what happens after death?

[Jeannette]

you hope you become a ghost, not roast somewhere desolate, parched and thirsty. wandering the earth on the wind, looking for someplace to park your weary feet, hiding in abandoned buildings, looking out dirty windows onto dead end streets. fading in the sun, materializing again in the gloom, trying hard not to feel like the only spirit in the room.

That was very sad Ell   I dunno.  I presume that the older you get...the less you fear death.  I believe that after you die you realise that the one thing you never gave a thought to...is the only thing that really matters.

[Celia]

Well, the only ones who could really know . . . ain't postin'.

I can only hope it's better than what precedes it - because that it is a dreadfully tedious exercise in trying to get a sense of a dark room by scanning it with a laser pointer.

[Unknown ID]

I think that I have an answer that nobody posted *smiles*

I believe that when you die, you are truely dead, for a while. And after you die, there is an instant re-awakening, even though in the realm of the living it might have been a century. I believe that this "reserection" (Forgive me if I spelled it wrong) can only happen two times. The first time you are brought back to life, the world will be just as you knew it before, with the exception of all people that have died will be brought back into existance. Then, I believe that god will have a thousand-year judging period to seperate the "grain from the chaft" as I like to say, or (If you don't understand) the good from the evil. During that thousand year judging period, nobody will die from natural causes. However, it is still possible that someone evil may kill you. At the very end of that thousand-year judging period, those that were good but have been killed will come back to a paradise on earth. Those that are good and haven't died will join the previous on the paradise earth. But what will happen to those who were evil during the judging period? They will be sent to ghehenah (I hope I spelled that right) meaning: their soul will go out of them, never to be returned again.

Yup, I think that that pretty much sums up my belief of what happens when you die. I just wanted to share.

PS: I wrote this entire post using an on-screen keyboard. Pretty impressive huh? I really need to get a new keyboard....

[sarahb]

Your body decomposes and the minerals return to the Earth. A recycling of the building blocks of life.

Spot on.

What happens after death? You are buried. Enjoy your life while it lasts.

[Pica Pica]

what happens after death? ...
                                     ... sod all.

[Nicky]

I think that I have an answer that nobody posted *smiles*

I believe that when you die, you are truely dead, for a while. And after you die, there is an instant re-awakening, even though in the realm of the living it might have been a century. I believe that this "reserection" (Forgive me if I spelled it wrong) can only happen two times. The first time you are brought back to life, the world will be just as you knew it before, with the exception of all people that have died will be brought back into existance. Then, I believe that god will have a thousand-year judging period to seperate the "grain from the chaft" as I like to say, or (If you don't understand) the good from the evil. During that thousand year judging period, nobody will die from natural causes. However, it is still possible that someone evil may kill you. At the very end of that thousand-year judging period, those that were good but have been killed will come back to a paradise on earth. Those that are good and haven't died will join the previous on the paradise earth. But what will happen to those who were evil during the judging period? They will be sent to ghehenah (I hope I spelled that right) meaning: their soul will go out of them, never to be returned again.

Yup, I think that that pretty much sums up my belief of what happens when you die. I just wanted to share.

PS: I wrote this entire post using an on-screen keyboard. Pretty impressive huh? I really need to get a new keyboard....

Why would god take a thousand years. The old dude is supposed to be omnipotent. 

I think all the spirits get together and have tea and biscuits and then decide what life they want to live next. Perhaps we are all the same spirit living different lives all at once (seeing as time does not have to have relevance) - collectively we are god.

[Kaitlyn]

When I die, it's the end of the universe.  If I can't experience something, not even indirectly, that's no different than saying it doesn't exist.

I suppose you all might have your own universes, but I'll never know.

[cindybc]

Cindy pats Nicky on the back. This is pretty well what I was trying to say a few posts back.

Perhaps we are all the same spirit living different lives all at once (seeing as time does not have to have relevance) - collectively we are god.

Before one can even guess where they might go after their body no longer responds to the life force contained in it, one must understand who they are.  I believe that we are all minute projections of the Infinite Intelligence, thus making us all parts of the same spirit, living different lives at the same time, or over time (not to be confused with overtime that's time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a week).

Well-spoken, Nicky!

[Kimberly]

One can get an interesting twist on this subject if one considers their body in more the context of a car or other vehicle of choice.

This concept might have a bit of scientific backing in that the thought of energy not being destroyed an all.

^*shrug*
Enjoy the now, ^*nods*

[Sephirah]

This concept might have a bit of scientific backing in that the thought of energy not being destroyed an all.

But if you apply that theory to life 'force'/consciousness/sentience/whatever, then you have to also apply the theory that energy can't be created (one of the laws of physics known as 'The conservation of energy')... which would suggest that if we don't 'die', then we aren't 'born', either. At least not in the sense of just popping into existence from nowhere.

Which would suggest, to me at least, that reincarnation is the most likely outcome of physical cessation.

[Melissa]

I'm not sure.  I guess I'll see when it happens.  For now, I've made a commitment to myself to live my life in a way that will have some benefit to the world using my talents.

[cindybc]

Hi, Melissa, I agree with you. Live to do our best to care for and serve others and to be happy to be who we are. Take advantage of life and cherish it while we're here. I believe that this is for the most part the reason for us to be here to grow and to learn and to love others. There is just no possible way to be able to conceive in our minds what the next reality will be like because we have no way to compare it to this one, it is only an inner feeling of rightness.

Cindy   

[Melissa]

It's just that I am having many challenges in life from being TS to epilepsy and yet I'm still functioning to the best of my ability.  Also, I've pretty much accomplished all my major dreams, so I had to figure out some new dreams and goals.  I decided, why not do some good with my time here on earth?  I also decided to not try and kill myself anymore (and there have been times I wished I could since then) and to start doing what I could that was within my means.  I haven't had much energy for the past several months (which I figure is because of the anti-seizure meds), but during those times I do have a little energy I do make efforts to help out.

[Nicky]

Cindy pats Nicky on the back. This is pretty well what I was trying to say a few posts back.

Perhaps we are all the same spirit living different lives all at once (seeing as time does not have to have relevance) - collectively we are god.

Before one can even guess where they might go after their body no longer responds to the life force contained in it, one must understand who they are.  I believe that we are all minute projections of the Infinite Intelligence, thus making us all parts of the same spirit, living different lives at the same time, or over time (not to be confused with overtime that's time-and-a-half after 40 hours in a week).

Well-spoken, Nicky!

Thank you.

I've been thinking a lot lately that if the spiritual realm exists then what if it is simply another level of energy or the stuff in the spaces between atomic particles that we can't detect yet. It is like a photo negative of the physical world and things can move between physical and spiritual states of being. Perhaps we are all linked by it and it provides the spark. Maybe it can be influenced through thought and faith and prayer. Hence there is the possibility for collective conciousness, the 'divine' presence in everything, psychic powers and the power of prayer...

I need some double time in the weekend including my paid half hour break for every 5 hours worked.

[cindybc]

Hi,  Nicky, Yes, quantum realities, quantum realities between atomic particles. If you go even further you will find more space between the atomic and sub-atomic particles. Energy without beginning and without end with only space separating them? But then you will find  these spaces are also filled with subatomic particles, ad infinitum. Well, I do know a wee bit about the science of infinite energy, or at least, the theory of infinite energy. Like the gravitational ripples that radiate outward from the universal center where I believe will be found a very large, dense black hole where the entire universe spirals around like a gigantic galaxy. This black hole at the center of our universe is a legacy of the "Big Bang."

Do these gravitational ripples travel both ways, in and out of the black hole, forming two distinct but opposite realities on either side of the black hole? The theory of Parallel universes in collision.


And yes, never forget the power of prayer. I believe that if one sincerely believes in the power of their prayer an intergalactic mountain will move somewhere with this universe.   

Cindy

Posted on: September 09, 2008, 05:39:31 PMHi Melissa, I can't say I understand what it was like for you except in part. This journey of transitioning is not one of the easiest journeys to undertake even for someone stable physically and psychologicaly, I suppose it realy doesn't hurt to have some type of spiritual beliefs to help one get through it. You have had some extra obstacles to get through, I for one must say that I admire much your courage and strength. As someone else here once expressed,

I know the answer to this already, but I know that this whole transition is a huge mind blowing event of equal amounts of fear, depression, excitement all flying @ you @ once. Mix in the HRT and

Hon you can only do what you feel you can do, working for other folks and caring for them is a truly wonderful thing to do but it can take a lot out of you. Do it at your own pace hon, when ever you feel you have the energy to do so, and do it from the heart.

Cindy

[Kimberly]

This concept might have a bit of scientific backing in that the thought of energy not being destroyed an all.

But if you apply that theory to life 'force'/consciousness/sentience/whatever, then you have to also apply the theory that energy can't be created (one of the laws of physics known as 'The conservation of energy')... which would suggest that if we don't 'die', then we aren't 'born', either. At least not in the sense of just popping into existence from nowhere.

Which would suggest, to me at least, that reincarnation is the most likely outcome of physical cessation.

Given that I presume to be aware of more than one life, I am not inclined to find fault in that line of thought.

[fae_reborn]

Your body decomposes and the minerals return to the Earth. A recycling of the building blocks of life.

Spot on.

What happens after death? You are buried. Enjoy your life while it lasts.

When I die, my body will be cremated and my ashes will either be buried in a simple urn or spread out across the land.  The body is temporary, but the spirit is eternal.  After death, my spirit (which is completely female) will join the Goddess.  I'm not sure what will happen after that though.

Jenn

[Natasha]

first, i agree that it is impossible to tell. though every religion has an explanation.  my explanation, which i try to keep based in what we know about the nature of the universe is that there is no life after death.

we are made of matter, the same stuff that makes all of the inanimate objects. we are the chemicals that evolved into the complex machinery that you see in all biological organisms. we are just material and when we die, that complex machinery has failed (why would there need to be a soul in the gears?). i know it may feel like there should be more, but without mixing in human emotion that's what i come up with. consciousness itself is just a kind of illusion, people were never really alive in the sense they thought anyway.

i take all that back.  what happens after you die? you're done, finito, no more!

[Kaitlyn]

What happens after death?



You get eaten by Sarah Palin!

[fae_reborn]

OMG Nephie that's horrible!  I don't even like the woman but still, that's just not right! 

Jenn