Do you believe in afterlife??

[[Buddie]]

I am with some others here that this life was EXTREMELY rugged and it would not take an awful lot for just about anything to be better than this nightmare .

 That being said , yes I do but not like we learned when we were very tiny children in church in the southern US .  I know there is a very active spirit world where my late fiance is waiting on me.. many things though have led me away from any sort of religion ( except nature )  but the spirit world is as tangible a place as this dimension is ..

 

[[Buddie]]

I absolutely do! Redeven, that quote! That is exactly why I believe in reincarnation! When I was a kid, maybe 6 or 7, I would lay awake at night and think "okay, so you die and go to heaven and then what??" "You lay around on a cloud and listen to harp music??" It bugged the heck out of me. I mean, what were you going to DO there?? So when I discovered reincarnation in the pre-teen years it all made sense to me and all the puzzle pieces fit.

Also, when I was quite young, maybe 8, and pondering things (because I was that kind of kid), I clearly heard a telepathic voice saying we are here to love one another and gain knowledge. I was quite excited and ran to tell my mother who handed me a spoon and told me to stir the carrots. So it wasn't a revelation to everyone but I've used it as guidance my whole life. Am I putting love out there? Am I learning? The benzo experience has been a tough one, shakes your faith to the core for sure. I cannot deny, however, that it has been a huge learning experience just not the kind of things I had expected to be learning. I'll add that my view of the celestial realms have changed and I do believe there is more going on than clouds and harps!

[[Buddie]]

I can't wait to get my next life started.  I believe in reincarnation for sure.  Anything will be better than this life I'm living now.

[[Buddie]]

I was listening to somebody who had a spiritual experience with alien. Alien told him that humans needs to master unconditional love in order to ascend into astral being after life
If you fails to do so , you will be reincarnated till you learn the lesson.

Do you guys believe in this type of stuff??

Yes. This is exactly what us Buddist believe in.

[[Buddie]]

I am currently reading a book on Near Death Experiences and I am a Christian
And will say the author has written from a Christian perspective but what I found fascinating was many talking about “ the being of light” which many described as Jesus both Christians and non christians in their NDEs. But one of the coolest things I was hearing in many of these stories was the life review and how focused on relationships it was and that the whole purpose was to Love God and Love People. I have heard this all my life in different ways but seeing how everything was examined in a life review from this perspective was beautiful and scary. How one comment whether good
Or bad could have far reaching consequences in someone and many others lives. I don’t want to get too deep here but just thought it was cool and wanted to add.

[[Buddie]]

Yes I do believe that. Birth is not in the beginning and death is not the end.

[[Buddie]]

I personally believe in a God that created the entire universe and sent his only son Jesus to die for us to save us from our sins. That when we die we either live for eternity in heaven or hell depending on whether we have accepted Jesus as our savior. That gift of salvation is free to us all, if we chose to accept it or not is up to us. God gives us free will to chose and will never force it upon us.

[[Buddie]]

I certainly hope there is a better life after this one. Because this one has rather sucked.

I agree.
Hope there is no reincarnation as do NOT have any interest in coming back.
I kind of think there is nothing that I can possibly imagine.
I think the Heaven/Hell thing is childish concept and used to control people.

I listen to Alan Watts and think he is brilliant but don't understand it!  Hope there is some universal consciousness or something that gives this meaning...

[[Buddie]]

When I was beginning to take K because I was “traumatized“ which was the psychiatrist’s response to help me feel better—- I left work one day feeling awful about my life. I was walking somewhat aimlessly when  I found myself in front of a Unity bookstore that had a sign on the door that said  “A Course in Miracles study group 11 AM.”

Well I need a miracle so I walked in the door and talked to the woman in the bookstore and she gave me the book as well as another book called “Disappearance of the Universe” by Gary Renard.

My life changed in that moment but I didn’t know it. I began reading and studying ACIM and found others on that path of Light

I went on to be dependent  on K for 13 years. When it was time to taper off I was a complete mess. I would wake up in the morning in a cortisol panic. One of my “Course” friends suggested I do the workbook which is a series of 365 lessons (ACIM) so I would wake up and grab the book and read the lesson for the day which helped me get through my taper.
The point is that this finding the Course and reading “ Disappearance “ was a miracle and I definitely know if there is more to life than this so called world of pain.

[[Buddie]]

I wouldn't mind reincarnating again so I could make the choice not to take mind and body-destroying drugs.  I was happy and healthy as a child until drugs detroyed my CNS.