Discussion What's your perfect afterlife?

[resteasy3232]

In my view, I'd like the afterlife to be a place where I can be with anyone I choose. I believe in God and consider myself somewhat religious, but I'm unsure about what heaven would be like or whether I'll even make it there. Ideally, I would want either complete control over my afterlife to do whatever I wish, or my own version of heaven, or simply nothing at all.

 

[Mirrory Me]

I think it matters on: "What do you wanna do after you are dead?".

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

my perfect afterlife is non-existence forever. after Death i will cease to exist and never exist again . this is what i would want if i had a choice and this is what i think will happen.

Only in eternal non-existence can one be guaranteed no pain , no suffering , no problems , no bad memories ever

non-existence is the elimination of all threats of suffering pain problems , all threats, all the evil things in life for example unbearabe pain, extreme suffering, diseases, old age, unfairness, injustice, opression, oppressive suicide prohibition state etc.

The second a being is existing they can suffer or suffer extremely. this is only not possible in non-existence. there is no guarantee a human or other sentient being won't suffer any moment they are alive or existing. there are countless ways of suffering and also many ways of suffering extreme torture. only never existing again can guarantee me or any sentient being never suffering

 

[Darkover]

create something from nothing so as to never run out of resources
unlimited computing power so I can simulate my own universe and other forms of life
being a machine that can keep itself 100 percent functional and not affected by decay or breakdown injury or sickness
having all the knowledge of how atoms and the universe work built directly into my mind
being able to see and manipulate individual atoms with my eyes and fingertips
never needing to sleep eat drink pee shit dream unlimited energy source
having all the mathematical formulas built directly into my mind
being able to read and write machine code in real-time and fully comprehend what is happening
being able to simulate things directly in my mind via mathematical models ie programming
have complete control over my emotions and not be at the mercy of them
being able to re-engineer the machine that i am

The Objectively Bad Universe (Energy Loss)

This aligns closely with our current understanding of the universe. The second law of thermodynamics dictates that entropy increases, leading to the eventual "heat death" where usable energy is depleted. In this scenario:

Systems degrade, and complexity ultimately gives way to disorder.
Life and other dynamic processes are temporary anomalies in a march toward stillness.

This kind of universe imposes an inherent limitation on development and sustainability, making it "bad" from the standpoint of fostering long-term complexity and creativity.
The Neutral Universe (Energy Conservation)

A neutral universe, where energy neither increases nor decreases, suggests:

Entropy remains constant, potentially allowing systems to stabilize at a certain optimized state.
Development would peak, but processes would continue indefinitely at this equilibrium.

Such a universe could sustain dynamic systems without eventual collapse. It wouldn't offer infinite potential for growth, but it might maximize existing potential to its fullest extent. However:

The idea of an entropy-free state is difficult to reconcile with our understanding of thermodynamics unless this universe operates under radically different physical laws.

The Good Universe (Increasing Energy)

In a universe where energy increases, complexity and development could continue indefinitely:

Systems could evolve without bound, becoming ever more sophisticated.
Disorder might be counteracted by the continuous influx of energy, negating the inevitability of decay.

This universe might feel like an ideal playground for creativity, progress, and exploration. However:

It might require external input or a fundamental mechanism for generating new energy, which doesn't align with current physics.
The implications for stability are unclear, as systems could become increasingly chaotic if unchecked.

The Perfect Universe (Unlimited Energy)

A universe with unlimited energy would allow:

Development to reach its absolute pinnacle, as all constraints are removed.
Every possibility to be realized, with no fear of decay, loss, or stagnation.

This theoretical universe represents the pinnacle of potential but also raises paradoxical questions:

Does a system without limits lose meaning or coherence?
Can infinite energy be directed meaningfully, or does it lead to an equally infinite chaos?

 

[sevennn]

a lucid dream. where i can do anything i wanted.

 

[DeeDog]

Just non-consciousness, like an endless dreamless sleep. Since that isn't really an afterlife, i guess being a ghost wouldn't be that bad… for a while. Getting to see the world without the burden of corporeal form would be pretty cool I think, especially if I can start fucking with people, moving stuff around and stuff like that.

In all seriousness though, I do hope there isn't any kind of life after death. Just non-existence is a-ok with me.

 

[FuneralCry]

Only non-existence is ideal for me, to never suffer ever again in this existence is all I personally hope and wish for, under no circumstances would I wish to be conscious at all, to me existence just feels like a terrible mistake. I'd never wish for the burden of existing but rather I just want true, permanent peace instead where all is gone and forgotten about for me. Existing will always be so undesirable to me no matter what, I just want to painlessly die, I wish for the peace of an eternal, dreamless sleep where I'm permanently unable to suffer, I'll only be at peace once this cruel, futile existence is no longer my problem.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Permanent non existence. That's the only thing that I want. I don't want anything else

 

[HenryHenriksen_6E]

After I die, I want to wake up on a couch-bench on that one balcony at my cottage. Here I can overview the emerald green lake a little further down the mountain, and the ugly hydropower plant will be gone. All the nature ruined by it will be restored to what it once was. I'll just sit there and stare at the view, accompanied by loved ones that are already gone, and my dead cat - Vicci on my lap. That'd be the perfect welcome after I die.

I also hope death is a form of hub, where you can do whatever you want. There you can reincarnate if you want, spectate, go to different afterlives, and move between them, or you can go to a sandbox world, where you can do all the batshit insane things. Maybe a chill place to connect with others would be nice. Imagine trying to explain Scandinavian prisons to a peasant from the middle ages, who was brutally executed for stealing half a loaf of bread. I don't see how this wouldn't be fun.

Sadly, I believe it'll be all nothingness in the end. This is just what I want it to be, but sometimes I wish I was so deluded that I could believe in it.

 

[resteasy3232]

After I die, I want to wake up on a couch-bench on that one balcony at my cottage. Here I can overview the emerald green lake a little further down the mountain, and the ugly hydropower plant will be gone. All the nature ruined by it will be restored to what it once was. I'll just sit there and stare at the view, accompanied by loved ones that are already gone, and my dead cat - Vicci on my lap. That'd be the perfect welcome after I die.

I also hope death is a form of hub, where you can do whatever you want. There you can reincarnate if you want, spectate, go to different afterlives, and move between them, or you can go to a sandbox world, where you can do all the batshit insane things. Maybe a chill place to connect with others would be nice. Imagine trying to explain Scandinavian prisons to a peasant from the middle ages, who was brutally executed for stealing half a loaf of bread. I don't see how this wouldn't be fun.

Sadly, I believe it'll be all nothingness in the end. This is just what I want it to be, but sometimes I wish I was so deluded that I could believe in it.

basically what id want wtf, thanks for putting that in amazing words

 

[Shrooms]

The simple fact of it is that, the afterlife is a concept so beyond us it's as erratic as religion. With afterlife you only hope should be it's better than living.

 

[HenryHenriksen_6E]

basically what id want wtf, thanks for putting that in amazing words

Let's hope it's real, even if it feels impossible.

 

[AnderDethsky]

Although some of what is described here is very desirable for me, almost everything, how we try to imagine the afterlife and the experience of non-existence in general, is not subject to any verification and is most likely just a fiction of the imagination.
However, expressing myself more generally, I would simply wish that non-existence, whatever it may be, would turn out to be a fundamentally better and preferable state instead of life.

In other words, we can use the metaphor of a hand on a hot stove. From my point of view, the best case would be if the hot stove turned out to be life, and the state of releasing the hand would be death. In this case, everything would be approximately as in the concept of Schopenhauer's idea of the irrational nature of our tending to life in each of us, that is, life is by definition a less preferable and alien state than non-existence.

Accordingly, the worst thing for me would be if hot stove were death, and releasing the hand were life, then even releasing the hand for any even the shortest period of time would be better, and therefore any life would be preferable to its absence. This case (which is adhered to by pro-lifers, who assert the value of the life of each of us) would be terrible, since it would mean that non-existence is a much worse state, from which we tend to get rid at any cost for any insignificant period of time, from which it would follow that any painful experience of existence is preferable to non-existence, and depriving yourself of it on your own would be a cutting of the branch on which you sit.