Proof for what? No one is presenting something to you asking you to believe it. We are muslims and the Quran is our book of guidance. The one making claims here is you so if anything the burden of proof is on you. Is there any reason why we should accept your claims?
Can our subconscious, our spirit interact with a spiritual existence or is this just our imagination going haywire? Please consider the following.
In 1956, when I was fifteen years old, I had pneumonia and thought I was dying. My father took me to a doctor who gave me a penicillin injection and recommended immediate hospitalization. We had no medical insurance or money, so my father took me home to recuperate. I remember the drive home vividly. Every breath was painful and my chest felt as though a great weight was upon it. I watched cars and trucks drive by and wondered how people could make long-term plans when life was so unpredictable.
Several nights later, it felt as if my spirit left my body and it experienced being in a place with a gathering of souls or spirits. I sensed great peace, tranquility and ecstasy, a rapture that was beyond a person's imagination. I felt as if I was a part of ALL, a part of God. I was mentally communicating and in sync with everyone. There were some of my deceased acquaintances and relatives and many of the prophets of the bible and historical people I had read about were also there. There was no dominant force, no forceful leader. I somehow knew who everyone was. Every thought interacted with the whole community. I had no questions; it seemed as if everything was revealed and crystal clear. I saw the universe stretched out with spirits engaged in mental interactions like master craftsmen contemplating the creation of a new frontier.
When I told my father who was a preacher of the Lutheran Faith about my experience he dismissed it abruptly and told me that this "supreme spirit," this God that my spirit had witnessed, was not the God of the bible and he told me to pray for my salvation. We never talked about it afterwards.
Since that time I never really gave it much thought until the New York World Trade Center tragedy on 9-11-01. I went into deep meditation. I wanted to find an answer to how some misguided individuals could believe that their actions of killing other people would be rewarded with their soul's eternal life with God.
I then had a couple of experiences similar to the one I had at age fifteen of my spirit communicating with the "ultimate spirit." (God, Allah or whatever one desires to call him/her/it) My spiritual experiences seemed to last throughout the entire night. My spirit observed the entire history and the evolution of the universe and our varying perceptions of God, as if in a fast-forward film.
The experiences I encountered after the 9-11 tragedy helped me come to the following conclusions:
1. In this Age of Technology, our 21st Century, we are still plagued by religious beliefs that are a contributing cause toward terrorism, killings and wars between nations.
2. Belief in a deity who causes catastrophes, punishes people and created the universe out of nothingness as if by magic was brought about by passed-on stories and superstitions. These thought processes would need to be reassessed and brought up to date.
3. Open-minded people must use common sense to determine whether this so-called deity, our God, was incorrectly perceived, misinterpreted and misunderstood by the masses of a bygone era.
Some will say that my personal experience of oneness with a supreme spirit is nothing but a dream or a vivid imagination. It doesn't matter whether you accept or totally reject my story. What does matter is that we evolve to a point whereby we can encourage open-minded people to offer feedback on how our religious beliefs can be brought into the 21st century.
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