Thinking about the afterlife.
Mar. 5th, 2001 10:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
litheraI've been thinking about what happens to us after we die alot recently. It was sparked by my friend Alex dying and I've been sort of thinking on and off about it since then. I found I was entirely unsatisfied with all of my ideas of death after he died. None of them seemed to make any sense at that point.
I use to be greatly disturbed by the idea that there is nothing after we die. It no longer frightens me, but I think it would be a waste. I mean it has all the fulfilment of suddenly dying in a video game - less even. You don't get to see GAME OVER in front of your eyes.
I can't say as though I've talke to anyone after they've ben dead, but I have... Felt something that would lead me to belive there was something there. It could have been me halucinating to make myself feel better, but I really don't prefer to think like that. I think sometimes people can stick around. Sometimes I think they can even make themselves felt or heard or something.
Now, I don't think the same thing happens to everyone when they die. If everyone who ever died became a ghost there wouldn't be any room left after a time. Or maybe you get sometime to reach a feeling of closure after you die. No, not everyone can stick around and be a presence of a sort. So that would lead me to believe that there is something else.
Is it a big soul recycling bin and we all get to come out and try it again?
Is it an amusment park or perfect paradise sort of thing?
Heaven and Hell just seem too simplistic for me, the more I think about it.
In the end it's probably something entirely simple and a solution I haven't thought about at all, honestly.
I guess in the end it's whatever makes the most sense and comforts us. You can only find out once you're dead and there doesn't seem to be a way to tell people about it.
I use to be greatly disturbed by the idea that there is nothing after we die. It no longer frightens me, but I think it would be a waste. I mean it has all the fulfilment of suddenly dying in a video game - less even. You don't get to see GAME OVER in front of your eyes.
I can't say as though I've talke to anyone after they've ben dead, but I have... Felt something that would lead me to belive there was something there. It could have been me halucinating to make myself feel better, but I really don't prefer to think like that. I think sometimes people can stick around. Sometimes I think they can even make themselves felt or heard or something.
Now, I don't think the same thing happens to everyone when they die. If everyone who ever died became a ghost there wouldn't be any room left after a time. Or maybe you get sometime to reach a feeling of closure after you die. No, not everyone can stick around and be a presence of a sort. So that would lead me to believe that there is something else.
Is it a big soul recycling bin and we all get to come out and try it again?
Is it an amusment park or perfect paradise sort of thing?
Heaven and Hell just seem too simplistic for me, the more I think about it.
In the end it's probably something entirely simple and a solution I haven't thought about at all, honestly.
I guess in the end it's whatever makes the most sense and comforts us. You can only find out once you're dead and there doesn't seem to be a way to tell people about it.
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For me...
Date: 2001-03-05 11:14 am (UTC)It has helped me to deal with my own issues, and I see no reason to change that particular view of mine.
Re: For me...
Date: 2001-03-05 12:42 pm (UTC)Re: For me...
Date: 2001-03-05 01:12 pm (UTC)Re: For me...
Date: 2001-03-05 01:55 pm (UTC)I think there are a few questions I want to ask you some time. I just have to get them to form into words.
Re: For me...
Date: 2001-03-05 01:59 pm (UTC)Just send it to my work account if you want ti to be PRIVATE.