Infinity issues

Hello again. Wanted to share something that always seemed nonsense to others, but quite logic for me. I always had trouble with the idea of eternal life after death. While others always seemed to find relief in this possibility, to me it`s been the most horrifying thing imaginable. Thinking about existing forever was always far beyond distressing, and the certainty that it is either that, or ceasing existence at all, would make me feel trapped, doomed, and that there was no solution available at all. It used to be so bad, that I couldn´t even sleep as a child, and stress caused me the feeling that someone was whisperng in my ears, like when someone is mad at you, but it was not a hallucination because I knew it was in my head. I would love to know if anyone else has had this kind of trouble with time, death and eternity as well.

Parents
  • I've always been of the opinion that we die when the biological machine we inhabit breathes it's last. Some people seem to find great comfort with the thought of the afterlife and that's fine. The concept of spirituality has always eluded me, I barely have a tangible connection with people I encounter on a daily basis, nevermind anything heavenly.

    Live your life as it's the only one we know for certain we're going to get.

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  • I've always been of the opinion that we die when the biological machine we inhabit breathes it's last. Some people seem to find great comfort with the thought of the afterlife and that's fine. The concept of spirituality has always eluded me, I barely have a tangible connection with people I encounter on a daily basis, nevermind anything heavenly.

    Live your life as it's the only one we know for certain we're going to get.

Children
  • I do believe in an after life, but I also believe in reincarnation, so any after life isn't eternal stasis or whatever. Part of me would welcome there being nothing at the end of this life, nobody could get to me anymore, I just have this horrible feeling that some sort of necromancy will be found just ater I die and I will be called upon to answer more silly questions and not be left in peace.

    Whilst there's no accepted evidence of an afterlife, there's no evidence that there isn't one either, so until we die we won't know.

    I find the spiritual world often closer and more real than this one and often communication easier. But it dosent' stop me from living this life as fully as possible and have always held to the idea of looking to that which repeats itself in life to learn the lessons for this incarnation. I've been able to learn from and shake off some bad habits by looking at life like this.