I've always been afraid that when we die we don't actually stop being aware of our surroundings. (Seeing, hearing, feeling, etc) So when we're buried we just sit there underground forever not being able to move or let anyone know that we know shit is happening around us.
[QUOTE=Black;33053414]Being reincarnated would suck, I dont want to live on this planet anymore after I die.[/QUOTE]
No it wouldn't.
In fact, you can safely assume reincarnation is true. But then you would also have to assume that we cannot remember our prior lives so.. it's the same as reincarnation not being true.
I hope brain uploading gets invented in the next 20 to 60 years because if i die i want my brain to be uploaded to the internet yes its stupid but i would rather be AN INTERNET GOD then a corpse in a box
[QUOTE=T.F.W.O.;33004955]I really don't know, but what I do believe is that the energy that keeps us alive has to go somewhere after death.[/QUOTE]
It dissipates.
Your brain is no longer pulsing with electric activity. You have no consciousness, and you cease to be--forever.
[QUOTE=Super Muffin;33003668]Living for eternity would get boring as shit if there's perception of time.[/QUOTE]
Boring?Getting to see all the new technologies,innovation whats the new biggest thing that affected our lives,release of episode 3,space exploration and much more until our race extinct is pretty awesome to me
Remember what it was like before you were born? Like others said, it's like that. Nothing.
[QUOTE=Arcana;32986104]When I say "no one alive has died." I mean, dead, without being revived.
You are comparing being dead forever to being clinically dead (I think that's what you call it). They really can't be compared. Anyways, you aren't really disagreeing with me I suppose.[/QUOTE]
Well science tells us that our entire personal selves rely on the brain working and being alive for us to be grasp what consciousness is...so when we die our brain is no longer working which means it's the end of our being.
You were on your way home when you died.
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off. Trust me.
And that's when you met me.
"What... what happened?" You asked. "Where am I?"
"You died," I said, matter-of-factly. No point mincing words.
"There was a...a truck and it was skidding..."
"Yup." I said.
"I... I died?"
"Yup. But don't feel bad about it. Everyone dies." I said.
You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. "What is this place?" You asked.
"Is this the afterlife?"
"More or less," I said.
Are you god?" You asked.
"Yup." I replied. "I'm God."
"My kids... my wife," you said. "What about them? Will they be alright?"
"That what I like to see," I said. "You just died and your main concern is for your family. That's good stuff right there."
You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn't look like God. I just looked like some man. Some vague authority figure. More of a grammar school teacher then the almighty.
"Don't worry," I said. "They'll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way.
They didn't have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it's any consolation she'll feel very guilty for feeling relieved."
"Oh," you said. "So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?"
"Neither," I said. "You'll be reincarnated."
"Ah, so the Hindus were right."
"All the religions are right in their own way," I said. "Walk with me." You followed along as we strolled in the void.
"Where are we going?"
"Nowhere in particular," I said. "It's just nice to walk while we talk."
"So whats the point, then?" You asked. "When I get reborn, I'll just be a blank slate right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won't matter."
"Not so!" I said. "You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don't remember them right now."
I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. "Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic then you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It's like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it's hot or cold. You put a tiny part or yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you've gained all the experiences it had.
"You've been a human for the last 34 years, so you haven't stretched out yet and felt the rest of you immense consciousness. If we hung out here for longer, you'd start remembering everything. But there's no point doing that between each life."
"How many times have I been reincarnated, then?"
"Oh lots. Lots and lots. And into lots of different lives." I said. "This time around you'll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 A.D."
"Wait, what?" You stammered. "You're sending me back in time?"
"Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from."
"Where you come from?" You pondered.
"Oh sure!" I explained. "I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there's others like me. I know you'll want to know what it's like there but you honestly wont understand."
"Oh." you said, a little let down. "But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, could I have interacted with myself at some point?"
"Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own time span you don't even know it's happening."
"So what's the point of it all?"
"Seriously?" I asked. "Seriously? You're asking me for the meaning of life? Isn't that a little stereotypical?"
"Well it's a reasonable question." you persisted.
I looked in your eyes. "The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature."
"You mean mankind? You want us to mature?"
"No. Just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature, and become a larger and greater intellect."
"Just me? What about everyone else?"
"There is no one else," I said. "In this universe, there's just you. And me."
You stared blankly at me. "But all the people on earth..."
"All you. Different incarnations of you."
"Wait. I'm everyone!?"
"Now your getting it." I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
"I'm every human who ever lived?"
"Or who will ever live, yes."
"I'm Abraham Lincoln?"
"And you're John Wilkes Booth, too." I added.
"I'm Hitler?" you said, appalled.
"And you're the millions he killed."
"I'm Jesus?"
"And you're everyone who followed him."
You fell silent.
"Every time you victimized someone," I said, "You were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you've done, you've done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you."
"Why?" You asked me. "Why do all this?"
"Because someday, you will become like me. Because that's what you are. You're one of my kind. You're my child."
"Whoa." you said, incredulous. "You mean I'm a god?"
"No. Not yet. You're a fetus. You're still growing. Once you've lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born."
"So the whole universe," you said. "It's just..."
"An egg of sorts." I answered. "Now it's time for you to move on to your next life." And I sent you on your way.
I did not write that but it's good
I'm hoping that when my train ride ends, it'll be whatever I want it to be.
you go to heaven
Eternal nothingness. I think that's actually a comforting thought because we won't acknowledge it, because our mind's won't exist to acknowledge the nothingness.
Xenu picks you up in his space rocket and puts you an a magic rainbow science beam
[QUOTE=Cone;32985383]You've always gotta have a backup plan. For instance: in the event that Heaven Hell and God exist, you'll either be let in even if you were a dick, or you can point out that God's a religious extremist. And at that point, he'll either let you in or you can be sent to Hell knowing the person who sent you there is both a dick and not worth the worship.[/QUOTE]
But then again, if he's real and the creator of everything, then who're you to say what's wrong?
I personally think afterlife would be like before you were born.
[QUOTE=LittleFenrir;33053420]I've always been afraid that when we die we don't actually stop being aware of our surroundings. (Seeing, hearing, feeling, etc) So when we're buried we just sit there underground forever not being able to move or let anyone know that we know shit is happening around us.[/QUOTE]
Well the mortician would stitch your eyes shut and soak you in formaldehyde so I wouldn't worry about that. :v:
Some mormons came up to me and my friend at a bus stop today. After a small conversation they asked us what we thought the afterlife would be like.
I said "Well, I guess I'll find out when I get there."
One of the mormons replied "You can find out right now."
Cue worrying looks and misinterpretation rectification
Infinite Lucid Dream with the choice to go back and be a ghost and freak people out.
[QUOTE=Super Muffin;33003668]Living for eternity would get boring as shit if there's perception of time.[/QUOTE]
Eternity is outside of time. Time has a discrete beginning - it started at the creation of the Universe. The Universe will likely die, and time with it, for time, space, and motion are all intertwined. Eternity has no beginning and no end. There is no perception of time for there is no time - time is a cause and effect relationship where one moment happens and then another moment happens in a domino effect. Eternity has no cause and no effect; it just is.
When I die, I honestly hope there's no "Afterlife". The idea that our current lives are just a "test" or a "prequel" is an insult to all of the great people who have lived and died defending their beliefs and in a way demeans the stories of peoples lives, if that makes sense. When I die, I want to be dead. No strings attached. That being said, I do hope we eventually gain the ability through technology to decide when and how we die. I don't think there are many people who would honestly want to live forever, but I for one would love to be able to die when I'm ready, not when I succumb to nature.
I was raised as a Christian so my afterlife is set to be with the Lord until science somehow officially proves the universe wasn't created by a being, in which case I'll be converting to atheism and dying a permanent death.
I say, reincarnation. You're going to be an apple, and get eaten.
[QUOTE=Elgar;33006958]One interesting theory I heard was the quantum immortality theory, where the moment you die is sort of glazed over in your mind and you continue (in your perception) to live for all time. It's a bit hard to explain, but hopefully you see what I mean. If you don't, run it through Google. It's quite an interesting theory.[/QUOTE]
Wait, so you live in a universe where you never die? That just confused the crap out of me
You guys keep saying "like before you were born" as if I actually remember what it was like before I was born
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;33127646]You guys keep saying "like before you were born" as if I actually remember what it was like before I was born[/QUOTE]
exactly
thats kinda the point, you wont know, or remember, or sense what its like (or was like), because you werent even "there" as a soul
Do you know how pale and wanton thrillful comes death on a strange hour?
Unannounced, unplanned for like, a scaring over-friendly guest you've brought to bed.
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws
"There is not one person, indeed, not one living being, that has not returned from death. In fact, we all have died many deaths, before we came into this incarnation. And what we call birth is merely the reverse side of death, like one of the two sides of a coin, or like a door which we call "entrance" from
outside and "exit" from inside a room."
It is much more astonishing that not everybody remembers his or her previous death; and, because of this lack of
remembering, most persons do not believe there was a previous death. But, likewise, they do not remember their
recent birth - and yet they do not doubt that they were recently born. They forget that active memory is only a
small part of our normal consciousness, and that our subconscious memory registers and preserves every past
impression and experience which our waking mind fails to recall.
72 male virgins because Allah is my lord.
[QUOTE=<?php;33130813]72 male virgins because Allah is my lord.[/QUOTE]
And you won't be able to have sex with them.
One of the things you're not allowed to do. :v:
But if nothing happens, what will you feel?
Every new life needs a new soul. You'll probably end up in some sort of 'soul queue' and be reborn as part of a new life. It could take a while because all your decomposing bits would have to meet again in the same space which is extremely improbable, but given enough time, even the improbable can happen.
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