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Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by Logman
Doesn't matter what you believe. What happens to you when you die is the same for all - whatever that may be.
Not according to quantum reality and a monistic idealism framework, where consciousness is primary at the very ground of all being, and becoming. What we observe, what we think, believe, how we judge, and the content of our mind, and our innermost self and it's qualia does determine reality to a very large degree, if not entirely. Now, therefore is the time to re-evaluate, if there ever was one thus the word "dire" in the title..
Originally posted by rogerstigers
Sorry.. a bit confused here...
are you saying that Atheists who are comfortable and at peace with the idea that there is no god or afterlife should be careful because by believing that, there will not be an afterlife for them?
Where is the warning here?
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by MamaJ
I am asking people to try on the alternative frame of reference, not as a belief "in" God, but that of God and eternity as our already-always condition. This "joke" about death, I cannot GIVE, I cannot force, or it wouldn't be funny, it has to be discovered on one's own, and it cannot be understood within the frame of our prior POV or presumptions, not even by "reason" in the traditional sense, only by the knowledge of an experience or of an "ah ha" moment of epiphany, or what's called "gnosis", which is really the only real "knowledge" there is, so it's not idle speculation, and if now is all there is, then it always carries with it a certain "sense of urgency".. (see that's funny!).
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by Hydroman
Which is why I'm warning you now, today at this point in the eternally unfolding present moment!
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by DragonriderGal
Forgive me, your insights are valuable, and I've read a lot about people with your experience, which is very interesting, VERY!
By "dire" I am alluding to a "joke" based on the frame of reference that eternity is already always now and forever, and that therefore indeed we are between lives even now, to the degree that the learning we realize, now, and what we think, choose, believe, and discern, now, goes out like waves through eternity, and your own experience ought to validate that premise.
There's an interesting book called "The Holographic Universe" by Brian Talbot, which provides a relatively convincing argument that your experiences do not reside outside the realm of modern quantum science, are you familiar with it, then again you don't need to read "about" it, having "been there" while retaining a memory of it. Btw, were you ever an atheist, maybe in a past life..?
Just wondering, do you have me on ignore? You still have attempted to answer my questions...
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
And hum.. maybe you have me on ignore or something. Kinda rude that, eh?
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by ALOSTSOUL
Then you are simply open minded or agnostic about it, an understandable position to take, if not the easy one (don't take that the wrong way I don't mean it disparagingly)
If what I strongly suspect is true, then you'll be found, ALS, but if found in eternity, why wait.. bearing in mind too that he who is found also finds whatever he was looking for..
Perhaps you are not "a lost soul" after all!
Originally posted by Hydroman
Just wondering, do you have me on ignore? You still have attempted to answer my questions...
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
And hum.. maybe you have me on ignore or something. Kinda rude that, eh?
Originally posted by Hydroman
reply to post by DragonriderGal
Could you answer these questions for me please?
What do you look like as a spirit? What do you sound like? What language do you speak? When you're ready to get in a new body, how do you do it? Is this the only planet you've been to, or have you inhabited beings on other planets? If not, why not? If yes, what planets and what do these beings look like physically?
When you are a spirit, what do you use for thinking, since you more than likely don't have a brain? What do you use for speaking, since you probably don't have vocal cords? What do you use for seeing, as you may not have eye balls connected to the aforementioned brain that you also do not have, or do you? How do you hear if you do not have ears, or do you?
Originally posted by DrinkYourDrug
reply to post by Hydroman
When you are a spirit, what do you use for thinking, since you more than likely don't have a brain? What do you use for speaking, since you probably don't have vocal cords? What do you use for seeing, as you may not have eye balls connected to the aforementioned brain that you also do not have, or do you? How do you hear if you do not have ears, or do you?
This.
If life/experience or "spirits"/"souls" etc can exist outside of the physical realm (in apparent bliss) then why even have a physical realm? Why create this physical realm just so that we can have this elaborate test to determine what happens to all these "souls" for eternity?
Also, since everybody identifies themselves with ever changing human characteristics that are a function of the environment and the human brain (which as a result of evolution is a function of the environment), I would like to hear from people who believe in spirits/souls etc what exactly is carried forward by the soul and what is left behind as merely human characteristics? In other words, if you suddenly died and found yourself as a soul/spirit, how would you know that "you" were "you"? Things like memory and personality are functions of the brain. If they were attached to the soul (or a function of the soul), there would be no need for the brain to store memory or to determine behaviour (as the soul would perform these tasks).
One can only conclude that it is not a test. It is not serious. The true nature of the universe is playful. If all this was created by being(s) in another realm, it was to be more of a game than a serious test. If all this was not created by being(s) in another realm then there is still no reason to take it seriously.
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
reply to post by DragonriderGal
Two book recommendations for you, that might be of interest. One is "The Holographic Universe" which I mentioned, by Talbot, which attempts, fairly successfully to put forward a case based on modern quantum science which would allow for such possibilities, along with various other paranormal phenomenon.
The other, definitely up your alley would be "Journey of Souls" by Dr. Michael Newton, who also maintains a website www.spiritualregression.org...
Hope that's helpful.
When you say "energy" what are you talking about?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-You look like energy, sometimes kinda wispy, sometimes invisible to human eyes.
What does a radio or tv have to do with anything?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-You sound like energy. But mostly unheard by human level hearing unless a radio or tv are on.
Even in telepathy, some form of language would be needed. How else could you communicate what you want to say?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-You don't need language. Communications are spirit to spirit aka 'telepathy'.
You watch people have sex and when an egg is fertilized you are sucked in? What if the guy pulls out at the last moment? Then what? What would happen if you were watching an orgy and multiple fertilizations occurred?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-And when ready to reincarnate, you just hang out by the people who you want to reincarnate with while they are procreating. The newly created body will suck you in.
Have you been reading Anne McCaffrey?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-I've actually been to a lot of planets before I became human, back when I was a dragon rider.
Spirits have species? So, you can inhabit a human on another planet? What other planets out there are inhabited, since you've been there?
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
And most other aliens don't allow other species spirits to incarnate in their bodies, so the chances of being anything but your original spirit origins and human are pretty unlikely.
Originally posted by DragonriderGal
-You use (as noted before) spirit to spirit communication both to send and receive, and when you realize that we are all connected to the basic energy field of existence, such communications aren't that hard to do.
Again we can 'sense' stuff as spirits, and typically it will manifest in the forms we are most familiar with, like seeing and hearing, even speaking even though it is actually only our perceptions of said activity.
Originally posted by Hydroman
*snip to avoid punishment for excess quoting*
...What does a spirit have to gain by jumping from body to body?edit on 2-9-2011 by Hydroman because: (no reason given)