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# Video: The Journey of the Soul | Week 1 - Before Life on Earth
- URL: https://www.thehiddenorchard.com/video-the-journey-of-the-soul-week-1-before-life-on-earth/
- Published: 2025-08-12T16:01:16.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-24T22:55:20.000Z
- Description: In this exploration, we're seeking to understand the journey of the soul, before, during, and after life on Earth, examining what the tradition has to say, alongside science, and personal accounts. We'll learn about soul groups, personal and collective missions, the purpose of struggle, and more.
- Author: James - The Hidden Orchard
- Tags: Mysticism and Spirituality, Soul, Torah, Videos

In the second session of our live study, we're seeking to understand the journey of the soul, before, during, and after life on Earth.

We're examining what the tradition has to say, alongside science, and personal accounts regarding soul groups, personal and collective missions, the purpose of struggle, and more.

## Topics Covered

- **Perception of Time and Reality** The video challenges the conventional view of life as a hard stop followed by an afterlife, emphasizing that the Jewish tradition and NDE accounts suggest a continuous reality where past, present, and future merge as one . The speaker suggests that the soul ventures into fifth dimension and higher, for which human language is limited.
- **Challenging Popular Traditions** The speaker mentions that some ideas discussed, such as the concept of eternal punishment, may challenge popular traditions and encourages an open mind.
- **Recommended Resources** The video highlights several books like, "Life After Life" by Rav Dovber Pinson, and Dr. Michael Newton's "Journey of Souls" and "Destiny of Souls".
- **Dr. Michael Newton's Work** Dr. Newton, a hypnotherapist, stumbled upon client accounts of past lives during therapy sessions, leading him to research and document these experiences in his books, which often corroborate with Jewish tradition.
- **Beliefs about the Soul:** A Pew study is cited, indicating that a significant percentage of Americans believe in an afterlife (70%), heaven (70%), eternal hell (60%), and angels (75%). Belief in reincarnation is lower in Western countries (25-30%) but higher in Eastern traditions and Orthodox Judaism.
- **Jewish Tradition of the Soul**
- **Soul as Energy and Quantum Physics**
- **The World of Souls** According to Jewish tradition and personal accounts, souls exist in a "world of souls" before life on Earth. This world is described as having order, social groups (soul groups), and a collective purpose for rectification (Tikkun).
- **Collective Mission** All souls are on a mission to rectify the damage done by Adam, collectively working towards a restoration of humanity to a higher level of consciousness.