i wish to ask a questipon more deep than why are we here or what is the meaning of life and its not about god?

Question

the question goes (well one of my many deep questions) when we die do we go to heaven or hell or do we simply dream and as such you have the basis of heaven (a dream) and hell (a nightmare) if anyone has been in a traumatic experience your life is said to flash before your eyes if such is true would you not relive your life again in a somewhat hard to explain paradox but if you undestand what i am trying to say please answer i could possibly elaberate more if needed

No No No how would you no if you rot in the ground im not trying to be preachy BUT IF WE DREAM IS THER NOT A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT WHEN WE DIE WE DREAM dont tell a bee it cant fly

Argh now il over easy it if somone puts a gun to your head u hear the shot your life flashes before your eyes and the bullit hits DO YOU THINK THAT YOU WOULD RELIVE THIS SAID LIFE OVER in the instant it takes u to die therefore there is a possiblity of you living forever.

Hmmmmmm you have all given me alot to think about (as if im not thinking enough already) but as there is no right or wrong answer i cant give out the best answer award im tempted tho. Have had some pretty small minded answers buts to be expected we cant all be great philosophers.

Answer 1

We have to enrich what enriches us and leave behind in thoughts and action something for the posterity such that these can be a source of inspiration.

Answer 2

It is most common that people talk about life and then speculate about the life-after-death. Some would say that the soul lives after death, whether as person would rest in blissful heavens, be tormented in burning hell depends upon the deed of that person, some would say that the human spirit will be reincarnated, and good people would be born again as great and noble people, while bad ones would assume baser forms of animals, some would say that there is nothing afterwards, as death means the ultimate end.

But if we take this duration, the life we have, and consider your question not in terms of a life on the other side, life we have then we might find an answer for better and clearer. For if I try to explain what would tomorrow be like then I will based my conjectures upon today, and all the talk about a possible tomorrow would actually be a version of my today; and the better I know my today the better would be my guess of my tomorrow – ideally speaking I can never tell what my tomorrow, or the next moment for that matter, would be like without resting my speculation entirely upon what is here and now. So why not talk about now and keep all thing to this moment in time?

For instance, imagine a person who thinks about these things freely. One day in his imagination that person bumps into the thought of his death. He is both greatly puzzled and horrified by the weight of his thought. His intelligence has failed to provide an answer, his reason cannot resolve the mystery of his life, and his imagination has come to gaze into the void created by his own question, upon which his entire mental process has converged – what will happen to me when I die?

Now here is the point that I want to make: that person is not wait a lifetime for his answer, he needs it now, for it is now that has asked, for him an imaginative death has already taken place, and all things have happened, in his imagination he has seen death, an incident that his reason with the aid of his observation confirms, that this is sure to happen.

Now, what that person needs right now?

Does that person, right at this time, need next thing in his imagination: picture of a blistering hell, or a scene from the heaven of his dreams, the love and compassion of God in his heart or a complete blank, a place utterly devoid of anything, or just nothing. It surely cannot be a nothing as there must be something that is to be next in his mind after his question.

The answer is all here, but not in the way of general understanding and conjecturing. It is here as life, and life-after-death is not conditioned by the incident of death; one could imagine this happening anytime. The fact is that the life we have is a restricted life, or partial experience of a much bigger reality in existence, only partially sighted, but it is possible that the curtains are removed and life is revealed in its full glory right here and now.

Imagine very simply this: that a good life is lifted to heavens as a reward for a good living, but that might not happen only towards the end, that may happen when life is at its best, or at its worst for that matter. It is just like a football team might perform not so well towards the end but an earlier performance maintained through out made it win the match, that the winning goal was scored well before then end of the match.

It is possible that when death comes the mind is reversed until it reaches the best moment in one’s life, the linear sequence of time bound events is broken, and the journey continues from there into the other worlds, into dimensions free from space and time, and that a dying person is aware of this happening.

Answer 3

When we die, the human within us dies also. The life spirit, I believe, is re-used over and over again (as one dies, another is born...)
Heaven and hell exist only here on earth, and while sometimes we cause our own hell, outside forces beyond our control can make a life hell (traumatic battlefield experiences are often relived over an over in the minds of vets right up until their death.)
The "life flashing before their eyes" is like watching a movie on super fast forward; all the important events in your life run wild in an instant. Your brain is remembering everything all at once, triggered by the intense build up of adrenaline in your system.
Hope I answered a question or two.

Answer 4

No heaven, No hell ....

These are myths, that have been told, for thousands of years, by people long before the religions of today, ie: Judiasm, Christianity and Islam etc!

The thing christians call a 'soul', is actually the mind, which cannot exist, without the brain.

So, after death, you will not 'know' or 'dream' anything, you have 'no' physical parts, to know anything with!!

You are 'recycled' back into the Earth!!!

Answer 5

I understand what you are saying.
that once the body fails ,a part of us ,(call it higher consciousness)separate from the body continues on in a state of dream like existance.and according to what that person believed, they create what they think they deserve after death I.e. heaven -hell- whatever.
as a christian i believe this higher consciousness is the soul ,that man is flesh and spirit .that the flesh falls away and indeed does rot into the ground.but the soul enters another plane of existance,unseen but real.not a dream.
so if a man is wise he will seek the truth .
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Answer 6

Only our bodies die, not our spirit/soul. Our souls are continually on a spiritual journey. We reincarnate. There is no heaven or hell. These are just states of mind. When people experience near death experiences, their past lives are being revealed to them.

You do relive your life again but all memories of your prior life are buried deep inside of you. Serious soul searching is required to understand this. I experienced a spiritual death many years ago and from that "death" came new "life". I am who I was before, but with a different kind of understanding of who I am. We are all much more than just a body!

Answer 7

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 8

Better to start with something within our reach.
There seems to be something within us that is not 'gross' like our flesh, bones, etc .. Even when we lose a limb, the experience of that self is 'whole'.
As much as we maintain the witness-like awareness of that self-awareness, the deep " I " within, the truth about life, its meaning etc .. everything would unfold by itself.
No cost involved. On the other hand, our mind's focusing ability while handling material aspect of life would happen much much better. With practise, this witnessing would happen not only effortlessly & simultaneously, but also deepen unimaginably too !

Answer 9

Perhaps to best answer your question you should explore some different possibilities of what happens after this life is done. What if hell is simply the ultimate deterant invention to prevent or at least minnimize rebelion. check out some alterative schools of thought concernng your souls purpose. ie Micheal Newtons Journey and Destiny of Souls.
Neale Donnald Walsch Conversations With GOD

Answer 10

When we die we rot in the ground. That's it, full stop! We return to a state of non-existance. There is not one iota of convinving evidence for the survival of anything beyond the material.
I've had traumatic experiences, including several in which I was convinced I was about to die, and I didn't have anything flash before my eyes!

Answer 11

IMHO, no. When we die we do not dream. We do not dream because we do not sleep. Our body not longer does anything.

Our soul goes on to either Heaven or Hell depending upon whether or not you have accepted Christ into you heart.

That's what I think.