Does Anything Happen After Death?

Have you ever wondered if anything happens after death? There are some who say that nothing happens after you die. You just stop being; like a computer you turn off, and then remove the CMOS Battery. It just becomes a box full of sheet metal and ceramic.

What do you believe happens after Death?

Many religions have a dogma they preach regarding what happens after we die. I have my own opinion. I like to believe you have one too. So what do you think (or want to believe or have a heartfelt conviction regarding) what happens after we die?

Some believe that when you die, nothing happens. Your thoughts, memories, and awareness just turns off.

Several years ago I had a surgical procedure that required full anesthesia. I remembered being on the gurney, on a hallway, waiting to be rolled into the operating room.  The Anesthesiologist walks in and after injecting the anesthesia into my “IV”, tells me to count from 100 back to one. I remember getting to 94, and then all of a sudden I’m sitting on a chair in another room wearing a different hospital gown. How did that happen?

I was told the procedure took 2 hours. So what happened to my consciousness during that time? I had no memories of what was happening to me during those 2 hours. It was as if they had never happened. Two hours of my life I cannot recall. Yeah! I’m still freaked out.

So is this what “they” mean? Nothing happens, you just stop existing?

Is There Life After Death?

When we speak of life, some of us envision a reality that is somewhat tangible. Perhaps one where we can “see” and “touch” loved ones who died before we did.

A life where no pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth exist. Some of you may call this paradise and others may call it heaven.

Therefore; the question put forth is what kind of “Life” are we talking about? Is it going to be a version similar to this one? Some religions say we will have a heavenly body. What does that mean? What is a heavenly body? For that matter where is this heaven?

I know that what we experience in life is a direct result of the choices we make. Hence; you are in control one hundred percent of the time all the time. Is it possible that whatever our expectation of life after life is will be the “reality” we experience after we die?

I know that the experience I had during my surgery was not a “near-death experience”. I did not have the symptoms medically recorded by those who have had this experience. I have no idea of the anesthesia given to me nor what exactly did it do to my consciousness. But if that is what happens to us when we die, is it that bad?

Certain religions say we will be resurrected by a savior upon his return. To those who hold this to be their truth, people who died one thousand years ago will be resurrected with no perception of the one-thousand years they have been dead.

They will just be self-aware, conscious of their new surroundings, feeling as bewildered as I did all a sudden finding myself sitting on a chair wearing a different garment than the one I just had on.

What Is the Truth About Life After Death?

Cogito ergo sum – “I think; therefore, I am” – René Descartes

I have learned that I shape and influence the life experiences I have through the thoughts and feelings I give energy to. You do this as well; if you wake up expecting to have a bad day, guess what? You end up having a bad day.

I think this applies to what happened after death.

Your expectations, beliefs, and fears contribute to what will happen to you after death.

But There is A Problem with This Theory

In order for you to experience something after death, you must be aware of yourself. You must have some conciseness and reasoning abilities. But how is this possible if your body has completely shut down? Don’t we need our brain to have consciousness?

Do We Need a Brain to Be Alive?

I’ve done some research on this matter, and have come across a number of documentary videos where this argument has been entertained and even scientifically explored by many Doctors and scientists.

I won’t bore you with the details, but there seems to be enough compelling evidence indicating that we do not need our brain in order to have and or experience conciseness.

If my consciousness continues after my brain and body cease to function, then I must make room for the possibility that “I” am not my body. So why do I cling to this body so much?

My body allows me to experience the physical world. It allows me to enhance my experiences with associated sensory input. There are some memories that when recollected, the smells, feelings, sounds, colors, and even tastes are re-experienced as if I was “in the moment” it actually happened. Without the body, we are not able to recollect such vivid details.

I believe we carry these memories with us after we die. I believe we create the experience we will have after our consciousness departs our body, based on our beliefs.

What do you believe?

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