multiplicity_archives | Philosophical materialism and other multiple groups (Reply)

I'm an atheist and a philosophical materialist. I know a lot of people here aren't, and under most circumstances that isn't a problem. Live and let live, and all that. Maybe it's just that there are only two of us and we have pretty much nothing in the way of detailed inner experiences other than that, but there are some things that happen in other groups that leave me unsure, afraid of getting hurt.

Suppose a member of a gateway system decides to take a permanent vacation back home. Is there any way for me to interpret this that isn't disturbingly creepy? That and the whole traveling thing. Not so much when it's temporary, but when it's permanent it kind of makes my skin crawl.

I guess I'm just looking to see if anyone feels similarly. That, or some reassurance, maybe. ~.~