General Chat

..but the way 'we' (as in the population) treat strangers/others could be determined by the way we were brought up.
Moral and ethical behaviour doesn't rely on religion.

Sheila " why isn't the world getting more peaceful and less warlike" ...good question, it could be that the majority are just not learning or not fast enough anyway?

Or if you ( general 'you' ) think there is nothing after death then is being just another 'life form' worth us being 'nice' (ie to strangers as opposed to our own little group of family/friends) while we're here when it doesn't matter as such as the end result is the same?

I think that we're just 'life forms' and that we die and decay.

I don't believe in anything 'higher', although sometimes I wish that I did :-D

If souls come back to 'try again', why isn't the world getting more peaceful and less warlike (or perhaps it is...)

I'm reading a book, it's mainly about the use of hypnotherapy and regression as used to deal with psychological problems, and the cross-over with past life regression ( feel free to consider that bunkum if you so choose, or that it taps only into areas of the brain where forgotten info goes).

It also touches on reincarnation and 'why we're here', ie what is the purpose, if any, of our earthly (or only, if that's what you think it is) life/lives?

The gist of what I have read so far being that, assuming you can accept the premise of some kind of communication either from 'elsewhere' or deep in our sub-consciousness, we are here to learn the lessons which our souls need to learn to progress, and that if not learned in one life we come back to 'try again'. Typically, to learn compassion, love, patience, not to judge or be greedy or arrogant etc etc ( my paraphrasing of a big issue lol) .

Leaving aside any religious aspects, and whether you believe in something 'after' (or before) Why do you think YOU are here?

;-) This reminds me of a friend who after a few whiskies, tended to ask the impenetrable questions 'What are we doing here, where are we going" :-D I'm on coffee :-)

All thoughts welcome. :-)