--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" <awoelflebater@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltablues@> > wrote: > > > > But what if you wish for something really really hard, then I think it > > could come true, right? > > > > Like one time I wished on a star for ten days straight for something I > > really, really wanted and on the eleventh day do you know what happened? > > > > A 12 inch pianist knocked on my door. > > I don't get it.
That's because most men don't have 12-inch penises. > > > > I figure God's wish spell check app sucks as badly as ours does, but I > > still consider it a proof of concept even if it wasn't exactly what I was > > asking for. > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" > > <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Emily Reyn <emilymae.reyn@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Read the book and get back to me...your research is perhaps not > > > > comprehensive enough......"There are two ways to be fooled. Â One is to > > > > believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is > > > > true." - Soren Kierkegaard > > > > > > > > > > Only *two* ways to be fooled? You are overly optimistic. Delusion is a > > > primary human characteristic. > > > > > > I have not read this book, probably have not the time. I read another one > > > though - 'the Spiritual Doorway in the Brain' by Kevin Nelson, a > > > neurologist who has been studying this phenomenon for some 30 years. He > > > came to a different conclusion: > > > > > > Some comments on the Alexander book by others: > > > > > > http://www.salon.com/2012/11/26/dr_eben_alexanders_so_called_after_life/ > > > > > > http://www.realitysandwich.com/when_proof_not_enough_eben_alexander > > > > > > http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/science-on-the-brink-of-death > > > > > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1385027/Revealed-The-truth-near-death-experiences.html > > > > > > I tend to think life after death is an idiotic concept if one is > > > attempting to be 'spiritual'. > > > > > > All experiences require consciousness. That is what the 'spirit' in > > > 'spiritual' is. It is associated with every possible experience, and it > > > does not matter if you can come up with a definition for it or not, we > > > all have it. If it was not there, zero experience. No matter what > > > experience, consciousness is there, pure existential value. Spiritually > > > this what we are. This is our location. It does not matter what the > > > experience is or where it seems to be, the consciousness is there as its > > > container so to speak. Nothing outside of it can be an experience or > > > knowable. Therefore it is meaningless to discuss other places one can be. > > > One's life is just this sparkling whatever it is that makes experience > > > possible. It is always where you are, because it is you. The other you, > > > the 'me' is just a story inside this container that makes life knowable. > > > Its a selective, quirky narrative about the relationships within the > > > larger container of experience, and that narrative typically borders on > > > insanity. > > > > > > The people who have NDEs are alive. People who are dead tell us nothing. > > > That is the logical gap that makes evaluation of this situation > > > impossible to resolve. > > > > > > Note that about 10% of NDE experiences recorded are hellish. > > > > > > Perhaps the attitude one has toward this issue is related to the answer > > > to this question: 'Are you afraid to die?' My experience is that people > > > who believe in an afterlife often seem very fearful of death. They > > > believe they are going to a much better place, but seem to have a strong > > > resistance to be in that better place. > > > > > >
