Septentrion a New Dawn

Prologue

Many years ago, due to a series of events in my life and to an erroneous teaching of religion at school, I considered myself an atheist. The God that my teachers described seemed false to me. I could not believe in a righteous God who kept tabs on every mistake I might make as I went about my day to day existence. And there were the contradictions that I saw in the world and in the behavior of my religious teachers. Later on in years, due to a series of circumstances (a story for another day), I received a copy of The Urantia Book. The more I read, the more I felt an internal recognition that what I was reading was leading me to discover God within. It changed my life and now I absolutely do believe in the existence of God.

I offer this small introduction to explain that, even though I am not a writer, I decided to write this book because throughout my life I’ve found that many people are very afraid of death, basically because they don’t know what will happen after they die.

This story is a product of my imagination. It is inspired and greatly informed by The Urantia Book and by a few persons of great clarity and vision whom I have had the privilege of knowing. I would like to believe that the tale I weave here has at least some truth, and I hope that it will help you to lose fear of that great unknown, which is life after life.

FIRST DAY

Suddenly, I was conscious. It felt as if I’d come out of a black hole, with no thoughts or sense of existence, as if from a deep and endless dream. It’s difficult to describe the unknown immediately, but in that instant, feelings of joy and wellbeing were a part of me. I began to look around and was marveled and not marveled. I was in a huge room which contained many unknown things, but at the same time I recognized them, in a way.

A few beings were standing by my side, watching me with great love and with what I could only describe as smiles on their faces. They were of great beauty, but different to my human concepts, which I could still feel, and that on some level I knew, without understanding why, were a remnant of my past.

Suddenly, I remembered that I had died. Did that mean that I was waking up in what on Earth was considered the beyond? What surprised me most at that moment was my total lack of fear, and the absolute certainty that I would never again experience that feeling, so common on Earth.

I began to observe and feel my new body: it was different, very different from what I remembered of my past physical body, and much lighter. I felt tremendous energy flowing through me from top to bottom, with new sensations that I was not yet fully able to understand. I felt new capabilities emerging in me that I had either been granted or that had always been there and were just now awakening from their long unconscious slumber as I evolved on my dear planet Earth.

- Hello, said one of the beings by my side, I am your Guardian Angel or Guardian of Destiny. I accompanied you during your stay on earth and you can call me Absalom.

- I am your other Guardian Angel, said the other being, and I am called Molasba, we are your Guardian Angel team.

- I am a Life Carrier, said the third being next to me, "and I am the one who has given you your new body. It is composed of a material unknown to you until now that is called Morontial, which is an intermediate material between physical and spiritual. You will notice significant differences.

First, you'll still be eating and drinking with this new body, but you won't have to eliminate waste, so that, as you will note, you don't have any evacuation orifices as you had in your other body."

I understood then the meaning of Androgyny, which was in my memory of the past. That’s who I was now, because in this new phase there would be no bodily differences between men and women.

Calmer now, I peered out of an opening in the cubicle I was in and could see a great amount of activity, an infinite number of Angels, Life Carriers whom I now recognized, accompanying newly awakened beings like myself. From what little I could see of the immense place I found myself in, I thought that there must be thousands upon thousands of beings like myself, accompanied by their Angels in our process of resurrection, each in a cubicle like my own.

I got up with great agility and my Angels said: come with us, we’ll take you to your new dwelling. This immense place is one of many in which evolutionary beings, who are starting their universal paths of return to Paradise, are woken up. Known as Resurrection Halls, they function continually. This is where all the beings who pass away in the Unixi system begin their new stage. The Unixi system is comprised of nearly 700 inhabited planets of which yours is one. This is the First Mansion World and you will be evaluated in a few days to determine if you’ll stay here or proceed on to a more advanced Mansion World.

I still felt a bit disoriented during these early minutes. Would the passing of time still be measured in minutes in this place? I was beset by a torrent of questions and didn’t know where to begin. Something or someone inside me told me calm yourself, everything will be made clear. It was amazing how after taking a few deep breaths and indeed stilling myself, I felt imbued of a calm and tranquility that I had never known before. I started to become aware that there was a universe to discover and get to know and that it would be necessary to develop great patience if I wanted to move forward with resolve in this new phase. I, who throughout my life had always been very impatient, had much work to do in that area.

I remembered that in shops or anywhere I had to wait in line I would always be looking for the shortest line, and how I would grow impatient and annoyed to find that the one appearing to flow faster, ended up being the slowest. I realized that I was already receiving a lesson, but I was not yet conscious enough to appreciate that.

We went out of the great chamber to an open area of incredible luminosity and I could see what might be called a city, but it was totally different from what I had ever seen or imagined. Peace, silence and tranquility could be felt in the environment that cannot be described unless one has experienced it personally. Many beings like myself were passing by and there were also many spiritual beings that I did not recognize. They all emanated a sense of purpose, of involvement in something substantial. There was, however, no hurry or anxiety in their movements; all showed expressions of joy in their demeanor, of delight in having a purpose or of experiencing the process of new discovery.

I immediately thought that I wanted to see myself in a mirror, to see if I also reflected what they reflected and what I was feeling internally. I was also was very curious to see my new face.

I felt neither hot nor cold. It was a sensation of being in a perfect environment, as if made to measure for me. I asked Absalom about it and he told me that this planet was stabilized and that no one here ever had to worry about unbalanced atmospheric phenomena, or earthquakes, tornadoes and such.

We continued walking through places and areas that I was not yet able to name, because as I mentioned earlier, they did not resemble anything I had previously experienced. For the time being I mentally identified them as Boulevards, for lack of a better term. What I did notice was that the layout of the city seemed to conform to a geometric design. There weren’t any overly tall buildings, at least not in the areas we visited.

There were so many new impressions that I found it impossible to retain it all. Never mind, I said to myself, little by little it’ll all become more familiar and I’ll gain a better understanding of my new reality.

We soon arrived to a place of individual dwellings and they took me to what was to be my new home. How long would I live there, I wondered? Better not to think about that for now. I decided that I would simply accept everything that came without question until I had a greater basis for judgement. (Later I would learn that one cannot and should not judge anything without having all the necessary facts).

They accompanied me into the shelter that I’d been assigned and gave me a simple explanation of the functioning of all the new things that I found. In truth everything was incredibly simple and useful, and of great beauty. There was nothing superfluous and since I no longer needed to cook or go to the bathroom, everything was simpler. The area was neither too large nor too small, and was certainly adequate and appropriate to my new life. At some level, even without knowing exactly how that would be, I knew this was so.

Molasba said: "we know that you have a lot of questions and much to learn, but this being your first day, we'll leave you now to relax and become familiar with yourself. You have several days for this process of adaptation and discovery. It is a good time to improve your process of union with your Thought Adjuster, the Divine Father’s spark that lived in you during your life in the flesh and that now is with you again. He is your best guide and from here onwards, your goal is none other than to fuse yourself, that is, to become one with Him. It could take very little time or thousands of years, the agony of the wait is yours and depends on how quickly you can achieve it, which is the only really important thing for you now.

They left me with a smile and I sat down to relax as they had suggested. I realized that I wasn’t tired in the least and wondered if this new body needed any sleep at all. For the moment I had no answer to that. My next question was how do I meet with those who were my parents and had died many years before me? I decided that that would be the first thing I would do the following day. Then I wondered if there was a division of activities by day and night. Was it the same as in Earth or does everything continue running equally regardless of periods of light and darkness? How many unknowns. Patience, patience, patience, I repeated.

In this reflective state I began to realize that all those first impressions that seemed to be so confusing at first were beginning to clear up and find a place in my consciousness. It's not that I felt more intelligent, or that my memory had improved, but rather that there were so many things that used to occupy my attention that were simply not there anymore. Above all I noticed that I had no concerns of any kind. What a relief not to have to worry about health, money, family, politics and so many other things that had kidnapped my attention in the past.

Time passed almost unnoticed. I was in a state of deep meditation trying to communicate with my Adjuster and realized that it wasn’t going to be as easy as I’d imagined at first. I found that I was basically at the same level as on Earth and realized that there had been no great spiritual leap just because I was in a new world.

Calmer now I noticed that here, as on Earth, there was indeed a period of darkness and went outside. To say that it was a wonderful experience would be too paltry, because the spectacle of an absolutely crystal clear sky with the Cosmos displayed in all its splendor would require an entire poem to describe.

Myriads of shining stars, moons and a very near and impressive planet with surface colors indicating the existence of life. Later on I would find out that it was the center of our system, around which revolved seven worlds equal to the one I was on, each of which in turn had seven moons encircling them.

The sensation of the vastness of the Cosmos was overwhelming. Seeing and feeling Creation in this new and different way and from a new perspective made the presence of God palpable. Without noticing I fell to my knees and thanked God our Father for allowing me to begin to have a greater awareness of Him.

I don't know how long I stayed outside, but it must have been quite a while because shortly after I went back inside, dawn started to set in. I did not sleep but felt full of energy and without any trace of fatigue. I began to study my new dwelling in more detail. I touched the walls and to my surprise they were not cold but felt incredibly smooth and warm, as if they were alive, not inert as I could have thought. The floor was clear and of a material similar to marble, with the difference that it’s colors were moving, changing in accordance to a harmonious pattern. I took a solid bar from a dispenser that looked like a chocolate bar which would be, I’d been told by the Angels the previous day, my new food.

I was chewing it when Absalom and Molasba arrived, greeting me with great affection. They said: Today the two of us have come, this being practically the first day that you will go out, but in the future only one of us will accompany you, either one of us as there is no difference since we are couple, not like your concept of a couple, but under the Seraphic concept.

SECOND DAY

Well - they said - You're ready to go and find out about your loved ones. When they saw my astonished face at hearing them say what I’d planned to do, they laughed and told me, No, we cannot read your mind. It’s just that it’s the first thing that those who wake up want to do and we didn’t think you’d be an exception to the rule.

We’ll go to the Archives complex where everyone and everything about your planet is recorded. You need to know that absolutely everything about your life and the life of every being is recorded in the Cosmos. If beings knew this, they probably wouldn't make so many mistakes thinking that no one could ever uncover them. In a few days you’ll go before the Karmic Council to review aspects of your previous life that will determine which Mansion world you will be sent to. You’ll be surprised to discover that you won’t be judged on issues that you may have thought likely, but rather you’ll be shown many aspects that you’d never have imagined would be analyzed in your evaluation. We don't wish to expound further because it’s something you have to experience personally, without preconceptions.

We arrived after a long walk in which we crossed paths with many beings, unknown to me. The Angels explained that these were Morontial Companions, the permanent inhabitants of the planet. I also saw many beings like myself, accompanied by their Angels. I asked if we were allowed to venture out on our own and they laughingly replied that their presence was necessary because how else would I be able to