Interesting Topics Besides Politics

 I am not much into posting about politics these days, as there are other blogs and websites who do a much better job than I can do.  However, here are topics I am interested in and will post about.

1,  Paranormal Topics:  near-death experiences, UFOs, ghosts, BigFoot.  This will include rebutting such topics as well as possibly supporting them, as the evidence dictates.

2.  North Korea:  What a terrible place.  The Fat Oaf who runs the tyranny is into raping pretty women there; the "Pleasure Squad" are young women drafted into becoming entertainers and sometime prostitutes, but Fatso can get any woman he wants, like a TV newscaster, an airline stewardess and even the wife of one of his officers.

3.  Jehovah's Witnesses:  This is one very sick religion.  It is into making great prophecies that never come true.  It predicted the end of the world in 1975, and many members sold their homes, quit their jobs, opted out of pension plans and higher education or training, because they believed the nonsense.  When it didn't happen, these members often faced dire poverty and hardship, with many leaving the religion as a result. 

Two of the religion's most damaging and destructive positions are (1) no blood transfusions are allowed, resulting in many members dying of injuries or disease, over a very asinine interpretation of scriptures, and (2) the policy of disfellowshipping members who leave or question the religion's teachings, resulting in the ostracism of such members from their families and friends.

4.  Other Topics.  Any that interest me.

More on these topics later.

Edgar Cayce on Animal Souls Surviving Death

 The noted spiritualist Edgar Cayce voiced several opinions about animals, i.e., do they have souls and do they remember us in the afterlife?  He said "yes indeed," but my pessimistic nature wonders of that's a lot of wishful thinking and happy horseshit.

Well, I want to believe Cayce, so I have watched the YouTube videos that deal with the subject.  Most of them are pretty good and reasonably convincing.  There was one that really stood out for me, though.  Here it is.

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What Happens To Pets When They Die? Do Animals Have Souls? | Edgar Cayce

What Happens To Pets When They Die? Do Animals Have Souls? | Edgar Cayce This heartfelt video explores the profound question many pet owners face during times of grief: 

The Meaning of Grief

What Grief Is

 Yesterday I was reading memes on Facebook about grief for dogs who have passed away and suddenly I burst into tears and sobbed for my little dog Kodi.  Memories of him are everywhere in the house and backyard and torture me, knowing that these images are in the past and will never return to my present life.  I have felt for the past few days that I would prefer to die then have to cope with this kind of torment. 

 I think the reason grief hurts so much is because I need and want to express to him my love for him but because he no longer has a physical existence, I cannot.  Love that cannot be expressed because of death is what grief is.  This is aggravated by the question of an afterlife.  Since we cannot be sure that an afterlife exists, we cannot know if we will see our loved ones again in a different reality, no matter how optimistic we want to be about it.  If we knew for sure that they still exist as conscious entities and that they are happy and well in their new realm, grief would not exist.  I will continue to hope for an afterlife and for the end of this psychic pain and feeling of loss.

Kodi, if by some miraculous and dubious circumstance you can hear and understand my feelings, know this: I love you.  I always have and I always will.  Wait for me where you are, because I will look for you when I join you on the other side, and that day cannot come soon enough for me.

I've Got the Blues Over Loss of My Dog

Grieving

I hate this part of having a dog.  When they die you have to face the grief and it hurts.  There is no way to stop it, you just have to wait and allow time to pass. 

Pain, sorrow and grief are inevitable in everyone's life.  They are not a tragedy, they are not a punishment or a disruption -- they are just a normal part of life.  I know these dark feelings will eventually dissipate, but for now I feel sad and I am angry and I resent the way the world works.  I look at my backyard, where my dog Kodi spent so much time, and his absence seems glaring and terrible. How can he just be gone?  Without him this lovely backyard has no purpose or meaning.

Right now, I hate my life and wish it would end.  If Kodi can disappear into the twilight, why can't I?

My Dog Died Today: Coping With Grief

Kodi

Today was a bad day: My dog Kodi died.

My Pomeranian was 18 years old and I had him with me for the past ten years.  He had belonged to my son and his girlfriend.  The girlfriend broke up with my son and took Kodi with her.  A few years later she could no longer care for the dog and offered him to us.  We readily agreed and took him in.

Kodi was 18 years old as of April of this year.  He finally started showing and feeling his age and had trouble walking.  He began having breathing problems as well and often whimpered in pain.  My wife took him into the vets to see if anything could be done to prolong his life.  An Xray showed he had developed a large obstruction on his lungs.  It was time to let him go and he died in my wife's arms as the vet administered the fatal dose.

So now we must cope with the grief, seeing all the things that remind us of him, his blankets, his food bowl, the green patch of grass in the backyard where he did his business.  Knowing that we will never see him again, or pet him, feel his fur, or hear him bark or beg for treats. 

It hurts, but our grief is somewhat lessened by the fact that we could see his death coming, and it was not unexpected and not a shock.  The best aspects of this is that he is no longer in pain, that we know we gave him so much love and that we did everything we could to both prolong his life and free him from pain.