Spiritualism today is to prove the survival of human personality after death.
From the day of our birth we have a material or earthly body, which can be seen, and the spiritual body. These two bodies are linked by a cord, most people refer to it as a silver cord.
Just as it is joined to the mother before physical birth by an umbilical cord and severed at birth. When we die, the cord linking our two bodies is severed.
The material body returns to the earth whence it came, and the spiritual body becomes the vehicle of our spirit.
We are spirit here and now - we are spirit with a body, not a body with a spirit.
Death, as a rule, becomes like sleep - there is no pain. When we awake, conditions seem much the same to us as before we "died."
We take with us no material possessions, such as clothes or money - are they are no longer needed.
We Do take our character, our individuality our knowledge we have acquired throughout our many life times..
In every way we are the same individuals immediately after death as before, with all our faults and virtues.
The home that awaits us in the spirit world depends upon the life we have led on earth. If we have honestly tried to do the best we can, then we need have no fear of death.
If on the other hand, there has been more selfishness than goodness and service in our lives, we will automatically have to pay the price.
This is part of the law of sowing and reaping.
Acts of service that we have performed will naturally increase our spiritual status.
Sins will just hinder us. There is, however, no hell in which its inhabitants are colonised for eternity.
Once self realisation dawns and the soul is ready to advance, there are enlightened spiritual beings who will show the way to progress.
The practical application of Spiritualism is the supreme necessity for all of us to lead the best kind of life we can on earth, to practice qualities of compassion and kindness and to give service wherever we can.
Heaven and hell are really states of mind, not geographical locations. Even here we can live in heaven or in hell, the choice is ours. The world we inhabit after death is not far away up in the sky. It is around us here and now. Those we have "loved and lost" are not in some far off, inaccessible place seated on pink clouds at the right hand of God and playing golden harps, they are very often close by our side, striving to help and guide us, and loving us just as they did before parting.
No one know everything. Knowledge is infinite and we shall always be learning. What we do maintain is that we have caught a glimmer of truth. It inspires us to search for more, rejecting anything that does not appeal to our God-given reason and accepting that which is logical and uplifting.
What makes Spiritualism unique is the evidence of survival after death that is obtainable through mediumship. Whereas, most religions preach an after-life as a hope, faith or belief, we maintain that any reasonable person can prove it for themselves.