Poll: What happens after death?
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Death. What is death? Ah yes. Ive been there. I didn't like it so, i came back. BWAHAHAHA
(no really, i have had several near death experiences before. there was no life flashing before my eyes and no angels singing. Once your there, thats it. its over)
(no really, i have had several near death experiences before. there was no life flashing before my eyes and no angels singing. Once your there, thats it. its over)
Classic.windfish post=18.68107.637590 said:
But I believe that nothing happens, you just get made ash or worm food.
I'm loosely a Zen Buddhist, so I believe in Reincarnation based on Karma and the ability to reach the state of Nirvana in order to end this cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. I don't believe in the seperate planes of existance thing like Tibetan Buddhists do, though. I believe that we are just reborn onto this Earth, the same Earth, as seperate lifeforms (i.e. animals, plants, humans in various social brackets, etc).
Apart from that, I'm pretty sure everything that science has shown about Earth's existance and that of the universe is true. I just believe that the fact that there is such a thing as "existance" vs. "non-existance" is proof enough of some sort of God. My personal belief is that all that exists is God. Energies, life forms, the Earth, planets, stars, etc. Not so much an omnipotent and all seeing God, but one that encompasses everything. I'm part of God, you are part of God, the Earth is part of God, so we are all the same, and I treat you well and the Earth well and therefore I am treating myself and God well. This brings me good karma, and if I'm lucky enough to reach Nirvana, I'll be a part of "everything" rather than being just one part of God as an individual.
By reaching Nirvana, I'll no longer experience the phsyical sensations of life that bring about misery and pain such as desire, pain, hunger, thirst, etc. But if I do not require the proper karma and relinquish the things that breed desire and phsyical need, then I won't reach Nirvana. I'm more focused on acheiving a positive reincarnation over anything in my current life. But who knows, maybe once I'm an old man and granted I haven't died in some horrible way, maybe I'll dedicate myself more intensely on my spirituality.
But right now I'm young and honestly don't care about any of that beyond just being a good person and a decent human being.
I'm too optimistic to accept atheism, and also the way my logic works, it doesn't make logical sense to me. I accept the theories of the big bang and evolution, however, the things that sparked the big bang and dictated how the universe was formed and how it acts leaves me believing in God. If anything can be said, if there was nothing before the Big Bang, then I feel that maybe it was the birth of God (maybe, just one of my theories).
But now I'm getting obscure, silly, and probably boring.
Reincarnation and Nirvana for me. God doesn't dictate my fate, only my personal actions dictate that, and karma is the closest thing to judgement there is. And not even that, its more of a "Action and reaction" thing. You do bad things, generate bad energies, and bad things befall you. You do good things, and good things befall you.
Apart from that, I'm pretty sure everything that science has shown about Earth's existance and that of the universe is true. I just believe that the fact that there is such a thing as "existance" vs. "non-existance" is proof enough of some sort of God. My personal belief is that all that exists is God. Energies, life forms, the Earth, planets, stars, etc. Not so much an omnipotent and all seeing God, but one that encompasses everything. I'm part of God, you are part of God, the Earth is part of God, so we are all the same, and I treat you well and the Earth well and therefore I am treating myself and God well. This brings me good karma, and if I'm lucky enough to reach Nirvana, I'll be a part of "everything" rather than being just one part of God as an individual.
By reaching Nirvana, I'll no longer experience the phsyical sensations of life that bring about misery and pain such as desire, pain, hunger, thirst, etc. But if I do not require the proper karma and relinquish the things that breed desire and phsyical need, then I won't reach Nirvana. I'm more focused on acheiving a positive reincarnation over anything in my current life. But who knows, maybe once I'm an old man and granted I haven't died in some horrible way, maybe I'll dedicate myself more intensely on my spirituality.
But right now I'm young and honestly don't care about any of that beyond just being a good person and a decent human being.
I'm too optimistic to accept atheism, and also the way my logic works, it doesn't make logical sense to me. I accept the theories of the big bang and evolution, however, the things that sparked the big bang and dictated how the universe was formed and how it acts leaves me believing in God. If anything can be said, if there was nothing before the Big Bang, then I feel that maybe it was the birth of God (maybe, just one of my theories).
But now I'm getting obscure, silly, and probably boring.
Reincarnation and Nirvana for me. God doesn't dictate my fate, only my personal actions dictate that, and karma is the closest thing to judgement there is. And not even that, its more of a "Action and reaction" thing. You do bad things, generate bad energies, and bad things befall you. You do good things, and good things befall you.