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Bereavement
In reply to the discussion: The strangest and most beautiful thing happened today at mom's funneral. [View all]Icanthinkformyself
(338 posts)73. Physics
        governs everything in the universe, including our souls. They are not metaphysical, they exist at the quantum level. Like out thoughts, they are 'things'. We now have the tools to properly conduct research into what lies just beyond our senses. What's being discovered with out enhanced tool box is mind blowing amazing. I trust science and spirit. Religion is for those who believe in death. I do not. Everything is recycled and reused, including our souls. The universe does not have a waste bin.
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                        The strangest and most beautiful thing happened today at mom's funneral. [View all]
							sheshe2
							Jan 2022
							OP
                        
        
        Sheesh - I heard my dad's voice, announcing himself like his answering machine message did.
        calimary
        Feb 2022
        #87
      
        
        As a non-believer myself, I understand your experience as I felt something similar when my mom died
        Moostache
        Jan 2022
        #33
      
        
        One sales rep. who worked for husband had a photo of his immediate family at the cemetary
        sprinkleeninow
        Jan 2022
        #35
      
        
        The day my husband died in 1988, as we were toasting him with a very special bottle of wine
        OMGWTF
        Jan 2022
        #54
      
        
        Our hearts are not initially big enough to hold our beloved ones fully in our mourning
        lostnfound
        Jan 2022
        #55
      
        
        I think so too, and I'm not religious, either, but this was a spiritual experience
        Rhiannon12866
        Feb 2022
        #71
      
        
        What a beautiful thread! Thanks for sharing, sheshe2. You inspired so many heartfelt stories
        BComplex
        Feb 2022
        #74
      
        
        I almost never bookmark threads, sheshe2, but I've bookmarked this one, both for
        highplainsdem
        Feb 2022
        #75
      
        
        Beautiful, and you are most probably right, she was free and wanted you to know.
        Escurumbele
        Feb 2022
        #81
      
        
        How blessed you are to have a lovely confirmation your mommy is free & released from a body that
        The_REAL_Ecumenist
        Feb 2022
        #86