What do you think happens when you die?

[MichelleB]

You'll never know til it happens

[who]

<= Atheist.

Does this mean you're immortal? Or that you just don't think about things?

[Dirty F]

You'll never know til it happens

Orly? Thats pretty deep. Did you have to think long to come up with that?

[beta-tester]

One would think it would be alot like before we were born. Well that's what I think. No darkness none of that. Just aren't there.

Yeah I would agree with it. Before we all were born we knew nothing about ourselves, we were not conscious of our exist, altho we probably were in some other form of matter and energy.
It's hard to tell what happens after we die, but I am pretty certain that our energy gets back to essence and we actually continue to exist just we are not aware of it, but our atoms and molecules still float around It's just like that...

Oh and I'd recommend you one book that is actually about this subject, the book is called "What dreams may come", read it, it's a good one ;)

[CurrentlySober]

Please do.....

OK... Well, in all honesty, Im pleased to be able to say, that a lot of the very long part of my explanation has actually been said, in the YouTube clip of the movie waking life, posted above. Its at 1.08 mins.

You see as life slips away, at that split second between life and death, your brain goes into a 'System Dump' mode, and kinda discharges all the memories and other crap, that's inside it... But it does so in way that can only be described as an extremely long, and complex dream... A dream that in my opinion, would last (To you anyway) for 'eternity'...

This isn't as far fetched as it may sound, simply because of the amount of times that you hear, 'My Life Flashed Before Me'... Because it does. That's exactly what happens...

Now if you have had a 'good' life, been happily married, raised kids etc etc, then the majority of your memories are 'good happy memories' then that's what this brain discharge will mostly comprise of.

And to integrate with popular thoughts... That would constitute 'Heaven'

Alternatively, if you have had a 'bad' life, committed a murder say, and spent twenty years in a jail... Then that would be the majority of your brain dump.

And constitute, 'Hell'

That pretty much sums it up. As I said, the youtube clip covered it fairly succinctly...

Finally you might be wondering 'How' I died... Well it wasn't anything 'exciting'... Back in 1996, I had a disease called Encephalitis, (Akin to meningitis' which cause swelling and inflammation to the lining of the brain. I was in the hospital, being treated anyway, and all of a sudden, I had the mother of all dreams... Must have lasted (to me) almost a year!

I really cannot explain the intricacy's and complexities of that dream, for you to fully comprehend it... But that's what happened. It was like an alternative life. It consisted of actual days, and nights, and going to sleep, and having dreams within the dream etc... The hospital never came into it, until 'one day' literally, There was a huge white light, and I was suddenly totally disorentated on a hospital bed...

Then I discovered, (A few weeks later) that I had been clinically dead for nearly three minutes...

Believe what I say, or not as the case maybe... But I know that if I were to die tomorrow... I wouldn't be scared of death...

[Viper2K1]

Atheist here also...what sucks is that being so rationally-minded can make you depressed when you think about death, and the fact that there really is nothing after you pass.

Religion was created because of fear of death(among other more nefarious reasons).

Yup, same thing here.
When you die, it's done, period.

The only thing good about religion is that it helps some people to deal with their problems/emotions.
And it used to be a good way to keep people in line ... gotto give them that.
No offense to those who believe, but I personally hate all that religious stuff.

[drjones]

I imagine its like the best nights sleep, ever..

[Thicky Dix]

Check this site out.

http://www.near-death.com/

[bronco67]

OK... Well, in all honesty, Im pleased to be able to say, that a lot of the very long part of my explanation has actually been said, in the YouTube clip of the movie waking life, posted above. Its at 1.08 mins.

You see as life slips away, at that split second between life and death, your brain goes into a 'System Dump' mode, and kinda discharges all the memories and other crap, that's inside it... But it does so in way that can only be described as an extremely long, and complex dream... A dream that in my opinion, would last (To you anyway) for 'eternity'...

If you think about it, Jacob's Ladder could also be in line with this theory. Look away if you haven't seen the movie *****SPOILER****..........


Basically, he was living out an entire(albeit freaky) existence in his mind as he died. I can really subscribe to an idea like this, because there seems to be so sense of time in the dream world.

I had this dream once where I was watching a rocket take off, but it exploded on the launch pad. The explosions went on for what seemed like 5 minutes, and when I woke up, there was very loud thunder outside, which was what I was hearing in my dream.

The weird thing is, there was a very long set up in the dream which led me to the whole launch pad scene. I assumed that what seemed like hours of dreaming happened in the millisecond I heard the thunder, and my mind threw together and played out this whole fucked up dream to go with the sound.

It's not hard to believe that you could experience an eternity in your dead during one real second, if you believe in this theory.

[SexJEDI]

I think we get less restrictions and psychic abilities for sure.

I'll share with you why I think so:

When I was living down in Vegas a couple of years back, my little brother committed suicide. He was only 22 years old and his wife had left with the kids and so he was extremely depressed. One night he took one of my dads guns, went to the park, and shot himself to death.

The night before I found out about the sad news, same night of the suicide, I was prepping for bed. Out of the corner of my eye there was a small, shadow colored, weird shaped object right next to me but it wasn't on the wall it was in mid air about 5-6 feet off of the ground. As soon as I looked at it it startled me and dissipated quickly. I stood there for a good 5 minutes trying to figure it out and then went to bed. The next morning my dad broke the news that the night before my bro had committed suicide. The following night I sort of put the two together.

Same sort of supernatural event happened two more times within a few months of his passing. Typically I would be laying in bed and for no reason wake up, though I didn't remember how exactly how, and would be staring directly at it. It took on the shape of what looked like a giant spider, it had several legs and a body. The other time it was smaller and more momentary slowly dissipated into the wall. Always looked like a mist and the movements were jerky and fast, also dark in color, like a shadow. I know I wasn't dreaming because I would wake my wife in the middle of each event.

I say fewer restrictions because if it was my bro, timing would indicate it, he was able to find me the same night of his suicide even though we were 18 hours apart. He wasn't restricted to our laws of physics.

I say psychic abilities because he was able to find me even though he didn't know where I lived at the time and had not seen him in years yet he was able to find me and fast.

I'm not sure how long life after death is but those experiences happened for a few months after his passing.

Ghosts are real IMHO and experience. Most will be skeptical including myself until it happened to me.

Perhaps we are not supposed to know about life after death until it happens. This could explain the shyness of him in this form.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...87197364769612

[rob34]

From what I have seen, You turn into food for something else...(eg. worm food, Flies, maggots...That is all.

[SexJEDI]

From what I have seen, You turn into food for something else...(eg. worm food, Flies, maggots...That is all.

I think Buddhism would agree with that theory, that is, if you have really bad Karma!

[purplehaze]

hmmm...my dad died once too, and was brought back to life by medical professionals. it was before i was born...it was due to a heroin overdose. today, he is a christian.

in my opinion, he traded herion in for christianity...or just switched addictions. i don't believe most of the stuff he preaches to me. but just because organized religion and religious zealots have gotten it all wrong (in my humble opinion), it does not mean there is no afterlife, or divine power. Headless, if you get a chance, read a book called The Great Divorce.

[CaptainHowdy]

From what I have seen, You turn into food for something else...(eg. worm food, Flies, maggots...That is all.

So cremation is the ultimate act of human selfishness ??

[GAMEFINEST]

go to heaven with the playmate bunny's

[GAMEFINEST]

go to heaven with the playmate bunny's

[LAJ]

Yup, same thing here.
When you die, it's done, period.

The only thing good about religion is that it helps some people to deal with their problems/emotions.
And it used to be a good way to keep people in line ... gotto give them that.
No offense to those who believe, but I personally hate all that religious stuff.

I mirror yours and bronco67s sentiments.

[Dirty F]

OK... Well, in all honesty, Im pleased to be able to say, that a lot of the very long part of my explanation has actually been said, in the YouTube clip of the movie waking life, posted above. Its at 1.08 mins.

You see as life slips away, at that split second between life and death, your brain goes into a 'System Dump' mode, and kinda discharges all the memories and other crap, that's inside it... But it does so in way that can only be described as an extremely long, and complex dream... A dream that in my opinion, would last (To you anyway) for 'eternity'...

This isn't as far fetched as it may sound, simply because of the amount of times that you hear, 'My Life Flashed Before Me'... Because it does. That's exactly what happens...

Now if you have had a 'good' life, been happily married, raised kids etc etc, then the majority of your memories are 'good happy memories' then that's what this brain discharge will mostly comprise of.

And to integrate with popular thoughts... That would constitute 'Heaven'

Alternatively, if you have had a 'bad' life, committed a murder say, and spent twenty years in a jail... Then that would be the majority of your brain dump.

And constitute, 'Hell'

That pretty much sums it up. As I said, the youtube clip covered it fairly succinctly...

Finally you might be wondering 'How' I died... Well it wasn't anything 'exciting'... Back in 1996, I had a disease called Encephalitis, (Akin to meningitis' which cause swelling and inflammation to the lining of the brain. I was in the hospital, being treated anyway, and all of a sudden, I had the mother of all dreams... Must have lasted (to me) almost a year!

I really cannot explain the intricacy's and complexities of that dream, for you to fully comprehend it... But that's what happened. It was like an alternative life. It consisted of actual days, and nights, and going to sleep, and having dreams within the dream etc... The hospital never came into it, until 'one day' literally, There was a huge white light, and I was suddenly totally disorentated on a hospital bed...

Then I discovered, (A few weeks later) that I had been clinically dead for nearly three minutes...

Believe what I say, or not as the case maybe... But I know that if I were to die tomorrow... I wouldn't be scared of death...

How much drugs were you on during your time in hospital. I think a lot of what you remember now has more to do with other things than dying itself. You dont even was aware you "died". You only started realizing it a few weeks later? Nice story but i dont buy it.

[Dirty F]

I think we get less restrictions and psychic abilities for sure.

I'll share with you why I think so:

When I was living down in Vegas a couple of years back, my little brother committed suicide. He was only 22 years old and his wife had left with the kids and so he was extremely depressed. One night he took one of my dads guns, went to the park, and shot himself to death.

The night before I found out about the sad news, same night of the suicide, I was prepping for bed. Out of the corner of my eye there was a small, shadow colored, weird shaped object right next to me but it wasn't on the wall it was in mid air about 5-6 feet off of the ground. As soon as I looked at it it startled me and dissipated quickly. I stood there for a good 5 minutes trying to figure it out and then went to bed. The next morning my dad broke the news that the night before my bro had committed suicide. The following night I sort of put the two together.

Same sort of supernatural event happened two more times within a few months of his passing. Typically I would be laying in bed and for no reason wake up, though I didn't remember how exactly how, and would be staring directly at it. It took on the shape of what looked like a giant spider, it had several legs and a body. The other time it was smaller and more momentary slowly dissipated into the wall. Always looked like a mist and the movements were jerky and fast, also dark in color, like a shadow. I know I wasn't dreaming because I would wake my wife in the middle of each event.

I say fewer restrictions because if it was my bro, timing would indicate it, he was able to find me the same night of his suicide even though we were 18 hours apart. He wasn't restricted to our laws of physics.

I say psychic abilities because he was able to find me even though he didn't know where I lived at the time and had not seen him in years yet he was able to find me and fast.

I'm not sure how long life after death is but those experiences happened for a few months after his passing.

Ghosts are real IMHO and experience. Most will be skeptical including myself until it happened to me.

Perhaps we are not supposed to know about life after death until it happens. This could explain the shyness of him in this form.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...87197364769612

There are so many explanations for that shit. A ghost should be the last thing you should come up with. But ofcourse its the most easy one and in case of death often a comforting one. We all want to see the ghost of a relative or friend who died.

Seriously, do some research instead of HOPING this ghost crap is true. Its pathetic really.

[carol.prime]

of course my family will suffer because im the bread winner.
hope it won't happen to me this early i don't want my family to suffer and i want to help them.

[SexJEDI]

There are so many explanations for that shit. A ghost should be the last thing you should come up with. But ofcourse its the most easy one and in case of death often a comforting one. We all want to see the ghost of a relative or friend who died.

Seriously, do some research instead of HOPING this ghost crap is true. Its pathetic really.

I have done research. One of the best theories out there is this one:

http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/

The man behind it is a real anesthetist. Perhaps consciousness exists at the most fundamental level of the universe and not in our brain.

[Brother Bilo]

Angels part the clouds and float down with trumpets blaring and little cherubs are dancing around like gays. It's magical. They take you up through the clouds to the pearly gates where St. Peter lets you in to enjoy the rest of eternity with your deceased relatives, and Joseph, Mary, the long eared donkey and the talking walnut.

[horvy]

this happens:

ill second that. Your like a computer. When your off, your just off. the big sleep.

[CurrentlySober]

How much drugs were you on during your time in hospital. I think a lot of what you remember now has more to do with other things than dying itself. You dont even was aware you "died". You only started realizing it a few weeks later? Nice story but i dont buy it.

Well I certainly wasn't on any other drugs (IE Illegal ones) other than the drugs that the doctors had given me to relieve the pressure on my brain.

The dream I had that lasted the year in my mind, and the 3 mins in reality, was a lucid realistic dream, so much so I wasn't aware that I was dreaming in the least. Looking back now, I can see it was a dream, because for example I was living in the house that i lived in with my parents until I was about 10, but in my dream I lived there as an adult and my parents were not there. At the same time, other people I had known, but had died or moved away (only existed in my memories) often made appearances in the street or called me up on the phone... It really was a hugely convoluted version of some alternative reality. Caused by, or happening at the exact time I died...

Now the reason I say I didn't know for two weeks, was that with the pressure on my brain, I admit i was in a somewhat confused state anyway, and extremely physically week at the same time... So, it was two weeks into the recovery from the encephalitis, until I was told by a doctor that I had actually died...

You say nice story, but you wont 'buy' it... Well fair enough. Up to you, but remember this. Im not trying to 'sell' it!

In other words, Im not posting here saying 'Look at me ! I hold the answers to life and death'...

Im just recounting a true story, which actually happened to me...
That's all Nothingmore, nothing less...
Peace

[teg0]

You decompose and return to the earth, which helps fuel other types of life.

[Dirty F]

You say nice story, but you wont 'buy' it... Well fair enough. Up to you, but remember this. Im not trying to 'sell' it!

Dont get me wrong. I believe what you typed. But like i said i think it has to do with other things rather than just dying.

[MediumPimpin]

You decompose and return to the earth, which helps fuel other types of life.

There ya go that's it

[bronco67]

You decompose and return to the earth, which helps fuel other types of life.

just like Mr. Hanky sings about...

http://www.tv.com/uservideos/?action...QwnzD75bkLszDa

[CurrentlySober]

Dont get me wrong. I believe what you typed. But like i said i think it has to do with other things rather than just dying.

Fair enough

[shahab6]

When you die nothing will happen. It will be just like before you were born.

[dropped9]

OK... Well, in all honesty, Im pleased to be able to say, that a lot of the very long part of my explanation has actually been said, in the YouTube clip of the movie waking life, posted above. Its at 1.08 mins.

You see as life slips away, at that split second between life and death, your brain goes into a 'System Dump' mode, and kinda discharges all the memories and other crap, that's inside it... But it does so in way that can only be described as an extremely long, and complex dream... A dream that in my opinion, would last (To you anyway) for 'eternity'...

This isn't as far fetched as it may sound, simply because of the amount of times that you hear, 'My Life Flashed Before Me'... Because it does. That's exactly what happens...

Now if you have had a 'good' life, been happily married, raised kids etc etc, then the majority of your memories are 'good happy memories' then that's what this brain discharge will mostly comprise of.

And to integrate with popular thoughts... That would constitute 'Heaven'

Alternatively, if you have had a 'bad' life, committed a murder say, and spent twenty years in a jail... Then that would be the majority of your brain dump.

And constitute, 'Hell'

That pretty much sums it up. As I said, the youtube clip covered it fairly succinctly...

Finally you might be wondering 'How' I died... Well it wasn't anything 'exciting'... Back in 1996, I had a disease called Encephalitis, (Akin to meningitis' which cause swelling and inflammation to the lining of the brain. I was in the hospital, being treated anyway, and all of a sudden, I had the mother of all dreams... Must have lasted (to me) almost a year!

I really cannot explain the intricacy's and complexities of that dream, for you to fully comprehend it... But that's what happened. It was like an alternative life. It consisted of actual days, and nights, and going to sleep, and having dreams within the dream etc... The hospital never came into it, until 'one day' literally, There was a huge white light, and I was suddenly totally disorentated on a hospital bed...

Then I discovered, (A few weeks later) that I had been clinically dead for nearly three minutes...

Believe what I say, or not as the case maybe... But I know that if I were to die tomorrow... I wouldn't be scared of death...

Interesting read... more to come in regards to comments shortly...

[woj]

when you die, you just stop living, maybe for a few minutes you can still think but most likely, you just kinda fall asleep...

[_Richard_]

your reflection gets imprinted on the planet!

[seeric]

im gonna die at 53 years old fucking a 19 year old girl and have a heart attack.

a crystal ball reader told me.

oh, and i paid her 50 dollars.

[shekinah]

We need to die first before we know, but if we die, how could anyone know what happened to us?... Okay we can be ghost.

[Silvercash Tess]

religion was a mechanism to govern man.

I think that religion is just part of evolution. We adapt as a species to the environment we were born into and then taught how to live by our parents, just like animals. INSTINCT. No one has the answer to life. Everybody is wrong when you really think about it. Our mind has developed over millions of years, yet we still live by instinct i.e survival. It is really hard to say what happens after death. Everyone is a theorist. I can honestly say I do not know what happens.

Great thread by the way!!! I love talking about life and existence and listening to everyones ideas/beliefs/thoughts.

[esnem]

<= Atheist.

what does that have to do with what happens when you die?

[Silvercash Tess]

Well I certainly wasn't on any other drugs (IE Illegal ones) other than the drugs that the doctors had given me to relieve the pressure on my brain.

The dream I had that lasted the year in my mind, and the 3 mins in reality, was a lucid realistic dream, so much so I wasn't aware that I was dreaming in the least. Looking back now, I can see it was a dream, because for example I was living in the house that i lived in with my parents until I was about 10, but in my dream I lived there as an adult and my parents were not there. At the same time, other people I had known, but had died or moved away (only existed in my memories) often made appearances in the street or called me up on the phone... It really was a hugely convoluted version of some alternative reality. Caused by, or happening at the exact time I died...

Now the reason I say I didn't know for two weeks, was that with the pressure on my brain, I admit i was in a somewhat confused state anyway, and extremely physically week at the same time... So, it was two weeks into the recovery from the encephalitis, until I was told by a doctor that I had actually died...

You say nice story, but you wont 'buy' it... Well fair enough. Up to you, but remember this. Im not trying to 'sell' it!

In other words, Im not posting here saying 'Look at me ! I hold the answers to life and death'...

Im just recounting a true story, which actually happened to me...
That's all Nothingmore, nothing less...
Peace

Dimethyltryptamine -Several speculative and as yet untested hypotheses suggest that endogenous DMT, produced in the human brain, is involved in certain psychological and neurological states. As DMT is naturally produced in small amounts in the brains and other tissues of humans, and other mammals, some believe it plays a role in promoting the visual effects of natural dreaming, near-death experiences and other mystical states. A biochemical mechanism for this was proposed by the medical researcher JC Callaway, who suggested in 1988 that DMT might be connected with visual dream phenomena, where brain DMT levels are periodically elevated to induce visual dreaming and possibly other natural states of mind.

Pretty interesting read.

[GhengisBong]

I think that religion is just part of evolution. We adapt as a species to the environment we were born into and then taught how to live by our parents, just like animals. INSTINCT. No one has the answer to life. Everybody is wrong when you really think about it. Our mind has developed over millions of years, yet we still live by instinct i.e survival. It is really hard to say what happens after death. Everyone is a theorist. I can honestly say I do not know what happens.

Great thread by the way!!! I love talking about life and existence and listening to everyones ideas/beliefs/thoughts.

The reason I stated that - was - 3 years ago in my freshman philosophy course - professor said during Aristotle's time - without a concept of heaven and hell or a greater power - lawlessness would rule.

Even during the past couple hundred of years Religion was used as a scapegoat for the inequality of society. Dont worry you poor bastard don't rebel against the king/government do as whats told and you will be rewarded when you die.
sorry for not being articulate atm but I no longer believe in God maybe American science done fucked up my mind but fuck it -

after lectures in philosophy, anthropology , and astronomy is hard to say there's an afterlife. I wish there is - i hope I'm wrong.


edit this thread is cool

[Rand]

Perhaps what you "believe" will happen to you once you pass on is what will happen.

Those who have faith in an afterlife, be it heaven or something else, will go there. Faith is a very powerful thing and the collective consciousness of millions of people could in theory make it a reality. If you are the type who thinks it's all nonsense, you have made up your mind not to be a part of this collective afterlife and you simply extinguish. This would fall in line with what a lot of religions preach. A popular idea among "believers" is that hell is actually just eternity without God.

No one "knows" for sure. And that's why it's called faith. I choose to have faith that there is something afterward. I prefer to think of it that way.

[uno]

Either soilent green or worm food. Either way its the same.

[Porn Farmer]

Faith is a very powerful thing and the collective consciousness of millions of people could in theory make it a reality.

[Peaches]

Perhaps what you "believe" will happen to you once you pass on is what will happen.

Those who have faith in an afterlife, be it heaven or something else, will go there. Faith is a very powerful thing and the collective consciousness of millions of people could in theory make it a reality. If you are the type who thinks it's all nonsense, you have made up your mind not to be a part of this collective afterlife and you simply extinguish. This would fall in line with what a lot of religions preach. A popular idea among "believers" is that hell is actually just eternity without God.

No one "knows" for sure. And that's why it's called faith. I choose to have faith that there is something afterward. I prefer to think of it that way.

Agree. I believe in an afterlife. Always have, always will.

[celebnudevideo]

You die and your soul goes to hell if you were involved in porn business !

We will have one big party :-D

[Rand]

Try watching this and see if you come any closer to seeing the point I was trying to make.

[GhengisBong]

Try watching this and see if you come any closer to seeing the point I was trying to make.

post it up - mega up it - rapid care it - whatever - you know we don't pay for media anymore. But i see your point - would really like to watch

[celebnudevideo]

i'd love to see that vid as well, yeah.. rapid care it please

[SleazyDream]

heaven, you feel good.

hell, you become pimpdog

[polish_aristocrat]

OK... Well, in all honesty, Im pleased to be able to say, that a lot of the very long part of my explanation has actually been said, in the YouTube clip of the movie waking life, posted above. Its at 1.08 mins.

You see as life slips away, at that split second between life and death, your brain goes into a 'System Dump' mode, and kinda discharges all the memories and other crap, that's inside it... But it does so in way that can only be described as an extremely long, and complex dream... A dream that in my opinion, would last (To you anyway) for 'eternity'...

This isn't as far fetched as it may sound, simply because of the amount of times that you hear, 'My Life Flashed Before Me'... Because it does. That's exactly what happens...

Now if you have had a 'good' life, been happily married, raised kids etc etc, then the majority of your memories are 'good happy memories' then that's what this brain discharge will mostly comprise of.

And to integrate with popular thoughts... That would constitute 'Heaven'

Alternatively, if you have had a 'bad' life, committed a murder say, and spent twenty years in a jail... Then that would be the majority of your brain dump.

And constitute, 'Hell'

That pretty much sums it up. As I said, the youtube clip covered it fairly succinctly...

Finally you might be wondering 'How' I died... Well it wasn't anything 'exciting'... Back in 1996, I had a disease called Encephalitis, (Akin to meningitis' which cause swelling and inflammation to the lining of the brain. I was in the hospital, being treated anyway, and all of a sudden, I had the mother of all dreams... Must have lasted (to me) almost a year!

I really cannot explain the intricacy's and complexities of that dream, for you to fully comprehend it... But that's what happened. It was like an alternative life. It consisted of actual days, and nights, and going to sleep, and having dreams within the dream etc... The hospital never came into it, until 'one day' literally, There was a huge white light, and I was suddenly totally disorentated on a hospital bed...

Then I discovered, (A few weeks later) that I had been clinically dead for nearly three minutes...

Believe what I say, or not as the case maybe... But I know that if I were to die tomorrow... I wouldn't be scared of death...

interesting experience, thanks for sharing

[lhizy_05]

i dont know what will happen.. all i know they gonna missed me... hahahaha