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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there is some sort of existence, and I don't believe in God.   I don't attach it to religion at all.   But to the fact nobody can explain consciousness yet.  And that[b] energy never disappears.  That energy could just be trapped here on earth[/b] somehow.  Who knows?  But I don't base my life around this belief, either.  If there isn't, then we just all go to sleep.

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That's one possibility - one of many, including whatever human consciousness can imagine -- and the one that allows for eternal life, just as some religions do.  It negates the possibility or likelihood that humans die and return to the universe just like all other life forms.  This seems like saying that consciousness equals living forever in a conscious form.

We were not conscious before we were conceived and even for a while after we were born. Why would be we conscious forever after we're dead? SOmething to think about.[/quote]

How would you possibly know that?  Think about this -  A baby living in his mother's uterus has absolutely no consciousness of a world outside that womb.  But he is fully concious.   He has no idea that he is loved unconditionally by another being,  but he is literally a part of her.   It may be very much the same for us and our Source.   He/She is here.  We are a part of God.  Most of us just rarely see that. [/quote]

A baby inside  mother's womb is not fully conscious. A rock can be loved "unconditionally" by another being, no consciousness required.  A fully conscious adult can be knocked out by a punch or by drugs and be completely unconscious and aware of the passage of time upon awakening. These are facts.  the above is speculation and whishful thinking[/quote]

I really disagree with this.  A full term infant is fully conscious inside or outside the womb.   To compare an infant to a rock makes no sense.  We could argue about when consciousness is created in potential life .  They are certainly not as aware as an adult.  But they are conscious beings able to see  hear,  interpret,  and even manipulate their environment.  I am not as conscious -  as spiritually awake -  as Jesus,  Ghandi,  His Holiness the Dali Lama,  Buddha, Mohammed,  or any of the other great faith leaders.   But I am certainly conscious. A baby doesn't have my level of understanding (or maybe he does)  but he is a fully conscious being. [/quote]

no one (but immediate pp) compared a baby to a rock.   And it doesn't matter what you don't agree on, a fetus has no awareness of what it is, where it is and what its potential is. All that will come later, with consciousness.[/quote]

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