15-10-2014 9:04 AM
A friend of mine was widowed many years ago.
During conversations, my friend has always said that she does not believe in an afterlife
Fair enough, that is her opinion, which I respect.
A while ago, I gave her a lift to her husbands grave, and was surprised when I saw the headstone
The wording, which my friend had composed, included the phrase "Until we meet again"
Why would someone who does not believe in an afterlife use those words.
I don`t want to ask my friend, as I don`t want to risk upsetting her

15-10-2014 11:07 PM
...........the excess spirits would have no host to occupy.........so where do they go then ??
They live quite happily in another dimension until called upon,
And being spirits they take up no space at all.
Think to yourself "I am going to make a cup of tea"
How much space did that thought take up.

16-10-2014 12:18 PM
@astrologica wrote:
Evo...when I say 'our' spirit, I don't mean that it is permanently our spirit, I mean that it was ours when it was in our body for our earthly life. I do believe that the spirit is eternal, but it has to 'borrow' a body in order to be incarnate on this earth. So in that sense it was someone else's before and will be someone else' after.
It is atoms that are eternal.

16-10-2014 12:21 PM
@mustard-tree wrote:A friend of mine was widowed many years ago.
During conversations, my friend has always said that she does not believe in an afterlife
Fair enough, that is her opinion, which I respect.
A while ago, I gave her a lift to her husbands grave, and was surprised when I saw the headstone
The wording, which my friend had composed, included the phrase "Until we meet again"
Why would someone who does not believe in an afterlife use those words.
I don`t want to ask my friend, as I don`t want to risk upsetting her
Maybe her husband believed they would meet again and so she chose words she knew would be meaningful to him.
My mum chose a line from a hymn for my father's entry in the Remembrance Book. She wasn't religious, but it was a piece of music he loved.
16-10-2014 2:32 PM