[Kuldeep]

Quote by: Athena It is my understanding, any karma issues we have, have to be worked out in the physical plane.

Mostly that is true. But at times you get worked out adjustments or repayments even in dream; particularly when you have unexpected and peculiar dreams.

Those who die prejudiced, or ill tempered, will be just as they are when they cross over. There is no being or place that magically makes humans fit for the Christian concept of heaven. What happens to us when we cross over is the rsult of our own choices.

Absolutly tue. One can not change the teprament so easily. But then, firm will power can do it to an extent.

Kuldeep, I never heard this explained as like being in a dream state, but that would make sense.

I speak what my deep consciousness tells me as a probability. This matches with what people report after having near death experiences (NDEs)

During the night we process our lives and our dream time can influence our wake time.

Yes, it does ! Here is my own case:

My father had only one weak point, he was getting angry very often particularly with our mother. After our mother's death he asked me what has been his mistakes in the life. I remained truthful and told him everything has been perfect but for that Anger you often showed with all, mother in particular. First, he said he is showing that anger for their welfare and teaching them. Second, he asked me to teach how to reduce anger, I being his grown up son and so my duty. I tried at one or two occasions but failed while he was living. His reaction has been that it is not possible to change one's temprament.

Then after his death, I saw him one day, in dream rebuking our mother who placed food before him which was not well cooked. In anger, he cried that if she could not cook food well then she need not cook it in future from next day. This made me angry and I caught his collar. I told him, "What happened to you ? Even after death you could change youself as far anger goes." I thrashed him so badly that my dream broke.

This left a deep impresion in me that I should not have behaved that way with my father even in the dream. I decided if he won't take food from next day I would also stop. From that day, I donated one time meal for a period of 3 years to any hungry person. This is how sometime dream does affect our daily life !!!
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I can image our period between incarnations, to be a time of processing our lives, and determining what we want to experience next.

There is a possibility for that but very very rare !!! It is better and easy to process your future, whether this life or next lives, when you are living in physical body.