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Originally Posted by Suze
But what if there is no great adventure though, Angus? Wouldn't the natural curiosity in most Humans want to know if there is at least the possibility that something awaits us, not neccessarily what that may be?
I have actually been very close to death. Some years back, the surgeon told me if I hadn't had what turned out to be a ten and a half hour operation when I did, I would have only lived another three weeks at most, it seems a long time for an operation but that's what I was told, unless I was still a bit out of it and didn't take in fully what was being said, and I knew deep down that I was on my last legs so to be, and I was amazed really that I was so ready, so at peace with what could have been my then impending death, but I am still here much to my amazement at times when I look back at just how ill I was.
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If there is only oblivion after death - I would not want to know since that would really make life itself a pretty futile and pointless exercise.
If, on the other hand, there is something after death, and I have my own personal reasons to believe there is from things I have experienced, then again I would not want to know definitively since that would take away the last great mystery - and the one we ALL will one day discover. For me, the belief that there is some other plane of existence after this life is over is something to look forward to and takes away the fear and finality of physical death. It gives me hope and sustains me when I feel overcome by grief for those that have gone.
You have poignantly described a life and death experience you lived through which must have been horrendous not only for you, but your family. I'm sure that experience has shaped your views and beliefs which I totally respect. I don't presume to tell other people that there is definitely nothing after death, nor that there is definitely some form of existence after death - it is just my personal belief that has been influenced by events I have experienced. I think it's something for individual contemplation, since NOBODY can absolutely prove it one way or another.