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Originally posted by Deny777
OP, your posts remind me of a book I'm very fond of called "Illusions", by author Richard Bach, and so far your replies reflect my own thoughts on oneness and spirituality. I have so many questions, but for now what I want to know is this: I've recently discovered what I believe to be the goal of "the game" of physical existence, which is to tame the ego and learn to feel unconditional love. Not as easy as it sounds, at least in my experience, especially the unconditional love part. Having developed the intellectual skills first, which makes it all the more difficult, I often judge others which is something I'm aware I also must stop doing, but the thing is, all that interferes with my capacity to love others. Is there any way I can make things a bit easier? To sum it up, I often know how I should feel, but don't and that's frustrating. I'm used to learning things with my mind, not my heart and the change of pace is really hard.
Originally posted by cavtrooper7
Who are the after life police?Who maintains the laws.
The soul stream can be seen as a stream of your experience which has created who you are.
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by 11118
The soul stream can be seen as a stream of your experience which has created who you are.
If the soul stream created us, why do we need female eggs and male sperm?
Originally posted by jiggerj
reply to post by 11118
If the spirit is within us while we live, but cannot stay in the body when we die, what part of the body is the spirit attached to, and how does it break free?
Originally posted by bloodreviara
I hate to seem rude but the claim of being humble yet having some
kind special spiritual belief or knowledge is the opposite, i have seen
this said in many ways but what your really saying is I know something
the rest of you don't, ask me and i can tell you why i believe your
incorrect or that i am correct, it just does not come off as humble,
to me being humble is admitting that the evidence which supports
spirituality or religion is lacking and professing a belief in such
a thing before it has evidence is gullible not humble.
Originally posted by 0zzymand0s
reply to post by bloodreviara
Have you thought that logic through? What is your role here beyond ego? What does a semantic digression RE: humility bring to the present conversation?
To the OP: Can you describe the soul-purpose of a victim of childhood Leukemia? Does a soul choose such a life as penance for something else? To be close to another soul for however brief a moment? Some other reason entirely? What does such a soul purpose teach those left behind after their biochemical death? For example: what might a child-sibling of such a person learn from the experience of losing a brother or sister in this way?
Originally posted by 0zzymand0s
reply to post by bloodreviara
Have you thought that logic through? What is your role here beyond ego? What does a semantic digression RE: humility bring to the present conversation?
To the OP: Can you describe the soul-purpose of a victim of childhood Leukemia? Does a soul choose such a life as penance for something else? To be close to another soul for however brief a moment? Some other reason entirely? What does such a soul purpose teach those left behind after their biochemical death? For example: what might a child-sibling of such a person learn from the experience of losing a brother or sister in this way?
Originally posted by nothingwrong
reply to post by 11118
If, hypothetically, science could explain the nature of consciousness, objective experience and mechanism of self awareness, what does that do for the concept of spirit/soul. Would the idea of spirit become redundant 'self' were purely the result of biochemical processes.
Hypothetically, of course.
I was discussing this the other day and we never did get to the bottom of it.
Originally posted by Emeraldous
How and when will we be able to answer our own questions and experience them directly?
Originally posted by 11118
If by spirit you mean soul then I can answer appropriately.
The soul is a focus of consciousness, the microcosmic co-Creator (manifesting as the mind/body/spirit unit). It is not attached to anything instead all is an extension of it.
You ARE the soul. And rather than going to any particular place upon death, I'd say it's more like having a radical shift of awareness and suddenly finding oneself in a totally different set of circumstances. This place is not "somewhere out there" - it's inside of your-Self.
edit on 16-3-2013 by 11118 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jiggerj
Originally posted by 11118
If by spirit you mean soul then I can answer appropriately.
The soul is a focus of consciousness, the microcosmic co-Creator (manifesting as the mind/body/spirit unit). It is not attached to anything instead all is an extension of it.
You ARE the soul. And rather than going to any particular place upon death, I'd say it's more like having a radical shift of awareness and suddenly finding oneself in a totally different set of circumstances. This place is not "somewhere out there" - it's inside of your-Self.
edit on 16-3-2013 by 11118 because: (no reason given)
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