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  Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999

  by moshe in

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  i have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).

  we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).

  they told my dad, it's time to go.

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  These scriptures are interesting in talking about soul , spirit & physical body

  John 11:26 ......“everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.”
  Matthew 10:28 where Jesus said, “[Do] not be afraid of those who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul (psuche); rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

  As there is a physical body, so there is also a spiritual body. ~~~ 1 Cor. 15: 44

  Eccl.12:7 [nwt]
  Then the dust returns to the earth just as it happened to be and the spirit itself returns to the [true] God who gave it.

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  What is the physical cause for gravity or, to say, mathematics? How the neurons create language?
  . And nobody calls them "material." Nobody has doubts that they are non-material. And, yes, they hardly exist without the material presence of the sign. But nobody messes up the essence of mathematics and language, and it is not material
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  Moshe received proof of a spiritual afterlife in 1999

  by moshe in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have posted this experience of mine before- it's time to resurrect it again.. in 1999 i was in bed asleep and i had a dream- my father and i were shoping at a clothing store called fazios, that i hadn't been inside since i was a boy (closed for many years).

  we were looking at some denim overhalls and in walks my mother and brother ( she died in 1991 and my brother had died five months previously).

  they told my dad, it's time to go.

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  Quantum Entanglement

  There does seem to be an interconnectedness with people. Studies on twins seem to show an almost psychic abiltiy between them.
  What is quantum entanglement? Nobody this side of Heaven really knows. In one of his more memorable quotes, Einstein called it "spooky action at a distance

  What quantum entanglement means, to greatly simplify the matter, is that if two particles are entangled, if you observe the state of one particle, then the other particle will be in the same state... except that as soon as one particle is observed in any way, the other particle is automatically disentangled and is forced to take on its own state.

  I realized then that if complex molecules - which can be a billion times or more larger than elementary particles like quarks - can be entangled in the same manner as quarks then there should be no reason that entanglement would not affect our very bodies, and even be seen or felt by our consciousnesses!

  http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/quantum-entanglement-quantum-biology-and-a/

  I am personally an identical (monozyygotic twin more correctly)

  I have exact DNA as my brother...many won't believe this.. but it is a fact for identical twins

  Once as a small child I was hang upside down by a spike on the side of an old garage on our farm (I always loved to climb got myself in a bind )... blood was rushing to my head. This garage was some distance from our house. We were so young that we knew few words. but my brother got my mom's attention by pulling at her and pointing.. he was upset by something my mother told me. So she followed him and found me upsidedown on the spike. Even years later she would say to me how did your brother know you were in trouble ? How did he know ?
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  Do you believe in Love?

  by freeflyingfaerie in

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  maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

  you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

  just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

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  Romatic love is spiritual according to this...

  For many people the experience of romantic love is their first experience of spirituality, although they may not know it.

  The First Stage of Love: Attraction

  The Second Stage of Love: Infatuation

  The Third Stage of Love: Communion

  The Law of Communion says that communion is contact of soul with soul. Communion is the sharing of spirit. Therefore, communion is the basis oftrust. In this stage, lovers move into territory of the unknown, taking from each other what they did not possess alone.

  The Fourth Stage of Love: Intimacy

  The Fifth Stage of Love: Surrender and Non-Attachment
  The Law of Surrender says that losing yourself in another person is the best way to find your true self. Surrender is the result of relinquishing the ego’s last claims to separation. Surrender and non-attachment open the door to the miraculous, because miracles exist outside the realm of I, me, and mine.

  The Sixth Stage of Love: Passion

  The Seventh Stage of Love: Ecstasy
  The Law of Ecstasy says that ecstasy is our original state. This is where we come from, the Garden of Eden, the state of grace to which we shall one day return. Ecstasy is the final stage of intimacy with spirit that flows through love.
  Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-7-spiritual-laws-of-love.html#ixzz24D4yn5Ir
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  JWs And Near Death Experiences

  by Cold Steel in

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  Makes you wonder about the difference between the body and the spirit. Is continual life of the spirit after the body dies implied here ?
  
  and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it (Ecclesiastes 12:7).

  The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you - all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones - all those who were kings over the nations (Isaiah 14:9).

  As JW's we are taught that the soul is you... but how does this fit in ?

  1 Kings 17:21-22
  King James Version (KJV)
  21 And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again.
  22 And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived

  Are life and death are two states of existence, rather than existence and non-existence. ?
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  The music that moves you....

  by FlyingHighNow in

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  once when i was profoundly sad for too many days, my brother in law sent us a mix tape.

  he named each song after a person in our family.

  this is the one he named heather.

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_20Aq_Y2k8
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  Humility

  by still thinking in

  1. jw
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  when the world gets too much...and i think my troubles are too big...i think about this....and it puts everything back into perspective.. .

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ga2w-qrcg&feature=related.

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  caliber

  but the orginal video talks about the centre of the universe.... 2:30 - 2:53 ..our earth ( Sun system) being on an arm far from the centre.

  the first video (7033 )& post (7040) are not in agreement it appears to me

  there is no centre of the universe! According to the standard theories of cosmology, the universe started with a "Big Bang" about 14 thousand million years ago and has been expanding ever since. Yet there is no centre to the expansion; it is the same everywhere

  Houston we have problem !
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  Humility

  by still thinking in

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  when the world gets too much...and i think my troubles are too big...i think about this....and it puts everything back into perspective.. .

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ga2w-qrcg&feature=related.

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  caliber

  “To find the balance you want, this is what you must become. You must keep your feet grounded so firmly on the earth that it's like you have 4 legs instead of 2. That way, you can stay in the world. But you must stop looking at the world through your head. You must look through your heart, instead. That way, you will know God.”
  ? Elizabeth Gilbert

  If man is no the the centre of the universe who or what is ?
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  Humility

  by still thinking in

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  when the world gets too much...and i think my troubles are too big...i think about this....and it puts everything back into perspective.. .

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ga2w-qrcg&feature=related.

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  We are at the edge of the universe then .... Bee Gees got it right

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQVmN-NTZ_M
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  Do you believe in Love?

  by freeflyingfaerie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

  you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

  just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

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  caliber

  spir·i·tu·al (spr-ch-l)

  adj. 1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material All emotions are spiritual , abstract things... the second adjective shows the context of what I meant in my statement. ....there are four meanings for spiritual given here but this one fits the context of my statement The Spirit of Love", the "Spirit of Fear", "Spirit of hate" are examples of emotions...
  You cant "see" emotions but we know that they are there and we know that they affect our minds and bodies. Stress, for example, is an emotion that comes from "the spirit of fear
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  Do you believe in Love?

  by freeflyingfaerie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  maybe you are an atheist.. maybe you are agnostic.. you have left a cult, left behind an entire belief system, complete with detailed instructions on how to live..rules to follow for every aspect of your very life.

  you know it was a big lie.. you are now naked, staring at your soul.

  just you, just your own thoughts, just your own voice, your own feelings.

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  Who gets to decide what is loving and what isn't? And how do you make a judgement ?

  Of course each individual decides this for themselves. It is an individual , internal assessment

  It is an assessment within your own heart ... these are not that things you even try to enforce upon others (this would be arrogance )

  All emotions are spiritual , abstract things, still this does that make them delusions ... they are things of your spirit

  they can and do exist .... but try to prove it with hard facts.... impossible... try to see the beauty & mystery in abstract things

  I say

  Notice also I said

  if I must believe in just one judgement... not that this is my desire or wish practice ... never the less we all make

  internal assessments

  daily I assume. Judgement is not a word I take kindly to.

  All the other questions are for you to answer yourself .. why would I try to impose my thoughts upon you ?

  Love begins with trust and the first person you must trust is yourself

  Sometimes I see a lot of what I consider to be FAKE love....should I JUDGE that? (

  I believe you have already made a personal judgement here in your own mind

  but that is yours to decide