I've been thinking about death a lot lately. My parents are both older and I've been struggling with my own health problems and last night I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about it. I don't scare easily but the idea of death scares me.
I've been thinking about death a lot lately. My parents are both older and I've been struggling with my own health problems and last night I couldn't sleep because I was thinking about it. I don't scare easily but the idea of death scares me.
The Book of Job springs to mind..
It's natural to be curious and also a bit scared about what happens after we're gone. Just know that you're not alone in feeling this way. When I was going through a similar phase, talking to friends and seeking spiritual guidance helped ease my fears. Work at [link removed by moderator] also helped me in a way later, as I saw how peacefully pets can pass away and that their life was meaningful. Every human life also has meaning, which helped me deal with anxiety.
T.B.H. Evil tends to bring misery in it's wake.
Just go do a bit of evil if you don't believe me and see what happens..
I did bad consciously as a kid, and semi-unconsciously as a young adult, and now I'm trying very hard to kick the habit.
Evil works the same way as tobacco. It takes a while to adjust to, then it's really hard to adjust back, until you change you way of thinking, then it's a breeze. Until the next and different temptation.
The cackling evil beings you refer to probably have a solid facade of contentment and gracious living, but they have to keep jumping through all sorts of hoops to keep it going.
And that's before Almighty God takes direct action. I think I've got most of the bigger evil out of my life, but the smaller errors, I think I am drowning or floating in. Then there's the stuff I do that I feel is righteous but am simply either in error or (as can happen) deceiving myself..
Whether the reader agrees with me or is strongly opposed to my way of looking at things if you have any sense at all, you can clearly see that a great many people have been lied to about iraqi weapons of mass destruction, covid's origins and treatments, the cause of and conduct of the Ukraine war, and any conspiracy theorist worth his tin foil will tell you a great many other things too.
I. Just. Want. The .Lying. TO. Stop.
One thing that I did learn for sure during Covid was that evil is a very real and tangible force in our world - and there are certain people in our world who are truly evil - people who suffer because of such evil people will meet thier eternal reward, as I believe that God knows the real intentions of one’s hearts, minds and souls, at a very deep spiritual level
Whilst I'm not really one for religion, it gives me comfort to think that maybe there is something better waiting for us after we die. That although we have ceased to exist in this world, there is another world where we are reunited with dearly departed friends and loved ones, which equips us with an ability to keep an eye on those we may have left behind in this world.
Since my dad died a few years ago, I sometimes like to think of him being in some other-worldly country pub, socialising with friends and relatives that have left this world. At other times, I like to think of him enjoying a stroll along some other-worldly beach, or partaking in other activities that brought him pleasure in this world.
It happens less often now, but occasionally I get a sense that he's here, which I find incredibly calming.
It kinda contradicts answer further down..:’D
I see what you mean, the top answer is.... It gives a whole new meaning to life after death 
Just thought I’d let you know..:’D
You know because of the voting system, it looks like this is a response to the subject..:’D
‘The ones who love us, will miss us’.
-To quote: Keane Reeves.
I had problems like that. I used to think it was darkness, but for how long, forever, but how long is forever, never ending, infinite. And that really scared me, that I may see darkness which will never, ever stop. But, asking my best mate if he was scared to die, he replied with "No, but I'm scared I haven't lived yet.".
Since then, I haven't been worried about what's after death, but worry on what's before, as hard as it may be.
Thank you for your replies on this. It's given me a lot of considerations on what might happen. I love the idea of there being a Heaven but I just feel like that's probably not a thing. I would love it to be but I don't think so. I do like the idea of reincarnation.
we could have been another person..... but the reason you dont know is because memories are in the brain, and your previous brain of the other person is gone with the body of the other person you was.
energy doesnt die it gets reused.... although in this case of reincarnation, its likely still not a comfort to people as everything you are is in your physical brain and that is lost on death of the body, the new you your energy transfers to after wont take any trait or knowledge from the old you. can end up becoming aa type of person you hated in the previous life. all a guess though, could be that, could also be that we are just some sort of advanced alien beings giga brain computer simulation.
I guess it depends on whether you think we are merely a fleshy machine or have some magical, undetectable essence called a soul.
The fleshy machine angle would imply that when the lights go out, that's it - nothing to follow.
This is supported by the fact that so much of our "essence" - personality, memories etc are all very tangably altereable. You take drugs and your personality changes. You have a stroke that causes a part of your brain storing memories to die and you lose those memories.
To consider there to be something "beyond the pale curtain" then you need to go beyone what science can prove and believe in something without proof - the fantasy of a soul or whatever name you chose to use.
If you go down the route of believing in made up stuff (ie cannot be proved) then you may as well make up whatever afterlife suits your preference as it all seems equally plausable at that point.
My advice is to focus on living and let death take care of itself.
The entirety of cosmological history...
(Happens before we are born)...
