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Old 10-21-2011, 11:58 AM
 
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As to your question, Yes, the Baha'i texts do address this, I can't remember just which text it is, I think it is "Gleanings from the writings of Baha'u'allah" or "The Book of Certitude" not really sure of which one.
AND . . . What do they say about it?
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Old 10-21-2011, 12:43 PM
 
Location: West Virginia
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i figure when we die we all will just pop into another demension, and leave the earth behind

thank zod!!!! cant imagine what this planet will look like in a 100 years,,would rather not see it
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Old 10-21-2011, 01:48 PM
 
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AND . . . What do they say about it?
I thought you might like to look it up for yourself because I'd be just paraphrasing what it says.

It talks about the spiritual world as being here and intwined with the phyiscal world, in other words, it is not removed from this world as in a heaven being somewhere "out there". Spiritual beings (souls) that have passed on can have an impact on events in this world of existance.
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Old 10-21-2011, 03:11 PM
 
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I thought you might like to look it up for yourself because I'd be just paraphrasing what it says.

It talks about the spiritual world as being here and intwined with the phyiscal world, in other words, it is not removed from this world as in a heaven being somewhere "out there". Spiritual beings (souls) that have passed on can have an impact on events in this world of existance.
Great
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Old 10-21-2011, 03:38 PM
 
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My brother and I were pretty close and we made a childhood pack that one would come back to visit the other...it's been 18 years and I haven't heard or seen anything of him.

C'mon Joe! Channel me some winning lottery numbers or something.
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Old 10-21-2011, 03:46 PM
 
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My brother and I were pretty close and we made a childhood pack that one would come back to visit the other...it's been 18 years and I haven't heard or seen anything of him.

C'mon Joe! Channel me some winning lottery numbers or something.
Have you tried to contact him? There are quite a few techniques you could use. Have you heard of the "Psychomanteum?" (Not sure if that is the right spelling)?
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Old 10-21-2011, 03:52 PM
 
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After death we are nothing more that organic matter waiting to breakdown. The light just goes out. Death is the end, period.
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Old 10-21-2011, 04:23 PM
 
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Even if one believed there was life after to death, it's hard to imagine what mechanism would allow you to capture the electro-magnetic waves involved with light, especially if light can pass through you. When we are living we have eyes to fullfill this role, but how would a post-life person be able to see?
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Old 10-21-2011, 04:46 PM
 
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Even if one believed there was life after to death, it's hard to imagine what mechanism would allow you to capture the electro-magnetic waves involved with light, especially if light can pass through you. When we are living we have eyes to fullfill this role, but how would a post-life person be able to see?

Have you ever used your imagination? Can you see with your "mind's eye?"
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Old 10-21-2011, 04:52 PM
 
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Have you ever used your imagination? Can you see with your "mind's eye?"
Using your imagination doesn't require the capture of waves in the electromagnetic spectrum. It only creates an illusion of what the backend of the process produces. It's not sight.

Sight is not all that mysterious. It's an amazing bio-egineering feat, but I don't know of a theory of how an invisible being would be able to capture those electromagnetic waves without eyes.
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