Would this be considered an Atheist or Materialist perspective?
I think it is very interesting that we don't actually know what will happen when we die, because so many people have already done so! I have read a staistic that 60% of Living People have had contacts or unexplainable experiences with loved ones who have crossed over into Death. If that is true, from your perspective it would mean that 60% of people are imaging something false or hopeful. That would be sad!
The topic of the Unknown after the physical body dies is as mysterious as the fact that words are in mind and I am typing them. Where are my words coming from? Where was your idea created? Why did you write that post, and why do I respond?
To me, our ideas and where they come from and how we articulate them is an unknown as what will happen when we die. What if we are all little pieces of whatever God is?
When you know someone who dies, you can still feel the energy of the person inside you.
Memories are living spaces. You can still picture the face or the smile and hear the voice in you. Maybe the light that turns to darkness, doesn't disappear as fast as you write about. Maybe the anarchy and the loss doesn't begin until after more time has passed.
As in my example there, on an energetic "feeling" level, people do live inside us, until we also die. Photos, ideas, historical influences, genetics, art, all these items can extend the life and energy of an individual on earth. On a material level, a body takes time to decompose and will feed and spread it's caloric energy, either to fire, or to earth-- the point being, it doesn't disappear into cosmic anarchy right away. Rather a life slowly transforms.
Here on earth we see one thing with our physical limitations. On another level, we are totally clueless, until we get our turn. I like the mystery of it all, I think it makes the story more exciting.
Who really knows, but how fun it is to imagine all the different possibilities! How interesting to imagine that some people and cultures claim they do know what happens. I like to investigate all the possibilities! This blog post was good for me to explore. Thank you!
I like what you are saying! I'm very curious about death, but I don't like sticking to fixed ideas. That's what I somehow wanted to express in this writing. I kind of enjoy it to have questions but no answers. It makes life more adventurous. You are right, people live inside our selves in some kind of way. At least it is helpful when a loved person dies, to keep this person alive inside. There are two deaths for everyone: The one when the heart stops beating, and the one when no one talks or thinks about the death person anymore. Thanks for your nice comment, I really like to see a comment with so much thoughts and effort. Have a nice evening/day :)