AfterlifeFollow

Religon ruins spirituality in my opinion, but that's a whole different argument all together.

I don't believe in an afterlife. Or reincarnation.

how are you defining aetheist? One who does not believe in god, or one who does not conform to relgion?

hmmm, I think of Atheist as somone who believes in nothing but stuff that is supposedly 'proven'. Thus believes in no afterlife, no god, no karma, no anything other than the
physical world.

but I guess if you break the word down, is '-Theism' pretains to religion and "A-" pretains to Anti-, then I guess it really is somone who is against only religion.

Anyone ever try to "map themselves out"?

that is, try to "see" their past-selves?



it can be interesting.... but it can get alittle obsessing once you catch on.

How do you "map" yourself? I've never heard of this.

Mapping out is not a term Ive heard for this particular idea ( seeing past lives) but I have heard the term used in other ways when it comes to reincarnation, life etc.


But the conceot I think Kelvys getting to, is the ability to view your past lives, or at least moments of them. Of course, you have to believe in the possibilities of past lives in order to try it.

What I do is kind of like meditating. I get comfy, relax, get all the mundane things out of my head and try ot have an open, clear mind. I close my eyes and just try to be an open book. Once I'm at that point, I picture a path running through woods with paths on either end. Each one metaphorically leads to a life you have lived. You pick a "path", walk to the end, and when you're out of the "woods" you are now in a moment of one of your lives. I usually see through my own eyes and everything is fairly vivid, from color to texture, smells, sounds, touch, etc.


Everyone has their own technique of doing this, and for some it comes easier than others. But practicing it makes it happen more smoothly and swiftly

Theres nothing to really research. You can try it out whenever (just not while driving ok?) All you need is an open mind, a quiet place to be alone uninterupted, and time.
Something to help you out when you start is to keep a little notebook near you so you can write down anything that came into your mind. A lot of the times, things flash through your head that may not make sense at first,but can sometimes add up later

edited to add, if you do find the concept of reincarnation interesting though, please check it out and research it. Its a very cool thing to read up on and learn about.

Edited, Mon May 16 11:58:29 2005 by deadsidedemon

TheDave, my husband believes exactly as you do

Why would you believe something you believe God believes is crap?

Maybe god has a shi[b][/b]t fetish...

I meant that God or Whoever is saying that we humans got our beliefs/ideas all wrong and out of perspective and that we entirely missed out on what God was trying to tell us to begin with.