Afterlife?
Do we continue to live after we die? I ask on behalf of all the living.
That I ask confirms our not knowing.
I hear two replies: beliefs and silence.
Why do we even ask this question? Is it born from an innate drive the living have to keep on living?
If we do live on after we die, who among us lives on- only humans, other animals, plants, the stones?
If, as some believe, only humans live on, do all or only some live on after they die?
If we live on, how? Where?
Do we ever live again on this earth?
If what is living inherently desires to keep on living, isn't it natural for us to create stories about how we continue to live after we die? Isn't it natural to create beliefs about living on and reinforce them with divine authority?
Rather than beliefs, I accept the silence.
We do not know what happens after we die. We do not know.
The answer to this question is hidden from us. It's a secret. It always has been. It is one of the great mysteries.
What happens after we die? We do know one thing.
We decompose.
But then there are also those intuitions, dreams of the dead, ghosts, NDEs and other allusive experiences that leave us wondering.
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