Hello Curtis,You wrote,
I've heard from the bahai faith as well I read from multiple sources that nothing negative can be brought into the next life. This makes me curious as to what is considered negative.
They have a misconception. Who you are continues into the next life exactly as you are. You are an eternal being, meaning the person you are today is the same person you’ll be if you die today. You’ll then continue your spiritual growth on the next plane of life, under different circumstances, knowing more fully that you’re an eternal being. But nothing is done to you against your will. You aren’t stripped of memories changed in any way. You will continue to be who you are and grow spiritually as you are now.
You wrote,
If I was to be a film maker in the next life, or to be involved with this type of artistic development of story telling. Does this mean there is no violence or mature subject matter allowed? Can I bring the movies I love from my memory with me? (even tho some of these films may have violence)
Yes to both. On the higher planes than Earth’s plane in the next life, there is no violence, but only because people choose that. If someone who is violent dies, that person will live with others who have the same frame of mind, and I would assume they could be violent toward each other. We do know that people with lower spiritual development hang around the Earth plane and try to get their pleasure out of watching others do the violent things they would do if still on Earth, and they try to “inspire” people to do violent things, but they can’t make someone do something. No one makes anyone do anything, including abstain from violence. As far as your memories of movies are concerned, you are the same person after death as before. You are reading this now and could as easily be reading it in the next plane of life with the same thoughts, feelings, and memories. There would be no difference.
As you grow spiritually, you’ll look back on the violence and won’t like it in your life. Eventually, those old memories will be there, but you won’t be interested in reliving them. You’ll grow out of an interest in violence. But that’s entirely at your own pace. You still have free will. You decide when to stop being interested in violence.
You wrote,
can you swear in the next life? or are those words non existant?
You can do anything you would do in this life. You are the same person. No one makes you do anything. And you won't be judged for it.
And as to “swearing,” words have no meaning. They only have the meaning we give to them. The words people aren’t supposed to say aren’t “bad” or “wrong.” They’re just sounds in the air or blobs of ink on paper. People only regard them as wrong by everyone agreeing they’ll be the “wrong” words. They’re not in themselves wrong. The four-letter word beginning with F that describes sexual intercourse is quite as clear as the French “sexual intercourse,” but we have a prejudice against the people who used the F word. They were Anglo-Saxon peasants and the Lords of the manors, the French conquerers, didn't like the vulgar language of the peasants. So they all wouldn't use the words when with other Lords and Ladies. When we don’t say that word in public, we’re just carrying a class prejudice from the 11th century in England into the 21st century world.
You wrote,
would you be able to remember events that happened in the earthly life if they were negative?
Yes. You will have all the same memories.
You wrote,
I read somewhere that in the next life anything you wish for can be manifest by your imagination. Could I relive a classic horror movie favorite? even tho horror movies would probably be considered "Negative" in the after life...
Yes, you could. You could actually relive the making of the film and the thoughts of the writer who wrote the film so you’d see it as the writer really intended it. But eventually, you’ll grow out of wanting to see horror or violence.
You wrote,
Where do you draw the line as to whats negative and how much of that can be present in the next life.
You draw the line. You decide for yourself at every stage in your eternal life. No one does that for you. No one judges you, makes you do anything, makes you believe anything, or takes anything away from you. You have completely free will.
You wrote,
What about some ones Anger toward another, or an event. Anger is negative but it can't just be rid of in a heart beat...
Yes, anger harms the person who is angry, the person receiving the anger, the group that witnesses the anger, and humankind as a whole. But you aren’t judged for being angry. As you grow spiritually, you’ll want to be less angry. It’s the want that’s important, not the anger. Don’t judge yourself. Don’t judge others. Keep seeking and wanting to understand. It will come to you. “Knock and the door will be opened to you.”
Love and peace, Craig
