Is there life after death? (Page 1 of 3)

While I don't exactly remember being born, as a child I remembered "where I came from", which was a non-physical, very loving state of being, and I cried often wishing I were "back home". I found this world very harsh and deceitful as a child.

While I've been there at the death bed of a number of people dear to me here in this life, I also had an experience of helping someone realize they were dead while I was in a dream state. I was surprised at how efficient I was at triggering the realization in people that they were no longer physically alive (though still quite alive, btw).

This one guy I was helping "to cross over", we'll say, kept arguing with me that he couldn't be dead because... and he kept listing all the reasons he thought he must still be alive. One reason was because his dog was with him (we were driving around a town in his volkswagon bug, with me and the dog along for the ride). I reminded him that he was in a car accident WITH his dog, and they both died in the event. He didn't believe me.

What finally got him was when I asked him who I was, and if he knew me in his physical life, or remembered when I got in his car. He realized he didn't. When he focused on who I could possibly be, the scene changed and he lit up, remembering who HE "really" was, and that his physical life was a brief sorjourn, not the real deal. LOL!

Anyway, my sense of death is like breaking out of tight-fitting clothing and finally being able to really breathe completely freely again.

That was fun to recall. Thanks, young prince! :-)
~Sowelu

In answer to your question about reincarnation Young Prince, I'd like to share an experience with you.

When I was a child of 8 years, I had a vision that I just accepted at the time and filed away, along with many other visions and fantasies I accepted as a natural part of my world. The vision was to stay in my unconscious mind until some years ago when I began to awaken to my own potential. During that time, it resurfaced as a rather enlightening memory and one that has indirectly inspired my life. The vision was this...

In my mind I was shown three snapshot aspects of a developing humanity, and each one ran from left to right along a timeline.

The first timeline I was shown was of a single human being

I saw this person being born, growing through childhood, adolescence, adulthood and then into the senior years until dying at an old age. This human started as a 'blank' slate, curious, learning, seeking information, looking within and becoming wiser with age.

The second timeline was one of humanity as a whole.

This picture began with an ape-man, becoming Neanderthal, going through the Stone and Iron Ages, progressing right through the Middle Ages to the Industrial Age, to the Information and Space Age where we are now and then far beyond, becoming competent and wise, not just technologically, but also with compassion for all humans and other beings on the planet. These wise beings were accepted into a universal family, as our descendants interacted with other wise beings from planets beyond our solar system.

The third timeline was from a soul's perspective.

It began with a tiny spark of life emerging from the Universal Life-force Energy. This spark dipped in and out of different lives and lifetimes. It experienced itself through the eyes and emotions of men, women and children through all walks of life, poor and rich, ignorant and sagacious, from ape-man to Universal human. And with every lifetime, this bright spark grew in intensity and size, becoming more loving, more knowing and more joyful, more vibrant and more complete. This timeline, along with the second, was not restricted by the span of one life. Nor was it restricted by time or space. This timeline put the other two into perspective.

When I was an eight year old girl, I just accepted this without question. Later, as an adult, I recalled it with the tingling excitement of someone who recognises a glimpse of a Universal Truth. That vision was so clear that I can view it instantly today. Today, it speaks to me of evolution, of our incredible ability as individuals, as souls and as a united humanity to grow beyond the limitations that have held us back up until now. It speaks of greatness and adventure - the qualities and experiences only to be found by stepping forward in humility, joining hands with each other and with our true essence. To me it shows our true potential if we accept our birthright as divine humans. Humans who are one with the Godforce and connected to each other and all of creation by this loving, wise, joy-filled energy.

I wrote a bit more about this at the following on my website, http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bazaann/ … ereami.htm

Keep asking important questions,
Cipher

A better question might be: Is there life before death? ;-)

I was thinking, "Is there death after life?" - Does life (existence, being) ever end?

Indeed consciousness cannot die. Physical can be recycled, that is, it seems like something is destroyed or dies but the energies just becomes to something else or go back into the pool of essence waiting to be reutilized. My individual consciousness has had many experiences, i.e., reincarnated as human and otherwise ... as human, flower, rock, planet, star, spider, android, cat, etc., etc. My consciousness projects part of itself into physical form for the experience, then returns, expanding my consciousness. I am my consciounsess, I'm not the body I'm inhabiting at any given moment. Indeed, I can inhabit many physical forms at once.

As I understand it, individual consciousness can be merged back with Creator Spirit so it doesn't know it is individuated. In this way, for example, there is justice toward the nasty ones in the higher realms, as well as murder by the nasty ones. It may seem like the consciousness is "dead" but it's just not individuated ... the individual consciousness is dead. Is this what you mean?

Thanks for your reply Monica.

No, what I meant was the total elimination (somehow) of any particular individuation before it has had it's chance to return to Source.

Indeed. Both of these seem right to me and they're what I want to believe, but like I said above I have actually heard it possible to not only trap and contain a 'soul' (or individuation) indefinitely, but that it is possible to end it's individuation completely. Hence my question as it can be more than difficult finding info about this.

Not to go off topic but some of my information is that this is the actual ultimate goal of regressives. To end the individuation of any and all 'souls' or all 'spirit' and somehow end the Creation itself.