Recent content by Jan108

This is also my experience. Many Western people gave up on the Abrahamic religions since they have no answers to tons of important questions, the existence of evil being just one of them. Otoh, these questions have been answered in Eastern traditions. 'Making one's own god' is not very helpful...

They see the aspect/s of God they have a relationship with. In Sanskrit it's called ishta-devata. Buddha Amitayus as an aspect of Adi Buddha Amitabha is analogical to Jesus as an aspect of the Father. And re negative NDEs, there is a medical term "terminal restlessness", a pretty crosscultural...

@bill 112 et al: Such things happen and can change one's worldview indeed. My personal experience is that tinnitus, often mentioned here as "ghost sounds", is, at least in some cases like mine, exactly that. I did some reading on the topic and found its connection to the subtle realm, in some...