in channeling entities. It’s kind of fun to watch different mediums present historical characters they’re allegedly hearing when Jesus channeled by one doesn’t match the Jesus channeled by another. It’s fun until you consider the implications.
But then also imagine how different things could become for our world if we were all offered a definitive source for universal truth. Could this provide a tipping point for humanity to work toward creating heaven on earth? Might we see the light; might luminaries enlighten us?
SUMMING UP
Right now we just don’t know with any certainty what we’ll find when we make the contact we seek—if indeed we make contact.
As I speculate about the potential impact of the SoulPhone on the world, I like to think that this is a two-dimension project. I like to think that the so-called A-Team, those collaborators in ‘spirit,’ would guide our progress so that we are not influenced by evil, either here or there. If we are headed for disaster, either for us or for them, I trust that they would pull the plug.
Explorations into communicating with ‘spirit’ needs to consider the ethical, practical, and systemic consequences of this potential life-changing, world-altering quest. Humans so far have not been great stewards of the planet and its inhabitants. Maybe with better information, we would change.
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I have to agree, Joshua. As humans we’re doing a very poor job of telling bad actors from good ones in our Earthly reality, which makes me pessimistic about how we could expect to do so for an entity in another dimension. Without some sort of definitive proof of the veracity of the entity we are talking to this will not help us. I’m sure the inventors and the A Team know this and have discussed it – I just can’t imagine myself how they are going to
1) protect SP from abuse and
2) provide support to those who use it for all the right reasons but have difficulty believing what they hear! If the pope agrees that the entity he is talking with on the other side really is Jesus then Jesus says some things they don’t expect to hear there is the potential for terrible divisiveness. As desperately as I want this project to succeed and prove to be a light for the future development of humanity it does not look like we are ready to receive it.
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It’s very early in the game. The usual analogy is that we are to spirit communication what the Wright Brothers were to aviation. I presume that those responsible for the SoulPhone will need to think these things through. This is why the discussion is good. It helps to put these indues in the public eye so that they will be included in the development. In terms of the SoulSwitch, there are some testing protocol in place to try to identify who the helpers in Team-B are, but obviously much more will need to be done to secure the system once it has been demonstrated and replicated that the thing, elementary as it will be at first, actually works.
My guess is, and it is just a guess, that something like the Federal Communications Commission in the US will at some point step in to monitor what is going on. There will likely be competition with the SoulPhone by other groups once the science has demonstrated positive results, if that does happen. So some form of control will be instituted that goes beyond the SoulPhone people. Governments don’t have much of a track record of not getting involved.
I have great fun imagining what Jesus would have to say to this world.
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It’s as you said– this already happens with channeling entities. IF the Soul Phone is developed to the point where it is practical and widespread, which is still a big if, it will most likely bring in messages from all sorts of different beings, same as with channeling, and same as when you communicate with people who are living in bodies on the planet. The other planes of reality aren’t any more monolithic than this one. You’ve always got to use your own discernment and make your own decisions. Even if you talk with an advanced being such as Jesus (which is a wonderful experience!), you’re only getting a certain point of view, filtered through your own understanding and likely tailored to your specific needs. There will always be limitations in any form of communication. It’s better not to expect an Ultimate Truth.
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Thank you for your comments Elene. I agree with much of what you said, especially about discernment. I see too many videos ike on YouTube passing off this or that statement as cosmic truth without much if any backup material, evidence, or source. That said, I am still most excited at the possibility that an eventual SoulPhone, big if as it may be, will put us in contact with beings who may help humanity advance. (I’m intrigued by your implication that you’ve had an experience with Jesus.)
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Good question Josh…
If the soul phone does succeed, I think it may reveal a rather more complicated and perplexing reality. I suspect it could validate that the universe has some form of conscious agency, but perhaps not necessarily in the human-centric and spirit hypothesis ways that have been imagined.
Even with technological assistance, we may well discover that the human brain can only handle a small amount of exposure to this bigger deeper reality. And this raises more fundamental questions for me about what kind of creatures we really are in the earth bound realm:
Why is our perceptual reality so different from objective reality?
Why have we primarily evolved to survive in a way that truth and trust can be dispensed with so easily if we don’t like what it tells us about ourselves and our place in the universe?
Why do we have such strong tendencies towards confirmation bias and wishful thinking?
And why do we prefer to spend so much time playing around in imaginary worlds?
Perhaps I ask too many questions. And perhaps technologies like the soul phone will provide a mix of both surprising and disappointing answers to my questions. I hope so.
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Thank you for your questions, Coco. These are great seeds of inquiry. They are the kinds of questions I wish would be more front and center in more discussions about the SoulPhone (as well as channeling and other phenomena.) Questions like these are also where I am in my personal explorations when I ponder what a soul phone could bring. I do not have matured answers, but I am asking the questions, mostly in private, sometimes in public. I find that I have become disenchanted with some “afterlife experts” simply because they do not address questions like those you posed.
This actually heightens the mystery and suspense of what researchers will find if and when SoulPhone works. Will it surprise or will it disappoint?
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“If we are headed for disaster, either for us or for them, I trust that they would pull the plug.”
– So what you’re saying now is that this project should be abandoned?
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Nope. As far as the research that has been going on with the SoulSwitch, the SoulPhone Foundation says that the “A-Team” has been cooperating. They’ve offered only encouragement and research assistance by participating in the experiments.
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I LOVE this talk, Joshua! I have wondered this same thing. Fascinating to consider the implications. What an adventure you are on. Keep up the thoughtful work.
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Thank you for commenting, Mardi, and thank you for your encouragement.
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