Just the title. Heavens? Hells? Purgatory? Nothing? Become one with the universe? Reincarnation?

Bonus question: If you could design the system of your choice, what would you want?

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    25 days ago

    You do not “become” one with the universe - you already are. 🧘🏻‍♂️

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    25 days ago

    Since I’m not religious, the most logical answer is probably nothing. We simply cease to exist.

    Obviously though, I won’t know until it happens.

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    We just die and then we’re gone. Reincarnation could be a comforting idea while we’re alive, but even if it’s real, we’ll never know.

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    Brain gets no more blood. Neural biochemistry breaks down. Brain dies. You die. That’s it. Except for some incoherent and contradictory texts from bronze-age books or wishful thinking by naive people, there is ZERO scientific evidence that heaven or reincarnation exist. Even Buddha never suggested we would reincarnate, that was an idea added later by some of his followers. The bible is very flimsy on the entire concept of hell and heaven.

  • Lumelore (She/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    I don’t think there’s an afterlife, but I can hope that there is one. Just being a specter and getting to explore the universe until the end of time would be cool. Realistically, it’s probably just nothingness, unless somehow our brains are capable of creating an infinite dream for us.

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    Have you ever been knocked out before? Instant time travel into the future. Probably something like that without the ringing sound in your head from whatever hit you. Oh, and also that you never wake up.

    I like the idea of reincarnation, but maybe it’s my antitheist limited brain, transitioning to a creature with vastly different intelligence or central nervous system seems like the me I am still ceases to exist. Same vibes doesn’t even really check out when folks with brain ailments go through massive personality changes and I wouldn’t ever expect someone to “maintain their vibe” through that change.

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    25 days ago

    Depends on whether you get cremated or not. If you’re cremated, you turn into ash. Otherwise you most likely turn into dirt.

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    24 days ago

    No more shifts at work, no more rent to pay. Pure bliss.

    If I didnt have big plans for my death I’d probably have intentionally ODed on heroin already.

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    23 days ago

    Nothing.

    Your “perspective,” your view of the world, and all of consciousness, is an illusion maintained by your brain. Death is no different than turning a machine off and disassembling it.


    I will say, the human ability to make conscious choices is really something special.

    Your “afterlife” is the hole you leave behind. It’s the impact you leave on the world, and how others remember you.