Afterlife (Endings)

by BBella , Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 07:10 (4117 days ago) @ dhw

In a meaningful afterlife, you think we would keep our main identity, meet up with our loved ones, and there would be lots of new places to see and things to do. But for eternity? Life without end? -It would actually be eternal life with many endings, if you [visit] spend lives in places that has endings, like earth. Going back to the base/heaven/the inbetween/etc, would be a joyous occasion each time, especially finding out, again, life is eternal and you really didn't just die (as many NDE'rs explain it). ->I would even go so far as to say that without endings, nothing would be of any value. Is there any sight, any place, any activity (apart from cricket of course), any food (apart from chocolate, of course), any drink, any music, any TV programme, anything at all including your own company that you can imagine living with without end, for ever and ever and ever. -No, there is nothing I can imagine having any value eternally (said with a mortal mind). But that is the very reason why I can imagine endless places created to visit with just as much variety, and if I like, as many endings as I would be willing to experience just to experience something new, as if I had never experienced it before. And I could experience the joy of the inbetween eternal time at the end of every ending (I think that's a bonus!). Of course, being here on Earth our minds would be limited in understanding of these kinds of things...that only makes sense because that is the very limitations written in the contract before we come here each time...duh! ->You say eternal death makes no sense to you now, but much as I hate the idea of dying at the moment ... because I'm enjoying my life ... it is eternal life that makes no sense to me. -I am thankful I am able to imagine an eternal life in just the way I have imagined it, as it is very comforting for me. I like the thought of going endless places and experiencing them all for the first time and being someone different every time (or sometimes being just who I am in the inbetween). But at the end of the day (life) I come home to the reality of the inbetween time, my main reality, where I can remember all the other realities I've visited and maybe gain something new from each that I didn't have before. I've dreamed of this main reality and the remembrance of my other realities which is one reason it's so easy for me to imagine. -But, in the end of it all, what really matters is what brings me comfort while I am still here. And it is the same for you and for all of us.->> In a meaningful afterlife, you think we would keep our main identity, meet up with our loved ones, and there would be lots of new places to see and things to do. But for eternity? Life without end? -It would actually be eternal life with many endings, if you [visit] spend lives in places that has endings, like earth. Going back to the base/heaven/the inbetween/etc, would be a joyous occasion each time, especially finding out, again, life is eternal and you really didn't just die (as many NDE'rs explain it). ->I would even go so far as to say that without endings, nothing would be of any value. Is there any sight, any place, any activity (apart from cricket of course), any food (apart from chocolate, of course), any drink, any music, any TV programme, anything at all including your own company that you can imagine living with without end, for ever and ever and ever. -No, there is nothing I can imagine having any value eternally (said with a mortal mind). But that is the very reason why I can imagine endless places created to visit with just as much variety, and if I like, as many endings as I would be willing to experience just to experience something new, as if I had never experienced it before. And I could experience the joy of the inbetween eternal time at the end of every ending (I think that's a bonus!). Of course, being here on Earth our minds would be limited in understanding of these kinds of things...that only makes sense because that is the very limitations written in the contract before we come here each time...duh! ->You say eternal death makes no sense to you now, but much as I hate the idea of dying at the moment ... because I'm enjoying my life ... it is eternal life that makes no sense to me.-I am thankful I am able to imagine an eternal life in just the way I have imagined it, as it is very comforting for me. I like the thought of going endless places and experiencing them all for the first time and being someone different every time (or sometimes being just who I am in the inbetween). But at the end of the day (life) I come home to the reality of the inbetween time, my main reality, where I can remember all the other realities I've visited and maybe gain something new from each that I didn't have before. I've dreamed of this main reality and the remembrance of my other realities which is one reason it's so easy for me to imagine. -But, in the end of it all, what really matters is what brings me comfort while I am still here. And it is the same for you and for all of us.->So only God knows how God must feel!-"If" panpsychism is what God is - billions of separate material "cells" sharing their separate intelligence and getting together to form our life-sustaining world - then at some cellular level, we all know how God feels. -Sorry, didn't have time to edit..so hope it's not too confusing or rambling.