From: ssake@goldthread.com   
      
   Thanks for sharing your experience! Without addressing each point, I'd say   
   that a lot of the questions you raise require a long perspective, meaning, a   
   perspective over a very large number of incarnations. I think we start out   
   just taking this life as all there is and getting totally absorbed in it,   
   and then we realize there is more and we get absorbed in that for awhile,   
   and then we integrate that new understanding and we go back to tackling this   
   life again, from from a different perspective.   
   Steve S.   
      
      
      
      
      
   "alice"  wrote in message   
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   > i had an out-of-body experience while i was awake.   
   > it was sort of like an nde because   
   > while out of body i realized i had   
   > a choice of going back to my body   
   > and finishing my life or not.   
   > i was healthy and happy and sober   
   > at the time, not having ever taken   
   > drugs or medications or anything.   
   > obviously i decided to come back.   
   > one thing i remember is that the walls   
   > were transparent energy, and that for   
   > a moment i became aware of the very   
   > nature and purpose of that energy.   
   > another thing i remember is looking   
   > inside my head.   
   > as strange as it may seem, i actually   
   > witnessed my own brain dreaming   
   > while i was not in my body.   
   > i also remember seeing a lot of what   
   > people call angels, or luminescent beings.   
   > all i can say about that is that there is much   
   > joy in heaven (or wherever those angels are).   
   > when i realized that if i did not go back   
   > to my body i would die, i sort of panicked   
   > and in my enthusiasm to get back into   
   > my body, i shot off the recliner, flew   
   > across the room and hit the wall,   
   > which broke my neck and caused   
   > me to have another obe.   
   > just kidding about that last part  : )   
   > anyway, i seem to have had a life full   
   > of bizarre experiences, and i imagine   
   > most people think i'm a bit odd, so i   
   > don't usually talk about them.   
   > after i tell people about a couple weird   
   > things that have happened to me, they   
   > sort of give me a funny look and don't   
   > inquire about the rest, as if they're afraid   
   > of me, or what i have to say.   
   > i realize that a person can become   
   > fixated by these kind of events in their   
   > life, so much so that they can miss out   
   > on what else life has to offer.   
   > i am working on something, but it's   
   > very difficult.   
   > i call it fundamental change.   
   > what is the difference between one   
   > entity's awareness and another?   
   > what causes this difference?   
   > what causes a person's level of   
   > awareness, and what they are   
   > capable of, to increase?   
   > what controls the rate of increase?   
   > what can one do, or not do, to   
   > cause a fundamental change in   
   > one's awareness?   
   > incarnating works, forcing oneself   
   > to experience physical life first hand,   
   > one will become aware of nature,   
   > of one's nature and relationship.   
   > but what is the difference between   
   > a life well-lived, and a life wasted?   
   > no life is a waste, but some lives   
   > cause a greater fundamental change   
   > in a person.   
   > no one really goes down, or backwards,   
   > or from being fundamentally ahead to   
   > fundamentally behind.   
   > those who really have, have, and will   
   > have more.   
   > those who appear to lose, just never   
   > really had it, they looked good for a   
   > while, but couldn't maintain it, they   
   > were not fundamentally where they   
   > thought they were.   
   > there is no judgment there.   
   > i realize that my abilities are very   
   > limited compared to many.   
   > but what to do to really move ahead,   
   > to facilitate oneself, to be able to see   
   > what one currently cannot see?   
   > to not think about, to just live, to   
   > forget about anything but living itself,   
   > to just plow ahead doing what life   
   > demands, and what most people   
   > seem to be doing, keeping busy,   
   > finding ways to keep busy, making   
   > plans, saving, building, organizing,   
   > whatever it takes to have a square   
   > meal, a place to sleep, for oneself   
   > and one's loved ones.   
   > eventually one begins to question.   
   >   
   >   
      
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