I will begin my course review by 1st stating that I have never been much of a reader, let alone a person who likes studying information in books. Ive learned that there is no definitive source of truth in the world, however, there are many sources of information that provide keys to helping unlock our own personal understanding of truth and this individual understanding applies directly to our current soul age. What I feel is that we can only recognize information that our soul is ready for- if we are not ready for it, then we will not be able to understand it in this particular lifetime.

Everything about our new incarnated life was predesigned who our parents would be (genetic makeup), where we live, astrological alignment, etc. From that design, we would be assured of experiencing things that would help us learn whatever lesson(s) our soul decided to learn during the next lifetime.

Yet, within each new incarnation, were still connected to the experiences of our previous lifetimes. While we may not readily remember them while incarnated, we still have a sense of the past.

With this information, I began the Defining Spiritualism class.

Upon finishing this course, I came away with mixed feelings about the course, largely because of disagreements with the author. While he says at the end that he never tried to be objective, it truly showed through several comments he makes throughout the course.

I think the background information and the different schools of thought were well done. I was not, however, in agreement with a few of the authors personal conclusions.

Here are some of those disagreements that I discovered during the ULC course, which is based upon my own perception of what was written right or wrong.

The author believes that, when you realize you know nothing and then begin to realize that there is nothing to be known, its then that you come to know everything.

I strongly disagree. This concept would basically mean that there is truly no point to our existence, other than just existing. Yet, I know that our entire existence is as a vessel for our soul to learn, therefore, there is quite a LOT to be known. It would be wiser to say, I dont know everything and never will, then to say you know nothing and there is nothing to ever know.

However, the author does refer to this concept by saying, The universal truth cannot be learned, cannot be understood and cannot be taught. Our mission isnt to become spontaneously enlightened in one fell swoop, but to gradually develop enlightenment through numerous lifetimes of experiences and lessons.

When he described the Buddhist idea of nirvana and how western people have a problem with that.

The problem basically stem from the human ego. However, if people understood death as I do, theyd realize the mistakes of such thinking. Would they want a heaven or afterlife with the same judgmental, prejudice people they currently walk the earth with? For myself, I can say, unhesitatingly, that I wouldnt want my human lifes personality to be immortal. I would not want to think, act, or react with this faulty human-ego process. I know that beyond this skin, my consciousness is void of such fallibility, so why would I desire to see it tarnished forever by human ego?

In closing my review of this ULC course, Id like to include my favorite Buddhist quote, Dont believe something, just because Ive said it. Because if you cannot trust yourself, if you cant believe your own personal experiences, then how can you trust and believe in something outside of yourself? The answers lie within, not outside of you.