Here's my take of it and I warn, is really out there. During medetation I don't even try to clear my mind anymore. I just let my mind wander until it finds something to fully concentrate on. One of these things is the possiblity of non existance. For me it is impossible to grasp the concept of non existance. That when we physically die that we just cease to exist on all levels. How would we know we were ever alive? What was life for anyway and are we just random forms of consciousness, intellegence and energy that pops into existance when we are born or concieved and then pops out of existance when the body dies? Is non existance possible? Yes it is as great a possiblity as intellegent design to the universe is.
Vegie271. I am not a fundamentalist. Probably the farthest thing from it. I believe there was a Christ but I also believe there was The First Buddah and many more and more yet to come. Like I've said before and will always say, even on my deathbed, is that religions should be built upon one another for a much bigger picture and better tools in order to achieve different levels of enlightenment. When it comes to the texts, I read them with a skepticle mind open to the possiblities that the stories are nothing but mere myths. I also try to put myself in the mindset of the people of the time that did write the stories. What the technology and superstitions were at the time. I also look into historical data of those times and then try to weed out the sensationalism and factors of awe. I am sorry that you have been hurt by fundamentalist, but we all have at one time or another. I get told things all the time like I don't believe in Christ and that I will burn in hell even though I do. When I mention that we shouldn't be worshipping as much as modeling our own lives after Christ, well you can just imagine how well that goes. There are a lot of other things that I say that would have gotten me burned at the stake 500yrs ago but fortunately today only gets me verbally downgraded. I won't change my views, no matter how dynamic they are, for anyone though and really don't care what others think of me. In the beginning all religions are Devine in nature but when the original teacher is gone, man takes over and we all know what is in the hearts of man. I am shunned by fundamentalists and atheists alike and equally. Both side scream at me with insults and judgmental words, but I don't let it bother me and what a person does shouldn't affect me with the same judgementalism and hatred that they have shown against me. I am the only one that has the power to allow myself to feel bitter, resentful, hateful and judgemental and I choose not to feel that way. Look at me. With all the the negativity I have experience from both side of the fence, I cannot and am not willing to judge anyone according to their beliefs, race, nationality, sexual orientation or what they think of me. I will say though that a belief in something positive and higher than yourself will allow a person to experience the positive emotions. No matter if the higher 'something" happens to be your own higher self or a statue that eminates nothing but good or a cow that you believes poops golden patties. As long as you percieve that the "something" is positive, you should experience more positivity in your own actions and thoughts. Negative emotions will eat you up physicall, emotionally and psychologically and nothing good will come of having these negativities.
This is way out there but it almost seems like the whole Universe is a time keeping piece. It seems to me not much different that the inner workings of the old watches where all the pieces are moving at different speeds. Revolutions of heavenly bodies revolving around a central point for example or solarsystem. Bigger systems rotating around a bigger central point, example or solar system in the Sagitarius arm of the milky way revolving around the center of the galaxy. The Mayans measuring 26000 year cycles accurately makes me wonder what other knowledge mankind has lost thoughout time.
Kia, looking for patterns and cycles. Yes random by luck of the draw patterns happen. But there is a pattern to human Spirituality too. Religious symbolism changes according to what astronomical age we are in. A lot of people I don't think can comprehend this cycle or pattern, if so I haven't run into them yet. The ages are roughly 2600 years. The transition is slow and we are now at this time and have been since the 1960's transitioning out of the Age of Pices and into the Age of Aqurius. In other words we are transitioning from the teachings of Christ to the next teacher that will come about. Ever really wonder why a lot of cars have the symbol of the fish representing Christ? It's because of the Age of Pices. A lot of the stories and mythes surrounding Christ has a lot to do with fish. I believe this is more than just a coincidence because the symbolisms of Moses and Abraham match the particular symbol of the age we were in at the time. Remember these ages are astronomical in the sun's elliptical path crossing through the constellation due to the earth's tilt of the axis, It is not astrological. Ever wonder what the Sphinx is? The weathering on the Sphynx matches that of the environment in that area at least 10,000 years ago. 26,000 divided by 2 is 13,000 and halfway between the Age of Aquarius back to the Age of Aquarius is the Age of Leo and I would be willing to bet that the Sphynx pays homage to The Age of Leo.
Kuan Yin. The question for eons has been who or what is God. That is the big unanswerable question. Even people who go through past life regression in a clinical setting can't answer it. This is what gives me some hope that reincarnation is an actual dynamic of human Spirituality. If these recollections from the subconscious or superconscious were just mere fantasies then the mind we would have fantasies of what God is. The one common equation to the question is that God is Love, just like what is written in the Bible and a prevailent message contained in Devine belief systems. One thing I find extrememly interesting and kind of surprising is that subjects under hypnosis liken us as being on a train. God or whatever you call It is the engine and we are on the last car as it's moving down the tracks. They state that we will evolve to the same point when God created us but it's probably impossible for us to ever be at the same level as God Since we are all evolving. They also have stated that God is niether male or female but one in the same, which I am sure others have heard me write on this forum before. Another interesting aspect is that everything is created to evolve. So, according to past life regressions God is above all of our understanding but we can understand the aspect of Pure Love and we will probalby never be on the same level as our Creator but achieve the same levels God has achieved. This leads me to my next question, "If God created us, who created God?" If God is an entity that is evolving according to past life regressions, then it makes sense that there would have to be a beginning with God just like with us. I know, we don't even know or comprehend our own Creator and here I am pondering upon the Creator's Creator. It's just one of the many places my mind goes when I meditate. I really surprise myself that I ain't in a rubber room wearing a straight jacket sometimes. I have to add that there is no specific prevailant religion among the people that experience past life regressions, they are varied throughout the Spiritual Spectrum. Some expetience a sense of Heaven and others Experience Hell. Some experience nothing but others they were close to that have died while other's experience a rejoicing. All for these experiences only last for a short while until the old physical human mindsets are shed and then it is all the same type of experience with slight variations according to life actions.
As for human consciousness though, there are different levels. Where or what they morph into after we are physically dead is a mystery. I do believe they exist outside of the physical body. One reason is because of paranormal activity to where there is no possible explaination for. I study paranormal activity so I know a little about it. Haunting come into two main categories, intellegent and residual. Residual would be like information stored in mineral deposit like limestone and quartz Limestone mixed with running water is a powerful recipe for residual activity and quarts, well it don't need anything. When atmospheric conditions are right, residual activity will occur and is usuall like a recording that will play over and over until those conditions change. More or less like playing a DVD or CD and hitting the button to pause or stop and then hitting play again later. There is nothing that is a willful intellegence controlling it. Itellegent activity is a tough one. When you can ask questions and recieve reactions from something that by all sane thought should not be there is mind opening. A lot of people metally can't handle it and why there is so much negativity surrounding paranormal activity. Also the reason why hollywood make billions from Ghost Stories. We all safely want to experience fear but when the safety is gone and the activity is occring or around you physically, it can be a traumatic event. When you record a disembodied voice in a voice recorder specific to a question you asked especially when it comes to names dates and such and you can back this information up through research, well there is something to it. I have to say though that all of the years I have done this, I have never had a really negative experience. I have however run into mischevious entities, resentful entities, bitter entities and so on. I have also run into happy, humorous and joking entities. I am 100% skeptical and around 96% of what I investigate I can debunk throug natural, mechanical or missunderstood causes but there is that 4% unexplainable with no normal causes.
How many layers of consciousness do we have? For sure without a doubt two; the conscious and the subconscious. Some psychologist believe in a third which is called the superconcsious. I am willing to bet there are many more that we can't experience knowingly. I have read and heard that there are at least 7 which is a powerfully significant number. Whether or not there are 7 I really don't know. Look how hard it is to experience the subconscious consciously. We can through hypnosis and while we are dreaming but tapping into the subconscious and understanding it knowingly is almost impossible. I believe that our consciousness in intellegent energy and since energy can't be destroyed it will continue to exist separate from the human body after a physical death. Where it goes and or what it transforms into is a question of Faith and is answerable only with uncomprehensible knowledge or a physical death.
Anyway, here's some more lunatic thoughts from a madwoman.
