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Where do you believe we go after death?

The Afterlife

Don't you think that we are in some form of an afterlife? Think of life as being infinite and never ending. Also think of it as having a few ground rules we must all abide by but never have to follow. Doesn't this sound like free-will to you? Maybe God created the Earth and the universe to be so perfect that even we cannot comprehend how incredible his creation was. The beauty of life is all around us; we can see it but we can't touch it. We cannot measure how glorious and great it is to be alive because we are blessed by God himself, the creator of all things. We aren't supposed to be thinking about religion and where we go when we die because that would defeat the purpose of life. Your thoughts and opinions?
 
Don't you think that we are in some form of an afterlife?
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no

Think of life as being infinite and never ending.
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with life must come death hence life is impermanent by its very nature

Also think of it as having a few ground rules we must all abide by but never have to follow.
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there are no rules, only being

Maybe God created the Earth and the universe to be so perfect that even we cannot comprehend how incredible his creation was.
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who says the earth and universe are perfect? who gets to define perfection?

We cannot measure how glorious and great it is to be alive because we are blessed by God himself, the creator of all things.
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how glorious/great it is to be alive is subjective. who says I am blessed by god? If anything I am apart of "god" (the infinite). think atman/brahman

We aren't supposed to be thinking about religion and where we go when we die because that would defeat the purpose of life.
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"defeat the purpose of life?" it seems you must know the purpose of life before you can defeat it. it seems the purpose of life is simply existing to me.
 
I put my faith in that before death, our perception of time is dissolved, and we merely exist without time because time is irrelevant and is only as we perceive it.
 
Anyone ever see the movie "Enter the Void?" I suggest you watch it if you believe in any form of reincarnation. It it also a pretty good drug movie dealing with mostly hullucinogens.

I am still a teenager and I am not completely aware of what I think happens after death. I will think about it and come back to post.
 
Infinate consciousness...

It's another dimension that is physically not real, however, the consciousness lives on in it...

In essence, life is what you make it. There is a higher power, and I believe there's another dimension the future has already been set in stone. However, there exists no timeline in this dimension. Only eternity. This is the ultimate dimension, and the meaning of life.

This dimension can only be accessed through consciousness. It's the line between reality and fantasy.

Life is a test of consciousness. You are put forth choices that a little voice inside you often guides you in the right direction. It's when you ignore that little voice, life goes to shit. I've had so many random feelings that I listened to, for unknown reasons, and always got great results; no regrets. It's when you ignore that voice inside your head (your consciousness), when you end up having the most regrets.

I think when you die, your consciousness either enters a state of regret and frustration, or a sense of accomplishment & pride.

Consciousness is God...
 
I believe that after we die our consciousness ceases to exist and our physical forms are consumed by various decomposers. To some, this seems bleak, hopeless, and just downright depressing. But to me it couldn't be a more freeing thought. See, when I sleep I have no dreams. At least none I ever recall. I imagine that death will be just like taking a nap. Solid black NOTHING. For ever.

What a relief! I get the assurance that after its all over, its really all OVER! No more shitty existence, no more strife, struggle, or stress. It feels quite freeing, to me at least.
 
We go into the ground when we die. Imo we are just a set of chemical reactions bound by the laws of physics. When them reactions stop, all reactivity ceases, like when a machines battery dies. Just an opinion...
 
Wherever they bury you :\ . Honestly i think the only afterlife we have after death is the memories we leave on others.

Besides after i am done with this life i shall be quite happy to take a nice long dirt nap where i will have infinite peace.
 
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youll be where everything was/is/will be
except youll know everything.
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If we'd just take reality as the given, rather than the "missing" -- how clear it would be that we already know everything....

How obvious it would be that nothing that happens to us, or fails to happen to us, could *possibly* be missed...

... because if it were missed, it just wouldn't be noticed as missed!

How full we'd be, if we considered reality to simply be what happened to us from moment to moment.

Instead of what we thought about or conceptualized as happening to us, as compared to others.

Peace...
 
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fieryslash said:
Don't you think that we are in some form of an afterlife?
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Fwiw, I hang out with certain "nondual people" on some spiritual forums.

They like to say that we simultaneously exist prior to birth, and after death.

We can't seem to reach the goddamn mountain, because we've already passed over it.

This is the paradox of time: You can never achieve your goals, because you're always over the hill.

The moment you get there, you're merely here again.

Have you ever even gotten "there" to McDonald's, without being "here at McDonald's, looking at the lunch sign" in the end?

Anything the mind wants to achieve is an illusion -- it would have been better to not bother trying!

This may sound defeatist to some... but when it seems futile, over and over and over to dream the impossible dream... ! Then the here and now, the present, becomes VERY full and complete, and you're happy where you are!

Call it life, or an afterlife... it is what it is.

Peace...
 
Dedbeet said:
Fwiw, I hang out with certain "nondual people" on some spiritual forums.

They like to say that we simultaneously exist prior to birth, and after death.

We can't seem to reach the goddamn mountain, because we've already passed over it.

This is the paradox of time: You can never achieve your goals, because you're always over the hill.

The moment you get there, you're merely here again.

Have you ever even gotten "there" to McDonald's, without being "here at McDonald's, looking at the lunch sign" in the end?

Anything the mind wants to achieve is an illusion -- it would have been better to not bother trying!

This may sound defeatist to some... but when it seems futile, over and over and over to dream the impossible dream... ! Then the here and now, the present, becomes VERY full and complete, and you're happy where you are!

Call it life, or an afterlife... it is what it is.

Peace...
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What do you think about memory? Suppose I remember being there at McDonald's, and I want to recreate that experience of being there. I want to be there. Is my memory an illusion? Was it completely different being here at McDonald's than what I remember about being there? Am I remembering being here at McDonald's or there at McDonald's? I was only ever here at McDonald's, never there, so how is it that I remember being there?
 
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What do you think about memory?
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Memory is fine, if it isn't taken so seriously.

"Objectivity" is mostly just taking thought so seriously that it becomes a stand-in for the actual.

Emotions are what constitute thought's importance, but it all boils down in the end to desire and fear.

Fear of losing who I am, of not being able to feel.

Desire to make contact, to know that I'm not alone, to know that others like and accept me, and will remember me.

Taking a close look at desire and fear can be the most "spiritually productive" approach around, IMO.

Peace...
 
The difference between "here at Macca's" and "there at Macca's" is itself an illusion.

"Here" and "there" are differentiators in the English language, used to indicate co-location of subject and object. They are the same place, in a different context. You remember being "there" because you are not currently at McDonald's. If you were to first go to Macca's and then remember being there, you would remember it as being "here" because you are currently at that location.
 
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The difference between "here at Macca's" and "there at Macca's" is itself an illusion.
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Words create all sorts of illusions, beliefs, assumptions, paradoxes, contradictions, etc.

It's almost ridiculous that anyone would take them as a basis on which to build a life, but people do -- because they want so much to believe what they suggest about selves and others.

P.S. -- when it became clear that wherever I go, here I am -- I figured that getting somewhere else isn't nearly as important as the human race takes it to be. For the very simple reason that you *can't* get somewhere else.

Peace...
 
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I think a good illustration of your point would be a picture such as this:

http://jeanraffa.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/misty_woods_by_nerghal1.jpg

The misty woods in front of you beckon to you. They look a little darker and a little deeper than the woods where you stand. What magic do they hold? But, as you walk toward them, they never seem to get any closer. It's never dark and misty where you are; it's always just the same old normal woods. The magic of the deep woods is something unattainable, never "here," always "there" in front of you. In that way there is a difference between here and there.
 
Dedbeet said:
Words create all sorts of illusions, beliefs, assumptions, paradoxes, contradictions, etc.

It's almost ridiculous that anyone would take them as a basis on which to build a life, but people do -- because they want so much to believe what they suggest about selves and others.
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While it is true that language is a step back from reality, it also grants us great power: the power of constructing and communicating models of understanding. I base my understanding of the world on language because it provides structure. I rarely use metaphors in common speech, except where such use would greatly assist understanding of a topic. I do my best to only speak what I know to be true. I do these things because I believe in accurate communication - not out of some wishful thinking that what I speak *becomes* truth, but through the knowledge that through mindfulness, I can choose to speak only truth.

P.S. -- when it became clear that wherever I go, here I am -- I figured that getting somewhere else isn't nearly as important as the human race takes it to be. For the very simple reason that you *can't* get somewhere else.

Peace...
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What does it mean, then, to make "there" here?
 
Your consciousness becomes one with the universe, and all matter & energy itself, understanding the things human beings cannot comprehend. Words like purpose have no meaning, since there is no purpose, just infinate eternal existence.

Your consciousness either enters a state of misery over regretting never fully grasping any concepts of life, or a state of pride based on the accomplishments/atrophies you have made. Your consciousness either becomes eternally satisfied or eternally regretful.
 
Your consciousness becomes one with the universe, and all matter & energy itself, understanding the things human beings cannot comprehend.
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If my consciousness understands something then surely a human being has comprehended it?
Anyway, this thread is waaaay off topic, afterlife or gtfo please.
 
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