I have 5-6 nocturnal dreams a night, most I remember because I usually wake up after each dream (lucky if I get 4-5 hours sleep a night between my dreams).
Many scientific poofsters say nocturnal dreams are just your conscious thoughts and waking experiences, jumbled together and released in your subconscious thoughts via nocturnal dreams.
OK. With *that* theory, I should have had thousands of nocturnal dreams about Jesus and God, seeing as Jesus/God is in my daily conscious thoughts and waking experiences (through reading the Bible, church, reading articles about God/Jesus, etc.)
At the age of 56, I have had NOT ONE nocturnal dream about God/Jesus.
NOT ONE.
What are the chances? Tens of thousands of nocturnal dreams in my lifetime and NOT ONE was about GOD/Jesus.
Amazing if you think about it and it is supernatural.
In the past I waivered between there being life after death and poofville.
Now that I am old, my belief is that there is life after death and you (your soul) do go somewhere after you die. I believe you do get judged by God in some form after you die and the belief in Jesus is the key to heaven.
I have read many near death experiences and most are uplifting and confirm my belief in an afterlife. I also find the hellish ndes to be a wake up call to my sinful actions.
See here if you are interested in reading thousands of ndes:
As to the poofsters, I suppose one can not blame their belief in no afterlife. It is scary to think about one's death. No one wants to think about what happens after one dies. They block it out.
Then there is God. Many poofsters are atheists and agnostics. Many poofsters have strong egos (many are demon oppressed) and have never went though a dark night of the soul. Their ego tells them there is no God, and they live only through their ego and their own actions. They are their own God. Hence when they die, they cease to exist and go poof.
Of course "science" has no proof of poofville or heaven. I suppose that is a good thing.
Science will NEVER look into what happens to us after death. If it did, it would extinguish scientists as gods and they can't have that. Scientists only care about material, earthly things and then make excuses of the origins of the material, earthly things. Plus scientists couldn't care less about consciousness, dreams and all that rot - to them it's all just missfirings in the material brain.
I believe what you have written and explained is truthful. I know that we are God's children and existed as intelligent spirits before it was our time to come down to this earth to gain a body of flesh and bone and learn additional lessons. Some of us are slow learners and others seem to understand spiritual matters easier. Perhaps some of us didn't listen well in the pre-existence. We are here to learn and grow spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally and then return to the spiritual realm for further light and knowledge. We are eternal beings.
This brings up a question of reincarnation and "old souls." Does reincarnation exist? Is going to hell just coming back to this earth to do it all over again as we try to learn our lessons to get to heaven? Maybe. As you say, why do some people learn spiritual matters easier while others are staunch "poofsters"? Are "poofsters" very young souls with multiple lifetimes ahead to learn belief? Deep thinking that nobody really cares about anymore as they worry themselves over nothing such as elections, gas prices and covidmania.
Nicely put. I smiled at the coined word, 'poofster', which not so long ago implied or alluded to something or someone quite different. As Alinsky opined, 'control the language, you control the people'.
I tremble and will not presume the will of God. I know not my destiny after death, for I am unworthy. I pray for forgiveness.
LOL! I knew some people would think something different, which is why I put that subtitle there. It's true that thinking you go "poof" is probably much more comforting than not knowing your destiny under God's judgment. I say it every day that I'd be surprised if I even make it to purgatory.
So well-said! I would add that there are "responsible" poofsters who do worry a great deal about their "lineage", but about your lineage? Not so much except as it affects their lineage.
Anyone outside the lineage of a poofster is at best an object to be manipulated gently.
And then these very responsible poofsters, who are sure they came by their responsibility through their own intellectual efforts, cry out in betrayal when other highly intelligent poofsters do not also arrive at the same obviously true, good, and beautiful destination of responsibly manipulating other poofsters gently before we all go "poof". 🤷♀️
So true! While I never was a true "poofster" for 30 years I shoved my belief in the afterlife to the side and tried to pretend this life was all there is. It was as you say - so much worry about this "planet" and "staying alive at all costs" and "retirement" and "careers" and "the right schools" and "medical preventative tests." Not a worry about anything non-material. I'm glad God destroyed my material life these past few years and allowed me time to try to get it right before I die.
Yes, I can relate. We went through hell years ago with our whole town and its businesses having to declare bankruptcy related to an airforce base closure. Back then we couldn't borrow money for ten years. So your business folds up and you are left to blow in the wind. We had to move, find jobs and feed ourselves and three sons. The stresses eventually destroyed my marriage and I had to work nights for years to keep afloat. It made me a better person in the end and helped me to put my faith in God. I am still trying to get things right. It is a lifetime process, I'm thinking.
I have 5-6 nocturnal dreams a night, most I remember because I usually wake up after each dream (lucky if I get 4-5 hours sleep a night between my dreams).
Many scientific poofsters say nocturnal dreams are just your conscious thoughts and waking experiences, jumbled together and released in your subconscious thoughts via nocturnal dreams.
OK. With *that* theory, I should have had thousands of nocturnal dreams about Jesus and God, seeing as Jesus/God is in my daily conscious thoughts and waking experiences (through reading the Bible, church, reading articles about God/Jesus, etc.)
At the age of 56, I have had NOT ONE nocturnal dream about God/Jesus.
NOT ONE.
What are the chances? Tens of thousands of nocturnal dreams in my lifetime and NOT ONE was about GOD/Jesus.
Amazing if you think about it and it is supernatural.
In the past I waivered between there being life after death and poofville.
Now that I am old, my belief is that there is life after death and you (your soul) do go somewhere after you die. I believe you do get judged by God in some form after you die and the belief in Jesus is the key to heaven.
I have read many near death experiences and most are uplifting and confirm my belief in an afterlife. I also find the hellish ndes to be a wake up call to my sinful actions.
See here if you are interested in reading thousands of ndes:
https://www.nderf.org/
As to the poofsters, I suppose one can not blame their belief in no afterlife. It is scary to think about one's death. No one wants to think about what happens after one dies. They block it out.
Then there is God. Many poofsters are atheists and agnostics. Many poofsters have strong egos (many are demon oppressed) and have never went though a dark night of the soul. Their ego tells them there is no God, and they live only through their ego and their own actions. They are their own God. Hence when they die, they cease to exist and go poof.
Of course "science" has no proof of poofville or heaven. I suppose that is a good thing.
Science will NEVER look into what happens to us after death. If it did, it would extinguish scientists as gods and they can't have that. Scientists only care about material, earthly things and then make excuses of the origins of the material, earthly things. Plus scientists couldn't care less about consciousness, dreams and all that rot - to them it's all just missfirings in the material brain.
I believe what you have written and explained is truthful. I know that we are God's children and existed as intelligent spirits before it was our time to come down to this earth to gain a body of flesh and bone and learn additional lessons. Some of us are slow learners and others seem to understand spiritual matters easier. Perhaps some of us didn't listen well in the pre-existence. We are here to learn and grow spiritually, intellectually, and emotionally and then return to the spiritual realm for further light and knowledge. We are eternal beings.
This brings up a question of reincarnation and "old souls." Does reincarnation exist? Is going to hell just coming back to this earth to do it all over again as we try to learn our lessons to get to heaven? Maybe. As you say, why do some people learn spiritual matters easier while others are staunch "poofsters"? Are "poofsters" very young souls with multiple lifetimes ahead to learn belief? Deep thinking that nobody really cares about anymore as they worry themselves over nothing such as elections, gas prices and covidmania.
Nicely put. I smiled at the coined word, 'poofster', which not so long ago implied or alluded to something or someone quite different. As Alinsky opined, 'control the language, you control the people'.
I tremble and will not presume the will of God. I know not my destiny after death, for I am unworthy. I pray for forgiveness.
LOL! I knew some people would think something different, which is why I put that subtitle there. It's true that thinking you go "poof" is probably much more comforting than not knowing your destiny under God's judgment. I say it every day that I'd be surprised if I even make it to purgatory.
So well-said! I would add that there are "responsible" poofsters who do worry a great deal about their "lineage", but about your lineage? Not so much except as it affects their lineage.
Anyone outside the lineage of a poofster is at best an object to be manipulated gently.
And then these very responsible poofsters, who are sure they came by their responsibility through their own intellectual efforts, cry out in betrayal when other highly intelligent poofsters do not also arrive at the same obviously true, good, and beautiful destination of responsibly manipulating other poofsters gently before we all go "poof". 🤷♀️
So true! While I never was a true "poofster" for 30 years I shoved my belief in the afterlife to the side and tried to pretend this life was all there is. It was as you say - so much worry about this "planet" and "staying alive at all costs" and "retirement" and "careers" and "the right schools" and "medical preventative tests." Not a worry about anything non-material. I'm glad God destroyed my material life these past few years and allowed me time to try to get it right before I die.
Yes, I can relate. We went through hell years ago with our whole town and its businesses having to declare bankruptcy related to an airforce base closure. Back then we couldn't borrow money for ten years. So your business folds up and you are left to blow in the wind. We had to move, find jobs and feed ourselves and three sons. The stresses eventually destroyed my marriage and I had to work nights for years to keep afloat. It made me a better person in the end and helped me to put my faith in God. I am still trying to get things right. It is a lifetime process, I'm thinking.