{"id":4048,"date":"2018-11-16T07:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=4048"},"modified":"2018-11-16T07:25:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T12:25:59","slug":"always-together-afterlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2018\/11\/always-together-afterlife.html","title":{"rendered":"Always together, here and afterlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve heard it said that religion and an afterlife were invented to control human beings. Maybe, maybe not. Religious threats of a horrible afterlife if you don&#8217;t have good behavior here on earth,\u00a0 don&#8217;t work consistently. And life experience teaches otherwise. After Mom and Dad died, I still felt their presence. Religion and an afterlife were accepted by me as part of an ongoing reality in consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>Maya Angelou wrote:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A great soul serves everyone all the time<\/p>\n<p>A great soul never dies.<\/p>\n<p>It brings us together<\/p>\n<p>Again and again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve heard it said that religion and an afterlife were invented to control human beings. Maybe, maybe not. Religious threats of a horrible afterlife if you don&#8217;t have good behavior here on earth,\u00a0 don&#8217;t work consistently. And life experience teaches otherwise. After Mom and Dad died, I still felt their presence. 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