"Joseph Littleshoes" > wrote in message
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> sf wrote:
>> On Thu, 07 May 2009 22:15:40 -0500, Sky >
>> wrote:
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>>>TFM® wrote:
>>>
>>>>What happens when you die?
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to think that the mind lives on. I just don't know.
>>>>
>>>>TFM® - I miss Christy *so* much!
>>>
>>>"Something" happens In that regard, I have 'faith.'
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> Either "something" does or it does not. And if it don't there is nothing
> to be concerned about, unless the loss of the self in existential
> annihilation is either sad or scary to an individual.
>
> As an inevitability it no longer scares me and as far as regret or loss,
> there is a certain comfort in the idea of avoiding any sort of
> phenomenology of the other side, whatever it may be.
>
>>>How do I know? An "out of body" experience is one that many folks do not
>>>experience
>>>(thankfully so!!!). I had an out-of-body experience when I was about
>>>14-years old and have never forgotten how peculiar that 'episode' was. I
>>>had fallen off my bicycle and suffered a rather severe head concussion
>>>- no funny comments from the peanut gallery, eh!!!! <G>. It's rather
>>>too hard to describe, but I truly believe 'Something' is out there.
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> I agree.
>
>>>
>>>Sky, who doesn't know but bets Christy will be there, too
>>
>>
>> I didn't have an out of body experience and I didn't believe in ghosts
>> or spirits, but I've changed my mind. Mom visited me just as I was
>> waking up (to say goodbye), almost exactly 24 hours after her death.
>> The memory comforts me when I miss her.
>>
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> Same here, very soon after, and said to me "Now you know."
>
> And that is but one of many dreams i have had regarding death.
> --
> JL
>

The replies have been from one end of the spectrum to the other.

The question was somewhat rhetorical.

None of us can know until we die.

I thank you all for your input. I know no more for the dialogue, however.

I will continue to live my life until the answer is given to me at the
appointed time.

TFM®