You have air food and water and so on in this earth, of course we need it here. But not in the so called afterlife or eternal life. I suppose this is where we talk about different things, you talk about life as a physical human. I am more interested of what would be after death.
I sayd you get what you intend. What you intend to this after-death, that is what you might get, if your intent is strong enough. Why would I want to intend emptiness after death?
Im going to address this a bit. Taimi, I am not singling you out. Really I am writing for anyone in here, or say other travelers who may arrive one day. Basically on the afterlife.
What I believe, and some do here, is consciousness travels. Buddhists say it is a 'stream of consciousness' hindus say a soul, Toltec, simply awareness and we know what awareness is. Basically, there are slight differences, but I believe we are speaking of the same thing, in what travels in the end.
Certain aspects of this 'stream of consciousness,' will not differ all that much upon travel. So say if you were unhappy in life, an afterlife, whether into the infinite, whether into the beak to be spat out again, or a new life, if you were not 'happy,' if you could not find any joy in life, you thought life sucked, or you were just hoping for something 'better than here,' ultimately, no matter where you go, where you end up, that consciousness will remain the same. That is the lesson of samsara. If you cannot free yourself of suffering here, you wont 'here there or anywhere.' You will still be miserable. Say even you end up in a peaceful paradise like Jesus spoke of. Say that it is. You will not like it much better than the human realm, if your attitude on life, is bad, here. There is a saying in the magical folk, 'as above so below.' I think of that, and ultimately somethings do change, but somethings remain the same. The only definite way, of getting 'out' of the suffering, to be free of this wheel of samsara, is to find the happiness, the bliss, the contentment, and the joy, in the here and now. Here and now, is Buddhist, its alse a big thing by Eckhart Tolle, and with his help, has helped many others. Many people are getting 'hip' that the here and now, is where we achieve our goals. Some say life is like a school, and it really is. This is where we get our education. And many like michael say weve attended school many lifetimes, over and over, and we do so, because there is a lot of learning to do, which ultimately is developing the consciousness. To evolve, to grow, so we can acheive our ultimate goal.
Michael and I agree the paths do diverge. Sure some might end up in a heaven, hey maybe they're right? But that consciousness, will be what will be. If one was angry and bitter in life, they will be, wherever they end up. If they were violent, they will be violent where they end up. If they were loving, then love wil prevail and guide them. So ultimately we must find peace, here, and now. Not later, not anticipate some 'happy ending' for us. The work must always be here, in this life. This place, this 'here and now' is the determining factor in what our result will be. Life is our cause, as everything is cause and effect.
Here and now, as I said, is where we experience the eternal. No place else. If we cannot free ourselves here, we will be in bondage, 'there.'
