"desperatly need to beleive" That's the key to understanding all spiritual beliefs. The 'fear of the unknown' is the root of the 'fear of death'. For the common man (99.99%) the imagination is the only relief. For the weak imagination, there are plenty of dogmas to ascribe to for the comfort needed. Imagining a dogma to be true is good enough for holding the 'fear' at bay.
An eternal Life without the elements of Life is a joke. It's a ridiculous fabrication of the imagination. There is absolutely no substance to the idea. Every belief of an after Life has absolutely no other source of verification than the human 'living' mind's imagination. Everything spiritual has the Life as a reference point. All of the mystical mediums can gain the knowledge, they claim comes from the dead, from the collective intelligence of mankind. The collective intelligence is the only thing 'spiritual' about mankind. You are not alone, but we are very few who can face the 'fear'. peace & Love On May 16, 4:24 am, buddahspath <[email protected]> wrote: > just pondering a thought after a tramatic funeral and evening of > emotional arguments between me[AGNOSTIC PHILOSIPHER] and my family > fundementalist christians. who desperatly need to beleive what they > have taught to believe is reality.i beleve to be irrational > brainwashing! i am well aware that i have no comforting fairy tales of > wonderful afterlife.i seriously doubt that a eternal life with no > interestig challenges would be a tortureous hell! but maybe there > could be some sort of nirvanic stages to grow as individuals and > universe? but i guess as long my brain,heart,lungs and nervous system > cooperate i journey through my own dream,fantasies and delusions of my > imagination! doubt that i am the only souljourner on the road less > travelled! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
