A Closer Examination of my Belief System

The closest approximation to my belief system would be the term: Survivalist.
Survivalism refers to survival of the conscious self after the death of the physical body. Survivalism attempts to prove survival with the methods of science, using as evidence such things as reincarnation research, near death experiences, out-of-body experiences, electronic voice phenomena, mediumship, and various forms of photography..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivalism_%28life_after_death%29
Thus, my belief in God is based on empirical confirmation as opposed say, to reliance on faith, and I try to fashion my life according to insights gleaned from the studies of these phenomena. Some of these insights are thus:
1) God Exists

2) He is non-judgemental.

3) He does not 'punish' the wicked.

4) He does not 'reward' the good.

5) He does not favour any religion over the other, and He has no chosen people. Love and selflessness are His overriding considerations, and the principles that govern the afterlife.

6) When we die, our spirit gravitates to a mental environment populated by souls on a par with our level of spiritual development. Thus there are many levels of 'heaven'. Or several 'heavens', with the closest to God the most beautiful, although the 'lowest' of the heavens are said to look much like the earth, but surpassing it greatly in beauty and order.

7) Spiritual evolution is a fact for all souls. Some take longer to attain the highest levels, but ALL eventually get there. Many souls do this via the practise of reincarnation, with earth lives considered a spiritual 'test'. Thus we were all alive in the spirit world, before we were born on earth to live temportarily as humans. We are said to 'remember' our true spiritual personalities soon after death as humans.

8) There is an afterlife peopled by innumerable worlds and beings, some good some 'evil'. Evil is seen as ignorance of the Light of God. One cannot be harmed by evil in these realms because vibrational differences (comparable to radio wavelengths) prevent those with positive desires from encountering negativities and vice versa.
The spirit world operates in line with very scientific principles.

9) We all return to the afterlife upon death, and 'find our level' in harmony with spiritual laws of like attracts like. Souls with a self-centered desire will be in environments that result from being peopled by such individuals, which may be termed 'hellish' (without the blazing fires of course). Such souls are periodically persuaded by their spirit guides to relinquish their negativities and face the Light. But free will reigns supreme, so no one is forced.

10) That world feels just as materially 'solid' as this one. Various forms of learning, leisure and employment are available. One may even have a feast there, although food is not required for survival.

11) Time and Space are greatly accelerated. You action events by thought. You wish to travel somewhere, you think it and you're there. Communication is by telepathy. One can change one's appearance and features just by thinking of it. You build a house to live in by mere thought.

11) We judge ourselves in a Life Review which we face upon death, in the company of spirit guides and perhaps a panel of 'elders' sitting in a non-judgemental capacity.
We regard our actions on earth from the point of view of an expanded consciousness, weighing it against our initial spiritual rationale for deciding to be born. We feel a natural compulsion to correct derailment, which we often do by deciding to reincarnate...

12) Most of us have lived several lives on this earth prior to this one. Regression therapy/hypnosis is a popular way of accessing our past lives. What about the Devil?
Incidentally, there's no evidence that such a being exists. Of all who have passed over or accessed the realms of spirit non has yet claimed to see ''the devil''. Many researchers conclude that the personification of all negativity which created 'the devil' character is artificial. Just as the personification of all positivity which created 'saviours' is artificial.

We are magnified. We consist of far more than our physical body. As aspects of God we are immortal. Consciousness is not dependent on the human body to exist. Our existence is in fact to the glorification of God and ourselves.

Evil stems from ignorance. No soul is created evil. When we return to the spirit world the existence of God becomes clear. It is said that the Love of God there is as the air we breathe on earth. Therefore, the idea that God will 'punish' humans for not believing in him as humans is clearly wrong, since they are guaranteed to witness his existence first hand once their human lives are terminated..

God has equipped us with the ability to self-correct. Souls feel an instinctive urge towards greater spiritual evolution. When we die and regard our actions, we naturally seek to make amends out of our own sense of shame and regret. God does not operate by ''punishment''. The most damaged souls who exhibit deeply negative traits are quarantined and 'repaired' or 'replenished' by spiritual 'elders'. Evil is regarded as ignorance.

We truly have free will to interprete God and life as we see fit. God realises that the multiferous cultural environments we live in cannot be conducive to the generalised acceptance of a single 'truth' or 'source' of truth. However, the overrriding principle in the spirit realms where God presides is Love. Therefore the religions that teach unconditional love towards all are the religions that are closest to God. It is not your beliefs that will make you ascend to the highest realms of heaven, but your spirituality.

God has created life according to a natural order whereby those on a spiritual par will inhabit the same spaces. You cannot hide your character in the spirit world. Others can read your thoughts. It is a case of like attracts like.

Each one of us has got a Higher Self. We reconnect with this self upon passing, and regain the expanded consciousness with which we can more clearly 'judge' our actions as humans. It is reported that during the Life Review, we are made to experience from the standpoint of our victims, every wrong we did them. It is said that this is such a powerful experience that we naturally feel the compulsion to make amends. Nobody ''punishes'' us.

From what I've learned about the afterlife, there are various regions of heaven peopled by those who hold all sorts of faiths.
The Egyptian heaven is said to be very enjoyable. Lots of festivities. African heavens, Oriental the same etc.
There are places where even Christians congregate there. (Remember there is free will there). Most are the recently departed from earth who hold on to their religious views garnered from earth. The Christian heaven is said to be somewhat boring. With people standing around in white and singing praises, playing the harp to God indefinitely. Many after a while are said to get bored with this, seeing it is wholly unnecessary, and move on to other spaces and endeavours...
Love is the overriding principle in the realms of God. Beliefs are very much secondary.