Alugarde
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posted on 25/7/2003 at 08:54 PM |
A while back I pondered the idea that there are only two worlds, and when
someone dies in one world they simply go to the other. ____________________ l33t is the bastard cousin of contractions. |
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bettie_x
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 1570 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 25/7/2003 at 08:54 PM |
I figure I'll know when I'm dead, so I'll make the most of what I have now
just in case there's nothing beyond my last synapse firing off random
information I've acquired during life. I have a hard time believing in
"afterlife" tho it sounds WAY appealing. I just can't make myself believe. ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Sticupus
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posted on 25/7/2003 at 08:06 PM |
http://www.shmeng.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file
=article&sid=416
I refuse to assume anything, as I am still learning. However the likely
outcome is probably as significant as falling asleep and having your
current being converted back into nature. Keep in mind that this happens in
part every time you exhale.
What happens when you breathe in? ____________________ The OBOLISK is Divine. |
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Anya
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 656 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 25/7/2003 at 07:29 PM |
Okay...this is a touchy subject so I'll clearly state that this is what -I-
believe:
I take things under a Karmic scale. There's the Heavens, the Thousand
Hells, then there's Reincarnation. Reincarnation to me is the soul
starting COMPLETELY over since I play skeptic with the afterlife stuff
(though it's possible). It may also be so that the other two are a state
of mind, but I believe that Karma has a lot to do with it and the "upper"
and "lower" are merely states that're very difficult to get out of.
But away from belief, what I would call "physical" Reincarnation exists.
Energy does not die, it merely changes form.
So the condensed version:
The Heavens is the state of complete enlightenment.
The Thousand Hells is the state of deep karmic disgrace.
Reincarnation is reliving on the path of enlightenment (or karmic disgrace,
if the soul chooses to go that direction).
Away from beliefs, I cannot say who will go to the Heavens or the
Hells...hindsight is 20/20. |
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Schizo
Extreme Fanatic Posts: 897 Registered: 31/12/1969 Status: Offline
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posted on 25/7/2003 at 05:56 PM |
I personally think that there is some sort of continuation of life after
death. Having watched a close relative dying, only hours before he died,
and seeing the body shortly after death, I am convinced that there is
something about a living being that has nothing to do with the body. It's
just temporarily located there. When the body ends, that something moves
on. But where or to what kind of existance I have no clue. I have no
known memories of a previous life, so I have no proof of reincarnation, and
quite obviously, I have not died and gone to heaven, so I have no proof of
that type of afterlife either. So I have to say, I'll just have to wait
until it happens to find out what happens. ____________________ "You can tell by the scars on my arms and the cracks in my hips and the
dents in my car and the blisters on my lips that I'm not the carefullest of
girls." - Dresden Dolls, "Girl Anachronism" |
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