after we die we are no more than decaying organic manner. have a problem accepting that? its your problem.
one might be quite happy if everything just ended after the death of the body, but that is not the case. existence (the self) can't just end. i have to pay for all evil i have done, and i have to be rewarded for all good i have done, so that reward and punishment are no more separated (visible)
the universe is in the mind. if it were not, you wouldn't be aware of it. everything is the self. there is no objective reality.
the idea of an after life merely cheapens the value of this life. spiritualism is terrible.
why does it cheapen the value of this life? whether you live your 2nd or 543597843rd life, it will always seem as if it would be "this life".
You can love everybody even if you do not believe in reincarnation, but belief in an end to mind generally makes you afraid and you eager to profit as soon as possible, with no respect for anything but your own property or affections.
Of course, believing in reincarnation can make you lazy, since everything is possible sooner or later, and you have all the time you need.
But in the spiritual reality everything has already happened.
believing in reincarnation is a good thing. It makes you free from fear about death, about losing people you like, free about matter, but respectful about all that you have to transmit to coming generations.
the only way to be free from life is to live our life through. suicide is never an option
death is as good as sleeping and dreaming. since your nature is not limited but infinite, it is necessary to return to your infinity from time to time, for battling against what we are is tiring.
thank you for being, your existence is needed.
It is the collective mind, but one with no center.
you are the center. the center is the self. the center is me. the center is everywhere, in everything. the center is nowhere.
You people seem to be referring to the "spirit," rather than the soul
spirit, soul, self and god are very misunderstood concepts. they're pretty much the same thing, all of them.