tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post8391158167429925831..comments2024-03-29T12:28:32.250+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: AfterlifeSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-58902874961919495532009-03-30T06:22:00.000+01:002009-03-30T06:22:00.000+01:00I just happend on your blog and find that you have...I just happend on your blog and find that you have very interesting views on the afterlife.<BR/>For me, after here, I plan on being in heaven with all the others that have gone before me. I have two boys there already and I look forward to seeing them and getting to know them. (They both died as infants.) I've never felt like I belong to this world, but am here for a very short time and then I go home to the place of eternity after my body dies. I like knowing there is a place free of hatred, sorrow, condemnation and despair, a place of unconditonal love with no ending. I admit I have no proof of such a place, but I still believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-45529639269597305722009-03-26T03:09:00.000+00:002009-03-26T03:09:00.000+00:00I'm so gald you are in the world, and that we got ...I'm so gald you are in the world, and that we got to share greasy Chinese. :) Again, soon!Salty Miss Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02603806796783950508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-35623996156598596892009-03-25T03:10:00.000+00:002009-03-25T03:10:00.000+00:00Good morning Steve,My dog is lying outside my wind...Good morning Steve,<BR/>My dog is lying outside my window under the frangipani tree, under the stones, under the soil, but she is not there...<BR/><BR/>she was not there when we slipped her into the freshly dug hole last week.<BR/><BR/>In fact she was not there when we picked her up off the road one minute after the garbage truck had passed.<BR/><BR/>In the ground there will be a bag of bones eventually, but around my verandah and in all her special resting places I feel her still.<BR/><BR/>I hear the tinkle of her collar and the patter of her toenails...<BR/><BR/>If I am remembered for the love I shared in the little kindnesses I gave I will be happy.<BR/><BR/>My legacy will be in the hearts of my family and friends.Delwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-72005568714774483932009-03-24T16:33:00.000+00:002009-03-24T16:33:00.000+00:00This is all very consistent with the Jewish attitu...This is all very consistent with the Jewish attitude toward life after death. It's what happens in the here and now that's important, not what's to come. I think it says a lot about a person's character when s/he is content to just let life go. It will of course be interesting to see if your attitude changes in any way as death approaches (if you have forewarning). Personally I like to dream that life on earth is just a warm-up act for some great show to follow, but who really knows for sure? You're definitely safe concentrating on the present moment.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724807799695867204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-23866089280564006752009-03-24T15:25:00.000+00:002009-03-24T15:25:00.000+00:00What a beautiful, clear post full of light. It mak...What a beautiful, clear post full of light. It makes perfect sense that you would prefer to slip away without leaving anything behind. <BR/><BR/>Literally our bodies do become mulch sooner or later. Speaking for myself, I'd love it if someone could just wrap me in a blanket and toss me under a big oak tree (in the ground) to become fertilizer asap. Coffins and tombs really creep me out because they slow down the process.<BR/><BR/>Unlike you, though, I think about legacy a lot, what I'd like to leave behind. It's interesting to contemplate. I've come to no cecisions just yet.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-91959013320451564482009-03-24T15:18:00.000+00:002009-03-24T15:18:00.000+00:00I did a post a while back and wanted to look at th...I did a post a while back and wanted to look at the lyrics to the old Joni mitchell song "Woodstock"....you know, with the chorus that goes<BR/>"We are Stardust<BR/>We are Golden<BR/>And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden" <BR/><BR/>I was surprised to find that the last Chorus of Mitchell famous lyrics had an added line (or two, if i were to continue) I'd never taken note of...<BR/><BR/>"We are stardust<BR/><EM>Billion year old carbon</EM><BR/>We are golden"bulletholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681107556161747976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-60448862677934137352009-03-24T15:01:00.000+00:002009-03-24T15:01:00.000+00:00i'm totally with you!i'm totally with you!edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979341853086406917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-18708135442072055692009-03-24T13:48:00.000+00:002009-03-24T13:48:00.000+00:00Merle: Kind of comforting, isn't it?Mouse: Joni do...Merle: Kind of comforting, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Mouse: Joni does indeed sing "we are stardust" in "Woodstock." I'm cool with remaining in the memories of those who knew me -- but after a few generations I'll be happy to be anonymous!<BR/><BR/>Kishenehn: Prompted partly by a recent post of yours, in addition to Hoagland's essay and some other stuff...thanks for the inspiration! :)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2470498906080857672009-03-24T13:34:00.001+00:002009-03-24T13:34:00.001+00:00A very evocative and thoughtful post, sir.A very evocative and thoughtful post, sir.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-12169481848666490392009-03-24T13:34:00.000+00:002009-03-24T13:34:00.000+00:00wonderful, thought provoking post. I like your un...wonderful, thought provoking post. I like your understanding (take) on reincarnation.... <BR/><BR/>doesn't joni have some line in a song about how we are all just stardust - or is it someone else? but whatever, we are all part of the giant cosmic energy mass. <BR/><BR/>despite not being concerned about making a mark, knowing you, I can say for a fact that you will leave behind many marks - for those of us that know you have had our lives enriched by knowing you....and I'd say that's a pretty wonderful 'legacy' - but you are young (well a lot younger than me or mr. hoagland) so no need to spend too much of your cosmic energy thinking about the afterlife.... or not.<BR/><BR/>will have to hunt up hoagland's article, he has such an engaging style to his writing....mouse (aka kimy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09385557065971602436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-63760484466030883672009-03-24T13:29:00.000+00:002009-03-24T13:29:00.000+00:00MY sense is that we just return to the soup of the...MY sense is that we just return to the soup of the universe. I am also fine with that. :)Merle Sneedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.com