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I don't think anything happens after we die. But as human beings is just too hard for us to comprehend things without a beginning or an end. Because it Just doe

by thyrox 3y ago

I don't think anything happens after we die. But as human beings is just too hard for us to comprehend things without a beginning or an end. Because it Just doesn't fit the model of our world.

Apofis 3y ago
Why do you think anything happens when you're alive?
WaffleIronMaker 3y ago
I've always assumed my experience after death will be a parallel of my experience before birth: nothing.
- OfSanguineFire 3y ago
  That is why one might recommend psychedelic experiences: you are likely to come back with a conviction that your soul existed for eternity before your birth and will exist for eternity after as well.
  - eysquared 3y ago
    I think this is highly dependent on what your beliefs are pre-trip and how you define what makes you you. I've had many psychedelic experiences and while I often feel greater connection to living things around me, I've never been left with the feeling that my "soul" or anything I'd define as me will exist when I'm gone.
  - robotresearcher 3y ago
    This is congruent with the sense that my ‘soul’ is a local aspect of the dynamics that have been playing out in the universe and will continue after my death. I am a little piece of the dance, for a while. That works for me.
  - deprecative 3y ago
    Sure, but you have no more evidence of that sort so what's the point? Get high if you want but it's not going to tell you anything.
- arcastroe 3y ago
  Exactly. You've been dead much longer than you've been alive, so death is no mystery :)
birracerveza 3y ago
If that were so, people would be far more accepting of the idea that life, the one thing we do know that ends for everyone, just... ends, and that there is nothing for the dead after that. But people struggle with it, the concept of simply stopping to exist is terrifying for some.
robotresearcher 3y ago
I’m trying, but I don’t understand. Birth and death are the beginning and the end, respectively. What’s missing?

by thyrox 3y ago

I don't think anything happens after we die. But as human beings is just too hard for us to comprehend things without a beginning or an end. Because it Just doesn't fit the model of our world.

Apofis 3y ago

Why do you think anything happens when you're alive?

WaffleIronMaker 3y ago

I've always assumed my experience after death will be a parallel of my experience before birth: nothing.

OfSanguineFire 3y ago
That is why one might recommend psychedelic experiences: you are likely to come back with a conviction that your soul existed for eternity before your birth and will exist for eternity after as well.
- eysquared 3y ago
  I think this is highly dependent on what your beliefs are pre-trip and how you define what makes you you. I've had many psychedelic experiences and while I often feel greater connection to living things around me, I've never been left with the feeling that my "soul" or anything I'd define as me will exist when I'm gone.
- robotresearcher 3y ago
  This is congruent with the sense that my ‘soul’ is a local aspect of the dynamics that have been playing out in the universe and will continue after my death. I am a little piece of the dance, for a while. That works for me.
- deprecative 3y ago
  Sure, but you have no more evidence of that sort so what's the point? Get high if you want but it's not going to tell you anything.
arcastroe 3y ago
Exactly. You've been dead much longer than you've been alive, so death is no mystery :)

birracerveza 3y ago

If that were so, people would be far more accepting of the idea that life, the one thing we do know that ends for everyone, just... ends, and that there is nothing for the dead after that. But people struggle with it, the concept of simply stopping to exist is terrifying for some.

robotresearcher 3y ago

I’m trying, but I don’t understand. Birth and death are the beginning and the end, respectively. What’s missing?