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Originally posted by Im a true sceptic
and what makes you sleeper the expert in this field exactly? seems your preaching how things are in *your* universe - but what gives you the position of all knowing?? - can you base one shred of this on any docterate? (and do you have a tin foil hat?)
Originally posted by Im a true sceptic
^^^^^ as if
Ive had a near death experience myself, but thats another story.
Id like to know how you come to your conclusions - with life, the universe - and just about everything.
Originally posted by Diego
Sleeper,
Thanks for the answers.
Now, if the "we are good we might be superstars" answer.
Can you iterate for us here? Good how?
I'm sure a few of us would love to be a superstar.
What do you mean take it easy in the staging area?
Exploration will be on everyones mind i'm sure.
Will fear be a factor at all?
Why would we ever want to leave? Especially since our loved ones are there for us already. They didn't move on when they could have? Our other living loved ones will be here soon to. You said it's our choice.
Is there some sort of alarm that goes off saying your loved one is getting ready to kick the bucket get back to the staging area for a reunion?
Also, you said you plan on a long vacation.
Like you know exactly your plan.
That you wouldn't be back unless you were called back?
Originally posted by sleeper
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BTW what do you remember about your NDE?----Hell----heaven----or something all together different?
Originally posted by mbkennel
sleeper, some non-soul type questions:
1) You have said that most ET encounters are very traumatic to humans.
Can you explain why? Is it just because of human reactions or
is it on account of what ET does and doesn't do? (Abductions do suck as
opposed to asking nicely).
2) You have said that ETs also can disguise themselves as humans and interact
in society. IF that were the case, then at least some of them know how to
not be intimidating to humans (and pass for them in casual interaction) and understand
enough about human psychology to make this possible.
If both are true, then it seems that ETs don't have to necessarily make encounters
traumatic and unpleasant if they don't want to. But if they do as you say, I get
the feeling that they're real jerks.
Parents sometimes do things that seem mean
to children, but they also do things that even children realize is very nice. How do
we end up with just the mean ones?
Originally posted by hobo_321
Are there "unpopular" lives? I mean, who would enter the body of an aborted baby or a baby who dies at birth? I'm sure there are people who have short pointless lives of permanent suffering. Or who, if people are so loving and benevolant on "the other side", would enter the life of a serial killer/rapist/cannibal or what about hitler?
Do souls have any influence on the beings that host them? If not wouldn't that just make their lives like a long movie?
I've always been fond of Einstein's saying: "God does not play dice". This implies that everything in the universe happens one way. If it happened another way then it would be disobeying the laws of physics. I may be more open minded than the next guy but I would have to shake hands/tentacles/paws with the aliens you talk about before I could begin to question this. Keeping this in mind, from what I know, a soul is a celestial/spiritual entity with no mass or attributes that apply in this physical realm, therefore, how can it have any influnce on the brain, a purely physical entity? The brain operates through sending/recieving electrical impulses through the body. Theres nothing "spiritual" about that.
Sorry if you find this narrow minded but it has to be asked.
Originally posted by hobo_321
-It’s not always the choice of the soul where they will be put----once they are inserted they have to deal with their situation----no matter what it is
Who chooses where there put? Is there a superior being who chooses? Surely this would mean there is some form of religion or something of that nature.
Electricity and all matter----one and the same-----is a creation and subservient feature of the spiritual or spirit or soul-----the only thing that is real is the soul.
So in short, the soul does have influence in the physical realm? Do I want what my soul wants? What would happen if someone didn't have a soul?
Originally posted by mbkennel
"ETs are the original two-face----they can be both good and bad----but they are always right----and looking out for your best interest"
So far, there is no evidence they're doing anything other than what they want.
Parents who spank their children when they're naughty also ask them what they want for dinner and what they want for Christmas.
And when they take people and then zap their memory: what is the point of "initimidation" or "giving them a lesson" if the people don't remember it?
Originally posted by StarBreather
Sleeper, you give a very multifaceted message. I just want to concentrate on one aspect: you constantly refer to a view that the world is made of layers upon layers of levels of consciousness. Your view includes the concept that higher levels may have different semantics than lower levels, so that dialogue becomes almost pointless.
Now: a human and an animal are separate entities. But the human can implant electrodes in the animal's brain to crudely control its movement: so the animal becomes in a sense an extension of the human. Or: the alien and the human are separate entities. But the alien can sometimes inject information in the human's life stream, that will modify the field of choices that the human has when responding to situations: the alien makes use of the human.
The motivations why they do such things could be exactly the same: just as the psychologist is trying to increase his knowledge, the alien may have the same difficulty across conceptual levels.
You say that the alien is all-knowing, and the galaxy is a wonderland and everything, but the alien may be using us in scientific experiments to understand what he's made of, just the opposite situation from what you imply with your rosy picture.
Have you considered the possibility that they have not told you the truth?
Originally posted by StarBreather
Sleeper, I can agree with many of your observations, especially the one that "love radiates from everything including them". But my problem can best be expressed as (and this is not meant to be cynical or anything):
A domesticated chicken says to a wild chicken: "look how good the aliens treat me, they have only my best interests in mind, it's all for my own good". We all know the sad fate of domesticated chickens.
How could they (the domesticated chickens) think otherwise?
To me, the presence of love is not by itself reassuring, because love is the blood of deities. It is just the light they shine upon us to better observe our souls.
Think of a human scientist shining light on a cold-blooded creature, how the light feels good for the creature.