Rita has been active as a volunteer in MNI since her debut and for many years served as Certification Mentor Coordinator. She was elected to become Membership Director in 2021. To integrate means to absorb something into your being; to make it a living and breathing part of you. To embody means to be an expression of what you have learned: to be the change you’re looking for, to infuse your life with the essence of what you’ve discovered. The experience and realization that the personal identity (or ego) is an illusory thought construct, and who we truly are is Infinite Consciousness, is what has been referred to as Self-Realization, Christ Consciousness, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, or Enlightenment.

Imagine yourself at the moment of your death. What thoughts cross your mind? Memories of family and friends? Panic? Regrets? Remembrance of Allah SWT (God)? What is death? What happens to us after we die? What is life in the Hereafter like, this new and strange world after death? Do we lose consciousness of this life? Where does our soul go? Do we feel and think the same?I started my journey nearly a year ago after I attempted to take my life, it was a dark time and I am determined not to return to those times. This is why I have chosen this path of self discovery so as to help myself and hopefully help others as I progress. The ineffable feeling of crossing the boundary between this world and the next cannot be described in words, nor imagined in the mind, but can be understood only through divine revealation and inspiration. Let us for the next few moments seek an understanding of this, death, the only certainty in life. I love how the uniqueness of Bill and Kristi’s personal stories complement the ways God works differently in each of us. Through their years of experience in journeying with others, they help us recognize where we are on the path of life and how the perfect qualities of Jesus are available to us. You’ll be greatly encouraged as God through the Holy Spirit imparts grace for your continued growth to be ever more like Jesus. Drawing from decades of study and over seventy thousand hours of providing therapy and spiritual direction, my wife, Kristi, and I have developed the CHRIST stages of faith. This model offers you a map of your soul that says, You are here! We help you identify which of the six stages you’re currently experiencing or whether you’re at The Wall. Then we guide you along a proven path of following Jesus to grow in emotional and spiritual health. We do this through our unique mapping tool, examples of people on the journey, insights on each stage, and suggested steps to grow within your stage.

This Life After is called the Real and the True Life. The Quran explicitly refers to the Life After as the True Life while the life in this world is a superficial one . “What is the life of this world but amusement and play? But verily the Home of the Hereafter — that is Life indeed, if they but knew.” (29:64)

The liberated souls of those who are in bliss visit each other and discuss what happened in the world they have left and the people of that world. Allah says, “Whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger, they are with those whom Allah has blessed, the prophets, the sincere, the martyrs and the righteous. Very excellent companions they are!” (4:69) Books like this come along once in a lifetime. Michael Newton’s groundbreaking first book on the Afterlife is one of the great spiritual books of our time. Decades of detailed research made this book possible and it finally emerged when it was most needed, as humanity was starting to open more to the metaphysical roots of our existence. What makes it even more special is that Michael didn’t believe what he was finding at first, though through the eyes of thousands of client cases he was able to build a working model of the afterlife, an understanding of our connection to it and the possibilities of having the wisdom it offers within a life rather that wait for the end of it. This book has changed the lives of hundreds, upon hundreds of thousands of people… The scales of another muslim were light in the balance. Those of his children who had died young came and made the scales level.’ Then some of its fragrance and perfume comes to him, his grave is expanded for him as far as the eye can see, and a man with beautiful garments and a fragrant scent comes to him and says, ‘Rejoice in what delights you for this is the day which you were promised.’ He asks, ‘Who are you? Yours is a face which presages good.’ He replies, ‘I am your good actions.’ Then he says, ‘O Lord, let the Last Hour come soon so that I may rejoin my family and my property!’ The Grave is an embrace from which neither believer or unbeliever can escape. Our souls stay in the Barzakh and visit the grave regularly for rewards or punishments. Afterwards, our journey continues and the believer is relieved of its pressure while the unebliever remains in punishment.