[Richard T]

Hello NancyV.

The mental plane is not the Astral plane. But the Astral plane does its own representation of a plane it uses to create another level of illusion, once the basic illusions have been undone. It is layers upon layers of forms created to conform to the mental states of humanity and agree to them to create a sense of reason.

All who go in the Astral find what they are seeking, and what they are seeking is seeded by the astral.

If you want to know if you truly are entering the mental plane, you will realize when entering it that you are walking the ground, like you would in the material plane, and not floating around.

The connection between the soul and the source is undone when the incarnate must return to the astral.

But in the case that the energy of the soul was transfered to another vehicle, consciousness is no longer attracted to the astral warm light. It can see the cold light that lies in the opposite coordinate and is free to move into that direction.

Consciousness then is not lost, there is no disconnection, therefore there is no death.

Just a transfer from plane to plane with the integrality of consciousness.

And you are absolutely right to not believe, and you should certainly not believe me anymore than anyone else. To not believe is the only real protection.