Since the perception of nothing can not occur, doesn't that mean there is no such thing as experiencing death

Question

For example; there is a wart on your back but you can not feel it or see it. Therefore it does not exist.
Even if you were dead forever there would be no perception of time and thereby U would not be dead.
In conclusion there must be eternal life/perception.
How do you disagree with this?

There is no wart on my back because I jsut made it up, and therefore I think it is there.

Answer 1

You can perceive "nothing", it's just not logical.

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Answer 2

Very good question. Some people insist that perceptions are within the brain only, but that has a fallacy. Scientists know that the brain feels no pain, has no sensation of it's own, and is not "aware" of itself, yet it is the means by which we can feel and sense the rest of our body. If the brain is not aware of itself, how is it that we are aware of ourselves? I certainly am aware that I exist. So, the "self", the "I" to whom I refer, cannot be the brain, and then I must also not be the body.

Who is this "self". I am not the body, so who am I? Intelligence and mind are also subtle. Nowhere can the scientists identify the intelligence within the body, but it is existing. They have concluded that the intelligence and mind are simply biological functions of the brain, but again, the mind and intelligence combine to formulate the awareness of the self, something that the brain cannot do.

In the vedas, it is explained that the "self" is the individual spirit soul, which is eternally existing. The soul is situated within the heart, and is carried to the body by the mind, intelligence, and the will. The brain is therefore nothing more than the control mechanism of the body. It is the computer through which all data is filtered, but it is not the "self". The body is made up of degradable materials, just as a computer is, but the soul is not dependant on the body. It is independent, and is living eternally as non-destructible energy.

Only the body dies. When the living soul exits the body, the body is finished. The mind, intelligence, and will then carry the soul elsewhere. At no time do we cease to exist.

Answer 3

Your logic is horribly flawed.

Death is not a 'thing' therefore it cannot be seen. It is an experience, which will be felt. There is a difference.

The wart on your back can be seen using a mirror, or by asking someone to look at your back.

Death is then end of existence, and it is a one time deal. Saying it is forever or 5 seconds is illogical and irrelevant.

Thanks you have made my hangover migraine 100 times worse.

Answer 4

A wart can be spotted by a friend or spouse. Death of you is felt, quite painfully, by a loved one. You forget about the perception of those who are bound to you. Even eternity is time forever and you are not experiencing it, therefore you are just plain dead.

Answer 5

this harps back to the question
"if a tree falls in the middle of the forest and no-one is there to witness it... does it make a sound?"
in my opinion, there is no death but not because the person "experiencing" it is not aware. there is awareness of death - but it is a continuation. an ending of the spirit's connection with this earthly body.

however, i can not agree with your conclusion regardless of its correctness or not - as eternal life perception would count on awareness and in your example it sounds as if there is none. and the wart is there - as anyone who has watched you dress or undress can tell you.

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Answer 6

Your wart example isn't quite applicable.

Though the concept of experiencing death is interesting - you always hear about people having 'near death experiences' and seeing bright lights, and their loved ones and stuff.

But they didn't experience death - becuase they didn't actually die. The light is probably just what you see when your brain starts dying from lack of oxygen. Seeing their loved ones is a preconceived notion, so it is probably not real either.

When you really die, you will get to find out what happens - you might blink out, and thats it, or there might be something else (not likely) but until you die, you will never know - and neither will anyone else.

Answer 7

That's not necessarily the best way to prove that life is eternal. No matter how many things we do perceive and find, there will be things that we won't that are still there despite what we believe. God is a perfect example of this; no matter how hard someone will try to shut Him out and not believe that He even exists, that won't change the truth.

Answer 8

Easy, by disagreeing with the following premises:
1) that death is nothing
2) that just because you can't see or feel something that it does not and cannot exist
3) that one still perceives things after death (although I don't agree with this).

Answer 9

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.


Epicurus


Although, the wart cannot be refuted if others know it's there. I have never been to Australia, and yet, I know its there. Life is bigger than our own perception. Death, however, we will never know

Answer 10

Even though you would not be able to "experience" death, that doesn't mean your life is eternal.

You do experience dying, however, and feel the life leaving you. Death is not an experience, but a state of being.

Answer 11

Just because you don't see the wart on your back doesn't mean its not there.