Near Death Experience Exploration

Everyone on the planet is dying as soon they are born. That is a fact that none of us can ever escape. Depending on your religious philosophy or lack of any religion is where your belief system leads you to what actually happens to you when you die. Heaven, hell, and limbo have been spoken of in various ways in every corner of the world since man has kept records. In the same respect, so has the concept of near death experiences or as I would like to call it, a practice round for the permanent dirt nap.

Have you ever wondered to yourself what really happens to you when you die? Most people have asked themselves that very question and the best answer they get isn’t enough information to satisfy their curiosity.

One could call the phenomenon of near death experience (NDE) a paranormal science or just plain nutty science if you are not a religious person by nature. I’ve always found the discussion of near death experiences interesting but then again I am a rather strange individual to begin with anyway. Personally, I fall into the category of being a strong believer in life after death since I’m one of those pesky Catholics with the weekly kneel, stand, kneel, sing, pray, bow your head, kneel, stand, pray some more, attention deficit religion syndrome.

Anywho, to keep my politics and personal belief systems separated (No intentional government Constitution church and state separation thingy insinuated), I started another website for people interested in near death experiences (NDE) to explore the topic further called Life and Death is a Mirror Image…

I placed a link in the sidebar on the left for easy access or you can bookmark the site if you like. As time allows I will be adding more information to Life and Death is a Mirror Image and of course exploring even more related items such as psychic phenomenon, out of body experience, angels, ghosts, guardian angels, and other interesting subjects as they relate to the near death experience.

Check it out and feel free to let me know what you think.

Papamoka

Life After Death Mystery

I've always wondered about the here and after. Not religiously, just curiousity. How about you? Do you believe in Angels, Ghosts, Near Death Experiences? I'm of the curious mind and in that respect I ponder the inevitable question if there is life after death or?

Check out Life After Death Or web site. It has some interesting links to the obvious questions we all ask eventually.

Papamoka

Life After Death Or?

Questions and curriosity about Death are not morbid as much as they are simply human nature.

One of the things that I have always been personally curious about is the question of life after death. Being a somewhat religious man… aka Catholic, I believe that there is life after this world. Having gone to my share of funerals in my life it has always been a question in the back of my head especially when the calling hours were for someone I deeply loved in my life.

I lost my mother when she was only sixty-one. She was a wonderful and amazing human being that raised not only my six brothers and sisters but some would say my father as well. In her life she experienced so many wonderful things and passed on that knowledge to everyone that would care to listen. Being her baby boy I listened a lot and learned even more because of it. Even though she has passed on I still dream of her on occasion and it brings a calmness to my spirit.

I lost my father to Alzheimer’s disease and I can hope to God that I do not follow in his footsteps. Dad was my best friend for life and losing your friend that way is horrible to go through and I’m sure it was no picnic for him. I could see the fear in his eyes when his memory was totally gone and even his first born visiting him terrified him because he could not remember him. That was the last time he recited any of his children’s names. Even though Dad has passed on I still dream of him from time to time and in those dreams there is hope and my best friends guidance.

If you asked me if I believe in Angel’s or Ghost’s or the paranormal I would have to say yes. Do I believe in life after death, yes I do. With that being said I’ve looked into some online research of other people discussing these subjects and compiled some links that I thought people might enjoy looking into. They run the spectrum of Near Death Experiences to Out of Body Experiences to Ghost’s and Angel’s. As time goes by I will be adding to the links and adding subjects to the pages like Prophet’s, Poltergeists‘, Visionaries, Psychic’s and other related topics.

If you have a few minutes then please check out my latest online project called Life After Death Or? If you enjoy it for what it is then visit the sponsors and drop a comment or two on the pages.

Papamoka

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Stupid is as Stupid Does…

Picture Courtesy of the Worcester Telegram

One of the things that tick me off the most is the desecration that our nation’s youth seem to forever perpetrate on our cemeteries. Final resting places for many loved ones that have passed become a play yard of abuse and disrespect for teens and young adults. Knocking over head stones or defacing mausoleums for a few laughs after a very much over indulgence on substances they should not have partaken has become the thing to do. Over at the Worcester Telegram and Gazette they have this latest piece on defiling the respect of our loved ones...

Thursday, May 3, 2007 Cemetery headstones toppled; video cameras to be installed

Chief said 2 girls may be vandals

By Brian Lee

TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF

SOUTHBRIDGE— Two more headstones at Oak Ridge Cemetery last weekend were toppled, allegedly by juveniles, bringing the recent vandalism count to 34 as of yesterday, town officials said. Authorities were following up on an eyewitness report that two girls between the ages of 12 and 14 were possibly responsible for the most recent acts, Police Chief Daniel R. Charette said yesterday. The Department of Public Works, which manages the town-owned cemetery on Oak Ridge Avenue that has about 4,000 headstones, is working with police to install surveillance cameras at the cemetery.

The first camera, which had been used for traffic enforcement, will be installed soon, Chief Charette said.

Thirty-two stones were toppled the weekend of April 21-22, he said. The vandalism has occurred throughout the cemetery, but most was observed on a hill near the rear of the Tri-Community YMCA. Oak Ridge Cemetery opened in 1801, according to the town’s Web site. It is open during daylight hours. The oldest damaged headstones had been snapped in half and could not be repaired, DPW workers noted yesterday. - Worcester Telegram and Gazette

Somehow it never seems that there is enough legal punishment for this kind of crime against society. We are a nation that respects our dead and for many of us that are left behind that family grave site is the one true place that we can speak our thoughts to the loved ones lost and somehow discover some form of comfort. Call it a sense of well being when you can cry for your passed child, sibling, wife, husband, parent or grand parent and not care who sees you wipe a tear or two.

How do you find that peace of mind when ignorance of what true respect is and your family’s final resting place is destroyed by idiots and vandals?

It is with sheer pleasure that I’m able to point this story out from the Houston Chronicle…

May 8, 2007, 9:49AM
Man trapped under tombstone charged with vandalism
Associated Press

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. — A man found trapped unconscious beneath a 1,000-pound tombstone in a cemetery faces charges and might have to pay for damages, police said.

Michael David Schreiber's legs were broken by the stone, and the family name on the gravestone left the letter "V" imprinted on his thigh, Merrillville Officer Ray Smith said.

He said it took five officers to remove the headstone from Schreiber's body Sunday morning at Calumet Park Cemetery.

Schreiber, 22, of Merrillville faces charges of criminal trespassing, criminal mischief and public intoxication, police said. He also might be ordered to pay for damage to 14 headstones, Police Chief Nicholas Bravos said. Estimated damage totaled about $8,400, Bravos said.

Schreiber told police he and a companion had been drinking before going to the cemetery. – Houston Chronicle

One of the things that also bother me about this sort of crime is that it is so prevalent across our nation. There is not one city across America that has not been touched by this form of youthful aggression against our society. I’m pretty sure that they are not teaching grave stone toppling 101 in our High Schools. Where does the idea to pop a few drinks or smoke some dope and do such a thing begin? That answer I do not have but I do have a suggestion on how to stop it.

In every city across this land there are many cemeteries and in those cemeteries is our individual cities history. Educating our younger generations on the past and the history of our towns and cities is very important. Class trips to the local burial grounds could point out that the big lake that they swim in wasn’t always named “The Big Lake”. It was named after this person buried here that did x y z for our town or city. Then it could be pointed out that the park in your town or city was named after this person buried here because they did x y z for the town or city. This lesson on a lifetime of achievement could be pointed out as to why certain streets in town are named what they are and where those names and people are buried.

Respect for the dead comes from many points of view and various religions but for me it is ultimately a respect for our nation’s achievers, be they great or small. Without the many trials of life that our buried dead faced, dealt with and accomplished in their life time then we would not be the people and society we are today.

Cross Posted at Bring IT ON!

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