Recently I came across interesting article where it stated that six out of ten believe they were contacted by their departed partners. As we live in modern, scientific world where most do not believe even in God and churches are practically deserted, such belief is indeed surprising.
Modern belief is “Dust to dust, ashes to ashes.” Then there are some who believe in resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ three days after his death. This is indeed a complex subject with no clear cut answer. As most people dearly love their partners, believe their lives are empty without them; perhaps this should not come as a surprise. So often such faith, known as “Post-bereavement Hallucinatory Experience (PBHE) may give comfort to the survivor and keep away depression, no matter how absurd it may sound to rest of us. Even medical profession who so often send patients with depression, anguish and trauma to faith healers feel such diversion may benefit the patient in the short term, to come to term with their loss.
Some Hindus believe in rebirth for similar reasons, belief once mocked but fast gaining popularity in the West. It seems such interlude in “Godless” Western world; such heterogeneous beliefs are fast gaining popularity, replacing old faith with new one! Perhaps readers with similar experiences may decipher, share it with us!
Kumudini Valambia
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