I have been contemplating CTB for some time now but I'm scared of what is on the other side. Nothingnes makes me want to keep living because I don't want to miss out on life if this is all there is (depressing but I feel like it is better than nothing). Reincarnation would be the worst for me, literally this life would be for nothing bc you don't remember and then you have to suffer more? Then there is heaven and hell, who's to say where you would end up? Religions disagree on the requirements to enter heaven and I can't say that I beleive my religion strongly (Catholic) anymore to feel comforted by it. I wanted to beleive NDE's as proof of heaven because it was comforting to think there was *something* but then again it could just be the brain releasing a bunch of hormones in its last moments, so it doesn't guarantee anything. Just wondering if anyone is going through similar fears.
derpyderpins
Normie Life Mogs
- Sep 19, 2023
- 1,693
A lot of people have doubts like that. You can't know, and we're talking about eternity versus our short time here. Religions could all be wrong. God could just be a dick and all the rules could be wrong. In that sense, it's not worth worrying about no matter what the answer is. Quite frankly I think there's just nothing after death because how tf could life be such a pain if it was "intelligently designed." If there's hell after this, I'll just laugh, because they somehow made it worse.
We're all going to "the other side" regardless, since we all inevitably die.
fadedroses
I want to fly away from here
- Nov 10, 2022
- 8
The nature of our reality has resisted thousands of years of examination. It is stranger than fiction.
Religion is convenient because it tells us we matter.
That's suspicious, because what if we're actually an accident? What if we don't matter?
People go to therapy if their parents tell them they're an accident. As a species, we invent religion to cope.
But it's futile to reason with emotions, at least for me. I'm skeptical, but I'm also scared.
Religion is convenient because it tells us we matter.
That's suspicious, because what if we're actually an accident? What if we don't matter?
People go to therapy if their parents tell them they're an accident. As a species, we invent religion to cope.
But it's futile to reason with emotions, at least for me. I'm skeptical, but I'm also scared.
flunkky
Heart soldier
- Jul 6, 2024
- 10
To be completely honest, I think there's just, nothing.
I don't know if that's comforting or not. It's not as though I brush off religious beliefs as not true or foolish, I suppose they have a chance of being true.
But it seems more likely that it's like cutting a power cord, if your consciousness comes from your brain and all the signals in your body (in simple terms), then how would you even begin to be conscious of an afterlife? I imagine everything just stops, you're not stuck, just gone, and you don't even know. I suppose the best belief though would be that of the other side, that some salvation of some sort waits for you, instead of just the end.
I don't know if that's comforting or not. It's not as though I brush off religious beliefs as not true or foolish, I suppose they have a chance of being true.
But it seems more likely that it's like cutting a power cord, if your consciousness comes from your brain and all the signals in your body (in simple terms), then how would you even begin to be conscious of an afterlife? I imagine everything just stops, you're not stuck, just gone, and you don't even know. I suppose the best belief though would be that of the other side, that some salvation of some sort waits for you, instead of just the end.
I am also scared of what awaits me on the other side - if anything awaits us at all.
The last thing I hope for is that I don't "meet" anyone of my family in a possible afterlife. I don't want them.
What ever it might be I just hope it's quiet and stress free
The last thing I hope for is that I don't "meet" anyone of my family in a possible afterlife. I don't want them.
What ever it might be I just hope it's quiet and stress free
FrownyFace
Member
- May 15, 2024
- 19
I feel you there. I'm terrified of any option, really. I think the best one though is nothing. Because there's no consequence in nothing
pthnrdnojvsc
Extreme Pain is much worse than people know
- Aug 12, 2019
- 2,474
We all are going to die anyway .
Consciousness is generated by your brain.
only you are looking through your eyes because there are nerve fibers connecting your eyes to your brain. your brain learned to make those electrical signals from your eyes into a model of the world
my brain is inexorably tied to my body. any extreme pain in any part of my body will be suffered by my brain only . that's a horrible abomination a brain that can suffer unending unbearable constant pain. the only good thing is after my brain dies i can never suffer pain again or see through my eyes or have a thought ever again. that's what i want anyway .but i still have to avoid torture while i'm alive . only the living can suffer excruciating pain.
The only thing that makes it seem like you are thinking of something is that certain neurons are spiking in your brain. only 2% of neurons are usually spiking.
What determines what you are thinking of at any moment. you can only think of one thing at a time.
After the brain dies there can be no more thoughts ever from that brain / individiual organism.
After Death / brain death the a human cat dog monkey or any other animal ceases to exist forever .
Consciousness is generated by your brain.
only you are looking through your eyes because there are nerve fibers connecting your eyes to your brain. your brain learned to make those electrical signals from your eyes into a model of the world
my brain is inexorably tied to my body. any extreme pain in any part of my body will be suffered by my brain only . that's a horrible abomination a brain that can suffer unending unbearable constant pain. the only good thing is after my brain dies i can never suffer pain again or see through my eyes or have a thought ever again. that's what i want anyway .but i still have to avoid torture while i'm alive . only the living can suffer excruciating pain.
The only thing that makes it seem like you are thinking of something is that certain neurons are spiking in your brain. only 2% of neurons are usually spiking.
What determines what you are thinking of at any moment. you can only think of one thing at a time.
After the brain dies there can be no more thoughts ever from that brain / individiual organism.
After Death / brain death the a human cat dog monkey or any other animal ceases to exist forever .
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Timothy7dff
Wizard
- Apr 10, 2024
- 662
The possibilities on Earth are a lot scarier. Old age and a deteriorating mind and body. Psych wards. Prison. Deep state torture programs. Homelessness. Broken relationships.
Everybody dies eventually.
Everybody dies eventually.
divinemistress36
Visionary
- Jan 1, 2024
- 2,807
Either its nothing or complete love reported by those who have ndes
cosmicporosity
WALKING ON AIR
- Jul 7, 2024
- 24
I just believe there's nothing on the other side even though I'm religious
sunflower_sunset
Member
- Jul 9, 2024
- 5
I feel like sometimes I believe that there is something there (most likely due to growing up in the church) and that once I have passed over I will see my dad and we will be able to spend eternity together. I'd get to meet the family members that died when I was young or before I was even born. And no one will be pissed at me because they already knew that I was supposed to be with them all along.
But then I think of the reality of that and think that maybe I will just be lay 6 foot under and my family will come and throw flowers on my gravestone once every few years. That I will only exist until people stop saying my name and the memories that pop into their brain randomly disappear.
Overall I think that we can't know, but we can hope for whatever would make this process easier.
If my first idea is correct, I get to spend enternity with my family I never got and eventually I will see my mum and brother again. If the latter of my ideas happens - what does it matter to me? I won't be conscious to know it.
I hope this helps
But then I think of the reality of that and think that maybe I will just be lay 6 foot under and my family will come and throw flowers on my gravestone once every few years. That I will only exist until people stop saying my name and the memories that pop into their brain randomly disappear.
Overall I think that we can't know, but we can hope for whatever would make this process easier.
If my first idea is correct, I get to spend enternity with my family I never got and eventually I will see my mum and brother again. If the latter of my ideas happens - what does it matter to me? I won't be conscious to know it.
I hope this helps
RoadBLOCK
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- Jul 9, 2024
- 84
locked*n*loaded
Archangel
- Apr 15, 2022
- 7,264
What's on the other side? Well, it's an endless cycle of having to repeat your current life if you fail to complete it (die by natural causes) and, instead, take your own life before its natural end comes to pass.
I'm joking
Placo
Life and Death
- Feb 14, 2024
- 718
There is nothing other than life, death cannot be experienced as it is not life, NDEs are nothing more than the last moments of life of the brain which apparently goes into a state of overexcitation; but as far as I know they don't always happen.
Absolutely do. I personally hope and believe that there is nothingness. Just a silent non-existentance
hematomatema
Member
- Feb 29, 2024
- 93
Personally hoping it's just reincarnation and I get to be a different, better, happier, correct me. I try not to think about it too much though because the idea of an unfeeling void akin to what we were in during our development as children is terrifying to me.
I think religion and science go hand in hand because that's how our brains are -- right and left handed. We evolved all of these systems because they're human. It's up to us to be more human than human, though, and further our own social and biological evolution.
In other words, religion is a good way for us to add feeling to our lives and give ourselves purpose and direction. Without it, science is too cut and dry.
Or if you prefer, just stick to emotion and logic, but even those are influenced by ancient ideas. Nothing in our lives hasn't been derived from some very old concept or precept -- we are the culmination of billions of years of evolution.
In other words, religion is a good way for us to add feeling to our lives and give ourselves purpose and direction. Without it, science is too cut and dry.
Or if you prefer, just stick to emotion and logic, but even those are influenced by ancient ideas. Nothing in our lives hasn't been derived from some very old concept or precept -- we are the culmination of billions of years of evolution.
i feel like thier is evidence of life after death including people remembering past lives, dejavu etc. theres alot of fakenesss in this world and many people act like they have knowledge from before thier current life. suffering in hell i think is cruel propaganda made up by religious extrimists and isint real.
divinemistress36
Visionary
- Jan 1, 2024
- 2,807
Abra
let go
- Jul 8, 2024
- 13
failure383
Student
- Jul 2, 2024
- 103
The way I think about this, is, that we all were on the other side for a literal eternity already, albeit before our birth. For me personally I just assume death is just the same as before we were born, non-existence.
I think there's something there that's based on a kind of love that we as humans can't fathom. I think what awaits us is greater than what we imagine. From there, we can choose to stay or keep evolving via reincarnation.
I wonder which choice I'll pick when I go back there once my life here expires.
Just my 2 cents.
I wonder which choice I'll pick when I go back there once my life here expires.
Just my 2 cents.
I'd love to hear more about it. NDEs are so fascinating.
Please I hope there will be no next life. I don't know what kind of disgusting thing made humans, but I just want it to go away
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