Venting Choosing your own afterlife

[cookiencream]

First of all, I'd like to apologize for accidentally offending anyone, I'm super tired rn so I may be blunt.

As I've started preparing for my second attempt, I've been looking at various beliefs in the afterlife. I've come to notice that most of them seem to stem from a person saying something is true in the past and then it just kind of grows from there. The ones I researched about as well seemed to be well, unprovable, even containing historical inaccuracies. I came to the conclusion that the most likely outcome is simply, non-existence. I've seen no evidence for a soul or any deity that doesn't rely on personal experience (which is subject to cultural influence) and even these experiences sometime contradict one another. And yet, I kinda find myself thinking "what if?" I think it may be a result of a religious upbringing. And all that made me wonder if all the mystery about death and consciousness is made more complicated that it needs to be. What if it's all truly simple, but we think it has to be more, so we make it more. Like how we thought the sun must have been unique because WE thought it was, and ofc we later learned the sun is one of many. Most scientific evidence points to the idea that consciousness is contained in the brain and that the brain dies after death(shocker lol). And while not every question, like the origin of consciousness, has an answer as yet this information should be sufficient enough to determine (well guess) what happens after death. Yet, I still ask "what if?" It's strange, almost like an instinct. I've decided to take advantage of this question in my own way though. I'm going to make up my own theory about what happens after death, for comfort, nothing else. I've already thought maybe it should be something like Subaru's power from re zero, but that may be more horrifying than cool. His checkpoints are always inconvenient and can't be changed by him. Hm, I guess I wouldn't mind if I could choose and at least remembered everything well enough to try again. Life would still suck but at least I can minmax it.

Yeah there isn't a huge point to this post, I'm just running ideas off my head, but this is a fun one.

 

[brokenspirited]

It would be so dreadful to be reborn only to be brought back to my horrible torturous existence.

Reincarnation would only be a blessing if it brought me relief- instead of bringing me back to my suffering.

 

[MourningFlower]

I've always had this odd belief that we pick our OWN afterlife. Be that reincarnation, reuniting with our loved ones, disappearing into oblivion, whatever the case may be. Personally, I also hope for the void of non-existence. In whichever scenario, I hope you find peace.

 

[sy46]

Honestly, I don't have the slightest idea what's in the afterlife..I just want to see my father again, at any cost, even if I have to suffer more than I do now to do so.. (it's impossible to be worse than this man..) sometimes I've tried to think about it..but I really don't want to think about it, because the most plausible hypothesis is also the most painful..

 

[Euthanza]

First of all, I'd like to apologize for accidentally offending anyone, I'm super tired rn so I may be blunt.

As I've started preparing for my second attempt, I've been looking at various beliefs in the afterlife. I've come to notice that most of them seem to stem from a person saying something is true in the past and then it just kind of grows from there. The ones I researched about as well seemed to be well, unprovable, even containing historical inaccuracies. I came to the conclusion that the most likely outcome is simply, non-existence. I've seen no evidence for a soul or any deity that doesn't rely on personal experience (which is subject to cultural influence) and even these experiences sometime contradict one another. And yet, I kinda find myself thinking "what if?" I think it may be a result of a religious upbringing. And all that made me wonder if all the mystery about death and consciousness is made more complicated that it needs to be. What if it's all truly simple, but we think it has to be more, so we make it more. Like how we thought the sun must have been unique because WE thought it was, and ofc we later learned the sun is one of many. Most scientific evidence points to the idea that consciousness is contained in the brain and that the brain dies after death(shocker lol). And while not every question, like the origin of consciousness, has an answer as yet this information should be sufficient enough to determine (well guess) what happens after death. Yet, I still ask "what if?" It's strange, almost like an instinct. I've decided to take advantage of this question in my own way though. I'm going to make up my own theory about what happens after death, for comfort, nothing else. I've already thought maybe it should be something like Subaru's power from re zero, but that may be more horrifying than cool. His checkpoints are always inconvenient and can't be changed by him. Hm, I guess I wouldn't mind if I could choose and at least remembered everything well enough to try again. Life would still suck but at least I can minmax it.

Yeah there isn't a huge point to this post, I'm just running ideas off my head, but this is a fun one.

It could be anything, but most probably I hope and believe it will be nothing, I just want to disappear at all. This cycle ends with me.

Honestly, I don't have the slightest idea what's in the afterlife..I just want to see my father again, at any cost, even if I have to suffer more than I do now to do so.. (it's impossible to be worse than this man..) sometimes I've tried to think about it..but I really don't want to think about it, because the most plausible hypothesis is also the most painful..

In that case, I'll tell my dad "see... I was right"

 

[muu]

idk what comes after death, but all i can hope is that i won't be hurting all the time anymore

i like to believe it can be whatever i want it to be. it makes me fear it less. :-)

 

[divinemistress87]

I hope its full of peace and animals

 

[Malfunction]

I'm not religious nor do I believe there's anything beyond life. I don't necessarily disbelieve it. I just don't know, so I'll cross that stairway if I get to it.

I do like the thought of it though.

So bear with me, I mean no offence. I'm just having a bit of fun because its thought provoking and a pleasant distraction.

If I died and a God greeted me, I'd have to beg forgiveness because holy shit, science failed me hard. What could I possibly say to make anything better at this point. This God created everything, and could turn me into a poop on a far distant planet. I would learn how to beg and quickly.

Let's say god is cool with it and doesn't slam me down to fire and brimstone. (We're supposed to forgive right?... Right?).

If I get to experience an afterlife, I'd like it to be like Star Wars. I become one with the energies of the universe.

I could be able to come back and see the people I care about. I could still help them from beyong the veil. (And welcome them home when they die). I wouldn't be able to touch them, but I'm there in spirit. Like a ghost, but a cool ghost with a connection to the force.

I could live among the energies of the universe. See what I've never seen. Experience places I've never been. Become part of everything that exists in creation. In essence, I would be free. I would be free from my bodily prison. To all my physical limitations. Free from sickness. I just get to sail away..

This my friends is what I want from an afterlife.

I'm just not getting my hopes up is all. ^⁠_⁠^

 

[otium]

I'm not too sure exactly what I wish for after death, but hopefully a place that I can feel and be at peace, and like you see/experience things that I would never even know about.

 

[SoulWantsHome]

You're all in for such a big, pleasant surprise... :) You'll all see, eventually.



The afterlife consists of peace, love and free will. That's what awaits us all - regardless of what we do here on earth. And there's no "Hell" nor punishment; there's only "Heaven" - for everyone.

(However, some souls who have done particularly evil/cruel things in their life on earth, are temporarily denied access to "Heaven", as they need some time alone first, to process/work through their emotions/regret, before being considered ready to enter "Heaven". They aren't "punished" - but they are temporarily set aside, until they have properly contemplated things, and have come to terms with themselves.)

But with that said, Karma does exist. And bad/negative Karma is solved within the spirit-world itself (for example by re-experiencing an incident from another soul's perspective), or in one's next incarnations - if it wasn't already solved during one's previous incarnation.

(And "human souls" only reincarnate as humans on planet earth; they don't reincarnate as other types of animals on planet earth. So, don't be afraid of "having to come back as a fly or something like that, in your next life on earth". However, a soul might be capable of reincarnating as another type of animal on planet earth, if it absolutely wants to.)

And there are a LOT of animals in the spirit-world - including all of our beloved pets. But they all stick to a specific area of the spirit-world - while "human souls" stick to another area of the spirit-world (which is because the souls of animals are different/more primitive types of souls, than the "human souls" are). And the "animal-area" of the spirit-world, even has its own "zoo-keeper-souls" - which, for example, can help you locate your personal pets among the huge crowd of animal-souls.

Honestly, I don't have the slightest idea what's in the afterlife..I just want to see my father again, at any cost, even if I have to suffer more than I do now to do so..

I can assure you that you will see him again :) And no, you won't have to suffer in order to see him again.

When reaching "Heaven", your entire being will be penetrated with peace and love - and you'll be met by all the souls that played an important part in your current life here on earth. (That is, unless you're an advanced soul, who's been through so many reincarnations in the past, that you no longer have an emotional need to be met by a welcome-party - and that you instead just contact the relevant souls on your own, at a later time inside of "Heaven".)