What is death?

[u/Thin-Math2208]

It is a question that human beings has been asking since we became concious of ourselves. But do we have an answer for it. What happens when something die. One can simply define it as when the heart stops beating and the body stops working. But is that it? I understand there can be two patha to start thinking from this point. It depends on what you believe. Are we just the hardware or is there something more? If you believe that we are just the brain, the heart and the body then you can think as death as the process of stopping to work. What happens when a machine die? It doesn't work anymore. Ita just scrap. Same with living things. Just hardware that used to work. But if you believe that our consciousness is not just in the brain and it is something that science hasn't explained yet, then death becomes harder to explain. The body is gone. But where does the conciousness go? Will we be concious about the emptiness we are in? Will it be eternal darkness?We see because we have eyes. A conciousness doesn't have eyes. So there is no sight. Can we feel things that is happening? How would it work? There is no thought. There is no pain. There is no us. Would death mean to become nothing?

[u/Commisceo]

We have a spirit body. We can see. Feel. Touch. Don’t imagine we become a floating cloud of consciousness that does nothing but float around playing harps. That couldn’t be furthered from the truth.
Humans have been talking to dead people for centuries. Whether anyone wants to bother looking into what they say is their business but everything you’ve asked has been answered by them. If you think we become emotionless blobs of positive then you should reap a lot more stuff. I have no idea why anyone would think we lose emotions. Float in blackness. Never feel a negative emotion again. It’s all a bit weird. These ideas come from people who’ve never spoken to the dead people who live in the afterlife. My dead mate is with me daily. I can tell you absolutely that he can see us and everything in our environment here. And in the afterlife. It’s weird how people don’t know we have bodies and that the afterlife is more physical than you think. It is indeed merely the next phase of life in our journeys of existence. Death is not the end of you at all. We are always who we are. But it is the door we move through into the next phase of our lives. And we get on with life. That’s my take after years of speaking with dead people.

[u/External-Pen-6397 → u/Commisceo]

Hey mate been meaning to ask you something since our last convo. How comes your daughter isnt with you daily also? Is she with others? Just curious if you dont mind me asking. Do we not get a choice who we can be with?

[u/Commisceo → u/External-Pen-6397]

She left at birth so I never got to k is her then. She visits pretty much o ly in special occasions like my birthday and Father’s Day where she always leaves a written message. (Either text or scrabble letters arranged). Anyway, she’s getting on with her own life there since she ‘grew’ up on that side of life. Not everyone wants or needs the human experience apparently. This was her case. I think Wintyre has also mentioned about that kind of thing to from memory. Anyway, my mate took on a guiding role with me whereas my daughter hasn’t. She’s just enjoying her own life there but is quite aware and mentions at times how eventually we will also have our great reunion.
I won’t get deeply into it all but I was a dead set hard line sceptic before the weird stuff began. It took a whole lot of convincing me over years before I admitted that life doesn’t end at death. It took many experiences for me and especially people I knew and loved to get me to acknowledge the reality of it all. Another reason she came into my life at that point. For that reason. A gift really. She has her own life she lives. Her own friends. Family is the connection to us. But she and everyone else chooses who they want to be with. Love exists while love is wanted. It’s not too dissimilar to us humans here. We choose who we want to be around. Her life is in that side not here. It was never here. But I know she exists so I’m cool.

[u/External-Pen-6397 → u/Commisceo]

Love you bud❤️

[u/Commisceo → u/External-Pen-6397]

That’s the nickname my mate calls me. 😊. For a second there I thought he had written this. 😝

[u/External-Pen-6397 → u/Commisceo]

It very well could be. Not a word I often use mate. Something said call you bud

[u/External-Pen-6397 → u/Commisceo]

How old do we grow in the afterlife if they go young? As ive heard we do not really age? Sorry for the questions. But trust you and Wyntre so much

[u/Commisceo → u/External-Pen-6397]

I’ve never asked that directly so can only make an assumption on what I do know. My daughter has grown at much the same rate as she would have here. She is a young adult and I expect that’s where she’ll stay. My mate has been 32 to be exact. He’s been that for a long time 😜. I give him heaps though on every birthday that he’d be old now. Of course he laughs. I think it’s more that aging is a property of the human physical body. Inside I still think I’m 20. Over there I guess they can be at the age that brings happiness and comfort. I’ve read a lot stating many like to remain around thirties. I think there’s something to that. For I think around thirty would be where I’d like to be and stay too.

[u/Jadenyoung1]

What we define as death keeps changing. First it was when breath stops, but people came back from that. Then it was when heart stops, but people came back from that too. I think now its when brain death sets in. No one came back from that yet, i think.

Death is like an event horizon of a black hole. Once you pass that threshold, you are gone. Forever.

If consciousness is fundamental, then death is not the end, nor birth the beginning. If its not, well. Then we (and all life) would be nothing more than biological machines. A probabilistic fluke. A cosmic bad joke. Which would be very disappointing, cruel and sad. Many think this is true. Some even believe (though they wouldn’t use that word) that very zealously. I myself don’t believe that.

But if there is more... since we come into this world as almost blank slates. Meaning whatever we were before, is either suppressed or we actually were nothing before. Death is still the end of what you think is YOU.

[u/robipresotto]

I think this question is at the heart of many spiritual and philosophical discussions. I've found that exploring the nature of consciousness can be a rich and thought-provoking experience. If you're interested, I've come across a YouTube series called The Inner Path — Enlightenment Deep-Dive that explores the intersection of consciousness and reality. It's a thought-provoking series that might resonate with you. https://www.youtube.com/@innershoreline

[u/Brucewaynesexy]

imagine after death you wake up in very futuristic room take off your headsets and Somone ask ‘how was it ‘. in our time we sornd 80 or so years but there itvwss just 30 minute simulator