After Life there is???????????

[magikhappens]

ravenmaher said:

I believe we keep living again till we do and learn everything we need to before we move on

This is my belief as well.
One has many 'challenges' in each life and you must 'complete' them to be able to move on.

[Ebony]

very nicely put Desladon

[scorn]

Water. Thats an interesting way of thinking about it. That makes alot of sence.

[watershield]

Blame it on my Oregon up bringing

[prettyfull]

I don't know if there is life after. I believe in the Summer Land but I believe it is more of a stopping point until I come back here to learn more. I do believe though that being concerned with this life is far more important than thinking about what you are going to be doing for the next life.

[scorn]

This is somthing I've had in my BOS for a while. I personally find it conforting and it explains some of what we are talking about.
Death
He was old. He felt old. His body did not work right anymore, and he was always tired. His eyes were rheumy, and there were pains in his joints that woke him in the cold nighttime.
One night, as he slept, a soft white light filled his hut. He looked up, and saw the most beautiful Lady he had ever seen standing in the room.
"Who are you?" he whispered.
"Death," She answered, quietly.
"Death?" His reply was confused. "I never thought Death would be so beautiful! We have always pictured you as some kind of spectre of fear."
The Lady smiled. "You only fear Death because you do not remember it. Just as you fear Life, because you do not remember it. Come. Walk with me, and be at peace."
He got out of the straw bed, and walked to Her. She took his hand, and he looked back at the bed. He saw his body, lying there. Still and unmoving. Dead.
"It's quite a shock, isn't it?" Her voice was calm.
"Am I.... Dead?"
"Most assuredly so. Come."
They walked out of the cottage, hand in hand, and he noticed that they were not walking thru the streets of the village where he had lived.
"Where are we?"
"You'll see in a moment. Wait."
"Am I bound for Hell?" he asked.
She stopped, and looked him in the eyes.
"There is no Hell. You have lived as most humans do, loving, hating, being loved and being hated. You did the best you could with the Light you had to see by. You have learned much, and earned much."
Her voice was low, but filled with a vibrancy that touched his very soul.
They continued a little way down a hill, and then turned a corner, or something very much like it, and he saw, and heard the laughter.
"Is it Heaven? What is it? It's beautiful!"
"This is the Summerland. Here you will rest a while, and play, and perhaps meet old playmates again and discuss your Game, and ways to improve It. It is time for you to remember all your lives."
She reached up, and softly touched him on the forehead.
"Now remember."
And he did.
Rebirth
"It is time for you to go now."
The Lady spoke to him in a sweet voice.
"So soon?" he answered, "It seems as if I just arrived."
"It always does," she smiled, "But it's time to move on to another life and another body. You'll like this one."
"I hope so. Buchenwald was not pleasant...."
"No, it isn't. But, like you folks say, 'that's Life!'"
He laughed, and stood up on the so-green grass.
"Yeah, I guess it is. See you in a while, folks."
The Circle of friends waved at him, wishing him luck and good fortune, and he and the Lady moved off into a misty area.
"Pretty foggy here," he remarked.
"It will clear up soon," she said, and she took his hand.
They walked for a long time, until he saw they were on a quiet street in a small town. It looked like a nice place. Around the corner was a park, and in it, two people, a man and a woman, were sitting on a bench, holding hands. They were deeply in love, and that love shone around them to those with eyes to see.
"These are your parents. They're nobody special, but they're nice people and you'll like them," She said.
"They look like nice folks," he replied. "Anything I need to know before I do this?"
"I'm afraid I can't tell you. Life is one of those things that you just have to experience on your own."
"OK," he said, "I guess you're right, all things considered."
The Lady laughed, and touched him on the forehead.
"Now forget, for a time, until you return to me."
And he did.

[watershield]

A very nice story. It puts it into very human terms
Be it called Summerland, Heaven, the after life or Nirvana, it's all the same

[scorn]

I agree Watershield. They are all the same. A place of peace and happiness.
I had completely forgot I had that story until I had looked through my BOS a couple days ago.