Are you talking about reincarnation or just that there is an after life?

I believe in life after death, from a Biblical standpoint.

Thanks,

John

I dont believe in life after death but believe that one must face the result of his/her own task in his/her lifetime.

Anna Emilie, I do not believe in life after death. I cannot remember any kind of 'life' before I was born, so I don't think that there will be any more 'life' after I die.

For me, the notion that my time is limited is a tremendous motivator to live every day to the full and try to be an extraordinary person. Perhaps Oprah Winfrey says it best in just a few words: "Live your best life".

If you want to read my story about it I can PM you my web site, which I have removed from my sign because it is confronting to many in the forum.

The problem with remembering what happened before is that the noise of the world and the brainwashing we receive as children removes it. Many young people are born with 'gifts' that I believe they brought from a previous life or lives.

How can a three year old play a violin perfectly without music or why is a 4 year old a master painter if it were not the case? Think about these things and answer them in the religious perspective if you can.

God bless

Norma

I 100% believe that God exists and that each of our lives have a purpose. I also believe that believing in such does have a major role on how we live our lives.

As for the 3 year old violinist and 4 year old painter... I think we are ALL created unique. A youngster that can learn at an early age doesn't convince me that there was a previous life, but instead confirms my view that our God is an awesome God and that He shows his love through peoples lives... both yound and old... in many different ways (including yours)

I also think its important to remember the "Christ" in Christmas at this time of year

There is no life Without death.

Death is such a beautiful thing that never dies itself... It keeps coming to everyone... It's like a relaxing spot where you leave your body and move on to meet your GOD/Supreme consciousness...

I mean come on, we all want to meet Pam Anderson, and she's just a silly actor and death is the point where you've got to meet the ultimate celebrity.. The Almighty... The most beautiful... The never beginning, never ending supreme soul... Your measly weasly life is gonna dissolve in the ocean of life that He is...

So I only try to do what He wants me to do... help others and stay happy... I never consider myself as a winner... He is the one making me win.

-Lakshay

In the book of Deepak Chopra I read a sentence which goes:

Death is crucial for Life to exist...

this is a nice point and it hits the point of evolution, religion and creation all together, without the need of excluding each other...

P.S: dear Norma, can you please PM me your link. I would be more than happy to read your site. Thank you already in advance.

I dont really know about it,But I do believe in GOD!

Here's an interesting article I found for you on the subject...

HowStuffWorks "Has Science Explained Life After Death?"

Have you read "Reunions" by Dr Raymond Moody, Norma? He gives bone fide methodology for proving the 'dead' are merely on another 'frequency', based on techniques used in ancient Greece (and modern occultism). He taught most of his students these techniques and had a very high success rate.

Needless to say, many of his colleagues got a bit upset with him, but he got so engrossed with these methods that he has set up a centre somewhere in the US where people can go and have direct communications with their loved ones ala the Oracle at Delphi. (Mirrors play a major role, as does constant and focused happy thoughts of the deceased person)

Hang on I'll go find a link.....

Here it is (it's well worth reading)....

Amazon.com: Reunions: Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones: Raymond Moody Jr., Paul Perry: Books (not aff link)

When people get placed under deep hypnosis (past life regression), they often do remember such a past life! They usually manage to provide very specific referenced details as well.

I am sure this life is not the only one! You can never be sure though, so make the most of this one.

I believe in live after dead.
Just lost my best friend (43) and there are many strange signs that indicate that he's still around.

Have a good christmas.

Pieter

I believe in hydrogen.

I don't believe in life after death.

I do believe in leaving a LEGACY behind you that benefits the world after you're gone. That's one motivational force for me.

Norma,

I have a question.

Based on this rationalization, how do you explain nuclear energy? Black holes? Sunlight? Darkness? While all of these, and a lot more, involve a (very) limited use of sensory perception, it is based on what we are told and yet they all mainly exist in scientific theory.

Also, like Michael, my beliefs and faith are rooted in the belief of a living God, all based careful thought and consideration. I am far from being brainwashed, but the same could be said of some of the things that people are buying into these days.

Thanks,

John

I am not religious, but I do feel that there is more than what we know. I really want to believe in life after death and my uncertainty does make me want to make the most of every day I have. I don't want to be constrained by work all the time, just in case there is nothing after death.

Norma,

This really doesn't hold nay water though. What is the experience based on? A scientific theory that was put forth by a scholar and thus it must be true.

It's like gravity. We can't touch, taste it, see it, etc. but it does exist. We only know the effects, but really have do way to measure it other than some system that was devised.

Now, how do you explain the tales of people who have had 'near death' experiences? What do they mean? Are they real and can they be proven through sensory perception?

If not, how do you explain people who claim to have had them?

Thanks,

John

if there is "life" after "death" then you never really died. Death is the end of life!

Nobody really "know" if there is life after death. Whatever we may
say is based on our own belief system.

I chose to believe what the BIBLE teaches about death. I believe in the
historic Jesus who actually died and was resurrected. The following
summarizes my beliefs:

It doesn't matter how you construct it, if there is no life after death then
this life has NO MEANING. It doesn't matter how much "good" you do.

This life has meaning only because there is an afterlife and a judgment
because the good often suffer the most in this life while the wicked
live the 'good life'. (Life is NOT fair!)

Neither do I believe there is any life before birth. This is just another
twist of the first LIE told to Adam and Eve that they would not
"surely die."

"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"
-Hebrews 9:27

But, again this all depends on whether you believe in the Bible or not.

-Ray L.,

I honestly, sincerely want to believe in life after death but I just dont see it...I mean WHY does there have to be life after death. I am an addict of all these ghost hunting shows and i would love to go to some of the places they go and " spend the night "

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For anyone wanting links to my sites they have been hacked and will be off air for a little while. You can still Pm me and I will let you know when they are back up. Fortunately the sites themselves are Ok.

Norma

We all have free will to believe or not believe what we want to. Right? As for myself:

I believe that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God.

Paul

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Yes. I believe that there is life after death.

We are really spirits inhabiting temporary physical bodies that enable us to complete our mission, ie, learning lessons on Earth's physical plane. After all, Earth is our school and playground. As such, we are here on Earth to learn lessons and move on or graduate to the afterlife when we have learned them. At that point, only we as individuals go through a life review and judge ourselves. Did we learn those lessons or not? Are there any more lessons that we need to learn? If so, then we may opt to return to the physical plane (Earth) to learn them and as a result, advance spiritually.

Also, it doesn't matter what your religious background is, as every religion contributes to our understanding of ourselves and the world in which we live.

As far as scientific evidence is concerned, the only remote credible evidence is for reincarnation. There appears to be a lot of cases in India where children claimed to have lived a past live and which is extremely difficult to explain by any other means.

YouTube- Broadcast Yourself.

Yes there is life after death.. It motivates me not just to achieve greatest things in this life but to also be focused on fulfilling the plans God has for my life.. We can grab all things we wanted in this life and stay materialistic however if we disregard the purpose of our existence, everything we worked for will be useless :-)

This is a very personal subject for me. You see, about two years ago, I died. What I mean is, my heart stopped for 52 seconds during open heart, triple bypass surgery.

Now, I didn't see a light, my deceased parents or anything. I woke up and was told what happened. To me the whole surgery just seemed like a long 8hour deep nap.

That being said, I do believe in life after death.

Why?....cuz it can't hurt believing in it can it?

Of course there's no harm in believing that! You'll understand much of it over time. You, me and everyone else are here for a reason.

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you have die first before you begin to live

I believe that you will experience after death what you were expecting. But what is the truth, real truth? I don't think you can express it by words, thinking won't help with it but you may find the answer in the silence. I'm really into Eckart Tolle

I believe in life after death. I don't know not really life but something much more.

You see my father was in a terrible accident when I was about 9. His car went into the back of a tractor trailer.. big rig truck. Many people passed by his wrecked car as the firefighters were trying to get him out. Alot of them said he looked dead. My father told me later that he saw his grandfather, my grandfather (who had recently passed away) and other relatives. My grandfather told him to go back and he said it was a flash of light and he was back.

So yeah there is something after death.

Yes I do... I belive that we live more than once, and that we grow form each life!

I think money can be a powerful tool in the right hands. It can release people from slavery, it can fund people that are passionate but don't have the resources... (the list goes on).

Me personally, I believe in God and when you have a relationship with him he can direct you in the way you make and spend money. -- but that may just be me.

I usually stay away from discussions like this, but nonetheless, here are a few points to ponder...but first let me say this: a closed mind cannot learn, grow, or evolve.

Why is there anything?

Forget about the origin of life, if there is no God, why isn't it just empty space everywhere?

Why are there rocks, planets, stars and galaxies? They had to have an origin. Where did these things come from if they weren't created? Did they just appear out of nothing one day without a cause? Science tells us something can't come from nothing, so why is there anything?


Cause and Effect

Causality describes the relationship between causes and effects. It is fundamental to all natural science, especially physics. Simply put, the law of cause and effect states that every material effect must have a cause. In other words, nothing can't cause something to happen, something has to cause something to happen.

The law of cause and effect is a well-established scientific principle, so let's ask ourselves an interesting question...

If we could trace every effect back to it's cause, at some point we'd have to come to the first effect that ever occurred in the universe. The question to ask ourselves is, what caused that first effect? Remember, every effect must have at least one cause, so...

Whatever caused that first effect would have to be eternal, or this first cause would itself have been an effect of another cause. So what is eternal that could have initiated the first cause? My imagination is so limited...all I can think of is God.


Energy

Science tells us energy cannot be destroyed, it only changes form. Well then, since we are energy, we can never be destroyed, we only change form. What form do we change into?


Where do your beliefs come from?

When we are born we have no beliefs. We have no language. Then the assault begins. We are taught what to think and what to believe. We are taught who we are and who we are not. We are taught our limitations. All this, before we can think for ourselves.

In order to fit in, we buy in. We trust our family, we trust our teachers, we trust authority. But are they teaching us the truth? Where did their beliefs come from? From someone else, who learned their beliefs from someone else...however far back the chain goes?

Who are we, really? Do you ever feel like something is missing?

Did we become our authentic self, or did we become what we were shaped to become by external influences? As we learned to think, did we go back and examine what we were taught? Are our beliefs our own, or those of our tribe?

People of religion, any religion, often cite their holy books as evidence for the validity of their beliefs. These books are thousands of years old. They were written, interpreted, translated, and shaped by MAN. They are full of contradictions, have they been changed over the centuries? Should we ignore the contradictions because they don't fit our beliefs? Is it wise to base our belief system on the beliefs and teachings of other people?

Didn't God give us reason...for a reason? Shouldn't we then question the teachings of our tribe? Is our house of faith built on our own foundation of beliefs, or someone else's foundation?

Ah, but there is comfort in like-minded company, isn't there? Even if everyone is mistaken. Do we really want the truth, or do we want the comfort and ignorance that accompanies intellectual laziness?

Do we even need someone else to teach us about God? Why not trust God to teach us about God? Why not let God speak to our heart and mind. Oh yeah, it's much easier to believe what we're told to believe, and as a free bonus for being a follower, we can blame our beliefs on someone else if those beliefs are wrong.

"It isn't my fault I couldn't find you, God," we can explain, "they lied to me!"

Think God will buy that?

Hmm...

Well, I guess that's probably enough. Have fun playing with those thoughts, and remember, lead your own life!

I'm a Buddhist and I believe in Karma and that makes me feel like my good deeds will be rewarded and leaves me motivated independently of whether I receive a reward for my good deeds immediately or not.

Yes, I do believe in 'life after death' - I am a practicing Christian.

This belief motivates me from the standpoint that I want to be as much of a contributor to the common good as I can be during my time here. I get up each morning thinking of ways to grow my business through helping other people and creating value.

If I live each day in a way that pleases God, the 'side effect' is that my life gets better and more joyous for me ... a true win/win.

Best,
Scott

Some powerful and inspiring thoughts here. Thanks to those guys and girls that tried to explain their beliefs to others, rather than attacking.

Personally I am a Christian, and have faith in the existence of heaven and hell. I only hope that we might all make it to the former. Still, it's fascinating to hear about other people's beliefs.

Norma, on a side note, gravity isn't caused by the spinning of the Earth. In fact, if there wasn't any gravity, the Earth's spin would send us flying out into space
The particles that carry the force of gravity are too small to see, if they exist at all, even with science's best detectors.

I definitely believe in life after death.

Knowing that gives me a purpose in this life and motivates me to learn lessons and ultimately become a better person for it in this life and the next.

After all, my physical body is not me, but a temporary home in the physical dimension. When that body dies, my spirit will not. This doesn't mean that I have learned all of my lessons, but that is ok, since I would be able to incarnate back into the physical dimension and have another chance to learn them.

Another point is that believing in life after death is consoling. Loved ones who "pass away" are not gone. They are with us. We are in one room (dimension) and they are in another.

Are you a Jehovah's Witnesses? My cousin try to invite me about this. And what she told me is that earth itself is the paradise. And the so called Armageddon is the punishment to all bad people. But what she also said that after you die you'll be gone.

Life after death is scary if you have stayed together with your gf or bf but it is worth dieing if you guys have seperated lols

Interesting posts...

I 100% believe in GOD. There is no doubt about that, what I have a hard time believing is religion and the books of religion. The reason is probably what I have seen in my life, I am born muslim and along with being born muslim came all of these rules. I have personally studied the books to get a perspective to get some enlightenment, I have spoken with shieks and with priests but I still can't wrap my mind around some thoughts, as a lot of religion is contradictory and I just can't swallow some things islam is teaching. Well, anyway, I married a christian and he is also like me, believes in GOD but not religion. Funny, my husband is from the holy land and I live there half the year and in America half the year and I SEE with my own eyes how people live religion. And it bothers me. But whatever, its not me so its ok.

I believe that life on earth is temporary and I believe we all have a purpose. There are no mistakes to who is born and why. This is the will of GOD. I believe in ethics, morals, manners, being kind and having a good ettiquette. I believe in karma. Although I am still unsure if there is a form of living after we die, I would love to believe it, and I do more than I don't.

Bless you all and everyone. I wish more people were ethical, I think the world would be a better place.

I feel that those who follow a certain religion (islam, christianity, judism) sometimes have a bit of a superiority complex and believe that there way is the only way and the right way and I am going to hell. I dont know, maybe they are right. But this behavior turns me off. Stop trying to convert me peoples!! lol....

I most definitely believe in life after death. God is a motivating factor in all that I do.

Its true that you can't take your money with you when you are gone, but it is necessary to have while I am still here. I feel that if I am still breathing, then I have not finished fulfilling my purpose here on earth.

Thank you for everyone who has shared their viewpoints and insights... I just hope this thread doesn't turn into everybody bashing each other.

God Bless

Jason

I've read an interesting book written by a guy called Anthony Peake called 'Is There Life After Death?'

He backs his theory up with quantum physics, which I found a bit heavy going, but the book is well worth a read, its very thought provoking...

He has another book called 'The Daemon' (nothing to do with demons) which is also an interesting read and crosses over with 'Is There Life After Death?'

If you want to read them, both books are on wowio.com, read 'Is There Life After Death?' first...

'Is There Life After Death?'
WOWIO: Is there Life after Death? The Extraordinary Science of What Happens When We Die by Anthony Peake

The Daemon
WOWIO: The Daemon by Anthony Peake

He also has a forum at...
Cheating the Ferryman, Is there Life After Death, The Daemon. • Index page

PS. I have no association with Anthony Peake, I just find his theories thought provoking!

Yes, I believe. I have only told a few people the following account of my life, but since Christmas is almost upon us, I would like to share it here.

When I was 23, I was robbed at gun point. Tied up and placed face down on the floor to be executed. My life did indeed "flashed" before my eyes. I thought of my mother, sisters, friends, all the people I truly love. I also prayed. As I lay on the floor trembling with fear, I whispered a few prayers to God. HE listened and responded. A deep sense of peace fell over me. A peace I had never before felt. It was a peace and calm that seemed to radiate from something near by, in the corner of the room. I then heard a voice, the voice said "Love your Brother". I have no brothers, but I knew in my heart what HE meant. HE meant my fellow man. As HE spoke to me, I could see the gun being raised and pointed to the back of my head, but I was no longer afraid. I was a wash in love and peace. I was ready to die, if it meant I could go with this great being of love. Once you get that close to God and his love, you realize that life, even with all of its blessings, does not compare to the life that awaits us on the other side.

The robber then moved the gun away from my head and fled. I live on, knowing that there is another life awaiting me to bask in the love of God.

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I believe in death after life!
I am not religious. I believe in evolution, everything has it's own time span and that's it....move over for the next one.
I have had some strange experiences as a child and teenager, but cannot really clarify what I exactly experienced. OBE's, dreams or halucinations? who knows!

On the other hand I find certain "psychics" offer amazing information and details about and from people who have "passed on" . Derek Ogilvy for one is startling with his information. His TV program here in Holland is a big success and he continues to absolutely blow people away......it makes you think, you do not know what to think!!!
I guess we will all find the answer one day.

Dave

and one more thing: they told you that the serpent was bad.
they did this because religions were made to keep stability and the serpent rapresents the evolution( so the moment when they would have lost their control!). the ones that had written and defined what and which "the religions" had to be...perfectly knew about this.

in this precise moment millions of people of the world are scared by their serpents and also refuse to see them.
they do not know that the serpent is where we come from and where we are going to.they just think it is an evil monster to stay away from!!!!!

the snake is an increased level of awareness.
it is evolution.
i love my snake although to wake up as human is not easy at all when you have so many people around that always try to avoid this and think you are strange and maybe dangerous simply because they have learned to be scared.
it is a continuous war with yourself and with the others too.
but to grow up is not easy at all and many are actually here to make just this.

anyway i love my snake and i think that everybody should do the same.
life or death would appear irrelevant if they tried this too.

If this life is all that we have, then it makes no sense. There must be a life after this one to help us make sense of things.

Yes i do believe in life after death, i thing god gives us a second chance.

Thanks,

Philok

There's no such thing as life, and there's no such thing as death.

It's all perception in a world that's literally an illusion. Science is becoming more up to date with how this reality operates.

As a christian, I believe in life after death.

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I believe in cycles. After the end comes a new beginning. On and on into infinity. It's very obvious in all of nature and we're simply a subset of a subset of a subset...

I once read that the souls of the recently departed temporarily inhabit the bodies of butterflies so they can look in on friends and family as they continue their cycling.

Interesting thought. And since it doesn't cost anything to believe, well... I appreciate butterfiles more...

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Yes, there is life after death. But you must choose now where you will spend eternity.

Yes. Refine your question to be more specific. For example: Do you believe in reincarnation? What is the soul? How does the soul transform? When does it select or choose a human form? Do we come back in different gender and race roles? Is the soul an energy form? Does the soul care if one live or dies or only that it evolves? Just adding food for thought. Interesting topic.

I do believe in this. Why would God create you only to die and then sleep forever under the ground? I just try my hardest to gain the best place in life after death.

Your next soul entirely depends on what you do in your life...If u live the life being good and helping others surely you can be in heaven...

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I do believe in God,
and I believe in life after Death
I'll try to post a teaching of mine here some time when I get the chance.

Every atom in our bodies is reused over and over again. We are reincarnated after death into a million different things, each a part of another significant thing.

I do not think there exists some sort of reincarnation or life after death. When we reach "the end", it's definitive and irreversible.

That may sound a bit cynical or sad but that reminds me that every second is important.

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I believe that there is life after death, God's purpose for humankind is for us to live a happy lives in a paradise earth. We are not created to live a short life but to live forever without death or problems. But why are we living now in this kind of environment? Why do we grow old and die? It is because of an issue way back in the garden of eden and all humankind is facing this issue whether we like it or not. More info? Consult His inspired word.

I believe in life after death. And I mean life after death in the dogmatic christian sense.
What is life really? I mean life here on planet earth. Human life.

I think life is nothing but nutrition and procreation. Basically.

The rest is motivation for something. And this motivation is either for further nutrition, procreation or for some hope.

Yet I believe that life has a purpose. Forget all the scientific gas because none has a real definition for why we are here. We are here because we are in transition. Period. And to get to the destination, we must eat and breed.

What we do after this is simply a matter of belief. But I believe in the destination.

As for the hear and now, to feed and breed, I need money. And that's where for me business comes in.

Personally, I think that believing in life after death can cause motivation OR demotivation. Believing in a life after death can make you just wait out this life knowing that there's still something afterwards. Believing there is a second chance can make you not care about this life as much.

I guess I don't really put too much hope into a life after death. There may or may not be but, to me, speculating doesn't get me anywhere. I prefer to just hedge my bets and put my all into this life so I don't miss out on any opportunities That's not to say that believing in a life after death is misguided. If it works for you, then more power to you, I say. The important thing is to take advantage of your life.

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yes... there's definitely life after death and it is very very real. And this comes from the biblical perspective. So, in a way it could affect your purpose in life so to speak

Hi Norma,
an interesting book that made me think is "The holographic universe" by John Talbot. Not a book about reincarnation or even life after death, it is about the interconnectedness of everything in the universe
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I do personaly believe in life after death due to some personal experiences, but this does not prove anything really, does it now? This may just be my own wishfull thinking. What I am trying to say is: is it really all that important? We are not separate from the rest of the Universe but we are an intrinsic part of it, when we die our bodies go back to whatever bits made it up in the first place, maybe our consciousness does the same, it goes back to the source.

Our ideas of Heaven or Hell are mere inventions by various religions in order to control and manipulate people, this goes for most known religions, there seems to always be that carrot for the compliant ones and the stick for the bad ones!

Just my two bits worth :-]
Please Norma could you send me your link?

I think that consciousness has to go on somehow but I don't believe in a God or heaven the way most people or bible people do. I think of the whole world and everything beyond as formless thinking stuff expressing itself through us.

(The Science of getting Rich) says that it is sinful not to seek riches so that we, and therefore the consciousness or whatever created us can express ourselves more fully and freely.

I used to be so into life after death stuff and research and ghosts (after I saw one) but lately I've lost my faith. Lately I've been feeling like a finite animal; but it sure feels better to think there's more out there and that's why
I think so many of us choose to believe there is. the great comfort it gives is why I want to- and then it won't matter if you're wrong.

Oh and AnnaEmilie you are a beautiful girl!

In Islam, we are supposed to do things in the best of our ability. By doing so, if your main goal is to please God (Allah), then, you are working for your reward in the hereafter.

So no, believing in the life after death should not be something that takes your motivation away. In the contrary, when you only focus on this life, you are going to be ultimately deceived, because everything will perish.

Very simple Question...

If there is no life after death, what is the purpose of teaching difference between good and evil? why prophets came and why there are different religions?

Ofcourse there is life after death and we can't deny it.

I believe life after death and it is true I think

All of these comments are very interesting. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." If you are afraid of death that could be a motivation to enjoy each day to the fullest. Or, if you believe in an amazing 'peaceful' afterlife you may be looking forward to death at times when life get really tough going. If you believe you only have one shot at life and then you are worm food then you may be paralyzed with fear of meeting such a death and miss out on some of life's adventures. It is all pretty much personal perception, don't you think?

I personally believe...in my heart...that life is not as it appears. Real life is the Spirit within every living thing and that Spirit is without beginning or end. The life we see, feel and touch is transient and subject to the thought held about it's existence. Is there a material existence on a material planet after leaving this experience we call life? Does it really matter. The Spirit (the breathe of life) within each of us will always exist. The form may be entirely different or another round of the same until we learn or experience what is necessary for us to learn and experience.

I know. I march to a different drummer...lol.

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I don't believe in God as a conscious being. I believe there is an energy connection between all things but that's about the extent of it. I'd love to believe in reincarnation or life after death, but the fact of the matter is when you die your consciousness ceases to exist, therefore, you cease to exist. Your consciousness is all you really are.

Your body rots and cycles back into the universe. And just because we can't explain the universe, that doesn't mean there's someone all knowing and all seeing watching and creating it all. Life isn't a miracle, it's a simple coincidence. There is absolutely nothing special about us, or this entire planet for that matter. This entire Solar System can up and vanish and it would have an effect on absolutely nothing. Humans as a species have ego and need certain thoughts to comfort them. Why do we have afterlife, or are children of a god but paramecium aren't? Why are we special? We're not. That's our ego speaking. Religion is the same as everything else, just as bad and evil as it is good (many times more evil), but honestly, I see more bad in most religions than I do good.

I'm sure this post will offend some, and it's kind of funny, but I am actually spiritual, in a spiritually-ish scientific way. And out of all "religions" I think the only purely good one is Buhddism. The main concept is simple. Be good to yourself, your neighbor, even if he/she is your enemy, and relieve yourself of unnecessary suffering (jealousy, anger, hatred, depression, etc). All the others are born and bred of hatred and finger pointing.
What god would demand you worship him or go to a hell? Sounds like vanity....a form of pride.

All I know is the moment just before I die I want to feel in my heart that I've conquered challenges, was good to myself and good to others......to put it shortly. But I would be totally amped if there was reincarnation. I want to go to other planets and that's not until the future!!! Boooooo!!!!

So in summary....there is no life after death. And not everyone needs to have a judge at the end of it all to be good (a previous post said everyone believes in life after death on some level or else everyone would be........) and I think it's kind of sad that so many have a conception that "if I don't do these things I will be punished." I mean, why not just be good because you want to be? Just follow your passions and be good to people. Hopefully you'll be proud of your life when you die. That's your only judgement. And last.

Anna !
You will get the real life after death. This life is fake at all. the truth of life is hidden till death.
God Help us

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I don't know... I ask this question to myself quite often, but I who can say fro sure that there is a life afer death. At a point I am a little for reicarnayion, but dik about life after death... he spiritual stuff drives me crazy sometimes.

There is spirit, inner being, inner person, soul or whatever else you choose to call it. Spirit is energy so where does it go after you pass from this life?
It goes back to the source that's where.
"To prevent the madness and confusion you entered this life with no memory." This is a quote from a book that has always resonated with me.
Some people however do have memories and flashes under hypnosis they are able to give accurate details of past lives, which again is something many of us do not understand. As the quote above stated we are not supposed to remember.
We have been taught to be afraid of dying but in actual fact there is nothing to fear. It is what we do now that counts. To be the best we can, to express and feel. To be alive and joyful that is what this life is really about.

Cheers
Victoria

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I do believe in life after death.

This can't be it. God put us here to learn. I wouldn't think this is all for nothing.

We have a soul inside where do you think that goes when it leaves our body.

I think that God has a plan for all of us. We just have to wait our turn then he will reveal it to us.

It is only natural for us to be afraid of the unknown. That's part of what makes us human.

Trust in God and you will have a good life after death.

Besides who wants to find out that there is life after death when it is to late then you will just burn for the rest of your life after death.

So be safe and believe God knows if your heart is pure.

I believe in life after death.
The spirit is invincible, it can't die, it just energy, the body die but the spirit survive.
I have only one as "Sushie", i mean in this life, i am meeting people and have differents situations, these things are here to help to understand this life and learn somting from it, so i try to profit from it because i have only one life to living as "Sushie", in my other life, i will live under another "personnlity", a "mashibishi" or something else and i will maybe never know people i know today so i profit of my life to be with them. xD

Ok. I'm happy to play along.

First thing that comes to me is that life and death are not opposites. Birth and death are the polarities.

What we call life continues independently of these two poles.

From the perspective of 3rd dimension reality this is pretty much impossible to experience. Some people seem to have glimpses - like those who have near death experiences or sudden satoris.

The belief that life is continual with our without a physical body takes a lot of pressure off.

You can't really make a mistake.

I like the poem by Hafiz

"This Sky Is No Place to Lose Your Wings,
So, Love, Love, Love!"

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There is life after death even the ancient pharisees believed it to be so. The life that exist after death is purely in spiritual form. The mind still functioning 100% but the body having decayed is now in the form of energy. How should this concept of life after death motivate us while living life in the physical form? I remember this famous word of wisdom; "do unto others what you want done onto you". Be kind to others, love others, forgive those that wronged you rather than wait to be rewarded after life.

What do we mean by life after death?
Is it our consciousness that lives on or do we all return to the Source, whatever that may be, or do we just stay the individual soul and reincarnate add infinitum?
Does it really matter that much, we don't know what comes after death.
There are many theories and we can follow whatever religion we wish but when it comes down to it we dont have a clue.
Dr Weiss did a lot of research on reincarnation and found some amazing evidence to back up life after death, but it tells us that some people have memories of another life, it does not tell us for certain that this means we come back after death as someone else.
I do believe that there is life after death, but it may be totally different to anything we can imagine.

I have always personally believed in some sort of continuation beyond the physical realm in this particular life. This is evidenced by normal, sane rational people having experiences with the paranormal and the supernatural (may be one and the same) people have had out of body experiences/near death experiences, experiences with ghosts and memories of previous existences that cannot be accounted for through memories in this particular life. But exactly what occurs remains a mystery.

Don't know why but I always find this subject a bit
funny.

Since we humans are superior to any other creature
we know of, we think that we're special. When in
fact, we're not. Our brain is better than the brain
of other creatures on this planet, that's all.

Just like any other living creature, when our body stops
functioning, we die, end of story. Most people feel
better believing that will live happily ever after, after
they die.

Unfortuntately there's not a single bit of concrete proof
that we have a soul, and that life after death exists.

What I find funny about all of this is this...

Let's say that we have souls...

You don't control yourself with your soul, you control
yourself with your brain.

When your brain dies you'll lose conciousness, so even
if your soul lives forever, you wouldn't know, because
the soul doesn't have a brain!


Could there be life after death?

Well yeah, anything's possible, but I doubt that it
would be as most people picture it to be.

Just because I don't believe in this doesn't mean that
I don't appreciate my life though. Actually,
I appreciate it even more since I believe that I'll
live once, and I work hard to make my dreams come
true.

Once my number is up that is it,i dont believe in a religion but i respect people who have one and i hope people repect my my wish as well.

I am atheist.

I actually do believe in reincarnation and that we've been other people in our previous lives.

Maybe I was a viking warrior in my past life.

Yes i do believe in life after death

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What if we are all one in the divine having a human experience; and that this is merely a school as we complete our lessons on the way home? Would you treat the people around you differently if you realized that they were God?

Interesting thread for an interenet marketing forum..........

Peace

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It would be nice to think that something happened when you died,but I personally believe that when your gone your gone.

I believe in life after death, but, nothing is absolute until you actually experience death. I don't want to even get into the debate we can have about us not being alive at this very moment etc etc

sorry to say, life ends when the life ends. So live it fully.

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If you really want to know about your previous lifetimes, you can. That is really the only way to know beyond a shadow of a doubt whether or not it is true that you have lived before and will live again. I have found out for myself and once you know, you know. That which is true, is what is true for you.

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