I am interested in knowing the reasons why people do or do not believe in the afterlife....Can anyone share? ???

I believe because of four general things: (1) although our physican manifestation is in termsof material, our ultimate nature is in terms of awareness (ultimately, entropy, pure information), which has no way to stop existing; (2) I've had meditative experiences that convince me that there's a lot more going on than the everyday world; (3) I started practice as a psychoanalyst, using hypnosis for speed and depth. But I've had so many people to come to me with problems arising from past lives that I've restyled my practice to past life work plus hyno-analysis. (4) My background is hard core math modelling of the topology of subjective states, but it has implications for expected experiences if an afterlife is real. Bruce's Afterlife Study book essentially repeats the same information from a "how to do it" perspective. Agreement of people who do widely different things suggests that there must be some underlying truth. I suggest that you learn how to do it and see if it doesn't convince you too.

dave

Hey mariaelenaa,    What Dave says, rings true for me: 'awareness... has no way to stop existing'.  I know that there is an afterlife through experiencing different things. One is practicing 'seeing into the nature of one's own mind',  meditation.  "Discover what's unchanging", that's the only instruction my meditation teacher gave me in all those years of sitting with him.  28 years pass ( i'm a slow student) and  I see what he was pointing out. There IS something unchanging about awareness, something sky-like (at the same time there's this radiance, this expression, unchanging doesn't mean static....)  But first it was lucid dreaming and obes (beginning at a very early age) that made me know that non-physical reality is just that; reality...  Hey, YOU can find out for yourself the reality of the afterlife. See for yourself that it's ALL life, there is no dividing line between life & death, awareness is seamless, it's 'all of one piece'. So, welcome to the site!  Read the articles above. Bruce Moen's work has been invaluble to me, has made a real impact in my life. You've come to the right place,  Tim

Hi Everyone-

I am asking for some help.  I have searched vastly on the internet for information regarding children and ghosts to no avail.  I then put in the search tool "Are ghosts real".  This website was the first and to me the most viable.  O.K., last week my 3 yrs. and 5 mos. old son was lying on the couch with me and I was watching a movie.  He looks in the doorway behind me and points and I turned around and looked and there was no one there...and I told him so.  He pointed again and I repeated myself.  He then placed his hands over his eyes and ran into his room.  Practically everynight at the same time as this first encounter I have heard someone come through our wrought iron door...one night I was watching television and my ice maker and water dispenser on the outside of my refrigerator went on and off very quickly and I saw this out of the side of my eye through the reflection of the microwave.  I then have heard at night the same noise with the icemaker and my glass being lifted up and down.  I haven't told anyone this information...not even my husband.  One night...I had a very real dream about somebody poking at me and I yelled at the top of my lungs to knock it off.  The next morning, my husband said it was some deep seated anxiety I am having.  Here is where I need help...is it true children can see things adults cannot due to the fact that we have been told that it is not real?  The beginning of this website indicates that ghosts are real people without bodies, and they just need to figure out where to go, or they are telling us something about us.  Any ideas or thoughts from anyone?  I would really prefer somebody with some experience in this matter.  Also, my neighbor across the street just passed away from colon cancer at the young age of 46.  Could it be him?  Thanks in advance.

  Welcome to the board mom of 3,   I sent you a private message. Look above, it should say "Hey, momof3, you have 1 message" ( of course you might have more).  Click on it and you'll be able to read it. If you start your own thread here with your questions, it might be noticed more than if it's just part of this thread... I will respond, in the ways I can, to some of your questions later, when I'm back on this computer. Hopefully others will respond also.  Much love to you my friend,  Tim

  Hey mom of 3,   Here's something you can try when this phenomena occurs again.  It's called 'sending perfect unconditional love'.  It could also be called 'love for nothing in particular'.  First evoke the feeling of  love in your heart . This can be done by remembering a time of deep love; I've used the image of one of my cats or my partner. ( You might think of your son for instance). Once the feeling is there in a real way, (in present time), let the image go and allow the love to expand. ( kinda natural for love to do).  Then send the love to the energy that is causing disruption in your home; this could be visualized as a ball of light , or any way that feels right for you; it doesn't have to be a visual thing, but it's definitely a felt thing....  The theory is that fear cannot exist in the same place as love.  Try doing this; as a theory it's sweet; but as a practice it's powerful and effective....  Come back here and post your experiences.  You are not alone. These things are more common then you may have realized.     Best to you,   Tim

Before I read Bruce's books, I figured there was an afterlife but never really gave much thought as to what it was like. After I read his books, I felt such a resonance with his experiences and knew I had to do them too.  Since then I've visited the afterlife many, many times and I KNOW that's where I've been when I journey there. Just as Mark replied to you, there is a 'gut feeling', a knowing.

Love, Mairlyn 

About 10-12 yrs ago after reading RAM books and realizing that what i was feeling/seeing were not just part of my imagination but was real, t'was a truning point in my life. And then Bruce came along with his teaching and it kind of anchor all those knowings into one.
Since then i truly believe there is an afterlife because of my personal experiences that i had while "THERE".
Thanks to Bruce and Monroe Books and a few more writers who show/paved the way for us to travel/experience on our own, to discover the truth.
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With love
Romain