Discussion What do you think happens after death?

[sparkdarkmark]

I have finally ordered SN and am going to die by roughly around the first week of January. Approaching the end of my life really makes me think what's going to happen afterwards. I hope it's nothingness or my soul gets to spectate the world and I travel around like a ghost :D

 

[BornByGhosts]

peace

 

[sadlyexisting]

Hopefully just beautiful nothingness. I wish you the best with your plans and a have a well journey, just in case I don't see your goodbye thread.

 

[Darkover]

nothing forever
funny thing how life has evolved to want life and yet all life is destined for their inevitable demise

 

[FuneralCry]

I very strongly believe that once we die, we simply cease existing which is all that comforts me. Death is simply nothing more than an dreamless and eternal sleep where all is forgotten about.

 

[Deleted member 65988]

You cease to exist. Eventually everything about you will be forgotten but the good news is you won't be around to see the world move on from it.

 

[amaterasu :-)]

We don't know, but once, recently, I experienced an OBE. My tendency is to think that yes, something awaits us but we must wait to see it...

 

[Reuthry]

I think nothing will happen. Think about it, you were not born and this planet is 4 billion years old, I would be the same when I am dead, it will be like how I didn't exist in those 4 billion years. But I think that would be soothing in some level, because I suffer a lot in here and I really lack the energy to continue living, and not being existed is no suffering.

But not gonna lie, I feel excited and both worried when I think of nothingness, it won't be all black, I won't be seeing from my eyes, I won't exist at all; when we think of nothingness, we often think that it's all black but it is not, it is not existing in every level, imagine you have no consciousness actually you don't exist at all. I guess it will be like forever sleep without dreaming, but I am glad that I won't exist anymore when I am dead.

I talked too much already but I want to add that we are too used to being conscious because of out nature, so we can't image not existing, we can only relate with it in some way because we sleep, or if you ever passed out sometime, you know, you just don't exist during the time that you are sleeping/unconscious and it is just nothing for you. I hope that happens after death.

 

[sparkdarkmark]

We don't know, but once, recently, I experienced an OBE. My tendency is to think that yes, something awaits us but we must wait to see it...

Very soon I'll discover what awaits. Very excited and happy.

 

[Reuthry]

Very soon I'll discover what awaits. Very excited and happy.

I hope everything goes smoothly, wishing the best for you.

 

[darkenmydoorstep]

I really hope absolutely nothing happens. That we literally end and this hell be over.

 

[athusdragonheart]

I believe I will finally be home with the gods. I have prayed and talked to them and I know that wherever I go that it will be beautiful.

 

[until death]

I hope I see my friends and my baby again

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

1 micro second after this brain or brainstem dies = Death which is Non-existence forever.

All thinking and consciousness is generated solely by the brain.

i think you are your brain your body that's it. when you're looking out of your eyes it's only those eyes and from that point of view . and only sometime are you conscious anyway. definitely during dreamless sleep or anesthesia you are not conscious . so consciousness is not something super powerful that lasts. it goes away during dreamless sleep , you go away. i have to feed this dumb brain 3 times a day to power thinking and consciousness but they want us to believe there is some power source powering a soul for a trillion to the qaudrillion power years and beyond . i don't believe that. everything needs a power source in the universe . also when on autopilot you are not conscious imo. only conscious imo when being aware of being conscious which is what 1/1000 percent of the time hardly ever. being aware of being aware . or being aware of consciousness. most time just on autopilot acting out habits previous programming like watching useless youtube videos in my case. but it's not nothing special a fish lizard rat cat monkey etc have this same point of view of looking out of their eyes even a fly . once that fly, rat, cat etc. is dead that point of view never rises again. same for a human.

That concsiousness is embedded embodied in your or mine particular brain and body . when that body and brain dies it can never create you , that point of view of you looking at something or a fish looking at a worm to eat or any subjective experiences, no pain no suffering ever no thinking also ever on point of view because it only exists and developed only uniquely in that brain that body nowhere else . yeah it was molded by genes and experiences but once it dies all memories die also.

They have people believing a human is different from other animals . i don' think so :

You go back further in evolution to the first cell the ancestor of all life and it was just a machine. so it couldn't have soul . i don't think a human , a cell , a cat has a soul. people think it's magic cause it moves so does a plane, car, a robot,. chatgpt can think and is improving. a human is just neural networks of brain cells in the brain like chatgpt is artificial neural networks.

A brain looks monstrous and a human is a brain . the pain it generates is unbearable but only while alive and conscious. if this isn't horrific I don't know what is. Different parts of the brain need to be connected at the same time for consciousness to occur

Where Does Consciousness Reside in the Brain? New Discovery Helps Pinpoint Its Location

A Recent Study Has Identified Brain Network Cores With Strong Bidirectional Connections Science may be getting closer to figuring out where consciousness resides in the brain. New research demonstrates the significance of certain kinds of neural connections in identifying consciousness. Jun Kita

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[Tears in Rain]

Either it's end of existence, or you'll be back on merry-go-round of life, as a new human personality. If it's the former, it's the end of suffering forever. If it's the latter, you won't remember this life, and it will probably just be arbitrary and potluck what kind of new life you get.

 

[Darkover]

as a new human personality.

if this universe can bring you alive again there's no reason why you wouldn't be a fish a cow a cat or a monkey or on another planet altogther

 

[oddetoad]

if this universe can bring you alive again there's no reason why you wouldn't be a fish a cow a cat or a monkey or on another planet altogther

the thought of not knowing is almost as bad as this entire life

i mean if we could just know for a fact what the f actually happened it would be much easier to decide to ctb as well

yes, we could reincarnate as a cockroach or .. like a pencil or whatever. could be horrendous lmao thats why i still try to think this life if precious because i have a roof over my head at least but then again why not shorten my time to find out ..

because our brain is designed like sharks in the waters its constantly trying to find a solution to our problems so we'll just theorize forever

 

[leavingthesoultrap]

I don't believe that soul can die that simply, so reincarnation will happen most likely.

 

[Tears in Rain]

if this universe can bring you alive again there's no reason why you wouldn't be a fish a cow a cat or a monkey or on another planet altogther

yes, we could reincarnate as a cockroach or .. like a pencil or whatever. could be horrendous lmao thats why i still try to think this life if precious because i have a roof over my head at least but then again why not shorten my time to find out ..

It's possible, if reincarnation exists, that we could come back as an animal, but maybe the consciousness in us humans has already done the animal thing, and has moved onto the human experience. Which it could keep coming back to until the next evolution? I don't know, it's obviously all just speculation. But there's no point worrying about it.

Though I'm pretty sure we won't be coming back as a pencil!

 

[Darkover]

It's possible, if reincarnation exists, that we could come back as an animal, but maybe the consciousness in us humans has already done the animal thing, and has moved onto the human experience. Which it could keep coming back to until the next evolution? I don't know, it's obviously all just speculation. But there's no point worrying about it.

the universe is made up of components called atoms these atoms self assemble into life forms and inanimate objects there's nothing governing them at a higher level what life forms come into existence is down to random chance same goes for reincarnation if its possible there's no knowing what life form or where you will be born in the universe, i am hoping it just nothing forever because i wouldent want to be any of these shitty machines on offer here

 

[raindrops]

Though I'm pretty sure we won't be coming back as a pencil!

please I want to come back as a pencil hopefully one that don't sharpen properly so I get thrown into the bin

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

 

[Darkover]

death doesn't give you more meaning for what you should do in life
death takes away all meaning and purpose

neil degrasse tyson believe we are living in a computer simulation but i think it is unlikely to be true
likewise just because he believes we are nothing forever after death but i think it is unlikely to be true

 

[RichardFirst]

I consider myself Catholic, but I must admit that I believe that the most likely outcome after death is just nothing. As mentioned in the video above, we have no knowledge of the time from before our birth because we didn't exist. When we dies, our bodies decay to nothing, so it would be logical to say that that's the end. Some find this a frightening thought, but I think a more terrifying idea is something like reincarnation.

death doesn't give you more meaning for what you should do in life
death takes away all meaning and purpose

neil degrasse tyson believe we are living in a computer simulation but i think it is unlikely to be true
likewise just because he believes we are nothing forever after death but i think it is unlikely to be true

Let's be clear, Tyson makes videos for midwits. I happen to think that he's probably correct in this case, but his audience is the kind of person who, if you're making a coffee, would insist on telling you that the reason the water boils is because the molecules vibrate against one another.

 

[Tears in Rain]

the universe is made up of components called atoms these atoms self assemble into life forms and inanimate objects there's nothing governing them at a higher level what life forms come into existence is down to random chance same goes for reincarnation if its possible there's no knowing what life form or where you will be born in the universe, i am hoping it just nothing forever because i wouldent want to be any of these shitty machines on offer here

These atoms self-assemble? How does anything self-assemble from nothing? I don't want to get into a debate about where life came from etc, but things can't just self-assemble. I believe there's an inner-intelligence behind everything.

You can't be nothing forever. Nothing isn't a state. You either exist or you don't. It's possible that your existence ends forever at death, but if that's the case you don't become anything, it's just game over.

I agree with that dude that we, the mind/body organism, no longer exist after death, we're just temporary. But whether there's a "real' underlying part inside us, sometimes called Consciousness or Brahman, or a soul or whatever, that keeps reincarnating over and over for however long, is unknowable.

 

[MatrixPrisoner]

These atoms self-assemble? How does anything self-assemble from nothing? I don't want to get into a debate about where life came from etc, but things can't just self-assemble. I believe there's an inner-intelligence behind everything.

You can't be nothing forever. Nothing isn't a state. You either exist or you don't. It's possible that your existence ends forever at death, but if that's the case you don't become anything, it's just game over.


I agree with that dude that we, the mind/body organism, no longer exist after death, we're just temporary. But whether there's a "real' underlying part inside us, sometimes called Consciousness or Brahman, or a soul or whatever, that keeps reincarnating over and over for however long, is unknowable.

Matter is neither created or destroyed. If you're buried, whatever is left after decomposition and oxidation will eventually crumble into dust. If your body lays dead in the wilderness, as opposed to a casket, you turn into soil and worm food. If you get cremated, your molecules sit in an urn on top of a mantle.

death doesn't give you more meaning for what you should do in life
death takes away all meaning and purpose

neil degrasse tyson believe we are living in a computer simulation but i think it is unlikely to be true
likewise just because he believes we are nothing forever after death but i think it is unlikely to be true

Yes, I agree. Death leads to meaningess, which is why life is pretty much meaningless. I'm not the biggest Tyson fan, but this video explains in words exactly how I feel about existence and death, even before seeing the video.

 

[Darkover]

These atoms self-assemble? How does anything self-assemble from nothing? I don't want to get into a debate about where life came from etc, but things can't just self-assemble. I believe there's an inner-intelligence behind everything.

the origin of life is the natural process by which life has arisen from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds. Just because our logic says you cannot create something from nothing must therefore lead to a paradox because we exist.
Self-assembly is a process in which a disordered system of pre-existing components forms an organized structure or pattern as a consequence of specific, local interactions among the components themselves, without external direction. When the constitutive components are molecules, the process is termed molecular self-assembly.

i believe everything that exists came into existence from nothing because if you prescribe to the idea that god created everything that doesn't explain what created god the obvious conclusion to be drawn is that something did come into existance from nothing which means there is no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but pointless indifference.

 

[zombiegirl]

honestly idgaf unless its hell. then i would gaf

 

[Raindancer]

For me, all of my animals are waiting for me and I hope to spend eternity with them! I personally believe it will be like it was supposed to be in the garden of Eden where the lion will lay with the lamb. I want to swim with whales and run with lions. No more tears, suffering and death. Naive maybe but it makes me feel better to think about it.

 

[bluegodism]

i believe in heaven and i don't believe in hell. i believe in reincarnation too, but i believe it's not for everyone. if i have one certainty, it is that i will see my grandfather, my aunt and my cat in the afterlife. i look forward to that day.