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I'm not sure why the subtle hostility. I am just throwing out ideas and experiences here, and trying to offer a little hope. I do think that ALL suffering is related to death in some way, shape or form. Therefore, your extreme examples of suffering are right in line with what I view as the...

Excellent point. I must admit I never thought of it that way. Rupert Sheldrake has a pet theory that I don't think he advertises much, about the idea that baptism may have started as drowning in order to induce an NDE. Whether someone holds a Gnostic or any other spiritual viewpoint...

Another point about evil. I'm sure we have all had this experience. There are times in life when we are absolutely convinced that a particular thing or event is an "evil". Then after a few years of experience, we often find that the supposed "evil" is totally transformed by new experiences...

And thank you for your thoughtful responses. Yes, that is the basic idea. Good point about NDE's They don't necessarily happen to only saints or good people. Mediumistic ability also seems to be rather random in terms of the types of people blessed with it. However, there aren't any solid...

Hello everyone, this is my first post and I am happy to be here. I've been partial to Gnostic ways of thinking for my entire life. The irony of this is that I've had a pretty good life which involved relatively little suffering or evil. However, being a very sensitive person, the anticipation...