Reincarnation ,What do You Think?
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Same here... Man is appointed once to die. And the afterlife can be either really super awesome, or the total opposite of really super awesome, depending on what choice you make.
There is a song or an awesome story in there.. We all are our own filter of a collective consciousness.
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I don't follow a religion. I simply live my life. I don't think it should matter if you pray to god, allah(which literally translates to god), budda or any other deity. Most if not all religions say that everyone else is wrong. I don't believe it is anyones place to say that anothers religion is "wrong". If everyone says that everyone else is wrong, whos to say whos right? I believe the path walked isn't what matters, it's the destination. And that is all I'll say in this matter.
I've always preferred a multiple-choice answer to the question of what happens after we die... On an objective level, one could argue that we do, in fact, reincarnate as our body decays into its component atoms and gets incorporated into various plants and animals, which in turn live out their lives and then provide nutrients for another generation.
As for anything metaphysical, it pretty much comes down to what one wishes to believe or have faith in, whether it's "one shot and you're done", or a continuing cycle. I figure if your belief brings you comfort and doesn't harm anyone else in its application, believe as you like.
As for anything metaphysical, it pretty much comes down to what one wishes to believe or have faith in, whether it's "one shot and you're done", or a continuing cycle. I figure if your belief brings you comfort and doesn't harm anyone else in its application, believe as you like.
Teddy is very knowledgeable about this with his regression therapy experience. And he is correct on the church removing all references in the 4th Century...it's very well documented. The church thought it was better for everyone to believe that they had to come to the church and give tithings and receive penance prayers to reverse the consequences of their sins...instead of coming back again for reverse karma.
Those who are not familiar with past life regression should read up on it before they criticize or denounce it. As the old famous quote says, " Rejecting knowlege is the highest form of ignorance"
Kinda hard to explain how people are video and audio recorded under hypnosis and taken back to previous lives where they are able to speak 1st Century Aramaic or further back to a language spoken in Ancient Egypt and describing the persons participation in building of the Pyramids (translated by language professors), which has happened before. That's why it is usually always video taped. I just found out about past life regression therapy two years ago and have read many books on it...before that I dismissed it due to my religious brainwashing I received as a youth. Luckily I discovered rational thinking and reversed the damage. :
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Those who are not familiar with past life regression should read up on it before they criticize or denounce it. As the old famous quote says, " Rejecting knowlege is the highest form of ignorance"
Kinda hard to explain how people are video and audio recorded under hypnosis and taken back to previous lives where they are able to speak 1st Century Aramaic or further back to a language spoken in Ancient Egypt and describing the persons participation in building of the Pyramids (translated by language professors), which has happened before. That's why it is usually always video taped. I just found out about past life regression therapy two years ago and have read many books on it...before that I dismissed it due to my religious brainwashing I received as a youth. Luckily I discovered rational thinking and reversed the damage. :
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Haribol spirit soul,
The picture in OP is from the Bhagavad Gita As It Is which is my scripture of choice. I even lived in a Hare Krishna temple for a small time.
I do indeed believe in reincarnation of the soul.
Even if you are not a religious fellow incarnation is not hard to accept.
On a scientific level, every atom from our bodies has been forged inside of a star! We'll all die, we'll all return to the earth and those atoms eventually might find their way back into a living being sooner or later.
The picture in OP is from the Bhagavad Gita As It Is which is my scripture of choice. I even lived in a Hare Krishna temple for a small time.
I do indeed believe in reincarnation of the soul.
Even if you are not a religious fellow incarnation is not hard to accept.
On a scientific level, every atom from our bodies has been forged inside of a star! We'll all die, we'll all return to the earth and those atoms eventually might find their way back into a living being sooner or later.
If that is the case, they may have missed this one...some interpret the following passage from Matthew chapter 17 to mean that Jesus was saying John the Baptist was the reincarnation of Elijah:
10 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”
11 Jesus answered and said to them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and will restore all things. 12 But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Baptist.
"We are all born again, many times."
No proof of that, or of any kind of afterlife with a heaven or hell.
These are devices invented to allay mankind's fear of death.
BUT, if incarnation is indeed a reality, I wouldn't mind coming back as a pipe-smoking feline raised in a good home.
No proof of that, or of any kind of afterlife with a heaven or hell.
These are devices invented to allay mankind's fear of death.
BUT, if incarnation is indeed a reality, I wouldn't mind coming back as a pipe-smoking feline raised in a good home.
"Proof" is a difficult concept. But there is definitely evidence...in many cases very compelling evidence...of many things that we tend to label as paranormal or supernatural. IMO, these are just terms we apply to things we don't understand.
There is much evidence, both scientific and anecdotal, that consciousness is "non-local", as defined by quantum physics. This opens up many possibilities. The Michelson-Morley Experiment in 1887 supposedly disproved the existence of the "aether", but there is a very compelling case to be made that the experiment was flawed. It's way too much to get into here, but for anyone who is interested just do a search, you'll find no lack of data.
Bottom line for me is this: I believe that matter is an artifact of consciousness, not the other way around.
Before this thread gets shut down, we can go back and forth with biased opinions from our initial indoctrination forever. But it might be the time to agree on not using the Bible in our discussion, as it is by far the most repulsive book ever to be used on the Sheeple (Psalm137. 9) and using it for irrational excuses to defend slavery,mysogyny, and the killing of over a million people is where this is heading. Billions of people are delusional, incapable of rational thing, and believe everything they read. So our challenge here is to try and keep religion out of the original topic. I think it's impossible. ::
I have put my flame suit on, so fire away. 8O :mrgreen:
:I have put my flame suit on, so fire away. 8O :mrgreen:
You won't need the flame suit for me Hobie. I figure with all the different explanations for what happens after death, either one explanation is right, or they are all wrong. People will aways come up with an explanation for what they don't understand.
I agree with you 100% about the Bible. However, past life regression, no way. All research points to the fact that people are just essentially making it up in their heads along with verbal cues from the hypnotist. Read studies done by actual scientists, not metaphysical new age woo-meisters and you can clearly see what is happening during these past life regress hypnosis sessions.
An irony meter just exploded somewhere...
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