I think there is a kind of life after death. When I play Beethoven, read Tolkien or listen to John Lennon, there is some communication from them to me, despite the fact that they are dead.
Nothing mystical about that...but credit to Codeborg for helping me see this aspect of human "spirit".
As for any self-awareness after death....no. What would be the point of death if you didn't die?
Adam and Eve could have lived forever. They sinned. OK; too bad for them; but what about us? Did their sin cause God to change his mind? Not according to Isaiah 55:11. God has promised to abolish death through Jesus Christ. (Genesis 3:15; 2Timothy 1:10)
Do you need references for the resurrection, or that the meek shall inherit the earth? Probably not, right?
Those who aren't amazed with the mystery that is life are often obsessed with thoughts of an afterlife.
Coluber, can it be that they seek compensation?
Maybe I can start some controversy here. Scientology has been dealing with past life incidents every day for 55 years. Makes you feel much better. Plain and simple.
savemart55 wrote:Maybe I can start some controversy here. Scientology has been dealing with past life incidents every day for 55 years. Makes you feel much better. Plain and simple.
Really?
What do they do with past life experiences when they deal with it?
Savemart, drugs can make you feel better, too. Is THAT the criterion?
littlek wrote:extra medium wrote:savemart55 wrote:Maybe I can start some controversy here. Scientology has been dealing with past life incidents every day for 55 years. Makes you feel much better. Plain and simple.
Really?
What do they do with past life experiences when they deal with it?
they discharge them.
discharge? like a catharsis or something?
I mean to discharge the emotional baggage. Apparantly, I was a small indian boy lamenting the loss of his dog in a past life. While I wept over him, some cowboy types rode up and I got angry - that's all I 'remembered'.
savemart55 wrote:Maybe I can start some controversy here. Scientology has been dealing with past life incidents every day for 55 years. Makes you feel much better. Plain and simple.
Funny, there's at least 3 of us hanging around here, and this statement has caused zero controversey. :wink:
littlek wrote:I mean to discharge the emotional baggage. Apparantly, I was a small indian boy lamenting the loss of his dog in a past life. While I wept over him, some cowboy types rode up and I got angry - that's all I 'remembered'.
Do you believe you were actually remembering this actual past life? Was this "real?"
I don't think I believe either way, I'm like that.
See now how can we have a proper controversy when you are like that?
Hmmm, let me expand on that. I don't believe in life after death, so how can I believe in life before death? But, the film in my head seemed realand it wasn't from any tv show. So, maybe I have a good imagination and a strong desire to be more close with native americans.
I only do political controversies.
Oh, well consider the political implication of your past lives...nevermind. :wink:
Original Scientology poster, are you still there? Please elaborate....
littlek wrote:Hmmm, let me expand on that. I don't believe in life after death, so how can I believe in life before death? But, the film in my head seemed realand it wasn't from any tv show. So, maybe I have a good imagination and a strong desire to be more close with native americans.
Kind of funny though you'd only remember that one past life? Seems kind of arbitrary...one part of one life? I mean, wouldn't there be thousands of past lives to go through?
Did they tell you a ballpark figure of how many past lives they theorized people of our time generally have?
yes, your picture of the dog is hilarious---looks like a dog looking at the text box, waiting for text to appear or for something to happen...
