We are always saddened by the death of our loved ones. This is a natural human trait. This emotion is deeply ingrained in our hearts. Therefore we mourn the loss of our loved ones at the funeral. Some people believes that death is not the end of life and the others have another idea. What do you think about this question?
My dear RG friends, we ourselves are past, present and future. Our ancestors are part of ourselves. They help us to give direction to our lives. We do the same once we have died. Time connects us all. All the best, stay safe and healthy, Carl
I think that's a great question. When working with older adults I have observed that when we are faced with our own mortality we re-value our life. In suffering, in pain, in grief...when we are faced with challenges we are given the chance for growth. When we mourn our loved ones we acknowledge life as temporary and we decide what to do with this life lesson. I feel that death is not the end of life in that it brings new life to those their life has influenced.
'Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.' Mahatma Gandhi —
This will not be the answer you are looking for. After reading your question a second and third time, I understand what you are after but I would like to answer with my first instinct. I believe that death is an end to an individuals life, but potentially, the beginning of a new life for someone else. New life, in the aspect of someone who is already alive, is complicated-- but we are able to understand the influence of death on individuals when we understand the significance of the relationship, the circumstances, etc. However, new life from death, in this scenario, brings people to life through death. Meaning, those that have been touched by a death may completely turn their lives around. Individuals may be in a position where they are going towards death, see the death of someone close to them, and then see an opportunity of a new life because they are inspired by the death. As I mentioned before, this is probably not what you are looking for, but I thought I might contribute nonetheless.
Dear Stephanie,
You wrote" I feel that death is not the end of life "
Do you have any proof or it is only your feeling?
Nader, if you are looking at this question through a scientific lens, it cannot be proven. The goal of science isn't to prove anything, rather, it is to provide empirical evidence for theories meant to be tested and changed. "I feel that death is not the end of life" is a theory that may be examined for the sake of evidence, not proven.
Like those who have already answered I have no proof but as someone who has had many loved ones you've died it is a comfort to think that this is not the end, personally I like to think there is a parallel world alongside mine. I think one I have to believe whatever helps me get through difficult situations.
As a professional caregiver with a focus on end-of-life care, my perspective is that the answer to your question lies in each individual experiencing their end-of-life journey. The lens through which they view death is the most important thing for me to understand, acknowledge and respect. For those who believe in life after death, their goals and needs may be expressed differently than for those who believe that physical death is the end of individual existence.
I approach this question in the same manner that I approach the assessment of pain- it is what my patient says it is. I cannot tell them how much pain they experience or how tolerable it should be. They have to tell me their experience, and I have to respect that and act accordingly in planning their care.
The improtant take-away lesson in questioning the experience of death is in reflecting on how much your own ideas or fears are influencing your actions towards those who are dying or are contemplating dying. So often our own fears about death cause us to shut down or deny the very natural process of planning for and talking about dying.
Dear Cherie ,
All of us have accepted the death, Only after dying we will know the reality, but Is death an end of life or a beginning a new life?
Perhaps if you reword your question it will help. You wrote that you can only "know the reality" after dying, therefore your question is moot.
My mean was that noting is clear about all of the answers to this question!
Dear Nadar, our lives live on through who and what we touched. Those I know who have passed on remain in my memories and actions. If we see ourselves as merely the physical body that we live within, we have not yet fit our life into the world around us. When we see the larger picture, when we contribute in our own way to the world, we place our mark on it.
If you look cross-culturally you can find evidence of this. Some feel consciousness rests on this earth for 40 days, others feel this lasts forever and build on the energy of the world and some believe that each soul that comes onto earth influences a greater good.
Can we prove it or should we prove it? I think the question is better suited in philosophy as what happens after death is the ultimate mystery in life. The only ability we have is to live life fully, find meaning in the life we lived, feel purposeful for having lived and to die with satisfaction and integrity.
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying can offer support to the afterlife if you are looking to prove life after death.
Thank you for offering a discussion on the topic of death, it helps build awareness on our persona perceptions of the living and dying.
Some people like to have eternal life and they may tell that they have another life after their death. The others believe based on their religious thoughts.
What is your opinion about their idea?
I have been reading Heidegger being towards death and now more than ever I feel this is it and that we should embrace life every day,see the beauty of the world and live every day as if it is our last , love life and don't waste a minute of it as it goes so quickly.
Dear Nader, what a nice question about the visible unknown. In the field of transcultural psychology and Idiom of Distress it is known that death means a transition to a ancestor or ghost. From this point on next moves are made, like reborn etc. These cultural mainly non-western views can be found in Asia (west, middle and east), Africa and South-America. These cultural views are represented in our body and mind which is not a dichotomy but a part of the universe, nature, God, spirits, ancestors and collective extended family. We therefore have many rituals to satisfy ancestors, ghosts and God but also cosmos and nature. I hope that you like my answer. All the best, Carl
Our national poet Mawlana Jalaluddin composed about the world after death:
All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I’m sure of that, and I intend to end up there.
Yes of course I do believe that death is the end of our current life and the start a new one. How would be the new life? It depends on what we did during the first experience.
This question can be answered from two perspectives of religion and science. Religion tells us that life will continue after death. Scientific scholars also have different views on this issue. But I believe that death is not the end of life.
Some of the people want to live endless. The others think that another world is necessary to punish bad people and some of them want another world to visit their beloved after death.
It seems that human needs to other world, because she/ he needs to be eternal and cannot image that to may be forgotten!
Death and loss lead the survivors to mature and live more faithfully. That is, someone's death could be a way to reinvent someone else's life.
Dear Claire,
What is Korean Buddhist philosophers ,Neo-Confucian philosophers and
Taoist philosophers' opinion about death?
Dear all,
I will be thankful if you write philosophers' opinion of your country about death.
The nature of death and of life after death are among the most important subjects in the Iranian philosophers or religious scientists that have tried to interpret these issues. Most of Iranian philosophers (philosophers who believed God) confirm the existence of resurrection (the world after death). The place in that everyone would be shown his or her deeds with justice.
If you believe in God, my religion , i name as Allah, this would be a behinning of a new life and will be meet up not only Al mighty but also all loved ones. May Allah mercy upon us. Amin.
Dear all,
I will be thankful if you write philosophers' opinions of your country about death.
Cryonics is an interesting approach to this problem of the human condition.
Why test a deadly theory with a sample size of 1 if you can pause biological time long enough to reach a point in the future where molecular nanotechnology can reconstruct whole humans one atom at a time?
Its a gamble, but so far everyone in the control group has not reported back on the positive or negative effects of death and has continued to become more difficult to reconstruct, and everyone in the experimental group still exists in a demonstrably more recoverable format, with recognizable cellular and molecular structure.
Something to consider.
I will be grateful if you tell your and philosophers' opinions of the world about this question.
Dear Emanuel,
What is the difference between life and life after death?
there is no life after death before we were born we did not exist and after we die we wont exist
In my opinion, there is life after death. Being Christian I believe that that physical death is just the separation between our body and our spirit. Our spirits will wait until they are resurrected, which is the process of reuniting spirit and the body without ailments or imperfections. The evidence for this is historical and in the bible. This is the process that Jesus went through when he died. His spirit separated from his body, his body being laid in the tomb, and his spirit went to the spirit world to preach to those who lived in the times of Noah. (1 peter 3:18-20). After three days of preaching his spirit reunited with his body in resurrection. He said himself, "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have" (Luke 24:39). After we resurrect we will be judged according to our deeds here on earth and assigned to varying degrees of glory.
The question is one not to be taken by just one lens of study. If you do that you will miss the big picture. I can't say that we are just a bunch of biological and biochemical mechanisms that react with each other producing a fleshy automaton. For the same reason that I can not say that the statement that I am saying is inherently true. However it is true that I have my own truth and have come to a conclusion that others have not come to. That is that our universe is so finely tuned that it is practically impossible for all of this to have just been chance wouldn't you say? Moreover that mere questioning of our own morality and the almost lashing out against our inevitable demise seems rather a good indicator for a previous design having been in place before. If we were really meant to die and if we were really just a bunch of mechanical goo or proteins, then the adherence of truth and the questioning of a civil and fundamental morality would not even exist. If I said I am by nature a product of my environment which in case is just a theory mind you, then why would a judicial system even exist if fundamentally we can make an excuse for murder? So that leads one to suspect that there must be something outside of our physical constructs of bone and flesh. All of these question and all of these thoughts leads us to believe that there is a designer at work, that there is something outside of this mortal flesh. There is life after death for those who seek life after it. There is a God and if that's true he must have a nature and traits to him that can't change. If it did then our fundamental morals would be all over the place. The laws of gravity which are observed would also be all over the place meaning in some parts gravity would change substantially from its defined coefficient. I am a believer in Jesus Christ for these very reasons. I could honestly talk all day about it but yea.... Hope this kinda helps
If we accept the life after death, what are similarities and differences of it and the present life?
My dear RG friends, we ourselves are past, present and future. Our ancestors are part of ourselves. They help us to give direction to our lives. We do the same once we have died. Time connects us all. All the best, stay safe and healthy, Carl
No dear Nader, they are living in US. I am using the African philosophy Ubuntu, the Indian philosophy Ayurveda, and the Chinese Taoïsm. I hope that this answer helps. All the best, stay safe and healthy, Carl
Death is the end of our life as we live and experience it. As humans we love, delve and need narratives so the concept of other lives thrills and invites to pondering and assumptions.
Is death the end of everything?
If so, what is the difference between being a good or bad person in life when we believe that everything will end with our death! Can thinking about death cause a person to be a better human?
Dear Professor Dr. Nader Aghakhani, if death and life are a fluent continuum, and when souls and primordial matter are the components of life, our ancestors live on after our death. In African Ubuntu, by the way, a distinction is made between living and dead ancestors. From there - I take a trip to Nepal - the dead in Kathmandu are commemorated every year with music and images of them. Their extended family walks through Kathmandu in a big parade and makes music. All the best, stay safe and healthy Carl
I suppose it depends on whose death and the context of the death. If you really cogitate on this subject, you come to realize that death and suffering are 2 things that we all have in common and this enables one to connect with the collective, removes the ego., makes you better. Also consider karma...if i don't want to reincarnate as a cockroach after I die, then i should do good deads and recycle. Forward thinking.
Death is just the beginning of the immortal life..This world is just a temporary place for God to test us..If we pass the test, we will go to heaven..In Sha Allah
Dear Nader,
I think your question is valid. Our belief is that there is life after death. But science cannot prove it that there is life after death, and will never be able to prove about life after life. There has been many experiments in USA on people who were dead for 5 or 10mins and told their story about life after death.
However, billions of people have died since this world came into being, not one has comeback to tell us what is upthere.
So my friend, we can only hope there is something up there and do good deeds.
I think there are two view, one scientific and other religious. According to Scientists, there is no after life because science has no proof.
All religions believe in life after death, but they all have different interpretations.
No one can clearly give the exact answer about life after death, unless a person who has passed away comes and tells us, which is impossible.
So just do good deeds, and wait for your turn to die and experience it.
It is said that I quote " Life is pleasant and death is peaceful, only the in-between is very painful"
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