Well, my first response to this question was "Yikes I'm not answering this right now" That just won't work though. I need to look at how I'm feeling about this.
Death doesn't frighten me as much as it used to, I'm not wishing for it anymore either. I think my feelings about it change from day to day... moment to moment. Sometimes I feel if it's my time so be it, then other times I fight like the devil to keep myself alive... Giving it to God is actually where I'm at right now. If he's ready then I can't do anything about that. I guess I know there will be peace, my suffering will end.
Now for the "afterlife". I have just as many mixed feelings about that too. The only thing I truly believe is that there is something after.. this is not it, and it has to be better then this.
I sometimes feel we come back... sometimes to "fix" our wrongs, sometimes to have a better life. Maybe we just keep coming back until we get it "right". Either way I hang onto the fact that there is a higher power, there is a heaven... My body will stay here and my soul will go somewhere. Lord only knows.
I rest easier knowing this isn't it!
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25 comments:
Death doesnt bother me. In my past I have looked into deaths face many times.
And luckily I was spared up till now. But I am not affraid of death. Dealth in general doesnt bother me unless it is a baby or a small child who hasnt had the chance to live here on earth yet. Death doesnt sadden me though, because it is our reward and our opportunity to go to a nicer place. Our spirit lives on.
I do beleive in life after death. I beleive that our spirit will live on forever,
here are my answers
http://journals.aol.com/hunybea4him/Hunybea4himsJournalJar/entries/410
New to the Journal Jar....love it,how do I get started?
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Thanks...Christina
My feelings on death:
http://journals.aol.com/cdittric77/Courage/entries/585
Warm regards,
Charley
promise I agree with you ,im not wishing for it anymore,but yet in the same breath I hope it doesant take to long.
I dont want it to get here until my kids are on there own and doing well ,(iknow there is grandchildren,but I dont know if I want to indure the pain)
its a tough one,if I didnt have children ,I know I would not be here right now,but my babies have made me want to live.I created somthing buetifull and im just not going to check out on them.
I guess that is the best I can answer this.
Great Question I can't wait to hear the diverse answers!
http://journals.aol.com/demandnlilchit/LifeasIliveit/entries/982
Humm - the after life, thus making this life and I can't remember what I was doing in the before life, lol. Seriously I believe in Jesus, the death, the burial and the resurrection, which makes the after life not such a weird place with my personal beliefs. I don't pretend that these beliefs are right nor wrong, I believe they are the correct beliefs for me and me alone. I am honestly hoping there is a rapture before I have to experience death but if not that's okay too. Like Promise said, my body will stay here but my soul will sore in Heaven, where people are kind and enjoy each other. I've been asked "how do you know there is a God, how do you know there is a heaven, etc". I don't "know" it per their meaning but I FEEL it in my soul. I've seen to many miracles and have four of mine where there were supposed to be none. I also have a philosophy for the sceptics that I always explain to them. If you are right (being there is no God or heaven) and I am wrong, what do I have to lose by TRYING to follow what the bible says I am supposed to follow? Nothing, but if I am right and you are wrong, what do you have to lose? Everything, your soul, which is everything. I just don't want to take that change with my soul. Being a Christian does not mean being perfect, which many think it does and many may think they are, being a Christian means Christ like. I try and be that way by kindness and yes I fail, constantly, which is why I keep on trying and will continue to do so. There was only one perfect person in my religious beliefs that being Jesus, he was without sin but I am merely human and in the flesh and being such, I cannot be perfect and don't hardly pretend to be. Churches are merely hospitals for sinners, it's where we go to hear that we aren't going to be perfect and we will fail but ultimately when asked for forgiveness we are granted it. So I believe my after life will be in Heaven
There's a first time for everything! Thanks for the brain tickling question. I'll have to answer these more often.
<3 Rachel
http://journals.aol.com/forpounds/ShanonsWeeklyAssignments/
Scared!
Shanon
How do I feel about death? Eventually, its going to happen and all I can pray for is that its quick and painless. I also pray that its not any time soon. There are things I want to accomplish yet.
My philosophy of an "afterlife"? I believe there is one. I'm not sure about the concept of "hell" though. Sometimes, I think "hell" is where we are right now or that hell is being stuck between here and Heaven. I do believe that others who have passed on will be there to meet us and guide us over. I've heard many a story from a nurse who has been with a dying patient who "sees" someone who has passed on just before they themselves die. Sheila
I believe in an after life. What it is, I'm not sure. I have faith in God, though.
Jude
http://journals.aol.com/JMoranCoyle/MyWay
Death is just the next step on our journey. I have been with 3 people when they passed from this life into the next. They all confirmed my beliefs.
I want to live a long, good life and I have many things I'd like to accomplish yet, but if I were to die tomorrow, I would have no regrets. If I leave a piece of myself (a smile, a kind word, a good deed, a moment of laughter) with as many people as I can, then something good will live on after I am gone from here.
my husband and 4 yr old grandbaby died in auto accident in front of me. many relatives have died including mother daddy and grandparents. I donot fear death but do know the long true meaning of greiving over a loved one who is no longer living.i believe in an after life and I know that grief is something you must go through and not around because going around it,ignoring it or not admitting it will leave you stuck in many unhappy moments that you cannot get past. There is a book named "Heaven" by Jesse Duplantis which will explain exactly to you what Heaven will be like from what the Bible tells us. Here is a link of the greiving process if you would like to go to it.
http://journals.aol.com/judypearllove/MomentsofJudyPearl/entries/1160
Heaven is a place I look very forward going to enjoy the palce that God has perpared for me,to see all my loved ones. However I go I will be ready and except that is is Gods plan. As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil for tho art with me. my faith is deep and unfailing I have no fear at all.
there is much to be excited about in my eternity with my Heavenly Father
I DONT LOOK FORWARD TO DEATH....AS IM SURE NO ONE DOES....BUT I DONT FEAR IT LIKE I ONCE DID.......I DO BELIEVE IN GOD AND THE AFTERLIFE....NOT IN A HELL FIRE BRIMSTONE SORTA WAY.....I THINK WITH EVERY RELIGION OUT THERE THE TRUTH IS PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE THINGS........WE WILL ALL BE JUDGED FOR WHAT WE DO..........BUT I`D LIKE TO THINK THE JUDGE ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE WERE HUMAN......HE (OR SHE) MADE US THAT WAY AFTER ALL
didnt worry about it much until it came in to my house and took my brother after that i noticed it was all around. i have no philosophy life comes and go i just be happy that i was a part of that persons life.
I like to keep an open mind about such things.
Being on the Internet has allowed me to explore different beliefs and attitudes and alternatives and for the most part I just think that there's no simple "black and white" answer. I think that there are gray areas in everything.
When my mother was sick in the hospital she had told me that she had wanted to die and that God told her that it wasn't her time yet.
When my father passed away, the day before he took a walk around the neighborhood - something that he didn't do before - it was like he was taking a last look around...kind of eerie when you think about it - especially when its someone close to you like a parent.
Rose
http://journals.aol.com/roseb44170/RosesJournal
IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?...SEEMS TO ME THIS IS A QUESTION TO ASK SOMEBODY CRAWELING OUT OF SOME GRAVE..THIS IS MORONSGO4TH..THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT..BUT DID YOU READ THE WHOLE THING? THE COMPLETE BLOGG?..YES IM A TAURUS MALE..MAY 2ND IS MY BIRTHDAY..I THINK..THE STUPID SUFFER..SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR LOSS..AND I WAS DOWN THERE AND SAW THE SECOND TOWER HIT...TO PAY A PARKING TICKET..I ALMOST WAS KILLED...IF I WENT TO JOHN STREET WHO KNOWS...THE FIRST TOWER IS A FEW HUNDRED KILLOMETERS FROM IT...I SAW SUCH TERROR IN THE FACES OF PEOPLE...WOMEN RUNNING AND SCREAMING..GOD THEY DO THAT WELL...YES IM FROM NYC...I RESIDE IN BROOKLYN ..SHEEPSHEAD BAY...
i am not scared to die- i have been with so many people as they died- some peaceful and some struggling- that is the part that i am scared of- the possible struggle and pain that sometimes comes with death. there is such a peace when they finally let go-their eyes open as they take their last breath- i often wonder what beautiful things they see as they close their eyes to this world and open their eyes to the next. i absolutely believe in the afterlife and that excites me- being reunited with lost loved ones, people you never got to meet. all my questions 'why??" being answered, the mysteries revealed--- also all the bad "stuff" between people fades away- no more pain and suffering. just being able to enjoy each others' true spirits in peace and joy.
I've said it before but it bears repeating, THANK YOU Promise for your Journal Jar Questions. Even if no one reads my entries it keeps giving me the chance to explore how I feel about some subjects and a chance to reflect on my life.
Death is something that I think people fear too much. It is the only thing in life that you can guarentee will happen some day. Granted the fear most likely lies in the idea of dieing before one is ready, before they've done all they want to in life. I think that just means you should live each day as if it was your last. Don't let opportunities pass you buy. Don't leave your loved ones without telling them you love them. Don't argue over petty things, or take others for granted. I believe in life after death with God in heaven, so I believe my loved ones are taken care of after they leave. Does that make losing them any easier? No. My fear of losing a loved one is consuming on a bad day. But knowing that you've got someone up there looking after you is a comfort, and knowing that one day you will be with them again helps a bit also.
There is a World Beyond and I know this absolutely because for twenty years I have been in communication with many people including tree of my Relatives and others who write through me doing Automatic Writing and I have since October 2003 been writing in my Personal aol journal under the name Kitty1392@aol.com aol Journals.
'My Two Worlds'
If you would like to read and learn more about what the Spirit World is and how some of the people behave in the Hereafter feel free to Log on and Meet Aunt Carrie, George, Eve and Dr. Petas.
Eve died in the fourties after being struck by a Car and she left a lot of Children Behind and George passed away at the age of 86 in l957.
Carrie passed over in l965 at the age of 68 from a Blood Clot.
Dr. Petas passed over in l985 from a sudden Heart Attack while out Jogging and he had no identification with him and he lay in the Hospital for about 24 hours before anyone identified him.
He has not adjusted well to his Death and is not always a nice man and that also goes for Eve, Carrie and George who have caused me a little trouble because they don't like the way I lived my Life after they left the Earth Plane and in addition to that they resent the fact that in l986 President John F. Kennedy appeared to work with me and wanted me to tell the World the Truth behind his Assassination and this made my Relatives so jealous that they set out to stop the book from ever being published and so I decided to just write about all this in the Journal to prove that Spirits are not always angelic but still have some of the same feelings of jealousy, love and hate that they had when they walked the Earth.
I think my Journal will convince almost anyone that there is truly Life after Death.
OK.......after life? Hmmmmm. I have recently been in the middle of a huge......for lack of a better term, religious remodeling. I have been taking a serious look at the beliefs that were pounded into my head as a child, and at my feelings now, and trying to decide what it is I really believe. Here is my thoughts so far.......
Stephanie
http://journals.aol.com/unicornsteph80/Welcometomylife/entries/484
Is there life after death? Yes! In Scriptures [John 21:22] Jesus opens the door to life and death issues by saying if He wills some to remain, they remain. So, it is possible that some people never die, if Jesus wills it to be so. The rest of us must be born-again in the Spirit of God and when we “die” we become like angels . . . spirits . . . and spirits never die. If you’re a Christian, God gives you work to do . . . if you’re a non-Christian, you roam the earth looking for opportunities to enter flesh.
I welcome you to browse my journal, too ... http://journals.aol.com/thomaskj056/AchristianView/
Lori
http://journals.aol.com/helmswondermom/LorisJournalJar/entries/403
Hi, I am new here...I hope that there is an after life, I want to believe that my husband that passed away last year(see my journal) is still around.Death it's self stings..I know that for 6 months or so afte he died I prayed for the dark shadow in the night to consume me and take me away from my pain here.
My husband made a comment the night before he got hurt, we were having a tornado and my son asked him if he was coming where it was safe , he said...if it is my time to go then it is my time to go. He died two weeks later!
HUGS.
Jenny
THERE IS ONLY ONE GUARANTEE IN LIFE.......DEATH
http://journals.aol.com/jennystew47130/thelossofalovedonetomrsa
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