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   yes, i have reason to expect that reincarnation is a reality.   
   i was once visited by a spirit of sorts during a quiet, soul-searching   
   moment   
   spirit of sorts - my apologies but you didn't leave a name!   
   and the entity took me on a bit of a (what i think was a) reincarnational   
   trip   
   in which i ended up getting frightened, at which point he/she/it let me down   
   easy.   
   i was shown/re-lived a life about 150-200 years ago in the area where my   
   ancestors lived, so i am inclined to think it was me.   
   i re-lived the life in an astonishing way, not just from her perspective   
   but from that of everyone involved, all at once.   
   and i am a rather skeptical person, i don't believe anything.   
   i wouldn't have thought it so before, but what is called   
   the akashic records really does seem to exist.   
   at the end of the experience, i saw the person's card,   
   in what seemed to be an endless row of cards.   
      
      
   "Steve S."  wrote in message   
   news:sby4d.97571$D%.8384@attbi_s51...   
   > Thanks for sharing your experience! Without addressing each point, I'd say   
   > that a lot of the questions you raise require a long perspective, meaning,   
   a   
   > perspective over a very large number of incarnations. I think we start out   
   > just taking this life as all there is and getting totally absorbed in it,   
   > and then we realize there is more and we get absorbed in that for awhile,   
   > and then we integrate that new understanding and we go back to tackling   
   this   
   > life again, from from a different perspective.   
   > Steve S.   
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   > "alice"  wrote in message   
   > news:Yyg4d.14923$bL1.842855@news20.bellglobal.com...   
   > > 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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