Will we live with out friends and familt in heaven? Or in our imagination...?

Question

I was reading an article and it said that after death there is no life, we continue to lie in the ground until we rot and for eternity. I began to get wet in the eyes, yeah you can call me a pussy, a wussy or anything else, but it also said we would forget everything in this life and really I dont want to! It's not fair! I know it is almost impossible to tell what happens after death but does anyone here have any idea? I don;t want to forget my family, I don't think any of us do, please help me come to a conclusion.

Answer 1

while i guess no one can know for sure, many people have their theories, and i would say many more believe there is life after we pass on from this earth,,,,,,,, and a much smaller number believe there is nothing, just an end
i personally believe we (our spirit/soul) was somewhere before we came to this life, and we will go on somewhere,,,,,,, i dont think of the end of life on earth as a death, but as a passing on,,,,,,
my great grand mother and i were very close, when she passed, one afternoon, i was in another state, and not thinking of her, all of the sudden i saw her spirit go up,,,, got a call a little while later that she had passed on,,,,,, so no, i dont think she is laying in the ground!
i think you have to arrive at your own conclusions,,,,,,, what you really feel in your heart,,,,,, then have hope,,,,,,

Answer 2

Listen, Sweetheart, death is a reality. I highly recommend you pick up a copy of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's book, "Death: The Final Stage of Growth." I don't agree with everything she says - far from - but I definitely concur that so many people fear death so much that it prevents them from living their lives, something they know they've got.

Personally, I have no idea what happens when we die. I'm leaning toward, "when we're dead, we're dead." That way, I'm prepared for nothingness and have no other expectations (and I won't be disappointed... unless there really is a hell, in which case I'm screwed!).

Anyway, in addressing your concern, my opinion is you won't know you've forgotten your family - you won't have cognitive activity. And barring your early accidental death, many of the people you care about, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc, may already be dead by the time you die. So, rather than being afraid of what comes next, why not embrace the moments with which you've been blessed now? Why not appreciate and love your family with all you've got right now? Then, even if there is a heaven, even if you don't spend an eternal afterlife with them, you'll have beautiful memories. I hate the saying, but sometimes it's true: Don't be sad it's over, be glad it happened at all.

If that answer isn't satisfactory, this is what I believe: cycles of life extend beyond humanity. That means that if I die and am given a "green burial" - meaning I am not embalmed, not cremated, but dropped into a biodegradable box in a hole in the ground - nature will be allowed to take its course, bacteria, worms, and all. If that which makes me me ceases to be when my physical body stops working, I take comfort in knowing that the nutrients my body holds could and would nourish new life - flowers, grass, trees, and myriad other biota. Why are so many people so afraid of that concept? Being worm food and literally pushing up daisies is NOT a bad thing. See: no benevolent god, no heaven or hell necessary. Just nature. Just life.