Why have human-beings always had a fascination with life after death?

Question

Is it a natural sense, or is it only because of our fear of dying?

Answer 1

Life after death is the most queried question on the Internet. Why?

Why the subject life after death carries so much curiosity? Is it because the death of a loved one makes the basic instinct in every human being come alive? Firstly, we desire to establish a contact with the departed soul. Secondly, there always remains a query as to what will happen to us after our death!

Shall we come back again and manifest another body or the life ends itself within this life! This query of life after death disturbs every single human being on mother earth. The prime reason that we work day and night to accumulate materialistic riches and in the fag end of life everything remains behind... is absolutely disturbing. We become wise in the field of our study and in a stroke of fate all would become useless. Why?


Why do we continue slogging on without ever contemplating upon the subject of life after death? Why can not every individual human being live like JRD Tata... a Karma Yogi par excellence!

In his lifetime JRD Tata never built a house for himself... what to say of worrying for the next life! He may or may not have believed in the continuity of life after death but one thing was absolutely clear to him. And that was, "we have only got only one life to live"! He truly lived this life to its best.

JRD Tata was an exemplary in the fact that he lived like a true trustee of God. He believed that everything owned by the Tata Empire truly belonged to God. And he was only a mere trustee in the hands of God. His only duty was to act as the maintainer... a true trustee on behalf of God and see to it that whatever has been placed in his charge never dips in value.


As a true trustee JRD Tata had no worries at all. As everything belonged to God... according to JRD the worries also belonged to God. And why should he worry on behalf of God. Whether there existed life after death or not... nothing mattered to him! What mattered to him most in the present life was caring for the objects placed in his custody by God Almighty. More on god here- http://www.vijaykumar.org/life_after_death.html

Answer 2

Nature testifies that there is life after death. Job observed that and he also got that revelation and he said "I know my redeemer lives. Though after worms destroy this body yet in my flesh I shall see God"
I guess also there is a sense in every human being that yearns for a better life than this one because this is not all there is to life.
This life speaks of another real life just as a shadow speaks of the true person casting that shadow therefore there is always this fascination about life after death

Answer 3

To make sense of the present life on earth.
As nothing makes real sense for eg., not all good humans prosper, not all bad suffer, talented are not always a success, mediocre do come to rule, some get to live long others get nipped in the bud, etc., etc.,.....
There are contradictions and contradictions in in this world of ours. Thus it is not a fascination with "life after death" but it is a very serious study provided you really want to explore the frontiers of human knowledge and experience in this field.
If you are one who is content with ' I Believe in ....... etc., etc., " Then this field of inquiry is not for you.
'Death' is not the end but a new begining.

Answer 4

a lot of it has to do with the fear of "not knowing" if there is anything after death. For it to be "the end" is hard to grasp and therefore frightening. That is why humans create the idea of "heaven" in religious terms. It would be great to hang out with all your long lost friends and relatives forever.

Answer 5

Evolution instilled in us an urge for self preservation. Our ability for self-awareness and our ability for abstract thought have converted this instinct into a fear of death. Some people, instead of simply coping with this fear and moving past it, simply find a comfortable story that tells them they will live forever, and give in to the fear.

Answer 6

One reason could be that it has always been observed that there is no justice in this world. We have good things happening to bad people and some really bad things happening to good people. In Hinduism, we have the concept of previous life. Some of the good/bad things that are happening to you are a result of deeds you did in your previous life. And what you do in this life will affect you in your next life. Its a bit like the hell/heaven concept. And it has something to do with mankind's search for justice.

Answer 7

I think it is both. Death awaits each of us - aren't you a little curious about what happens after deah?

I believe God puts within each of us a desire to know AND a certain fear of death.

The bible teaches that death is an enemy of God, the last enemy, and that it will be destroyed one day with all other things that have hindered the work of His kingdom.

god bless!!

Answer 8

guy is created with 4 problems with needs with the intention to live on. a million. emotional needs 2. sexual needs 3. body nourishment 4. love. Sexual needs isn't carry forth or refrained from to be concern of homily becaus Christians will be bring about to ran after it, different sensible 7 billion international inhabitants will boost directly.

Answer 9

Since our minds are capable of apprehending eternity, we assume the possibility exist. We are seeking meaning beyond just the day to day lives we live. Perhaps this is the way God has made Himself known to us. When we try to fill the emptiness we are seeking after Him.

Answer 10

I believe it is a fear of death of sorts. People want to believe, including myself, that when we die we really are not giving up cognizant thought and ability to see our lost loved ones but giving up this fleshly, imperfect body for a better more knowledgeable one.