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jim barlow · **Re: What happens after you die? -** 04-22-2008, 06:23 AM

This death thing may not be completely uniform as far as the fist hour, the first "days". After that all bets are off.
So the first moments after death is one thing. There can be a little communication with the living. That's why they cover all the mirrors in the house when somebody dies in some cultures. Gypsies (1000 of years) pour booze on fresh graves if the deceased was so inclined. Among others the Tibetan Book of the dead talks of 49 days before the dead gets recycled. Others say the first day you don't even know you're dead until things start getting funny. They say (don't know how) a truck driver continued to drive his truck well past the point of death before he realized that things don't function as they should.
I had a long telephone conversation with a newly deceased policeman friend. Unfortunately I thought he called about illegal parking and spent the precious time explaining to him how I'll move the car as soon as he hangs up. He hung up and I woke up.

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jim barlow Blue Belt Status: Offline Posts: 126 Thanks Given: 0 Thanked 9x in 9 Posts Join Date: Mar 2005 Rep Power: 14	Re: What happens after you die? - 04-22-2008, 06:23 AM This death thing may not be completely uniform as far as the fist hour, the first "days". After that all bets are off. So the first moments after death is one thing. There can be a little communication with the living. That's why they cover all the mirrors in the house when somebody dies in some cultures. Gypsies (1000 of years) pour booze on fresh graves if the deceased was so inclined. Among others the Tibetan Book of the dead talks of 49 days before the dead gets recycled. Others say the first day you don't even know you're dead until things start getting funny. They say (don't know how) a truck driver continued to drive his truck well past the point of death before he realized that things don't function as they should. I had a long telephone conversation with a newly deceased policeman friend. Unfortunately I thought he called about illegal parking and spent the precious time explaining to him how I'll move the car as soon as he hangs up. He hung up and I woke up.