Yes and it is something I'm increasing thinking about. I have always had a belief I would live the end years of my life teamed up with a loving woman, sharing many of my same interests excited about life.
What about the paranormal which is somewhere between?
David, thanks for sharing. As you say, your position is still theory, yet to be verified by others. Even if science can prove what that spark of life really is the real question will still be unsolved, only hypothesized. How did this 'spark' start? Random evolution, or divine intervention?
Supernatural: "of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature." I see these as "natural plus." But I limit that to things like precognition, extra-sensory perception, and some manifestations. These are things (sensitivities, abilities) some humans are endowed with (or gifted with, if you prefer.)
I was thinking about police who sometimes call in psychics to help in unsolved cases. This does happen. So if L.E. does it there must be some credibility to it.
I'd like to know more about this than I do. Also, Qi Gong masters have a sort of Xray vision and cannot understand why doctors in the west rely on machines to deliver results they can see with their naked eyes. They are able to diagnose without equipment.I would have loved it if a friend had been with me when I saw an angel or when I saw ghosts. But I was always alone at the time. Who says they're not smart?
I was thinking about police who sometimes call in psychics to help in unsolved cases. This does happen. So if L.E. does it there must be some credibility to it.
L.E. is short for Law Enforcement. Qi Gong is a study of martial art/healing focusing on qi energy which all people possess. Masters spend years working on perfecting their relationship to qi = spirit. In Tibet Buddhist monks can drape their shoulders in wet cloths and sit in freezing cold temperatures while drying the cloths with the power of their minds translating to an increase in body temperature. It's sort of psycho neurological, which is similar to biofeedback. This is a fact but it is not common so Western cultures where we rely heavily on doctors and diagnostics. It's still a form of science though. And thank you too for being so open minded.
My wife and I volunteer at an organization called Kids Kicking Cancer. We work with children with various chronic diseases. We tell them we are teaching them karate, we do some punching and kicking in the air. We spend most of the time teaching them meditation and pain management in the context of convincing them to be powerful martial artists.L.E. is short for Law Enforcement. Qi Gong is a study of martial art/healing focusing on qi energy which all people possess. Masters spend years working on perfecting their relationship to qi = spirit. In Tibet Buddhist monks can drape their shoulders in wet cloths and sit in freezing cold temperatures while drying the cloths with the power of their minds translating to an increase in body temperature. It's sort of psycho neurological, which is similar to biofeedback. This is a fact but it is not common so Western cultures where we rely heavily on doctors and diagnostics. It's still a form of science though. And thank you too for being so open minded.
Each of us were alone when we saw the entities Chic, but later talked about it. In one instance, I was on the phone with a good friend when she saw her "resident ghost...Tophat" enter her house. It was daylight too. She said "Oh sh*t!!!". I asked her what was wrong and she told me she saw him go in. I told her he's been in the house for years and never hurt her and her son (though her son was scared to go back into the basement where he first saw him) and that if he wanted to harm them he would have done it by now. Jokingly I told her to go into the house and say "Hey Tophat..que pasa?" He was nicknamed Tophat because everyone who saw him described him as wearing a tophat.
Have you considered that these may simply be Hypnagogic hallucinations? I have experienced seeing dead relatives, or more often, people or objects that I didn't recognise. Nothing suspicious, these are known medical conditions. Not angels or ghosts (I don't think either exist), just imagination. The "builder" who made a botch job of renovating my neighbour's house, said it was haunted and he had seen the ghost. I suspect that the only spirits he saw were in a bottle!
I only wish that I could conjure up the spirits of my father, brother, and son. Since my beliefs don't run in that vein, I'll never experience the comfort that could bring.
I have definitely had at least three angel encounters and used to see ghosts from time to time in my old neighborhood. Some people are more sensitive to this than others.
The below youtube link is an easy to understand presentation of how animalia brains evolved from electromagnetic forces you termed "spark":
Faith is itself evidence of things unseen. Whatever is seen is temporal, temporary, and usually deceptive, OK?I don't believe in bigfoot but I do believe in God. Many believe science does not support the existence of either.
So why do people believe what they do? Do you have beliefs not supported by science? Just curious. Be nice. No people bashing. OK?
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Suppose science already proved that viruses do not cause sickness or illness ... That would be (and is) good news, right ?
I don't apply the word belief to scientific concepts. I prefer the word accept instead.
When I mentioned the Sun revolving around the Earth as the "science" of the time, this was true. Galileo disagreed and insisted the Earth revolved around the Sun but he was vilified as the scientists of today are vilified for revealing truths that do not fit a narrative being pushed. So while individual people may be basically good, the powers that control the world have their own self interests and will cause a lot of harm to people to prevent truths from being discussed if those truths do not benefit THEM.
Can you explain that further?
Before Galileo's time religion and science, sometimes called natural philosophy, were intertwined. From Galileo onwards they began to separate but it took a long time for them to seen as separate disciplines of study. Theology, the study that underpins most religions, is essentially a form of philosophy. The sciences are underpinned by the scientific method which is pretty useless when it comes to philosophy and theology.
