Do you believe in the afterlife? - Page 2

HomerMcvie · #16 03-31-2005, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Oh I don't despise her (that much) but the prospect of a devoted banner is somewhat ridiculous. I tease, I'm sorry. I swear I don't hate her!

I just find ALL then banners to be a waste of bandwidth. Why do we have to scroll through them?

Sorry, but I find them annoying. No offense, jmo.

GateandGarden · #17 03-31-2005, 08:41 PM

Aw, Lux, you had me going there!

Anyway, I do believe in an afterlife, though I think it's a really vague term that means different things to different people. My Mom wouldn't want me to share the details on a message board, but just let me say that we feel pretty certain that some of our family members who have passed on contacted us shortly afterward, and sometimes I think they continue to do so. So, I do think that your mom might have been trying to tell your family that she's okay, Brian.

I believe that that's possible. I'm not the most spiritual person and I don't really believe in God other than one that might have created the world and that's the extent of it, but I do believe in the human spirit, and I also believe that love survives death into eternity, so I think that your mom could be watching over all of you, wanting you to know that she's okay and wanting to help you all cope.

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I just find ALL then banners to be a waste of bandwidth. Why do we have to scroll through them? Sorry, but I find them annoying. No offense, jmo.

I like looking at people's banners. They're decorations and ways of showing that we're devoted fans. Why not? I was thrilled about my Stevie & Christine banner when Mikki made it for me.

Besides, some of us are supporting Ledgies so why wouldn't we have the privilege of displaying banners and such?

GODDESS6 · #18 03-31-2005, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Oh I don't despise her (that much) but the prospect of a devoted banner is somewhat ridiculous. I tease, I'm sorry. I swear I don't hate her!

k would u care 2 share that banner, it is quite striking!!!~
PPLLLEEEEAAASSSEE!!!!!

~

DrummerDeanna · #19 03-31-2005, 08:45 PM

I absolutely believe in an afterlife

And I also believe that our dead loved ones send us signs and things from beyond...some crazy things happened to my grandma after my great-grandma died - and an ex co-worker of mine had some amazing stories from after her brother died.

I, personally, don't have any afterlife stories - but I completely and wholeheartedly believe that there is life in some form after death.

DeeGeMe · #20 03-31-2005, 08:48 PM

I really do believe in the afterlife. I've had so many experiences but I'll just share one here. When I was growing up, our next door neighbors were an elderly couple. The man liked to "sneak" over into our yard and "borrow" our roses--cut a few for his wife to take her. We didn't mind and loved this man very much. He was a very sweet man and I thought of him as a grandfather figure, as both of mine were dead by this time. Anyway, he had a massive, fatal heart attack and died. I was about 12 at the time and the day after he was buried, I got sick and stayed home from school. My Mom was in our den with me, watching TV when all of a sudden, we both smelled the faint smell of roses. The smell got stronger and stronger until it was simply overwhelmng. My dog, who had been asleep at my feet, got up, the fur ruffled up on his back and looked up at me bewildered. My mother looked over at me and said, "Do you smell that?" I replied, "Yes!" And with that, the smell vanished. There were no room deoderizers in the room. Neither of us were wearing perfume. And oh yeah, did I mention this was in the dead of winter-January--and it was about 30 degrees outside--no roses anywhere near us either inside or outside that house.

GateandGarden · #21 03-31-2005, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Oh ok, I didn't consider that. It was a 2 minute job designed to be a pisstake but I suppose if you're a fan then it's just like the rest. In this case I would prefer not to be credited should anyone consider doing so.

You're relentless!

Really, though, some people spend lots of time working on banners and don't come up with something that looks as nice as what you have there.

GODDESS6 · #22 03-31-2005, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Oh ok, I didn't consider that. It was a 2 minute job designed to be a pisstake but I suppose if you're a fan then it's just like the rest. In this case I would prefer not to be credited should anyone consider doing so.

deal...oh nameless 1...*bowing @ your feet*

dissention · #23 03-31-2005, 08:53 PM

I don't believe in any afterlife. I do believe in quantum physics, though.

GODDESS6 · #24 03-31-2005, 09:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Well I'm hardly the expert but I am better than when I first started using graphics and that's half the key. The trick to making that one a two minute job was not caring what she looked like in the picture but just grabbing ones with the same background colour and then not bothering to use an effects. Most of the task is already completed then. I suppose advertising is inappropriate but I was going to direct you here anyway. I gave in to the Stevie-loving masses.

So, the afterlife hey?

VERY HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~

GateandGarden · #25 03-31-2005, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Well I'm hardly the expert but I am better than when I first started using graphics and that's half the key. The trick to making that one a two minute job was not caring what she looked like in the picture but just grabbing ones with the same background colour and then not bothering to use an effects. Most of the task is already completed then. I suppose advertising is inappropriate but I was going to direct you here anyway. I gave in to the Stevie-loving masses.

So, the afterlife hey?

Those are some ultra-hot pics of Linds you got there.

Are there pics of you on there? I was looking but I couldn't find any. Of course, I seem to suck at navigating through live journals, though. They're so different from xanga.

amber · #26 03-31-2005, 09:49 PM

I do, because there is just too many stories, ghost, weird things people have experienced, etc. But I'm not sure exactly what it is. Energy can't be created or destroyed, right? Or is that matter? Anyway, I think differently about energy than many people, and I think the energy does still exist when people die, I just don't know what it does or where it goes (barring tales of ghost, lost loved ones, etc. I guess we know what that energy is doing.) Patricia Arquette told a story similar to brian's about her deceased mother on a talk show recently (it was a bird, though, I think). Anyway, stuff like that happens to people all the time, so I really can't discount that there is something.

GateandGarden · #27 03-31-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lux

Mine is private seeing as I'm reluctant to let just anybody come and browse the random exclamations and pictures of the cockroaches on my floor that I appear to use it for. That's just the public bit which consists of my offerings but the actual 'journal' (it's not a "this is how I feel", "like oh my god, he likes me" thing) is private. If you're that interested in my excuse for a life then you can sign up and be added to those who can read, heck, you can even make your own if you desire.

Oh and didn't you know? I'm the one twirling through those icons draped in chiffon.

Okay, I'll sign up, then.

bikerchic · #28 03-31-2005, 10:19 PM

Yes I believe in the afterlife and ghosts and I believe that when you are up in heaven you are free of all illness. I believe Terri is up there right now running and jumping and skipping and laughing and completely pain free for the first time in a long time.

SuzeQuze · #29 03-31-2005, 11:12 PM

I also believe. I've got goosebumps from some of your stories. Patty, the dream with your mother is wild, I'm sorry you lost her so young. I still have both of my parents but neither takes very good care of themselves so I worry about them all the time.

I haven't had real physical things happen, just very strong feelings that I was with someone who had passed, especially in my dreams. I dreamed of my grandfather the other night, he had this giant, warm smile on his face and his arms stretched out wide and said, "I've missed you kids so much!" and gave me the best hug. I woke up feeling so good. Probably just a dream but you never know, I felt like I had really been with him.

SuzeQuze · #30 03-31-2005, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

The reason I ask is that at the end of my Mother's funeral on the 25th something weird happened, As we were getting ready to load our car with flowers a wild rabbit (Being chased by 2 Beagles) ran right into my sister-in-laws feet, Looked around for a second and then ran off.

That was weird considering even the funeral home director saw it and mentioned it was a sign from our Mom from the otherside letting us know everything will be alright.

My sister Lesa (Who was unable to attend due to medical reasons) has noticed that one red rose she has in a vase keeps changing position, She thought it was her cats messing with it but she put the vase up outta the kitties and the same thing continued...Lesa told me about it and I laughed at her because she never knew Mom loved red roses, So much we had rose bushes aound our housewhen we were growing up.

Just the other night as I talked to Lesa about Mom no sooner did I say Mom's name and Lesa said her living room grew cold and her PC crashed for no apparent reason...All I could say to that was "Isnt that weird?" (Lesa isnt knowledgeable in the things of Fleetwood Mac)

My older brother Geary left our home for his home on Tuesday and on his trip home his truck started acting weird. He stopped at a gas station to get some fuel for his Surburban and bought his family lunch and when he went to start his truck it would not even start up, He checked everything and didnt have a clue...So the gas station attendant gave him a boost and his truck temp gauge maxed out for no apparent reason...So he loosen the radiator cap figuring built up pressure caused the problem with the gauge (The excessive fluid overflowed into the overflow container). So he decided to try to make it home and said he said out loud jokingly "Are you trying to send us a message Mom?" and the next thing he knew was his truck's problems seemed to have disappearred...Maybe our Mom is playing jokes on us from the otherside, So have any of y'all had anything similar happen after losing a loved one? And did it seem like they're sending you a message that everything will be alright?

This reminds me, one night after playing with the Ouija something like this happened to me with a vehicle. My friend and I "borrowed" her Dad's truck but we could not disengage the emergency brake, I had to hold it open while Kerry drove. I asked her what her father said about the truck's brake and she said nothing was wrong.

Can't explain it.