Thread: Being immortal

I am in agreement with Lady Dunsany. I have hoped that this was my last incarnation for a long time now but recently I am not so sure. As tiring as it all gets there is still so much more to do.

Originally Posted by agedone

I am in agreement with Lady Dunsany. I have hoped that this was my last incarnation for a long time now but recently I am not so sure. As tiring as it all gets there is still so much more to do.

Do not worry, for you can do it all without coming back.

Originally Posted by Lady Dunsany

Do not worry, for you can do it all without coming back.

Of this I can only hope.

Originally Posted by agedone

Of this I can only hope.

Hope is all we have sometimes.

Originally Posted by rian123

Most religions believe that the human has a soul or spirit that is immortal and when the physical body dies it will either reincarnate or go on the the spiritual world. Do you believe in a soul and afterlife, what do you believe?

I believe that only the spirit is immortal... When you die, you leave behind your physical and astral body...

As for coming back... maybe non of us want to... however, I think alot of us have to... Or any of you feeling like an almost perfect god?...

That is an interesting way to look at things, but in my experiences and teachings the astral body is the spirit body and is the one that lives on and eventually is able to go on without a physical body. It is the seven part system or the seven fold path. What most believe is physical astral and spirit is actually physical which dies and spirit which eventually merges with the astral to make the perfect divine and real body.

I believe that the spirit of man has been created in the image of God and consists of body (physical) soul (astral) and spirit... The spirit is your so called higher self, which is immortal, and the body and soul serve only as a vessel for the spirit... Your spirit is what connects you to God, and you use your physical and astral body to explore the corresponding realms...
By the way, my "theory" is mostly influenced by Bardon...

Well this is why we have discussions to learn what each believes. The physical body dies and yes the higher self which is Atma is a god spark that waits above for the next incarnation and merges with the new astral to form a new physical body. However Alchemists and Theosophists know the true body that will live on after there is no physical will be the astral as that is what one's who have chosen not to come back and work on the sidelines become. The higher self is the astral, the soul is a spark of divinity, It is the Bodhisattva. Yes my goal is to become a God one day and that god is the still small voice inside. My teachings are from the ones at Point Loma and the teachings of Madame Blavatsky. Have a good day.

I do not believe in the soul, being Buddhist. I don't believe that there can be such thing as a permanent, isolated "self". I can't disagree, however, that there is a continuity. That things arise because they are caused - that a mind simply cannot wink into existence when you are born. There has to be a previous cause for it.

I believe that Mind, Body, and Soul are all intertwined to create the whole of oneself. When one manages to shed their corporeal form in some way (death, or otherwise), I don't feel that the self is compromised though. I would like to believe that the Mind and Soul collaborate in order to create a new "Body" or Spirit. In this state one should be able to continue life indefinitely in whatever manner suits them.