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Monique
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..I wish I could relive the last few years like a record stuck in a track.. minus the last year :)
Evo said:Oh, there would be a BIG difference, I don't want to relive this life.
Evo said:Oh, there would be a BIG difference, I don't want to relive this life.
Yes, I have thought about it. I do believe that there is an afterlife. Not necessarily a heaven/hell type place, but consciousness continuing I guess
What I meant is that if the thought of there being NOTHING at all after death ever hit you really hard?
The only thing I've really thought about dying, I mean me dying, is that who would actually come to the funeral. I wonder about stuff like that.
I believe in an afterlife. I also believe that in some way we are accountable for our actions.
Hello everyonemeteor said:You have to find a method to fight against it
Um... do you not enjoy everyday of the music you listen, the talks with your friends, the cokes that you drink? Are you sure that you want to lose it all?Why fight at all?
Euphoriet said:Do you ever visualize .. just dieing .. and nothing after... you know... no rencarnation.. no after life... its just over.
Sometimes I wish I beleived in some of this stuff...
Euphoriet said:How about the rest of you guys?... the ones that do believe in an after life.. IF YOU guys knew for sure there was nothing .. would you continue to live your life the same way you do now?
WASHINGTON - Economists searching for reasons why some nations are richer than others have found that those with a wide belief in hell are less corrupt and more prosperous, according to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.[continued]
This would only work if you had absolute amnesia for all previous repetitions. If you had the vaguest recollection of the previous runs around the track you would hate every minute of it.Monique said:..I wish I could relive the last few years like a record stuck in a track.. minus the last year :)
I don't think so. You can't remember what you didn't exist to be aware of. You don't remember any darkness. If any such memory is authentic it is from the womb. It is impossible for you to have any memories from pre-conception.merak said:When I try to remember what is was like, before I was born there is only darkness. perhaps eons of darkness.
Actually I really don't think so. I thought about it, even if I'd remember every detail I wouldn't be bothered by the repetitions.. it was just too interestingzoobyshoe said:This would only work if you had absolute amnesia for all previous repetitions. If you had the vaguest recollection of the previous runs around the track you would hate every minute of it.
I think it is about a girl that just died, she thinks she'll wake up again, they are trying to resuscitate her, to which she says she's not dead, suddenly she realizes she is dead and tries to tell the people she's still there.. the vocals are quite powerfull at the end..Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she´s not breathing?
Hello, I'm your mind giving you
Someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don´t believe
Soon I know I´ll wake from this dream
Don´t try to fix me, I´m not broken
Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don´t cry
Suddenly I know I´m not sleeping
Hello, I´m still here
All that´s left of yesterday
It sounds to me more like the person being sung to(the "you" from the song) believes that her friend is still alive. That would explain the lines "Hello, I am your mind giving you / someone to talk to" and "Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide".Monique said:Does anyone know the song Hello from Evanescence? It's interesting.. I don't quite understand it completely, but here are the lyrics:
Playground school bell rings again
Rain clouds come to play again
Has no one told you she´s not breathing?
Hello, I'm your mind giving you
Someone to talk to
Hello
If I smile and don´t believe
Soon I know I´ll wake from this dream
Don´t try to fix me, I´m not broken
Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide
Don´t cry
Suddenly I know I´m not sleeping
Hello, I´m still here
All that´s left of yesterday
I think it is about a girl that just died, she thinks she'll wake up again, they are trying to resuscitate her, to which she says she's not dead, suddenly she realizes she is dead and tries to tell the people she's still there.. the vocals are quite powerfull at the end..
This means that we spend the rest of eternity confined in a casket, unknowingly conscious to people above us.
I had recurring dreams of a long boat rowed by 20 very muscular men.
Yes, I have. Not a lot to be said about the experience, even less the better you become at doing it.Euphoriet said:Do you ever visualize .. just dieing .. and nothing after... you know... no rencarnation.. no after life... its just over.
Euphoriet said:Do you ever visualize .. just dieing .. and nothing after... you know... no rencarnation.. no after life... its just over.
People frequently envisage this to be something like sleeping with just the slightest amount of consciousness left to be aware of sone kind of long, boring stasis.Raven said:Therefore, subconsciously or consciously, I have visualized a death with no after-life based on my true fear of no longer existing.
zoobyshoe said:In fact, though, if there is no life after death, there will be absolutely no consciouness left to be aware of any "blankness" or lack of anything. No consciouness left to be aware of any loss.
Gokul, you're just reading too fast. I said, "In fact, though, if there is no life...blah, blah, blah. It is an If-Then proposition, not an assertion of fact.Gokul43201 said:You state this as fact ? I'm sure there will be hordes of people waiting in line to disagree. Half the posters on this thread believe in the continued existence of consciousnes beyond death.
I could have sworn you were involved in the John Edwards (the psychic, not the guy with the thumbs) thread under Scep/Debunking...wasn't there something about a Prof. who conducted dubious experiments (the HBO series or something like that) with mediums and concluded that consciousness does live on.
Euphoriet said:Umm... conscisousness after death... what is consciousness anyways? Doesnt that require a brain?
Umm... conscisousness after death... what is consciousness anyways? Doesnt that require a brain? If for some reason you did get to stay conscious... after a while you wouldn't be able to do that since your body would decay after a while... unless there are other ways of staying conscious. I really don't see that as something that is possible.. I mean if there IS a heave or hell.. why haven't scientist detected it... I mean.. where is it located. huh?... or maybe like I said in my other post.. hell and heaven and all the "souls" could be all the dark matter floating around in the universe.
Your conscience does not stop instantaneously. Say the remnant conscience lasts a few seconds. Why should it only be in the head ?