Man has the possibility
Man has the possibility of existence after death. But possibility is one thing and the realization of the possibility is quite a different thing. G. I. Gurdjieff
After Death
When I stand before
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’. Erma Bombeck
… what is great
… what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death? Erica Jong
Some philosophers have been
Some philosophers have been of opinion that our immortal part acquires during this life certain habits of action or of sentiment, which become forever indissoluble, continuing after death in a future state of existence … I would apply this ingenious idea to the generation, or production of the embryon, or new animal, which partakes so … Read more
The bustle in a
The bustle in a house The morning after death Is solemnest of industries Enacted upon earth,– The sweeping up the heart, And putting love away We shall not want to use again Until eternity Emily Dickinson
That every man after
That every man after the life in the world lives to eternity, is evident from this, that man is then spiritual, and no longer natural, and that the spiritual man, separated from the natural, remains such as he is to eternity, for man’s state cannot be changed after death. Emanuel Swedenborg
A man after death,
A man after death, is not a natural but a spiritual man; nevertheless he still appears in all respects like himself. Emanuel Swedenborg
The life of any
The life of any one can by no means be changed after death; an evil life can in no wise be converted into a good life, or an infernal into an angelic life: because every spirit, from head to foot, is of the character of his love, and therefore, of his life; and to convert … Read more
Hell and Heaven are
Hell and Heaven are near man, yes, in him; and every man after death goes to that Hell or heaven in which he was, or to his spirit, during his abode in the world. Emanuel Swedenborg
People who have intended
People who have intended and loved what is evil in the world intend and love what is evil in the other life, and then they no longer allow themselves to be led away from it. This is why people who are absorbed in evil are connected to hell and actually are there in spirit; and … Read more