[Narz]

Good reply.

[Tikib]

Given our current situation I have been giving this a lot of thought.
And my conclusion is that its impossible to know.

I just hope that if there is something after that its as good as my current life.

[Timo]

My mother told me, shortly before she died, that after death, if there is an afterlife, either you'll be given firm ground to walk on, or you'll be taught how to fly.

OK. That's fine. I still love my mother very much, but when i die, i fully expect my body will turn to dirt and become organic fuel for any number of other life forms. In that sense, there is no "afterlife" because my current life will continue in a different form. I will become food for other life.

[Pops]

Timo, that made me think of my mom who married into my dad's very church oriented clan. She was not into the church scene and quietly railed against those who put on church like a suit on Sunday and took it off when they came home. That was how I came to look at religion, of course.

But when she developed cancer she got religion. I didn't talk to her about it, it was her business and she knew how I felt. But I wondered, was she just covering her bases? Was she trying to make my churchy sister happy? It made me kinda sad to think maybe she had been missing it all along.

But organized religion aside (which I have no use for except as a venue and MC for weddings and funerals) I just can't bring myself to imagine anything but winking out like and old CRT - or fade to black under Porky Pig is maybe a better visual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBtr6HgJzcs

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vision-master', 'M')aybe we should 1st know the truth about our origins?

[Timo]

Pops, you want a wishful visual for a best-case-scenario death? Your comment on the fade to black brought back to mind the final scene of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. If you haven't seen this film, i absolutely insist that you Netflix it ASAP! It's 3 hours, and worth every last damned minute! Contrary to your fade-to-black, the deaths of the main characters are depicted by a fade-to-white. We should all be so lucky.

Ooops! I know i just said too much for anyone who was planning on watching that film. Suffice it to say that Daniel Day Lewis is outstanding! I've read the book by Milan Kundera, and it's almost as good as the movie. Trust me. Watch it!

[Lore]

What's wrong with just fading to black?

[Timo]

Uhmmmmmmmm...........I guess nothing is "wrong" with fading to black. That's probably how death will be for all of us, assuming we're conscious when we take our last breath.

My point was more about the scene in The Unbearable Lightness of Being being a positive, rather than the alternative being a negative. It was framed in such as way that, even though you're fully aware that the characters died, they did so as a happy couple. Death is usually framed as a negative consequence of war, or illness or disease, or some accident. In this film, their deaths faded to light, and the viewer was left with a positive feeling about their deaths. Saying that, i know it sounds twisted with sadistic undertones, but that's absolutely not the manner in which their deaths were portrayed. Have you seen the movie? If not, i can't recommend any movie more than that one. Certainly, it ranks well above Koyaniskatsi.

[Plantagenet]

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Timo', 'U')hmmmmmmmm...........I guess nothing is "wrong" with fading to black. That's probably how death will be for all of us, assuming we're conscious when we take our last breath.

My point was more about the scene in The Unbearable Lightness of Being being a positive, rather than the alternative being a negative. It was framed in such as way that, even though you're fully aware that the characters died, they did so as a happy couple. Death is usually framed as a negative consequence of war, or illness or disease, or some accident. In this film, their deaths faded to light, and the viewer was left with a positive feeling about their deaths. Saying that, i know it sounds twisted with sadistic undertones, but that's absolutely not the manner in which their deaths were portrayed. Have you seen the movie? If not, i can't recommend any movie more than that one. Certainly, it ranks well above Koyaniskatsi.

[Cid_Yama]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '.')..get rewarded with the duty to rule and reign under The Christ as his governors...

[Timo]

Actually, The Unbearable Lightness of Being would be a pretty good flick for the doomers among us. It takes place in Prague, just prior to the Soviet salvation of Czechoslovakia from democracy. It portrays a doctor with an unusual nack for getting laid, who also has a very close female friend (without benefits), and a wife. This doctor is a good guy, but he takes life too lightly. Everything is too easy for him, and he's incapable of understanding the consequences of his own actions on others. The whole story is about his personal struggles, and the struggles of those around him as they try to cope with a number of different issues and situations. Ultimately, they succeed in finding a happy place for everyone in the end, but then they die. Happy. Fade to white. A very good story. Book and film, I recommend them both. If anyone does take the time to watch this anytime soon, I'd like to hear your impressions.

[dinopello]

This might be cool after life, although the fetal egg-seed thing is a little creepy.



$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')here will be an assortment of different trees clients can pick from. The idea is that someone will pick their favorite tree while they are still alive. “The tree is chosen when the person is alive, relatives and friends look after it when death occurs. A cemetery will no longer be full of tombstones and will become a sacred forest,” it says on their website.

[Rod_Cloutier]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '1'). Is there scarcity of resources in this afterlife?

2. If everyone is a governor, who is there to rule over?

3. If some are to be ruled over, it wouldn't be much of a heaven for them, would it? It would just be more of the same as they had on Earth.

4. Is this just some wish fulfillment for those who lacked power, but craved it in this life, to have it in the next?

[SeaGypsy]

Yep Repent, same or similar, also with particular mushrooms & datura. It becomes apparent that death is an apparent state, that the underlying self simply meshes & merges with the higher self in a seamless transition to a state of energy, light & sound, the senses are utterly satiated & there is no lack or need. A massive topic I am starting to explore writing about.

[Shaved Monkey]

I believe in compost
I put my faith in it to reincarnate my essential elements.

[DesuMaiden]

What I don't understand is why can't people just accept the fact that when you die, you don't get second chances? It is that simple. After you die, you get zero chances again.

[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DesuMaiden', 'W')hat I don't understand is why can't people just accept the fact that when you die, you don't get second chances? It is that simple. After you die, you get zero chances again.

[AgentR11]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Pops', 'B')ut organized religion aside (which I have no use for except as a venue and MC for weddings and funerals) I just can't bring myself to imagine anything but winking out like and old CRT - or fade to black under Porky Pig is maybe a better visual.