The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

Some people do know already.

What ever your belief there is no simple explanation.

So afterlife must be selective then or we would all know. Not just believe.

 

[drron]

If there was an afterlife then surely wouldn’t most people already know that? It would be a reality not a belief.

Not necessarily.I have told the story before of our son at age 2 when we were driving north from Palmerston North on our NZ holiday.From the back seat he pipes up-"This is where I lived before.Round the corner is a line of big trees and up on the hill a red house where I lived."
And round the corner a line of fully grown poplars and up on the hill a red house.It still makes me think.He has no memory of it now.So maybe not an afterlife but another life.

 

[Pushka]

Not necessarily.I have told the story before of our son at age 2 when we were driving north from Palmerston North on our NZ holiday.From the back seat he pipes up-"This is where I lived before.Round the corner is a line of big trees and up on the hill a red house where I lived."
And round the corner a line of fully grown poplars and up on the hill a red house.It still makes me think.He has no memory of it now.So maybe not an afterlife but another life.

Yes. I did similar in Hobart. That’s potentially reincarnation which to me is different to afterlife. And it still seems selective. It’s interesting that in such instances there is a recall of places but not people.

 

[benjy]

After having my electric hot water system rupture on Sunday, flooding the kitchen and some of lounge room (hws in kitchen cupboard), working from home over the last 3 days has been delightful. Hot water system been replaced and new power point installed, place much safer now.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Some people do know already.

What ever your belief there is no simple explanation.

There is a simple explanation, actually.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Not necessarily.I have told the story before of our son at age 2 when we were driving north from Palmerston North on our NZ holiday.From the back seat he pipes up-"This is where I lived before.Round the corner is a line of big trees and up on the hill a red house where I lived."
And round the corner a line of fully grown poplars and up on the hill a red house.It still makes me think.He has no memory of it now.So maybe not an afterlife but another life.

Have you had him tested in case he's the next Dalia Lama?

 

[JohnK]

So afterlife must be selective then or we would all know. Not just believe.

Not selective at all. You're assuming we all need to know. There are many examples.

My uncle (the husband of my dads sister) died around 40 years ago. We had no phone in those days and found out after receiving letter about a month later. In the week after his death (before we knew) mum saw him in her dreams every night for about a week. He was talking to her but she couldn't understand what he was saying.

This was not a coincidence. Mum was born on a Saturday. Those born on a Saturday can see things others cannot see.

Believe what you will. The clues are around us. The answer is not that simple.

 

[junbugging]

The truth is out there.

 

[TheRealTMA]

This was not a coincidence. Mum was born on a Saturday. Those born on a Saturday can see things others cannot see.

Believe what you will. The clues are around us. The answer is not that simple.

Well then it must be that since I was born on a Monday that i'm just one of the lost sixths.

btw: I just had a dream that we moved this discussion over to the religion and loonies thread. Maybe that's the result of napping on a Wednesday?

 

[TheRealTMA]

Just listened to this on RN today.

Mess makes you more creative and resilient - Tim Harford. Just excellent. Highly recommended.

• Mess makes you more creative and resilient
• http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2018/01/bia_20180109.mp3
• Ref: The Köln Concert - Wikipedia

 

[Pushka]

Not selective at all. You're assuming we all need to know. There are many examples.

My uncle (the husband of my dads sister) died around 40 years ago. We had no phone in those days and found out after receiving letter about a month later. In the week after his death (before we knew) mum saw him in her dreams every night for about a week. He was talking to her but she couldn't understand what he was saying.

This was not a coincidence. Mum was born on a Saturday. Those born on a Saturday can see things others cannot see.

Believe what you will. The clues are around us. The answer is not that simple.

Coincidence. There’s a term for that kind of phenomena but I can’t find it quickly.

The Saturday thing - It’s beginning to sound a little like astrology too.

Apparently research has shown that people rate their own coincidences as being much more unique than they do other peoples coincidences.

 

[Denali]

Not necessarily.I have told the story before of our son at age 2 when we were driving north from Palmerston North on our NZ holiday.From the back seat he pipes up-"This is where I lived before.Round the corner is a line of big trees and up on the hill a red house where I lived."
And round the corner a line of fully grown poplars and up on the hill a red house.It still makes me think.He has no memory of it now.So maybe not an afterlife but another life.

Ever since my nephews grandfather died, he says Pop visits him while sleeping from time to time and warns him about the weather (storms ect).

Nephew has downs syndrome so he has no inclination or reason to BS about this. He also talks about Nanna sometimes visiting with Pop and Nana died about 25+yrs ago. Weather warnings are always correct.

 

[JohnK]

Coincidence. There’s a term for that kind of phenomena but I can’t find it quickly.

You can write it off as coincidence.

You never see someone in your dreams and then see them for a week after they died but you had no idea they died. And you never see them in your dreams again. That's not coincidence.

The signs are there. Things have also happened to me. There's something more than meets the eye.

 

[TheRealTMA]

You can write it off as coincidence.

You never see someone in your dreams and then see them for a week after they died but you had no idea they died. And you never see them in your dreams again. That's not coincidence.

The signs are there. Things have also happened to me. There's something more than meets the eye.

An imbalance in chemicals in the brain. Next you'll be telling us that déjà vu is real and gives you precognition, rather than being the result of delayed signals in the brain.

 

[RB]

 

[tgh]

Big laugh from your post RB…

 

[Denali]

My husband bought himself one of those virtual reality headset things

Currently pointing out clouds and mushrooms that aren't there so could also be on LSD.

 

[Cossie]

Well I suppose it depends what they were.

Just the usual, drink less red wine and not get angry about things I have no control over, nor things that I can't change.....

 

[TheRealTMA]

My husband bought himself one of those virtual reality headset things

Currently pointing out clouds and mushrooms that aren't there so could also be on LSD.

Or just pissed!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Just the usual, drink less red wine and not get angry about things I have no control over, nor things that I can't change.....

Aww. Where’s the fun in that!