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Do you beleive in the after life???

58 replies

shazzarooney99 · 06/02/2016 23:18

if you do then why do you? my mum and aunty died within 3 months, mum in october and aunty in january, when id been speaking too after my mums death, my aunty had been ill over christmas and new year and she seemed to perk up and thats when i spoke to her, i said i thought you were going to die, anyway when we were on the subject i said to her when you do please give me a sign that there is an after life, but anyway ive had nowt.

a few weeks after my mum had died a little robin redbreast landed on my garden gate when i was having a fag, then it jumped onto the fence on my right, then jumped onto the grass right in front of me and this has never happened before.

After my aunty died i went into the school playground and decided to shelter from the wind, too look down and there was a white feather at my feet, anyway both these things could mean complete coinsidence, so who is to say there is actually an after life??????

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VulcanWoman · 08/02/2016 20:27

It is great to think we're made of stardust Star

SirChenjin · 08/02/2016 20:29

I think the energy continues but I don't believe in an after life per se.

GourmetGold · 08/02/2016 20:47

Yes, totally!! I also believe after a while resting in the 'afterlife' we reincarnate.
I can often feel somebody/ies who I can't see, touching my head.

The book 'Journey of Souls' and the books of Brian Weiss are must reads on this subject. Also check out the 'Seeking Spirit' series with medium Chris Stillar on Youtube.

VulcanWoman · 08/02/2016 21:06

I think we're here to learn lessons and we keep coming back until we're totally enlightened beings. Some people a very wise, I believe they have been here many times before.

ssd · 08/02/2016 21:09

yes, I do, totally.

ssd · 08/02/2016 21:10

but I'm not religious in the least

Passthecake30 · 08/02/2016 21:15

I used to get the smells...a really strong rose smell that made me think of my aunt.

I think my dad visited me a couple of weeks after he died, I had a very strong presence in my room.

Saying that...I don't believe in an after life where we just continue where we left off but in a better place, what's the point of that?

mamaneedsamojito · 08/02/2016 21:20

I'm not religious at all but I believe. Science teaches us that energy doesn't disappear, it just gets transferred... On that basis we must go somewhere.
^^
I firmly believe my angels are watching over me and my family. I've had too many 'experiences' (for want of a better word) to believe anything else, no matter how unlikely an afterlife might sound.

mamaneedsamojito · 08/02/2016 21:21

Where did those ^^ come from?

Grin
HermioneWeasley · 08/02/2016 21:23

The physicist's eulogy

Do you beleive in the after life???
VulcanWoman · 08/02/2016 21:26

I don't want to upset anyone but just a question about angels watching over, what about children that suffer and aren't protected, why haven't they got angels watching over them.

tilliebob · 08/02/2016 21:27

Oh I've had many signs and experiences that help me believe that my loved ones are nearby. Strangely apart the one I feel around me least is my dad. My gran however was all around the weekend before my dad went, I only wish I'd realised why at the time Sad

VulcanWoman · 08/02/2016 21:28

Hermione yes, that's very good.

ssd · 08/02/2016 21:28

thats heart breaking but so nice, hermoine

VulcanWoman · 08/02/2016 21:30

I find it comforting.

whitehandledkitchenknife · 08/02/2016 21:35

My mum died in the early hours on a very cold night with a hard frost on the ground. As my sister and I stood outside - maybe half an hour later, there was an overpowering scent of jasmine. I smelled it and said nothing. Seconds later my sister asked if I could smell jasmine. We've both reported the same smell at the same time in different locations.

I have no option but to accept that there may be something more. Too many experiences to count.

SwedishEdith · 08/02/2016 21:36

But your energy just converts (right term?) into heat or something when you die?

I wasn't anywhere before I was born so why would I be anywhere when I die?
An afterlife is a great idea if you can choose who you want to sit next. But, imagine if they don't want to sit next to you?

Canshopwillshop · 08/02/2016 21:39

I really want to but I'm still waiting for signs from my mum, dad or sister. My mum and sister were quite psychic and had many experiences. My mum always said she would let me know if there was a hereafter but she's been gone nearly 10 years and I haven't had any signs. My dad died 3 years ago and my sister 2 years ago and again nothing, no matter how hard I ask. Yes I have a robin that comes in the garden but I really don't think it's anything to do with it. I will visit a medium one day but am not strong enough yet.

DangerMouth · 08/02/2016 21:41

Yes l do. Have had a few experiences that have been enough for me.

Lovelydiscusfish · 08/02/2016 22:22

OP, I am so sorry for your losses, which are very recent.
Also to other posters who have lost people they loved.
I do believe in an afterlife - in fact I have a sure and certain hope of Heaven. I have been a Christian for as long as I can remember, but my belief in Heaven is relatively new, and very comforting. I'm quite sure we're all welcome. It's impossible to imagine what it will be like, but I'm sure it will be something good. I have a lovely friend, who described her belief in Heaven to me as something like a big sun, drawing us all into its warmth. I found this immensely comforting. I'm hoping for something like this, but also with a reunion with one's lost pets featuring strongly.Smile

ssd · 09/02/2016 08:08

I don't believe in heaven, I don't believe there's somewhere you go and its crowded with people from your past and its green and beautiful. I just believe you meet up again with the few people in your life you loved, I mean really loved deeply. I believe you meet them and you all stay together, somewhere, not a place, just an energy, not as a person, just as your spirit being with the people you have loved.

For me its got nothing to do with heaven or hell or anything tangible, its just that you do meet again. And (I know this is really weird) I believe you meet them again as your best, eg.not as a sick/elderly person but as the best you were when you were alive.

JohnThomas69 · 11/02/2016 04:25

Don't know about 'afterlife' as such, but I do take comfort in the fact that I shall be taking the same journey, to the same place someday. Whether I have a conscious awareness is almost irrelevant. The fact that we are once again occupying the same time zone is enough.

sunnydayinmay · 11/02/2016 15:46

At my DH uncle's funeral, I saw him in the church. My dad was very ill at the time, and it gave me so much comfort to see him.

After my dad died, I often felt that he was near, but the feeling eased off over the years. I do find that, if I am particularly upset about something, I often feel him near me.

So, logical brain says no, but all of my experiences say yes.

Oogle · 19/02/2016 09:42

I didn't believe before but my grandad died this week and I'm very much hoping that he's somewhere else now, hopefully catching up with his brother.

I cannot bear to think that this is it and he's now gone completely. I've taken great comfort in talking to him over the last few days. As I was drifting off to sleep the night he died, I could hear him say "night, night. Love you darling" and that comforted me so much I went to sleep smiling.

I spoke to him the night before he died and told him how much I loved him, I'd look after my nan and it was ok if he felt it was time to go, he didn't need to be scared as he'd always be with us still. I know he heard me as his breathing changed and he gripped my hand. At that point I felt his soul had taken over. Earlier in the day he didn't have the strength to respond when I held his hand but suddenly he could grip it so tight. I felt that was his way of telling me that he was always going to be there for me and even after his body was no longer able to be in this world, he'd live on with me.

cathpip · 26/02/2016 18:16

I do, my sister had a very vivid dream one night that our mum had come back to see us one night, she woke up and told her dh how real it felt, a few hours later I was phoning my sister to tell her that my dd age 3 had died unexpectedly in hospital overnight, I like to think mum came back to collect Pippa so she wasn't alone. Also in the four months after my dd's death I had 32 butterflies in the house, never had one in the house before, if that's not a sign I don't know what is......

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