[BatemanPatrickl]

Originally Posted by Dark Horse

Many people apparently think that consciousness cannot exist without a physical body. Yet, during the sleep state they forget the body and don't even remember if they are man or woman. Did they lose consciousness during sleep? No. Because when they awaken in the morning they know whether they had a deep sleep or not.

Also, during deep sleep, man is very happy. By comparison, his consciousness is scattered (and typically in search of some sort of fulfillment) during the wakeful state. We may think that this sensory realm is real, but who is to say that this is not the dream? This sensory world rests on a tiny thought. Wipe that out during sleep, and poof...!

If death is a doorway (to another state of consciousness), similar to sleep, how could most of us remember it if we can't even remember our dreams? As soon as we wake up in the morning, the shift of consciousness to the wakeful state usually annihilates memories from even a very recent dream.

There is no death and there is no birth. There are merely shifts to different states of consciousness.

Well played Sir. So do you believe in a heaven and hell?