Don, I can identify with what you are saying here.  Some years ago my energies would have an effect on mechanical things such as my car.  I could go to the grocery store for example and when I was done shopping, I’d get in my car and it wouldn’t start.  This happened quite frequently over several months.  There was nothing wrong with the car according to the mechanics that who had checked it.  Also, anyone else that I asked could get in and start it right up.  I constantly had to ask strangers if they would start my car for me. 

Other things happened, too, like windshield wipers start working without me turning them on, or stop working when I needed them most.  Door locks would also lock or unlock.  Seemed like I was always breaking something.  Eventually I figured out that if I could break it, I could fix it by “blending” with it.  My emotions seemed to play a part in this.  If I was rushed, upset about something, angry, etc., I broke things.  If my emotions were smooth and calm, I could fix things.  Some time passed and others things had happened, but eventually I learned to direct the energy I was running and I eventually learned how to run healing energy.

Guess what I’m saying is that it may only be a matter of you learning to direct the energy you are running.

Love and peace,
Kathy

Brendan,

actually I'm sure it happens for songs you like and dislike.

The human brain is made in such a way that we easily see what is going against the norm. This is also why we tend to remember exceptions.

So if you dislike something or a bad event happens to you, you WILL remember them. Good things tend to be forgotten since there is no point in remembering them.

This is also why we tend to remember exceptions.

AHA... welcome to MY thread, Mr. Howes. 8)
You speak of a "firm anchor" for my beliefs as
being a desirable, or even necessary, thing.
But consider this.
Science is based on an ever-changing view of
reality. Indeed, the STRENGTH of science (and I
DO believe it ultimately has the answer for
EVERYTHING... there is no such thing as magic,
J.D.) is that it constantly EVOLVES. What we thought
was true yesterday, is false today. We adapt our
worldview. And so progress marches on...
Would you call SCIENCE insanity, Mr. Howes? After all, it is not based a a "firm anchor of belief"... indeed, if it had one, it would not function.
You would have me believe that it is better to have
an UNCHANGING, rock-solid, unassailable belief system... You know, Mr. Howes... there was a time when almost everybody (including the "scientists" such as they were) believed this.
We call it "The Middle Ages." During that era (500-1500 A.D.) writers called it the "Age of Faith." One thousand years of stagnation, barbarism, and institutionalized STUPIDITY. (And it could happen... AGAIN, Mr. Howes. Watch the news...)
Not a time I'd have wanted to live in... how about YOU, J.D.???
In the spirit of INQUIRY, I am happy to see my beliefs evolve... for that is the only way to the truth. Science's track record PROVES it, my friend.
And to conclude... in our back-and-forth exchanges, I have noticed something about you and myself, Mr. Howes.
You crave security, and emotional salve (i.e., certainty and stability.)
I crave freedom, and adventure (i.e., change and possibility.)
F'rinstance, I'm guessing you'd enjoy "Family Circus." Me, I'm more of a "Far Side" kind of guy (*SIGH*... in comic strips, only the good die young...)
We're two different men, you and I. But isn't variety the spice of life? If there is some kind of "God", I cannot help but believe he/she/it would agree...
Cheers,

B-man

[quote author=Snoopydoo
Hi,
I was wondering, for those of you who claim to have gone out of their body and float near the ceiling.
Can't you get someone to put a written message on top of a cabinet inside your room so that when you go out-of-body, you could actually see the message and report back afterwards?
This to me would prove that someone could go OBE and is ot in a dream which may seem real but is not...
Did someone here ever did that?
Thanks [/quote]


Hi SnoopyDoo!

I thought I'd answer your question before it gets totally lost in this thread.  I remember hearing of this kind of OBE experiment many years ago.  It is too long ago for me to remember the exact details but yes it's been done. 

What I know from OBE's is that the information we perceive while out of body can get distorted by us, so that we interpret it into something else.  This is not true of all things, of course, but just some things. 

For instance, an author I like to read stated she had an OBE and walked around inside her house but discovered there was a window and a potted plant that didn't exist in the physical world.  Another author talked about seeing a door leading to a basement during his OBE, but he knew in the physical world his house didn't have a basement. 

These things don't mean that the OBE wasn't a real experience.  Just know that your perception in an OBE won't be exactly how you see in the physical world.  I myself have had this happen, where one detail is altered but all the other facts and details are exact and can be proven. 

Vicky

Dear Brendan,

Nothing in my replies can be deemed inappropriate for discussion... just simple biology analogy, logic & direct questions. You said yourself your background is in human biology ... and I enjoy writing about what people can relate to. These open forum strings are designed to "invite" new ideas, open-minds and sharing... not for rejecting such things. 

You've enjoyed emotionally flaming me without mercy on my "How Are You Dealing With The Afterlife" forum. Bruce Moen doesn't appreciate that kind of behavior from anyone... and I agree.(See Forum Rules) It ruins discussion strings for everyone. Wouldn't you agree?

My guess is, my discussion string really struck a nerve with you to react so...fervently... you can't fool me, my friend. Think what you may of me... it matters not... what I care about... is you. 

Now, you are all upset because I asked several well-focused questions... and now you don't want to chat? Tsk Tsk

What a shame... if these simpler spiritual questions upset you then I am glad I did not ask some even harder ones. You see, when you dig for truth... you ask more questions... and so forth. It's called learning...

I hope you find the answers you seek... but whining about people who don't play by your rules will never change life, reality or the afterlife.

I wish you well...

P.S. My forum string is closed - Per Bruce

Author JD Howes
www.jdhowes.com

Brendan,

I've spent a great many years studying a wide range of belief systems... and personally... Atheism is my favorite because of the incredible amount of faith it takes not to believe in God or anything... in spite of the overwhelming levels of complex data that says otherwise...

Now, Buddism is coming in a close second because it's native roots can be traced back to a man making the first scientific notes about nature and building a natural religion around it based on his observations. -But I digress...

And when it comes to those sharing their opinions, essays and viewpoints on Chrisitanity... it's just the same old derogatory slamming show. It gets kinda boring after a while reading the same old uninformed stuff... sorry, but you guys really need to get some new material. The old arguments just don't hold water.

You see, as I've pointed out on many occasions... emotional insults are all that are left to someone who cannot defend their thoughts, ideaologies, beliefs or position on anything. The problem with believing in nothing is... it leaves you weak, vulnerable and empty... and at a great disadvantage when so much evidence dictates the opposite. 

I may be an real annoyance to many because of my rock solid beliefs in Jesus Christ; others may question my motives, emotional stability and such... but I just consider the source. I know what I know because I survived long enough to learn something new. I've been baptized in the fires, trials and hatreds of life and have won these spiritual battle wounds the hard way.

I'm no simpleton quoting pie-in-the-sky philosophies... I LIVE MY FAITH EVERY DAY. I SEE MY FAITH & BELIEF IN GOD BECOME REAL... EVERYDAY. I have an imperfect viewpoint on my faith in God because I try making him what I THINK HE SHOULD BE... and usually isn't! And since I've finally learned whose the boss in my life... I've learned God's ways really do make sense for this life. Annoying... yes... but smart!

I BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BRENDAN. I Believe In God. I am stronger for it than you... NOT BETTER. I've quit fighting my Creator because I realized how stupid I looked doing so... when I got real and weighed the real evidences of life more objectively... over a 20 year period.

More than that... my faith in GOD is REAL because it has literally saved my life several times when I should have died... and did not. And no rational or scientific explantion could be provided.

Brendan, I was not kidding, joking or ridiculing you when I said I care what happens to you. I really do want you to find your answers. I want everyone on this site to find what they are looking for!

And I want those answers to calm all your anger, fears and frustrations with this life and give you all the stability, confidence, blessings and joyful strength you are entitled to. It just takes tapping into a power source stronger than yourself to grow beyond what you thought was possible for your life.

Don't take my word for it... like everyone else, I've just shared what has worked wonderfully for me. I take immense pride in Jesus Christ... not as a religion... but as the person he has revealed himself to me as over the years through the lives of others.

Please don't settle for anything less than the best spiritual power for your life, my friend.

No matter how much you may not like me, flame me, annoy me, get frustrated and dog me...etc. I WILL STILL BELIEVE IN YOU, Brendan...

And I will continue to make it my focus to encourage you, lift you up, treat you respectfully and always be completely honest with you. As a human being you deserve to be treated with dignity.

I am not here to win... I am not here to feel superior... I am not here to uphold my ego... I am here to be real. I am here to speak what I know to be true; have experienced personally and stand on confidently until the day my personal deadline carries me into the afterlife.

Something this awesome should be shared with all... If I can't trust Christ with my life how can I dare trust him with my eternity?


JD

WELL said, Blink.
And I have nothing more to say to J.D.,
as I have no interest in being drawn into
a U.S. in Iraq-equivalent "intellectual quagmire"
which will at best end up going in a circle. The current Iraq debacle is a good analogy, really... I'd have rationality and logic (POWER!) on my side (like the U.S.) but he's got obstinacy and thick-skulled PERSEVERANCE on his side (like the insurgents.) AND, just like George Bush being interviewed on the eve of our ill-advised excursion into Iraq in 2003, he'll just keep drumming on the same response ("Weapons of Mass Destruction"/ "Something REAL to Believe In") to every question and statement I pose. When I get tired and quit (like the U.S. eventually will in Iraq) he can then call himself the winner (like Al-Qaeda will when we pull out.) "Guerrilla Warfare" debating anyone? I'll take a raincheck.
Our friend Mr. Howes claims miracles from his "God";
he refuses to see that followers of other faiths,
belief systems (or lack thereof!) and what have
you can lay claim to similar experiences.
I myself have had some VERY close scrapes, and I
was a mechanistic materialist atheist for most of my
life! Yet here I am... alive, kicking, and well.
Mr. Howes wants to "kow-tow" to a "King" that
OTHER FALLIBLE HUMANS told him about? Good
for him. Me, I'll find my own way... like the rest of
the fallible humans who come to this awesome
site to LEARN, not proselytize, threaten, or insult.
I mean... is Ultimate Truth like a hot potato, to be
handed to the next fallible person, who frantically
hands it to the NEXT fallible person, ad nauseum? (Hey - I just described the very ESSENCE of proselytizing..!) I think NOT.
...AMEN.

B-man