I have the distinct impression that all the world, including my own physical existence, is a figament of the imagination of the true me; perhaps a dream.  Even this forum and each of the participants are products of my mind.  Can you prove to me that you actually exist outside of my mind? I look forward to unconsciously creating the answers that I imagine you will give me.
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Ah, the wonders of proving reality to a disbeliever!\nFirst, I want you to visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduction_to_special_relativity , and try to teach yourself whatever they're talking about, okay? \nNext, I know this is unprovable, but I have my own distinct thoughts and imaginations and feelings and beliefs, and if nothing else, can assure you that I am, in fact, quite real.\nFind that page yet? Good. Do you understand the math? If so, kudos, go on to the main Special Relativity or General Relativity pages. If not, do you see where I'm heading with this?\nThis world we live in, grass and garbage and math and all, is much too complex for you to dream! The human mind is capable of miraculous things - but it can hardly invent hundreds of thousands of sciences and religions and people, and keep them all straight, and create histories and backgrounds and politics for each.
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I am a believer in reincarnation. It would explain why children come into the world with such distinct personalities, and also why people have such odd phobias. There is scientific evidence (none of it conclusive) that reinforces my belief as well. I also believe that there are many places in the Universe where one may incarnate, and that a lot of beings from other places are choosing to live lives here now. I'm flirting with the idea that I'm from one of those other places, because I'm so drawn to the idea of extraterrestrial life.
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I don't understand the question, but I agree with Miz.  Keep up the good work.  I love the questions; they make me laugh.  Does anyone believe them?  Anyway, thanks, and oh, come to Pantheistic Universalism.  We are waiting.
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I have, actually, and ironically, I just answered a question a few minutes ago that reminded me of that.  I had a near death experience, and I think the entity I was talking to could be described as a Guardian Angel, although I don't remember there being a specific visual image of an angel.  More like a light.  But it was clearly benevolent, and had a style something like a teacher or mentor.
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Yes, we are. That is what the senses are. There are no real things out there, there are just clouds of possibilities. Quantum physicists are finding out the universe is much more complicated and unbelievable than once thought. Our perceptions actually modify reality.. that means there could be a universe out there for every potential choice we make in our lives... it's a mind boggling concept, but people are realizing theres more to this world than meets the eye, so to speak.
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According to me I am neither the body, mind nor infinite consciousness! I am but a very small part of infinite consciousness. \n\nI am a living soul... of the same essence as God Almighty himself. I have manifested the body that is recognized in Yahoo! Answers as godrealized.\n\nI am an integral part of the whole Cosmos. I was generated when the big bang occurred. Since then I have been manifesting one body after another. Traveling the path of a human body is the last leg of my manifestation.\n\nIt is only as a human being that I shall become free forever from the cycle of birth and death. I shall liberate finally one-day after gaining enlightenment and finally seek salvation (aka moksha in Hinduism). It is only then I shall be able to reach the house of God known as kingdom of God (aka Baikuntha in Hinduism).\n\nThe essence of me... a soul (aka Atman in Hinduism) has been very aptly described in Katha Upanishad in Hinduism. The dialogues of Nachiketa with Lord Shiva on the different attributes of the soul are world famous and carry great significance in the spiritual world.\n\nFor serious seekers of spirituality studying the dialogues of Nachiketa with Lord Shiva on the query, "who am I" is without a parallel. More on who am I here- http://www.godrealized.com/define_atman.html
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Seriously kid, you need to start reading some real material by impartial authors rather than simply accepting religious dogma.\n\n\n>>>how can my soul come from an amoebe? \n\nAs soon as you present any evidence that the soul even exists science will give that due consideration. Since we have n more evidence for the existence of the soul than for the existence of leprechauns it simply isn’t an issue.\n\nAs far as anyone can tell there is no such thing as a soul.\n\n>>>>u cant go from barely anythin to something far better \n\nWell of course you can you silly girl. Have you never grown salt crystals from warm slaty water? Are you suggesting that a crystal isn’t far better than a random scattering of suspended ions?\n\nIn the real world order comes from chaotic systems all the time.\n\n>>>>and even if the big bang theory or somethin like that was\n>>> true...\n\nWhat exactly does the BB have to do with evolution? You appear be ingnorant, as are most fundamentalists, that these are two totally unconnected fields of science.\n\n>>>> what started evreything?\n\nRandom fluctuations within the quantum foam. That is what started everything.\nBut once again I ask, what exactly does the BB have to do with evolution?\n\n>>>humans havent thought of any theory that hasnt had to have a cause... a greater being\n\nAnd what caused the “greater being” my child? \n\nA “greater being” has to have a cause as well, so what caused that cause that caused the greater being? It’s turtles all the way down. At some point you need to admit that either something came form nothing, or there was no previous point and time itself came into existence.\n\nVague handwaving at some “greater being” doesn’t resolve the basic problem, all it does is violate Ockham’s razor and makes your position logically untenable.
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I have to disagree with a previous respondent who said, "What do you remember before you were born? Well that is exactly what it will be like after you die."  Has he been dead already?  How does he know?  I THINK -- although no one can know for sure -- that we will certainly know when we're dead.  When you ask about experiencing the world around us, you're automatically asking about the afterlife, with some interplay with religious beliefs -- there's no separating one from the other.  Because I believe there's an afterlife, I also believe that we will experience the world around us, but on another plane.  Certainly we'll be able to interact after death, but primarily and most directly with those who have already died as well.
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I believe in the multiverse in the sense that we are perceiving one universe, but there are many possible realities that could have brought me to my current perceptions and there are many possible realities that originate from my current perceptions.  If there is no such thing as time, then all possible perceptions exist together, and what we perceive as time passing is merely our awareness of particular moments in one of the threads of events that are already existing in the "multiverse".
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Now there is a truly original thought!  How refreshing.  I will make that my question to ponder as I go to sleep tonight.\n\nThank you.
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I think you should try posting in the philosophy section or spirituality next time.\n\nHow big is the soul.\n\nWell, hopefully bigger than the body and more durable. But it seems like the universe "the container" for all matter, and the soul, the container for everything spiritual would be of a different quality. \n\nI think the soul is bigger.  Imagine being condemned to live forever without a soul? It's hard enough trying to get through a Sunday afternoon.
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do you beleive that a car create it self by it self? ... NO!?? why ?, if you can beleive that the universe was created by itself and without creator, then why you dont beleive that a car cant be created without a creator?\n\nfor everything created there is a creator, and the creation of the universe proves the greatness of God.
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I am going to put a slightly spin on this question. I DO believe that there are parallel universes. There are at least as many universes as there are people and possibly as many universes as there are living things. We each experience a different universe, but they all exist at the same time. Our "Universe" is what we experience (see, hear, smell, taste, feel, and any other undocumented sense). THAT is where parallel universes come into their own, and THAT is where relativity comes into play. My universe starts with me where I am and ends "out there somewhere". I will never get to experience the end, because wherever I am will always be the start of my universe.
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Oh my goodness, your hallucination proves that a god exists???\n\nPardon me while I beg to differ.
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Think big!  Think "out-of-the-box"!  It has been mathematically proven that there are other dimensions other than the dimensions we live in.   Perhaps you and I are the physical manifestation of some force or "power" in another dimension. Maybe that dimension is one in which physical things cannot exist and just maybe it is a spiritual dimension. Who knows?, but just because we can't understand an "order" that is higher than the one we live in doesn't mean that it's not there.  We understand "lower orders" like, say our body cells.  If we were a kidney cell talking to each other, we might worship the god Kidney, not able to comprehend what that higher order "kidney" could be.  Where might this god Kidney be??   Maybe he's all around us, he's everywhere, but to the kidney cell he must be a matter of faith. \n\n Gobbledygook you say? Well, I guess you have to decide.  But I think there is much more, and you're an important part of it. You have a purpose for your being here but we don't know what that is. I guess we just need faith.
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about the second life... u have also references to this in hindu religious scriptures...i dont think anything as second life does exist...these r just fairytale fantasies...wat do u feel???
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It is very easy to believe in something you witness for yourself. However, I do believe there are some real basis for believing some individuals have this type of ability. I believe it is rare, but definitely could be a possibility. I do not like to just dismiss something out of hand, because I have yet to be around somebody who demonstrated this ability to me. However, I have heard from others that they have seen people who can do this. I do think it is a very rare gift, but look at all God can do, if you believe in God. I do. I find anything is possible if you open your mind to the possibilities in this world, the solor system around us, and the one even further out we can't see yet.