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When it comes down to it, whatever you believe is your truth since no one can ever prove you wrong. So if its more comforting to believe in an afterlife, then believe in it and be comforted. Either you are right or you will never know you were wrong. So what is the difference?
I agree with you. But in this case and only this case, we will never have any evidence. So you can believe whatever you want. You just can't prove it to anyone.
It also fills them with an existential dread that no five year old should have to contend with.
It seems as if you have a preconceived notion of what "God" is and how the "REAL FATHER" should communicate. I've discovered that such concepts cloud one's vision and prevent one from "seeing"/"listening" clearly.
That statement of yours is indeed very wise and open-minded. When I had my near death experience (NDE) many years ago, I could see from a different vantage point that "we are all connected" and that "there is something bigger that I become a part of" at the transition point known as "physical death". This was totally alien to my Roman Catholic upbringing so it was not a projection like many "visionary" experiences. Since I emerged completely symptom-free from a 3-day "irreversible coma", that NDE also gave me insights into the nature of the mind-body-spirit connection as well as the nature of physical/mental healing.
Excellent deduction: "So maybe there is something after you die but we can't see it because it's like being color blind". I'm glad that you brought up the subject of "ghosts" or, as others put it, disincarnate entities. Excellent subject for further discussion.
May I ask specifically HOW you listen .... and whether there is any wisdom tradition (religious, philosophical, meditative, whatever) that you feel is the most reliable guide for you personally?
Your response indicated that you have tried to "empty my mind". That is good. You seem to be on the right track. Have you been successful in quieting the internal chatter and mental associations that can often arise while trying to quiet the mind? My experience has been that internal mental chatter of any kind can interfere with the process of revelation by coloring the revelation and thus distorting it so that it is no longer a "piece of verifiable evidence".
Watching chickens and emu hatch from their shells. And little kids learning how to walk and talk and read. Yes. The "spiritual" stuff is indeed very very interesting and absorbing. Unfortunately, as you duly noted, the churches and most organized "religious" organizations are not particularly helpful since they are geared towards the masses and making money. Religion can be very profitable.The "spiritual" stuff is interesting. Go to church! Yeah, did that. I tried. Everyone said "this is the way". The passing of the collection basket and frowns if ya didn't toss in a big enough bill turned me off. So I have to pay to hear about God? Nah. I won't.
But that's me. I don't need to go to church.
I have God all over. Watching the trees leaf in the Spring and the leaves falling in Fall along with the acorns that feed various critters through the Winter. Watching a rain storm moving in. Watching the Sun rise and set. Watching puppies learning how to walk and then how to run.
"Empty your mind" for me is impossible. Ok, I can but Tequila hurts. I woke up this morning with Captain and Toenail's "Muskrat Love" running on loop through my head. Wtf? Some times it's Pink Floyd. Some times Tina Turner. It's random. I really wonder what the hell is going on in my head sometimes.
I usually have three conversations running in my head at a time. It's normal, since I woke up, so to say, to be Me when almost 10, a few years before puberty hit me. I remember stuff from when I was two. Not a lot, but.
So yeah. If you see me talking to myself, I'm just having a staff meeting.
