Is life mapped out for us

[Jazzman]

Prove it ;-) Seriously, most physicists - and people immeasurably more intelligent than me - do not agree with you. The maths shows that the past, present and future all exist, but you are simply not able to detect yet what exists in your future. You may feel you have the choice to do or say whatever you want to do next, but in reality you were always going to do it, just as you were always going to type what you just typed above. It's a bizarre concept, I know.

Oh well no point in worrying about the future then

 

[Chippy_boy]

Oh well no point in worrying about the future then

Not so. You can still choose what to do, and if you want to stick a pin in your eye, it will still hurt. So if you think it doesn't matter what you choose to do, give the pin in the eye a go? Why not?

Of course you'd be mad to. But that doesn't mean that whatever you decide to do next is not already decided. Maybe it is, maybe not. The point is, you could never tell one way or the other.

 

[Jazzman]

Not so. You can still choose what to do, and if you want to stick a pin in your eye, it will still hurt. So if you think it doesn't matter what you choose to do, give the pin in the eye a go? Why not?

Of course you'd be mad to. But that doesn't mean that whatever you decide to do next is not already decided. Maybe it is, maybe not. The point is, you could never tell one way or the other.

Got your point Chippy, sorry for my bad attempt at a joke.

 

[Chippy_boy]

Got your point Chippy, sorry for my bad attempt at a joke.

Don't be daft - sorry for my bad attempt at understanding what you meant ;-)

 

[stony]

In the UK we don't believe in fate.
In India they do.
Which is why we have things like road safety and they leave in the hands of the gods. Check out the death and accident statistics for both countries to see which one is right.

 

[city2]

Does anyone on here believe they have been here before or is it bollocks

 

[yep]

 

[Bigga]

Does anyone on here believe they have been here before or is it bollocks

That's a really interesting question!!

I think it depends on whether you believe we're a one off or whether we exist after this body has expired.

I think we have existed before and we go on, but we take different forms of existence/ consciousness in this Universe; blink-of-an-eye stuff.

Time is only relative to us as we relate to life. As we die, do we 'start again' or do we move on to another part of the Universe?

It could be that this IS our final run!!

It's an impossible question to answer, but it's fun to think about the vastness of the question!!

 

[snorky]

Does anyone on here believe they have been here before or is it bollocks

A man walks down the street
Its a street in a strange world
Maybe its the third world
Maybe its his first time around

 

[Magicpole]

That's a really interesting question!!

I think it depends on whether you believe we're a one off or whether we exist after this body has expired.

I think we have existed before and we go on, but we take different forms of existence/ consciousness in this Universe; blink-of-an-eye stuff.

Time is only relative to us as we relate to life. As we die, do we 'start again' or do we move on to another part of the Universe?

It could be that this IS our final run!!

It's an impossible question to answer, but it's fun to think about the vastness of the question!!

What would be the point of that without any recollection?

And I don't mean a couple of zoomers who claim to be Napoleon.

People fear death. Want to believe their dead loved ones are up there waiting for them and most importantly they don't die.

Different cultures deal with this differently, this is the eastern version of don't worry you will come back as a shut eating fly if you're not good and obedient,