I can’t conceive of nothing after you die, a feeling of nothingness but still awareness of consciousness perhaps but not absolutely nothing at all. I experienced this sensation when I slipped on the playground and hit my head as a child. I passed out for what seemed like an age and awoke to the school nurse slapping me vigorously on the face. I didn’t want to regain consciousness, I was in some kind of peaceful limbo, it was the most blissful, euphoric experience ever. I was aware that I was surrounded by darkness, it was like floating in the universe but without any stars. It wasn’t exactly a near death experience but felt of a similar nature. I am also interested in the theory of reincarnation. I find it rather illogical that you could learn everything you know in one lifetime. During this process, I think the soul or subconscious discards the physical body and is then transferred into a new form, like electricity activating a machine.
On the CH4 program ‘Kill Me to Cure Me,’ there was a woman talking about how she had an outer body experience when in suspended animation, a new medical procedure which lowers your body temperature and stops you heart beating. She described the usual scenerio, heading towards the light, seeing her grandmother and how returning to her physical body was painful, like diving into icy water. A friend of mine who’s mother died on the operating table for several minutes, and then came back to life, vaguely remembered a life review involving a few souls, if memory serves. This is a topic that is humourously depicted in the film ‘Defending Your Life’ with Meryl Streep and Albert Brookes. Both parties had to undergo a trial, in which scenes from their life were shown on a large screen in order to discover whether they successfully overcame their fears. Depending on the verdict, they could either move onwards, presumably to a heaven / utopia or would have to return to earth. Of course, they didn’t want to be segregated as they had fallen in love. Anyone here had a near death experience?
“I never experienced a near-death experience but I once explored Past Life Regression with some surprising consequences. You can read about them here >> http://quietquality.com/A%20Tribute%20To%20My%20Father.pdf”
Stephen Bray
http://quietquality.com/
“Evidence for survival after death, near death experiences and past life regression is very strong, although it’s unlikely it will ever be “proved” sufficiently to silence all the sceptics.
Here are a few useful websites:
International Survivalist Society >> http://www.survivalafterdeath.org/home.htm
Near Death Experiences >> http://www.near-death.com/
Past Life Therapy >> http://www.pastliferegression.co.uk/pltahome.html
and a recent comprehensive book:
‘Is There an Afterlife?’ >> http://www.amazon.co.uk/There-Afterlife-Comprehensive-Overview-Evidence/dp/1903816904/sr=8-1/qid=1161853285/ref=pd_ka_1/026-0766015-4570019?ie=UTF8&s=books”
Barry Cooper
http://www.magicofthemind.co.uk/
“I don’t believe in it but then that is probably more to do with having to sit through endless hours in a church listening about heaven this and heaven that until I was old enough to rebel.”
Shamus Doherty
http://www.bandmemberonline.com
“One thing we can know for certain – if there is life after death, it’s not life as we know it.
The important thing about what one believes about what life after death is not whether or not it’s “true”, but how it influences one’s experience of and behaviour in life before death.
What one believes on this score is essentially personal and private. How that belief influences behaviour can easily become very public and impact the lives of many others, for better or for worse.”
Stuart Harris
http://www.ecademy.com/account.php?id=72577
“You could also ask ‘Is there death after life?’ or does life just continue in another form, albeiT a depersonalised form. Existence does not end with death, only the form changes, that a machine is broken is not the same as saying that it has ceased to exist or has disappeared.When you think of it in those terms, death becomes almost meaningless or certainly less dramatic. The evidence that there is a ‘ghost in the machine’ ie some kind of soul separate from the electrochemical activites within the body is becoming smaller. Of course, that does not mean that each human being is notexperientally different and that we might not mourn their passing just that the from of existence constantly changes.”
Mike Trup
http://www.interactiveideas.com/
“It’s lights out once you’ve died.
The end.
Finished.
Life after death is a comfort thought because life’s just too good and the will to live too strong to conceive that there is total nothingness once you’ve died.”
Neil Fairbrother
http://www.thamesvalleypod.tv/
“It would be great if…
…there was a bit more “life” before “death”
Steve Holmes
http://www.destinydiscussion.com