09-16-2015, 09:08 PM
(09-14-2015, 12:08 AM)anagogy Wrote: I once read a transcript from a past life regression of a woman that was burned at the stake for her pagan beliefs. As her body burned, her consciousness left the body, yet the body still went through all the death throes you would expect from someone burning alive (much to her chagrin, as she didn't want her captors to get the satisfaction of thinking she suffered). This same soul regressed into the soul state stated this option is available to all souls, and that furthermore, when the higher self sees little to no probability of survival, normally moves the spirit out of the body before violent bodily death occurs.
Just because that particular person had that particular past life memory doesn't mean that this happens to everyone who dies in what seems to be a painful death.
Simple observation shows that many people (and animals) suffer horribly, yet survive it. For example, victims of torture who were later rescued, burn victims, people who suffered with chronic pain for many years, and myriad other examples. Many people (and animals) survived extreme anguish and physical pain. Their Higher Selves didn't yank them from their bodies to spare them the pain, did they? No they didn't. So why would we think that the Higher Self would do so at the moment of death?
Pain exists. People (and animals) suffer. It isn't accurate to assume that they are somehow spared that suffering, when countless people (and animals) have survived extreme suffering, and countless people have shared their stories about how horrible it was.
We can't get let off the hook by assuming that farm animals aren't suffering at the hands of humans. There is absolutely No basis for that.
(09-14-2015, 12:08 AM)anagogy Wrote: Of course we fear what we don't understand, but I think humanity at large would be surprised how "not a big deal" it is from the time/space perspective.
Death might not be a big deal.
But killing is very much a big deal.
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