did you know that you die 3 times ?
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Only three?
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are there more ?
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Do you believe in reincarnation? If so, yeah.
Personally, I think itâs a one way ride (but who knows?). If reincarnation exists, Iâll probably come back as the guy who has to clean up the horse shit after a parade.
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no, not at all. once dead, your dead. what about Preincarnation ?
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What has made me smile today is that I am celebrating 15 years clean and sober. A very different life to live, by some standards, but it sure has made my life exponentially better. And the people who âknew me whenâ are also pleased. So many rewards, but the biggest ones are having people in my life that I care about who care about me. My ex-wife (drinking was the reason for our divorce) and I actually have a very good relationship. Though she has married again (to a very nice fellow), she trusts me again and I know she still cares deeply about me. Gonna celebrate this afternoon by cooking some homemade spaghetti sauce with sausage and veggies.
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Iâll sweep if you shovel
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Woohoo! Congrats Cary!
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Looks like you and @SessionDrummer may both be mucking about. Though Iâve never cleaned up after a parade, I sure did my share of stall mucking. So when people say, âOh horseshitâ, I can say, âBeen there, done that.â 
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Great coin replica. Thanks much.
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The moment youâre born the hearst leaves the barn
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Outstanding! Congratulations Cary 
If you hadnât taken those steps 15 years ago the likelihood of you being here and us getting to know you would be slim indeed. Glad youâre here 
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Thanks. I know I am a lucky fellow. Diagnosed with cirrhosis at 26 from alcohol use ( I still refer to myself as a former skid row bum from Los AngelesâŚwhich is true), got sober 4 months later. Built a life, had a career, got married, owned a couple of houses. Then relapsed after 20 years. It took me 4 1/2 years to get back, and lost everything again. So I am very grateful to be celebrating 15 years (again). My life is full, just not with some of the material things from when I was in my first sobriety. But I have all of my needs met, and many of my âwantsâ. And I couldnât have done it alone.
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I do but not because of some cockamaimy thing I read. I consider life either manifest or latent much like trees in winter. They appear to turn brown, lose their leaves and die but come spring they bloom and âcome back to lifeâ again. Their energy recedes from every leaf, branch but never dies, lying dormant in the soil of its roots. If you follow the concept that life is energy and energy cannot be destroyed then it would follow that our life isnât extinguished upon the âwitheringâ of our bodies. But unlike insentient beings such as trees, sentient beings continue life in a different manner conducive and appropriate to our sentient bodies. IMHO.
Only if, in your previous life, you were the horse doing the shitting
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I like how you think muth. I donât completely believe or disbelieve. Iâm more of a âbuckle up and see where the ride takes youâ kinda guy.
Maybe our essecnce, soul, spirit, consciousness etc becomes something else or maybe we just go back âhomeâ. I believe that humans are the âwhat doesnât belongâ item in the picture of Earth. Probably an accidental deposit from jettisoned cosmic trash that took root here
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LMAOâŚI guess you hold the bar pretty low for us humans. I canât blame you, we can be a vicious lot. What makes us different, though, from other life forms on this planet is the consciousness to achieve a more enlightened stateâŚand the choice to either do it or not. I hope for all lifeâs sake we choose the higher road.
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Wow, thatâs one hell of a story! Hats off to you my friend. In the final conclusion, we donât need all that âstuffâ anyway. As you say, you have all your needs met and, IMO, thatâs everything you can ask for.
I struggled through drug addiction most my life, going through multiple relapses. One day when least expecting it my doctor calls to tell me I have Hep C. I was lucky enough to be able to join a study group which turned out to be todayâs cure for Hep C. Long story short, Iâm clear of the virus and living a healthy life. I couldnât have done it alone either.
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