What Is Rainbow Bridge?, Is it good enough for you?? Options

[Punky's Mommy]

I'm sure it came from some poetry somewhere. I've never heard of it before coming here. I'd love to read the origins of this place.

But my purpose in posting is more serious. I wonder if you really believe in a Rainbow Bridge? Faith is something we adopt in order to deal with the incomprehensible. It helps people to cope. But what if relying on faith leaves you feeling shallow and deluded? I hope Punky is not at the base of a Bridge with all other animals in all time who have passed on. I do HOPE that he is up there, if it is even up, and his domain is more than the base of a Bridge, and he is content and entertained and active, knowing I will join him soon. But there is no proof of this. I am destroyed thinking there might be nothing after death. Punky is gone. He is no more. Just POOF. Just as he did not exist before his birth.

I ask, is euphemism good enough for you? Don't you feel panicked that this real world might be all there is? If you say "The Bible says it is so" then you again are relying on Faith and I go back to my original question. I've never desired faith more so than I do now, but it leaves me completely unsatisfied.

It's a level of suffering that no one talks about on this board, but I suspect many of you have wanted to.

[deedee]

I believe that some part of us lives on. Our bodies are just vessels for this spirit; it flows through all living things. We are all part of the grass, the trees, the ants. That includes our beloved pets. Do I believe there is an actual Rainbow Bridge - well, no. But I believe that we will become part of everything once we attain our spirit form, and that includes being with our loved ones, human and animal (plant, too).

There is a warm spot in the bathroom where Oswald used to sleep by the sink. There isn't one on the other side of the sink, which there would be if it was from the lights. It isn't from the pipes, either. I believe his energy is still there. And that is a good thing!