When you are asleep at night, passed the REM (rapid eye movement) time and you are no longer dreaming as your brain is now resting and recouperating... At this time you have no conscious knowledge of self... you are not aware of your surroundings or anything... nothing... Is this the closest you get to death without dying... In reality is this how it is and how it feels at the end of your life?
2006-11-29 06:13:49 · 24 answers · asked by Boring Old Fart 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It is quite difficult for humans , with our great self-awareness, to imagine non-existence. However, there is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that death is anything other than ceasing to be. Conscious is switched off. There is nothing to experience, so questions such as "What is it like?" are redundant. The answer is "Death is nothing", because "you" won't be in existence once it happens to you. There will be no "you".
2006-11-29 19:58:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a key difference. That is that when you are dead you have no heartbeat, no respiration, no organic functioning whatsoever, and that includes your brain. Its not "how it feels" when you are dead because when you are dead there is no feeling. With this being said, being dead and being completely unconcious would be hard to distinguish from the viewpoint of the person who is unconcious. Still there are reports from people who were thought to be unconcious (such as in an operating room) who could hear what people were saying - so in that sense there still is some conciousness going on. We're just not sure yet if there is such a thing as being totally unconcious if the brain is still alive and functioning.
2006-11-29 06:19:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you have had surgery, basically being put under should be the same as dying without dying. When you are sleep, you can still wake up if some makes a loud noise or shakes you. However, if you are under anesthesia, no one can wake you up and they can theoretically cut you up in pieces without you even feeling it.
2006-11-29 06:20:04 · answer #3 · answered by Billie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Being asleep is what it is like to be dead except you don't wake up. The Bible repeatedly refers to death as a sleep. Jesus referred to death as a sleep.
Nothing happens immediately after death according to the Bible. No heaven or hell. Check out this info. from the Bible....
http://ezinearticles.com/?Your-Next-Experience-Immediately-After-Death:-What-Really-Happens-After-You-Die-&id=338240
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2006-11-29 06:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by ccttct l 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am led to believe that the brain is constantly working subconsciously 80% all the time awake or asleep!
2006-11-29 06:17:31 · answer #5 · answered by deeky_ward 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi, i personaly belive that there is life after death. and we can talk ablout this all day long but at the end of the day its all down to people's opinion's.
also about the sleep thing,why do you wake up if the alarm clock goes off, if we are nearly dead.
2006-11-29 06:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by Hannah-Marie 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ok....this is where a thing called faith comes into the picture....either you have it or you don't...either you think that there is a better place than this or you don't. And to respond to Sherry actually there is someone who did die and let us know what was on the otherside...Jesus Christ.....but then again you have to have faith
2006-11-29 06:23:23 · answer #7 · answered by Monte T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty logical and realistic to me.
Death is when you cease to exist.
I highly doubt there is an afterlife, just something people who were scared of dying made up to somehow be immortal.
2006-11-29 06:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Reload 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You have no concsious knowledge of your ego self. The Self is ever present and does not die. Mystics have spoken of this for thousands of years. I recommend you read "The Spiritual Teachings of Ramana Maharshi".
2006-11-29 06:20:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've known a couple of people who have had near death experiences and their discription of them didn't sound anything like yours.
2006-11-29 06:17:01 · answer #10 · answered by Spud55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋