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I think the only way we can change our circumstances is due to free will and the input of knew information from others. I would surmise being the only person alive and never knowing other people existed, it would be nearly impossible to change your circumstances other than in a material way. Maybe self-discovery has some influence but I wouldn't wager it is much because I don't feel we can think outside of who we are. We can discover more about ourselves but deeply delving into the self expands the view not changes the direction usually, IMO. I think this is relevant, so bear with me. Let's assume that at least half of the stories of people clinically being dead, but floating over their body and seeing the doctors have some basis in a percetion they had and not an outright lie. Let's assume that the mind when alone and to it's elements can warp the perception of time (such as in dreams and memories). Now let's say that after clinical death the brain is still active for 5 seconds. That 5 seconds could seem like 5 million years or an eternity if you're locked within your mind. There is no new discoveries mentally and no extraneous input to your senses. Then in fact we could very well make our own heaven or hell for those 5 seconds after death, and it could seem to subjectively like eternity.
I think the only way we can change our circumstances is due to free will and the input of knew information from others. I would surmise being the only person alive and never knowing other people existed, it would be nearly impossible to change your circumstances other than in a material way. Maybe self-discovery has some influence but I wouldn't wager it is much because I don't feel we can think outside of who we are. We can discover more about ourselves but deeply delving into the self expands the view not changes the direction usually, IMO. I think this is relevant, so bear with me. Let's assume that at least half of the stories of people clinically being dead, but floating over their body and seeing the doctors have some basis in a percetion they had and not an outright lie. Let's assume that the mind when alone and to it's elements can warp the perception of time (such as in dreams and memories). Now let's say that after clinical death the brain is still active for 5 seconds. That 5 seconds could seem like 5 million years or an eternity if you're locked within your mind. There is no new discoveries mentally and no extraneous input to your senses. Then in fact we could very well make our own heaven or hell for those 5 seconds after death, and it could seem to subjectively like eternity.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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