Are you scared of what comes after death?

[rex00]

I don't meen are you scared of dying, I meen are you scared of what happens after you die. Personally thinking about what happens after death scares me and also gets me pretty annoyed because I can't do anything to stop it happening, it scares me because i beleive once your dead that the end of it all.

[philp]

death is just the beginning of the next phase my friend :)

Why be scared of the inevitable?

[rex00]

Well if you beleive it's the begging of another stage then you have no reason to be scared, but if you think about it my way isn't it a bit scarier? :confused:

[TKDQ]

I don't want to sound like I am suicidal, cos I'm not, far from it, but, I'm looking forward to a more peacefull place after I die, it has got to be better than what is happening here on earth, we certainly won't have to worry about anything.

But then i suppose it is what YOU think is going to happen to you after you die, for me, I will be meeting up with my family and lost friends, sitting on a cloud without a care. :Angel:

[CosmicFish]

Well if you beleive it's the begging of another stage then you have no reason to be scared, but if you think about it my way isn't it a bit scarier? :confused:
I disagree. If once you're dead that's the end of it all, what's there to be scared of? You come from nothing and return to nothing. You're simply going back to the state you were in before you were born. Did that state scare you? No, because "you" didn't exist to be frightened. :)

Nobody wants to die, because we're all genetically predisposed to want to survive at any cost. It's what helps keep our species (and all the others) from becomeing extinct. Therefore it's natural to fear death.

[pgm316]

I disagree. If once you're dead that's the end of it all, what's there to be scared of? You come from nothing and return to nothing. You're simply going back to the state you were in before you were born. Did that state scare you? No, because "you" didn't exist to be frightened. :)

Nobody wants to die, because we're all genetically predisposed to want to survive at any cost. It's what helps keep our species (and all the others) from becomeing extinct. Therefore it's natural to fear death.

Its hard to get your head round the fact that there could be nothingness after death. No more consciousness, no you ever again :eek:

[CosmicFish]

Its hard to get your head round the fact that there could be nothingness after death. No more consciousness, no you ever again :eek:
Sure is. I try to imagine it like sleeping but with no dreams and never waking again. It's an old cliche, but probably the best. But yeah, it's not easy to get your head round.

[thepunisher]

Since I'm not sure what happens after death and I'm not religious at all I will just let happen what happens. The only concern for me a this moment is my current life and at least trying to realize some dreams of mine. So when I do die at least I can die happily.

Christian

[Johnno]

When I was a child I was very religious, so it didn't scare me at all. As I got older, I stopped being religious, so then it started to scare me. But in time I found other ways of looking at it. Now I find life far scarier than death! ;)

My son has been going through a phase of worrying about what happens after death, and getting upset. So I tell him about heaven. Maybe that is the only way that a young child can cope with the idea of death?

[|MT|omar]

doesn't bother me, as long as there's fast cars and hot girls i'll be happy :p

[Gary]

I'm not religous at all, but I probably fear an untimely or unnecessary death.

I have no idea what's after death, but I'm pretty sure how I behave wont change it at all. I'm happy to accept that whatever happens happens to us all, and it's not something I'm going to spend time worrying about.

[airweaver]

i cant wait :D
we wake up when we die.
all i fear is how i'll die, hope its not by a chainsaw accident.

[|MT|omar]

all i fear is how i'll die, hope its not by a chainsaw accident.
yeah, im not big on stabbings, burnings or being eaten by ants

[Gary]

I don't like the thought of any death caused by something below the waist and above the knees.

[|MT|omar]

I don't like the thought of any death caused by something below the waist and above the knees.
yeah that's just plain nasty...

[rex00]

i cant wait :D
we wake up when we die.
all i fear is how i'll die, hope its not by a chainsaw accident.

People say things like this, but if your so sure why not just kill yourself now?

[wrydolphin]

Moved to a more appropriate area.

[airweaver]

People say things like this, but if your so sure why not just kill yourself now?

i dont hate physical life, im just very excited about remembering what its all about when i die.

[cavallin]

i'm not scared of death at all. it's weird cos my sister is uber scared and has become mega religious cos of it.
to me when you die your body rots or your organs serve purpose for another human being so the cycle of life carries on and we'll all become part of nature somehow.
at the end of the day, energy NEVER disapears, so you'll end up just changing into different energy like heat going into the air when you die etc...

the only thing that worries me as opposed to being scared, is the sadness you leave behind for your relatives. i wouldn't want my death to cause my relatives too much distress even though that's inevitable.

i think that's what i'll explain to my children, because it's true science. it's true that your body will rot and will feed worms, and i will tell my child that in a positive light. i think it's just an easy way out telling them about heaven, unless YOU yourself truly believes in heaven then it's ok.

i am not entirely superficial though i have some ideas about one's "soul" or "spirit" but they are simply ideas as opposed to things that i am sure of.

[HwaRang]

I don't like the thought of any death caused by something below the waist and above the knees.


did you not hear of the rich 90-year-old guy who wrote a will saying he will leave everything he has to the last female he had slept with.
He was literally swarming with sexual offers and was subsequently <copulated> to death.

THAT is how to go.

[firecoins]

I am not scared of funerals.

[Dusty]

I find it easy enough to think about death. obviously i don't want to leave the girlfriend, or the dog or my family, however i also think that once death comes thats it, the worrying is over.

i want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my dear old grandpappy, not screaming in fear like his passengers.........................

Like Cavallin i believe your energy hangs about in some form or another but i ain't going to know about it so I am not worried. I am also quite sure i am not ready to go yet, though a strange old woman grabbed my hand in a supermarket one day and told me i would die when i was 27, which is now. until july at least!!

i think it boils down to peoples most basic reason for fear, a lack of understanding. noone can prove or disprove what happens after death, its not like anyone gets a postcard....................... therefore we fear what we do not understand etc.

[325irollin]

I am not scared of dying, I am just afraid of what will happen if nothing is after death...

That would suck.

I believe in God so I hope there is life after this.

[CosmicFish]

I am just afraid of what will happen if nothing is after death...
Guess what would happen . . .

Erm, nothing! :D

[neb]

It's true,

Like alot of people say, "You are lucky to be alive/exist/be here."

Well... Does this mean you would be unlucky if you weren't alive? Not really. If you do not exist then you are completely indifferent to the perks of life, consciousness and just, well, nothingness.

For example, I wouldn't be concerned with being alive If I was dead... Because I don't exist!

I don't want to die. I really don't. That's my view. But I don't feel the need to concern myself with it when I should be in Barbados on a beach with Halle Berry!..... too much?

[tom pain]

There is nothing. So there is nothing to be afraid of.

[TheDarkJester]

Hell No I ain't scared of death and what comes after it. Means I ain't gotta pay taxes anymore!!!

[jroe52]

i wonder how many would choose an option "no opinion" lol

[Gary]

did you not hear of the rich 90-year-old guy who wrote a will saying he will leave everything he has to the last female he had slept with.
He was literally swarming with sexual offers and was subsequently <copulated> to death.

THAT is how to go.
It does sound good, until you realize reincarnation was the truth and are reborn with a life long fear of it.

[CKava]

I've got a feeling all the people not afraid of death will probably change their mind round about the time their life ends... Philosophical detachment is fine but the number people of who will be philosophically able to accept their existence is about to wiped out I imagine is less than the number that profess such views.

[CosmicFish]

I've got a feeling all the people not afraid of death will probably change their mind round about the time their life ends... Philosophical detachment is fine but the number people of who will be philosophically able to accept their existence is about to wiped out I imagine is less than the number that profess such views.
I'd say that's only true to a degree. We fear death because we're predisposed to try to avoid it. However, that shouldn't stop us from looking at it from a position of detatchment when we're not immediately faced with it.

Also, I've heard many stories of old folk, nearing death either naturally or through disease, coming to terms with it's inevitability and slipping away with an attitude of quiet resignation.

[CKava]

Also, I've heard many stories of old folk, nearing death either naturally or through disease, coming to terms with it's inevitability and slipping away with an attitude of quiet resignation.
And while I'm sure that happens and I'm sure it's the way most people would like to go I am equally sure that the chances of it happening are probably pretty slim. How long is an acceptable lifespan? What happens if you don't reach that point and you know your dieing? What happens when you do reach that point and realise you don't want your life to end? And so on...

The myth of dieing is that its all calmness and serenity and people accepting that their time has come... the reality I think is usually something entirely different.

[CosmicFish]

And while I'm sure that happens and I'm sure it's the way most people would like to go I am equally sure that the chances of it happening are probably pretty slim. How long is an acceptable lifespan? What happens if you don't reach that point and you know your dieing? What happens when you do reach that point and realise you don't want your life to end? And so on...

The myth of dieing is that its all calmness and serenity and people accepting that their time has come... the reality I think is usually something entirely different.
I was merely mentioning that not all deaths have to be filled with fear and regret. However, I take your point that a great many of them will be.

I still maintain that, just because there's a good chance we'll experience fear and regret (amongst other emotions) at the time it happens, doesn't mean that we can't philosophise about it while we're nice and cozy now.

My main point is, although I'll likely be afraid of death if/when I know it's just around the corner, I can still intellectualise about it now and realise that the state after death has occured will (most likely) be free of fear.

[Durkhrod Chogori]

I've got a feeling all the people not afraid of death will probably change their mind round about the time their life ends... Philosophical detachment is fine but the number people of who will be philosophically able to accept their existence is about to wiped out I imagine is less than the number that profess such views.

Agree 100% with your statement, but if you prepare yourself for that inevitable moment (a lifetime spent on Buddhist/Taoist/others meditative techniques) then you realise that death is just a natural process in our spiritual evolution.

Remember that life in the physical realm is just a midway between lower and higher states of consciousness.

DC.

[CosmicFish]

Remember that life in the physical realm is just a midway between lower and higher states of consciousness.
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[Thelistmaker]

I heard once of an old lady who collapsed in her home and her daughter was running around panicking trying to keep her awake.

The daughter said “are you OK, can you hear me, do you know who I am”

And the old woman replied
“if you don’t know who you are, your in worse shape then I am” and then died.

[Brad Ellin]

Nope. Having "died" once (shock due to severe dehydration, heart stopped. Fortunately, of unfortunately if you talk to the ex-wife, they got it started again) and then coming close again 3 years ago (severe blood loss due to a bleeding ulcer, no blood pressure (so low the paramedic said I had none) and went into shock again) I figure when it's my time, it's my time. Death is just a door into the next reality. I'm not in a hurry to go thru that door, but when it's my time, I won't be afraid to.

[karate princess]

im not religious, but sometimes i do think, what if there is actually life after death, and what if there is actually a hell?

[MAnewbie]

I've got a feeling all the people not afraid of death will probably change their mind round about the time their life ends... Philosophical detachment is fine but the number people of who will be philosophically able to accept their existence is about to wiped out I imagine is less than the number that profess such views.

Agreed. I was surprised by the numbers on the polls. Lets say you knew you were going to die tomorrow or at the end of the day. Or perhaps within the next hour? Would you still remain unafraid? Especially those without the concept of a soul. Only a select few would be able to die peacefully.

The fear comes because everything you hold dear is taken away when you die. If you are engrossed in the material world, and there is nothing else, I do not see how anyone could say they are unafraid.

I think people are unafraid because they think that it's far away, when in truth, it could be at any time.

[TAOBUDDHAYOGA]

Death is just the next step in the process. We can not change the outcome of that. So why worry, or be scared, just accept it.

[Shrukin89]

The confusing thing is, that we didn't really know if we had a previous life before, or what it was like. But how did we manage consciously to experience the life here on this Earth? What are the odds in this whole universe of being on a planet that supports life?

But the good thing is that time would no longer be existant if we died, thank goodness, or we could have spent thousands of years waiting to come back alive again, and to see those 1000's of years pass by = boredom which = no fun.

The thing that I would like to know is of what we would see. I presume it would be almost the same thing like an OBE when we die. Since our spiritual body separates from our physical selves.

I remember that I had an OBE in grade 4, still fresh in my mind, as though as it had been like yesterday, the vision was all in color, with no darkness, I saw the water fountain from above when I was on the ground. As I had slipped underneath, smacking the lip of the spout with my chin. As the back of my head banged on the ground hard. The spiritual body of mine slowly decended toward the fountains' drain. Then about 10 seconds, I slowly had woken up and found myself looking up at the ceiling, with a teacher, and a couple of other students beside me. The teacher supported me, and walked me to the office, to get some hydro peroxide, and ice on my chin and the back of my head and laid down. My mom picked me up 20-25 minutes later, and driven to the hospital, of where I had to wait an approximately 3 hours to get the stitches, and started to feel really queezy from the alcohol smell, and almost passed out on the chair. Cold sweat ran down my back.

Then afterwards I got stitches and a day without school, yay.


But anyways that's what I kind of think that will happen to us when we die. Is to see ourselves, as either like an OBE, or something else.

[crescentkick]

"To be abscent from the body is to be present with the Lord.".
As a born again Christian, i have no fear of death whatsoever, because I KNOW I will go to sleep here, and wake up with the Lord. Now, if I was NOT
forgiven of my sins, then you best believe I would be VERY afraid.

"For it is appointed unto man once to die, then after this, The Judgement."

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[xen]

ever had a general anaesthetic?

scratch on the hand, count to ten, get to 2, all goes black, wake up in recovery x hours later.

what would have happened if you didn't wake up? it all stays black is my best guess.

ever been to sleep and woken up without remebering any dreams?

would it concern you if you didn't wake up?

course not, you'd be dead.

don't waste life being afraid of the inevitable, be afraid of getting to your last breath only to waste the last few pulses of neural energy with regret for not grasping today by the balls and shaking every bit of life out of the moments you are here.