Hi Cap,
Your points are perfectly stated. Thank you for making them, as well as directing me to the Monroe reference. As far as I am concerned, you can leave your *metaphysics switch on permanently.
Yes of course, even the demise of a civilization is grist for the mill for us on a soul level.
Atlantis here on Earth destroyed itself but had a great deal to do with soul growth and evolution. Many from Atlantis have returned now because we currently have the same level of technology; we are sadder but wiser after our experiences there. Adversity builds character and wisdom.
And yes, if humans destroy themselves, incarnations will take place elsewhere as you state. There are innumerable planes of existence, we cannot even comprehend the nature and number of them. I do believe the universe is teeming with life forms, but many of them rise and then fail, the cycle of birth and death.
I guess it is hard not to be sentimental about humankind, most of us have been incarnating on this planet for some time, and to see it destroyed is a loss. I do believe that humans have come to this point before on Earth, and not made the transition from
0 to 1. We keep starting over.
But no matter what happens to humans on earth, in a sense humankind will survive in spirit form, perhaps for eternity, as you say. I do believe the lessons learned on this planet will stay with a soul for a very long time. Such a study in contrasts. The horrific systematic abuses in juxtaposition to the exquisite beauty, genius, creativity, and goodness. All will be burned into our souls. It is one thing for souls in other planes to perhaps have dry discussions about existence. Another thing altogether to be thrown in the deep end of the pool that is Earth and experience it first hand.
I sincerely hope that if Earth inhabitants do not survive, we souls can take some of the lessons, beauty and goodness with us to other realms. I will be sentimental about life on Earth and its inhabitants. There are certain works of literature, art and music that I enjoy over and over again. Perhaps memorizing them for the rest of my eternal journey!
I have an 8h Jup, the house of inheritance, this is not about money. It is about inheriting genetic and spiritual DNA from past, present and future. That is really the best inheritance of all.
Julia