Discussion What Happens to Consciousness When We Die

[ARW3N]

Thousands of experiments confirm the hypothesis that neurochemical processes produce subjective experiences. The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-to-consciousness-when-we-die/

 

[issyishere]

I believe there's nothing after death, i made a few posts explaining the idea of what nothing entails but basically it sounds better than here and wayyyyy better than coming back reincarnated I'd be so pissed (metaphorically) just for me to plan everything out and im back as a baby

 

[Ghost2211]

Consciousness as we are aware of it simply ends since it is our brain that makes it. Beyond that I don't know. It's one of the things that makes death a little scary.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

"What happens to consciousness when we die?"

We die. And we no longer exist. Our brain stops. Our consciousness stops as it has no awareness of time or space or anything else for that matter.

It's nothingness. Humans have a difficult time imagining what nothingness feels like even though, before they were born they were nothing.
Think of it like as if you never existed. That what happens to your consciousness.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

Thousands of experiments confirm the hypothesis that neurochemical processes produce subjective experiences. The death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-happens-to-consciousness-when-we-die/

You , i , none of us existed for 13.7 billion years ( we were "dead" for 13.7 billion years). I believe It'll be the same once we all will die. The only thing we can do is make our passing relatively painless and quick. Every human will eventually succumb to an unbearably torturous mortal disease such as cancer then die horribly if you don't have an exit strategy. At least that's the way i see it. So why not have a method of ctb ready to go just in case things go South in a hurry so that you can exit painlessly rather than extremely painfully?

 

[justwantdeath]

Nobody knows for sure. I think near death experiences are a good place to start looking if you're interested in after death consciousness. Those experiences are what caused me to believe consciousness expands after death.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

You , i , none of us existed for 13.7 billion years ( we were "dead" for 13.7 billion years). It'll be the same once we all will die. The only thing we can do is make our passing relitively painless and quick. Every human will eventually succumb to an unbearably torturous mortal disease such as cancer then die horrible if you don't have an exit strategy. At least that's the way i see it. So why not have a method of ctb ready to go just in case things go South in a hurry?

I would like a time machine so I can go back to those years. Has anyone made a time machine yet?

 

[squirtsoda]

I've made a few posts about this, I've had 2 comas, declared brain dead once (doctors unaware of the drugs in my system compromising the nervous system). There was nothing, just went to sleep, and woke up under horrific circumstances.

I've made a few posts about this, I've had 2 comas, declared brain dead once (doctors unaware of the drugs in my system compromising the nervous system). There was nothing, just went to sleep, and woke up under horrific circumstances.

And then medically induced coma for a brain surgery. Also nothing.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

To what years 13.7 billion years ago when the universe was being created?

Before that. Like before it was created.

 

[justwantdeath]

Before that. Like before it was created.

I wonder if anything existed before that. Maybe we live in a cyclical universe.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

I wonder if anything existed before that. Maybe we live in a cyclical universe.

I meant I want to turn back time to before I existed, preferably before the universe existed. Before anything existed.

 

[justwantdeath]

I meant I want to turn back time to before I existed, preferably before the universe existed. Before anything existed.

This could eventually happen if the universe begins to contract.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

Seems like they don't know what was there before the universe appeared. What do you think was there before the singularity?

Probably nothing. Or something worse. Who knows. Hopefully nothing.
If there was any possibility that another universe existed before this one, that would be a horror story and a dystopian rolled into one.
Thinking about this makes me want to cry. I don't want to think about this

 

[OneBigBlur]

Probably nothing. Or something worse. Who knows. Hopefully nothing.
If there was any possibility that another universe existed before this one, that would be a horror story and a dystopian rolled into one.
Thinking about this makes me want to cry. I don't want to think about this

What if everything repeats itself endlessly?

 

[justwantdeath]

What if everything repeats itself endlessly?

In a cyclic universe it would. You'd actually be born again and CTB in every possible way endlessly.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

What if everything repeats itself endlessly?

What do you think?

 

[Backwood_tilt]

What if everything repeats itself endlessly?

Guess i better prepare for an eternity of suffering then

 

[WhyIsLife56]

I personally believe there was nothing before the universe appeared in the singularity. And all the theories show the universe itself will end . From nothing to nothing just like we are like the grass we disapear so will the universe.

The Universe Is Disappearing, And There's Nothing We Can Do To Stop It

With every second that goes by, tens of thousands of star disappear from our reach. And it's getting worse.

www.forbes.com

I'm hoping this is the only universe that exists and has ever existed.

 

[Zoltiel]

No matter what anyone says, it is still a mystery. I myself believe that consciousness survives physical death and moves into a higher realm.

 

[OneBigBlur]

No one knows but I hope that there's something profoundly good on the other side.

 

[WhyIsLife56]

It's hard to imagine we are just temporary phenoma like sparks flying over a campire, here one moment gone the next.

For most humans it would be hard to imagine that buts only cause of our consciousness.

We used to be nothing. Now we're something. And we will become nothing again. Being nothing for eternity would have been better.

 

[Conker]

No one knows but I hope that there's something profoundly good on the other side.

It depresses me how it's probably the opposite of anything good..

 

[Backwood_tilt]

We used to be nothing. Now we're something. And we will become nothing again.

 

[Didymus]

No one knows. So anything is possible, like people have been doing for thousands of years coming up with answers.

 

[IvanK]

I guess it will be similar to the effect produced by general anaesthesia. Complete oblivion.

 

[WhiteEyes]

It's like asking where does the pain go during localized anesthetic. It simply isn't.

Being nothing for eternity would have been better.

It's subjective I think. When I feel relief it seems better than dreamless sleep. I think a lot of us want that which is why so many of us are seeking SN. So we can get that relief one last time before ceasing to be.

 

[cant cry]

Can't say for sure but I believe some of those stories of people in operating rooms having out of body experiences, where they see themselves lying down, and also are able to describe things in the room they could only see if they were viewing from a distance.

 

[squirtsoda]

I definitely think no one knows because near death is not death, period

 

[Ange_Fatigue]

Well you may will have a 360° life review. We are all living in one dream, there is no such thing as matériality. It s just a magnificient, omnipotent super consciousness which play by itself for eternity.
You are god experimenting duality. There will be no jugdment in afterlife, no matter what things you ve done.
You can end this life, in the same way you can put off old clothes. But you are the existence itself, death is a' illusion, life have no opposite.

 

[ARW3N]

I definitely think no one knows because near death is not death, period

Yes, exactly! A Near-Death Experience by strict definition is not death in the same sense that an Unidentified Flying Object by definition is not evidence of extraterrestrials visiting us. Death is no mystery. Death is death.