24-01-2019, 12:19 PM
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Re: The final furlong
Life (as in this current physical existence on Earth) is not the end.The greatest lie ever told is that we will "die" or that death is the end.
Ironically speaking, most are trapped in the constant repeating cycle of life. That which we truly are is immortal and has a tendency to attach itself to physical bodies. Anyone who currently believes that they are nothing but their own body might wish to explain how it is you manage to make your skin heal itself when you get a cut. I submit that you have no conscious part in that healing process. Your body does it quite regardless of you and you are powerless to prevent it occurring.
We are NOT our bodies. We are more.
That which is the more part, does not die.
imho
24-01-2019, 12:27 PM
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Re: The final furlong
When we hear of someone we 'know' dying, it starts us off thinking about life, death and everything in between. I mean what is it all about, really?When we go, we have no memory of the things we did so it wouldn't matter if we were Mother Theresa or a mass murderer, all that's left is other people's memory of us. It is difficult for us to imagine 'nothingness'.
So whilst I agree, if there are things you want to do in this life, get on and do them while you still can, I would also say that if you are someone who prefers to sit watching TV and eating crisps, you are not wasting your life, just living it in your own way.
24-01-2019, 12:43 PM
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Re: The final furlong
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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When we go, we have no memory of the things we did so it wouldn't matter if we were Mother Theresa or a mass murderer, all that's left is other people's memory of us. It is difficult for us to imagine 'nothingness'.
Memory as in immediate recall, yes, that ability dies when the brain dies. That memory is equivalent to the RAM chips in a computer. More RAM more memory power but when the computer is switched off that memory dies.
However I believe that everything we experience, every sight, sound, smell, feeling, taste and so on, is recorded elsewhere as a hard copy. This is equivalent to a computer hard disk. Even when the power is turned off, all of that data exists and will be there when power is restored.
I don't know exactly where all the human data is stored, but I expect that it is somewhere in the DNA/RNA and/or quite possibly elsewhere in the spirit/soul or whatever you want to call that other element which is actually our real self.
This imho, is why a new born animal instinctively knows how to do certain things without any tuition. The information is somewhere within their DNA or elsewhere and it allows them to make their early progression through life.
Tiny turtles hatching from eggs buried in the sand emerge and somehow know they must quickly make their way to the sea.
Predatory animals instinctively know what animals to prey on and how to catch them.
Babies instinctively know how to crawl and get somewhere.
I don't know the answers, but I feel sure that all the info is stored somewhere. Which pretty much makes a human being a walking talking video recorder, constantly gathering information from a wide variety of angles and perhaps all of it is being relayed to some vast central computer or intelligent consciousness which is learning all the time.
24-01-2019, 12:52 PM
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Re: The final furlong
Originally Posted by Realist
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I think there is more involved.Memory as in immediate recall, yes, that ability dies when the brain dies. That memory is equivalent to the RAM chips in a computer. More RAM more memory power but when the computer is switched off that memory dies.
However I believe that everything we experience, every sight, sound, smell, feeling, taste and so on, is recorded elsewhere as a hard copy. This is equivalent to a computer hard disk. Even when the power is turned off, all of that data exists and will be there when power is restored.
I don't know exactly where all the human data is stored, but I expect that it is somewhere in the DNA/RNA and/or quite possibly elsewhere in the spirit/soul or whatever you want to call that other element which is actually our real self.
This imho, is why a new born animal instinctively knows how to do certain things without any tuition. The information is somewhere within their DNA or elsewhere and it allows them to make their early progression through life.
Tiny turtles hatching from eggs buried in the sand emerge and somehow know they must quickly make their way to the sea.
Predatory animals instinctively know what animals to prey on and how to catch them.
Babies instinctively know how to crawl and get somewhere.
I don't know the answers, but I feel sure that all the info is stored somewhere. Which pretty much makes a human being a walking talking video recorder, constantly gathering information from a wide variety of angles and perhaps all of it is being relayed to some vast central computer or intelligent consciousness which is learning all the time.
Unfortunately, we will never know the answer, probably even after we die. I can't imagine the 'truth' would ever be revealed to us, which means the only life we know is this one.
24-01-2019, 02:30 PM
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Re: The final furlong
Originally Posted by Realist
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I think there is more involved.Memory as in immediate recall, yes, that ability dies when the brain dies. That memory is equivalent to the RAM chips in a computer. More RAM more memory power but when the computer is switched off that memory dies.
However I believe that everything we experience, every sight, sound, smell, feeling, taste and so on, is recorded elsewhere as a hard copy. This is equivalent to a computer hard disk. Even when the power is turned off, all of that data exists and will be there when power is restored.
I don't know exactly where all the human data is stored, but I expect that it is somewhere in the DNA/RNA and/or quite possibly elsewhere in the spirit/soul or whatever you want to call that other element which is actually our real self.
This imho, is why a new born animal instinctively knows how to do certain things without any tuition. The information is somewhere within their DNA or elsewhere and it allows them to make their early progression through life.
Tiny turtles hatching from eggs buried in the sand emerge and somehow know they must quickly make their way to the sea.
Predatory animals instinctively know what animals to prey on and how to catch them.
Babies instinctively know how to crawl and get somewhere.
I don't know the answers, but I feel sure that all the info is stored somewhere. Which pretty much makes a human being a walking talking video recorder, constantly gathering information from a wide variety of angles and perhaps all of it is being relayed to some vast central computer or intelligent consciousness which is learning all the time.
What an absolute load of Bullsh*t!!!
We're born, we live a while and we die, no sky fairy, no heaven or hell, the body is either planted, crisped or drowned - end of !!!
24-01-2019, 02:48 PM
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Re: The final furlong
Originally Posted by Longdogs
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Only when having your halo fitted.
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