XPost: alt.paranormal.channeling   
   From: JohnD@NoSpam.Com   
      
   "Dick Silk - The Computer Tutor"  wrote in message   
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   > "John D"  wrote in message   
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   > DS>> The sorrow at the loss of your son may possibly be an opportunity for   
   > you   
   >>> to grow in the joy of your faith (if you have one.)  For instance:   
   >>> having dreams / visions of your son could help you gain a much stronger   
   >>> understanding of the afterlife, or the eternal life-- as your life now   
   >>> *does* exist within the framework of eternity.... Your son isn't "dead",   
   >>> he's merely changed realities....   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   > JD> Faith... That's a confusing one. I was raised Catholic but I became a   
   > seeker   
   >> in my teen years. I came to the conclusion that God was Truth and that   
   >> the devil was Fear. I liked the idea that we ascend to higher levels of   
   >> spirituality until we attain the sphere of God. I believe that some   
   >> entity   
   >> greater than our comprehension put all of this in motion. I believe that   
   >> the purpose of physical existence is evolution of the gene. However,   
   >> I have no idea where that evolution is headed, what's the point of   
   >> evolution? I heard a philosopher state that our self awareness is   
   >> the evolution of the universe in becoming self aware.   
   >> I want to know that James is not dissolved into dust and his energy   
   >> scattered throughout the universe. I want to believe that we are   
   >> spiritual beings here for a purpose, to learn lessons then move on.   
   >> Perhaps if I had the sixth sense I could know that there is more to   
   >> this life than working until you can work no more then wither away.   
   >> Or, have your life taken accidentally before you've experienced   
   >> life fully. Hmmm... I may be rambling... How does one begin the   
   >> journey to knowing the spirit? Books? Seminars? Palmists?   
   >> Sorry about that last one...   
   >> Thanks for writing,   
   >> John D.   
   >   
   > Try the "scientific" approach combined with a "philosophic" view:  the   
   > Universe, as we know it, is some 12 to 14 billion years old, despite the   
   > fact that we don't even know if we're just a child Universe of a   
   > pre-existing big-crunch Universe, or possibly a child Universe of two   
   > heterosexual universes?!?!?!  But, I digress...   
   >   
   > Assuming God Created the Universe some 12+billion years ago, and assuming   
   > He did this for the express purpose of allowing us the opportunity to   
   > worship Him (or It, or Whatever...)   
   >   
   > then:   
   >   
   > Can you honestly believe we are only to experience a scant nano-second of   
   > this Creation?  What's a lifetime (70-100 years or so...) in the massive   
   > expanse of 12 BILLION years??  I'm convinced that our souls (well, at   
   > least mine at any rate) are -- at some primordial point -- as old as the   
   > Universe itself.  Perhaps parts of my soul have *evolved* beyond that   
   > primordial state (then again, some would argue it hasn't...!)  :-)  and, I   
   > suspect, my soul will continue to develop far, far, FAR into the future.   
   > This is surely not my only life, and surely will not be my last.   
   >   
   > Silk   
   >   
      
   Along the lines of the Unified String Theory where there are 11 dimensions,   
   the 11th being a thin thread that has an apparent infinite length, that, if   
   intersected by another 11th dimension will spawn a new universe that   
   creates its own space...   
   This creation thing could have been going on for billions of billions of   
   years   
   yielding billions upon billions of universes...   
   But then, what difference does that make?   
      
   I've come to the conclusion that I know there are people on this planet that   
   I can't comprehend... and by that I mean how they are able to conceive   
   concepts that change the direction of humanity, like Einstein, da Vinci,   
   Steven Hawking... well, anyway, if there are humans that far above my   
   mental capacity then trying to imagine who or what God is seems like a   
   waste of time. One concept I've read is that we evolve spiritually to be   
   able to comprehend more and more complex concepts... I like that...   
   eventually attaining the sphere of God. But then there remains, why?   
      
   I agree with you that we are evolving spiritually. But, could it be said   
   that it's just part of the evolution of the gene? Whatever it takes to   
   preserve the gene so that it will continue. If that means we have to be   
   more respectful to each other then that will eventually prevail. If it   
   means we have to care of the earth, eventually we will (I see this   
   starting to happen.)   
      
   Oops... time to get back to work... Later, John D.   
      
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