If you knew for a fact that the life you always wanted existed on the other side of death, would you still be here?

[Close_to_freedom]

I wouldn't. I had an idea once for a painting. It was of a man jumping off a bridge. The bridge is in view and it's night time. The falling man is halfway to the water. Below the water is a luminous paradise visible to the man. It has a blue sky and green grass. I'm not a painter, so I never could make it.

 

[FriendofDeath]

No! I'd be on my way! I like your description. At one point when I was really low I tried wishing myself into an alternate dimension. I play the "what if" game a lot, too.

 

[Close_to_freedom]

No! I'd be on my way! I like your description. At one point when I was really low I tried wishing myself into an alternate dimension. I play the "what if" game a lot, too.

There's a movie I like about visiting a better world. It's called Upside Down.

 

[mathieu]

No, I don't think I would be..

 

[Giraffey]

What a beautiful image. Like me, you may lack artistic skill but like a great poet, you brought that image to life in my mind with your words.

This does create something of a logical paradox though. What if there were things you were still attached to here as well? Like that one special person who you couldn't live without and yet who, tragically, cannot also heal your pain. Perhaps this other-side is like a parallel universe when you leave them behind here, you're really just leaving behind the version of that person who couldn't heal you and reuniting with the version of them that can.

Still, a beautiful image.

 

[Emily123]

Definitely not

 

[esoragoto]

I don't think anyone with an ounce of sense would, if you put it that way. You would need a hatred of death/suicide that goes above and beyond the norm to pass up on a perfect paradise, if it existed.

 

[sadghost]

I would have been gone waaay sooner and saved myself so much distress!

 

[Close_to_freedom]

I don't think anyone with an ounce of sense would, if you put it that way. You would need a hatred of death/suicide that goes above and beyond the norm to pass up on a perfect paradise, if it existed.

The religious wouldn't go for it. They would think it was an illusion to disguise Hell.
The thing is oblivion is pretty much what's known to be on the other side and still we choose to remain here. Oblivion is a kind of paradise.

The religious wouldn't go for it. They would think it was an illusion to disguise Hell.

 

[esoragoto]

The religious wouldn't go for it. They would think it was an illusion to disguise Hell.
The thing is oblivion is pretty much what's known to be on the other side and still we choose to remain here. Oblivion is a kind of paradise.

Not everyone believes oblivion to be a paradise.

From my point of view, oblivion sounds pretty good, but I can't say with certainty that it would qualify as a "perfect paradise" for me - only that I find it superior to what I believe my prospects for life are. If the choice is between life and oblivion, I believe it's very possible that some people might be better off sticking with life. You need to throw in a "personalized perfect paradise" before I'd say that the whole world should up and kill themselves.

 

[Kumachan]

No id be gone by now

 

[SuicidalSymphonies]

I'd be long gone! As long as my life remains the same romantically, I'd seek the other side.

 

[Superdeterminist]

Yes, I'd probably still be here. Because it wouldn't do anything to lessen my innate fear of death. The powers that be have made sure the only methods available to me have potential for extreme pain. They want my suffering to continue.

 

[KiraLittleOwl]

I will go with a smile in a very short time. Unfortunately it's a pipe dream.

 

[Hydration]

Absolutely. The life I imagine for myself is entirely preferable to what I have now.

 

[Notwinnernotawin]

Of course not.

 

[beyond_aquila_rift]

No, definitely not. Ugh

 

[pete_x]

I know this is played out but it pretty much sums up the situation for me but, otherwise I'D BE GONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

By Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

 

[Mooshi]

No, it's very unlikely I would not.

 

[lostangel]

I would leave here as soon as possible.

 

[Woodnote]

Definitely not.

 

[Jeremy]

Ummm, no? If a world of paradise existed for me at the other end of death, where all my problems were solved and life was perfect, I would without a doubt be doing everything in my power to get there. To say "no" to that seems as laughable to me as a chronically ill sufferer of a lifelong debilitating illness that progressively rips every shred of joy and peace from them, being approached by a doctor about a proven miracle cure with no side effects and no negative implications at no cost, and saying "No, I prefer my current state because (insert some bogus philosophical/ideological argument about character building/playing god/the cards I'm dealt/etc.)"

Unless there's some Twighlight-Zone-esque twist here, the way the question is phrased my answer would be "no, I'd be on my way YESTERDAY.".

 

[MBlue]

So I guess I'm the only one who say : yes?
Meybe because living with perspective that there IS something nice on the other side seems much easier for me

 

[LM10]

ASAP

 

[Bct]

Of course I wouldn't. If somehow there is a catch with the world, hopefully I could still CTB easily, LOL.

 

[Whited Sepulchre]

Life and existence in any shape and form is sheer torment.
Not to mention, I want to stop thinking so dat I dun hafta be anymore.
Life's not worth it and my life was never worth a single breath.
Even if there was an ideal me in an ideal life, I would reject it in a heartbeat for a non-existence where no one knew me and I never experienced the light of day.

 

[garbagemonkey]

My paradise vs. creating misery here for my loved ones. A choice I struggle with every moment.

 

[AcornUnderground]

If I had my physical health and the life I had before I got sick, knowing that perfect paradise was in the other side, I would absolutely keep living my life here knowing something even better was waiting for me on the other side. I would assume we were here for a reason. But with my life now with so much pain and limitation, I would be gone for sure. Which I have to do anyway.

 

[Amnesty]

Like Shakespear's Hamlet noted in his famous To be or Not to be speech: Many of us do not end it all since we do not know what death is like since nobody returns from the most mysterious land.

 

[Alec]

No, I would definitely not be here. I believe in reincarnation I think, what's stopping me is not being 100% sure reincarnation is real and if it is how can I be sure I won't be reborn into a worse life.