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sendero

(28,552 posts)
89. you can also..
Sun Feb 24, 2013, 11:12 AM
Feb 2013

... "see the light" by closing your eyes and pressing on them in various ways.

Natural phenomenon, yes. Spiritual relevance, no.

living like today was my last one In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #1
Sad...I was expecting Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #25
timing is everything In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #26
Is that the secular version of 72 virgins? undeterred Feb 2013 #39
absolutely...I don't think Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #40
Reading this post. WilliamPitt Feb 2013 #2
Replying to this point Duer 157099 Feb 2013 #10
Regreting I read this post. This is depressing. Katashi_itto Feb 2013 #63
You're in a dark place today, my dear Taverner... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #3
Excellent Poem! Taverner Feb 2013 #11
Aw, thank you! I'm glad you like it... CaliforniaPeggy Feb 2013 #22
Kudos to you Peggy Frosty1 Feb 2013 #154
Prove it. Wait Wut Feb 2013 #4
RIGHT now? DFW Feb 2013 #5
Where do you get tangarines this time of year? TrogL Feb 2013 #21
Mostly from countries within a 3 to 4 hour flight from here DFW Feb 2013 #54
i believe differently from you so i see life differently loli phabay Feb 2013 #6
"Hell is other people" - Sartre Gorp Feb 2013 #7
Oh No! Does this mean also no rainbow bridge???? HERVEPA Feb 2013 #8
Or no doggie heaven? I was hoping to see my canine friends. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #14
this whole topic is a not true trueblue2007 Mar 2013 #167
Waiting around to die. callous taoboy Feb 2013 #9
Did I just hear a request for Townes Van Zandt? Taverner Feb 2013 #12
For you, I'd go with this pintobean Feb 2013 #19
Visited Townes' grave a few years ago. That was heavy. callous taoboy Feb 2013 #31
The version from "Heartworn Highways" is just staggering. nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #113
That was beautifully moving Frosty1 Feb 2013 #155
I'm respectfully disagreeing with you. Loryn Feb 2013 #13
I disagree with thee! I disagree with thee! I disagree with thee! Taverner Feb 2013 #16
Any evidence for this disagreement, or do you just feel you need to believe it? HERVEPA Feb 2013 #18
no. n/t orleans Feb 2013 #53
I'm hoping that intelligent life somewhere in the universe aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2013 #15
"He who is not busy being born is busy dying" - Bob Dylan eom Taverner Feb 2013 #17
imo: Dylan is wise In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #62
I believe it's all Energy. Up to us how we use it--whether we seek the growth/better/wise BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2013 #20
Since resuscitation methods have improved, millions who would have died in the past are now being Cal33 Feb 2013 #23
The "white light" reported is just what your synapses do when shutting down Taverner Feb 2013 #24
Thank you. nt raccoon Feb 2013 #27
There are international institutions that have been involved in debates and discussions Cal33 Feb 2013 #28
If this is true, why have scientists never been able to document "out of body experiences"? Taverner Feb 2013 #29
Questions like yours have been asked thousands of times. If you do not intend to do Cal33 Feb 2013 #30
These charlatans fake corrleation for cause... Taverner Feb 2013 #76
wow-- orleans Feb 2013 #86
Any research that does not use the Scientific Method is flawed Taverner Feb 2013 #129
Question...how would a born-blind patient know how to describe things around him/her? Heddi Feb 2013 #116
To begin with (1) The patient also described what s/he had heard the doctors Cal33 Feb 2013 #122
You do know that blind people use the part of their brain, normally used for sight... Taverner Feb 2013 #144
I have not heard of this before. But I am familiar with the idea that it is possible for nearby Cal33 Feb 2013 #146
I see it as the other way around, we created god in Man's image Taverner Feb 2013 #148
Yes, many are doing that, especially those who claim that others who don't believe the way they do, Cal33 Feb 2013 #160
that seems clear to me too. barbtries Feb 2013 #163
Especially since gawd evolved as man did Taverner Mar 2013 #164
This thought has crossed my mind also: The representation of God as an old man in the clouds Cal33 Mar 2013 #166
I watch a lot of people die and I personally think you are wrong. mucifer Feb 2013 #119
not all the nde report seeing any white light even though ALL of their orleans Feb 2013 #55
I agree ~ open your mind In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #64
My mind is open to reasonable explanation Taverner Feb 2013 #74
who said anything about heaven? i certainly did not. orleans Feb 2013 #85
welcome back In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #90
What you are implying is that the human brain (or at least the brightest ones) is capable of Cal33 Feb 2013 #91
Why? Why does gravity bring you toward it rather than push you away? Taverner Feb 2013 #159
There are more things on heaven and Earth Horatio.... Frosty1 Feb 2013 #156
Perhaps, but the only way we can truly understand them is Scientific Research Taverner Feb 2013 #158
There is no evidence that it's "your synapses." You choose to believe that, like others Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #79
There is actually quite a bit of evidence... Taverner Feb 2013 #81
I'm familiar with scientists' explanations. It's not evidence of anything. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #84
you can also.. sendero Feb 2013 #89
An interesting website felix_numinous Feb 2013 #32
What am I doing right now? davidthegnome Feb 2013 #33
I can only go by the evidence Taverner Feb 2013 #34
There may be evidence beyond your evidence. kwassa Feb 2013 #43
This may be true, but Occam's Razor suggests not Taverner Feb 2013 #111
You may be right. davidthegnome Feb 2013 #47
it's the one thing we will never know, never have certainty about datasuspect Mar 2013 #174
Whoa. I just came for the strudel. zonkers Feb 2013 #35
I came for the porn, or, something like that. Kennah Mar 2013 #172
I have had far, far too many things happen in my life tavernier Feb 2013 #36
well said In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #65
I'd be happy if just my dogs were there. Mr.Bill Feb 2013 #37
Yes, me too. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #38
No one will be there, except for this guy: MrScorpio Feb 2013 #41
Hah! I can leave the holodeck anytime I want. hunter Feb 2013 #42
Of course. I'm not welcome in the afterlife Generic Brad Feb 2013 #44
Sounds like you've come across too many rigidly fundamentalist type of people. Are you Cal33 Feb 2013 #108
Rigid fundamentalism is more a state of mind than a place Generic Brad Feb 2013 #109
Of course it's a state of mind. But I'd say you'll find a higher percentage of them in Cal33 Feb 2013 #114
I do agree Generic Brad Feb 2013 #132
Respectfully disagree -- partially, and in terms of form. VOX Feb 2013 #45
Just because there is energy, doesn't mean its you Taverner Feb 2013 #128
Don't tell me that. femmocrat Feb 2013 #46
I believe your dogs are "up" there too. In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #48
That's a lovely image. femmocrat Feb 2013 #49
I like that! In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #52
I don't have anything to lose by believing and being wrong. Separation Feb 2013 #50
I'm eating a sub. All I had ended 5 years ago. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #51
~ ~ ~ In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #59
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #56
he cannot In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #57
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #58
but then In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #61
When I die, the universe ends as far as I'm concerned. hobbit709 Feb 2013 #66
I'm keeping my options open union_maid Feb 2013 #67
ponder this along your way today: In_The_Wind Feb 2013 #68
Thank you dear ITW union_maid Feb 2013 #69
Sorry but I will go along with Blaise on this whistler162 Feb 2013 #70
I disagree. Glassunion Feb 2013 #71
Okay, gonna get serious, right here in the Lounge pink-o Feb 2013 #72
Wondering why someone would post something like that. Festivito Feb 2013 #73
Because I am sick of this war menality! Taverner Feb 2013 #75
Oh, well, I was kind of enjoying the wonder. Festivito Feb 2013 #82
I hear you and I agree 100 percent! Frosty1 Mar 2013 #165
Well, you don't KNOW that. You believe that. There's a difference. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #77
I don't - but I am CONVINCED that there is NO GOD Taverner Feb 2013 #78
Others are equally convinced there is a God or a supreme being of some sort. Honeycombe8 Feb 2013 #80
+1 Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #161
Yup. One can make up any fairy tale they like. There are whole books of them. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #101
before answering this post - LiberalElite Feb 2013 #83
I never expected all the false glory when I die so... Jasana Feb 2013 #87
I believe that many become atheists as a reaction (whether consciously or not) to Cal33 Feb 2013 #88
Thank you for your kind words Cal33 Jasana Feb 2013 #92
I went through a very long journey Taverner Feb 2013 #98
Science deals with the physical. God, by definition, is non-physical. You can't Cal33 Feb 2013 #120
Nope. Most atheists just realize the belief in a god or an afterlife makes no sense. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #102
Or very young. He was still a teen-ager -- a freshman at college, I believe, and very Cal33 Feb 2013 #118
You know that you're making an offensive and belittling statement, right? Orrex Feb 2013 #124
My husband's family lost a child (his sibling) Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #150
I have no quarrel with atheism at all. You seem to be simply following what feels right to you. Cal33 Mar 2013 #170
BS. darkangel218 Feb 2013 #93
Yep, and who cares. I've got stage 4 cancer, and I don't want an afterlife. Evoman Feb 2013 #94
Am sorry to hear of your condition. I am open to most ideas about the hereafter. But, don't be Cal33 Feb 2013 #95
Got any evidence other than antecdotal? Taverner Feb 2013 #97
Yeah, I'm not buying it. Evoman Feb 2013 #99
I had a long-time neighbor whose mother passed away. A few days later while (I'll call her Mary) Cal33 Feb 2013 #106
These are both examples of antecdotal evidence Taverner Feb 2013 #112
Your traumatic experience probably was the slow type and in small doses, and it Cal33 Feb 2013 #123
You're welcome to believe in woo. HERVEPA Feb 2013 #103
Eh, I don't care. Evoman Feb 2013 #145
I'm so sorry Taverner Feb 2013 #96
Thank's bud....I appreciate it. Evoman Feb 2013 #100
Right now, I'm reading your post. hamsterjill Feb 2013 #104
I believe in neither god/s, heaven, hell, an afterlife nor ghosts ... but Arugula Latte Feb 2013 #105
I'm an agnostic, uncomfortable with these absolutist statements DerekG Feb 2013 #107
My husband is too... a la izquierda Feb 2013 #117
Yes, there will be. edbermac Feb 2013 #110
What I do know, is people have all sorts of experiences that, while perhaps not "objectively" real nomorenomore08 Feb 2013 #115
So what am I doing right now? kentauros Feb 2013 #121
I'm fucking my hand... Taverner Feb 2013 #126
That's just not true at all Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #125
.... Taverner Feb 2013 #127
I died and was resusitated. hollysmom Feb 2013 #130
Wondering why you dumped this in the Lounge. HappyMe Feb 2013 #131
Or "Took a dump in the Lounge" kentauros Feb 2013 #133
I am reality. Hear me poop. Taverner Feb 2013 #140
He wasn't thinking. pintobean Feb 2013 #134
Says the guy with a huge transparency page. Rex Feb 2013 #135
Go ahead! Taverner Feb 2013 #138
So grandpa really can't see you masturbating? Major Nikon Feb 2013 #136
And this concludes Taverner's Cheerful Thought of the Day. (c) Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #137
What can I say? I'm just puppy dogs and fucking rainbows! Taverner Feb 2013 #139
Somebody needs to throw a Crocogator in a Hurricane into the mix. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #141
Can crocogators fly? Taverner Feb 2013 #142
This needs to be explained to the walking dead WalMart shoppers because graywarrior Feb 2013 #143
The neuroscientist claims he was brain dead but yet he remembers..... yellowcanine Feb 2013 #147
I don't pretend to know one way or the other... LanternWaste Feb 2013 #149
Wishing I could take back that I opened this post liberal N proud Feb 2013 #151
How will someone be waiting for me when I'm not going anywhere? LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #152
maybe, maybe not. barbtries Feb 2013 #153
Oh, darn. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #157
Until there is some type of device that can revitalize deceased people, Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #162
Actually, I will be greeted by a surgeon -- I'm donating my organs. nt eppur_se_muova Mar 2013 #168
Wouldn't you love to come back for like 5 seconds Taverner Mar 2013 #169
Says who? SpartanDem Mar 2013 #171
i'm about as "feet in the ground" as much as the next guy datasuspect Mar 2013 #173
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