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Life After Death

By Malinda SilvaPublished 11 months ago 5 min read
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With science and technology expanding and advancing at such a breakneck pace nowadays, humanity has never known so much as it does right now. Despite our achievements, there are still some large unresolved questions and some massive, speculative challenges looming on the future, if we ever answer them. So, this is Unveiled, and today we're tackling an unusual question: why may proof of life beyond death be withheld from us? Do you require answers to the major questions? Are you insatiably curious?

Although it is not quite immortality on Earth, evidence of life after death would result in a massive paradigm shift in the human story. We now understand that everything must perish. Because knowledge of our own unavoidable mortality (at some point in the future) has been proven to be the most influential factor in how we conduct our lives, The notion that one day we will "pass on" is constantly with us, whether it is at the forefront of our consciousness or not. Take that knowledge away or drastically modify our interpretation of it, and you instantly transform the human condition—what it is to be human. Consider that for a second. What would you do if you knew it was true?

There are many more positive and negative paths you might take, but there's no doubt that certain confirmations of life after death would drastically impact how people thought and behaved. Of course, for adherents of numerous religions, belief in some type of afterlife is nothing new. Many faiths advise their followers to act and think in certain ways in order to have a peaceful passage from here to there after their death on Earth. So far, all interpretations of the afterlife, however, have relied on Faith. On a kind of collective faith and belief that places like Heaven, Hell, and Limbo exist, and that any of our souls could end up in any of those places.

If that proof were ever discovered, the rest of the non-religious world would be immediately converted and firmly on course for happily ever after. From there, entire industries and services might emerge, such as preparing Earth-bound human souls for the afterlife that they now know is on the way. Today, millions of people contribute to pension plans in an apparent endeavor to make their retirement years as comfortable as possible. But we'd be thinking beyond that now. Pension plans would be transformed into Heaven plans, and there would be less emphasis on accumulating wealth in them and more on acquiring additional certifications to ensure your afterlife is as good as it can be.

On the surface, there appears to be a significant beneficial influence here, with an increase in good deeds and a decrease in hazardous behavior. Scratch a little deeper, however, and you'll find cracks to exploit. Because doing good deeds just for the sake of doing good deeds doesn't really work. And, while reducing irresponsible behavior is generally a desirable thing, could that thinking eventually lead to near-total uniformity out of fear of doing anything wrong and jeopardizing their chances of eternal bliss? Clearly, the concept of a proven afterlife may be far more involved than it appears at first, and incorporating it into the normal human experience may be quite challenging. That is perhaps one reason why the government.

For our own mental health and the maintenance of the notion that life is valuable. On the other hand, and from a more cynical perspective, the continual presence of (and threat of) death might be viewed as a necessary instrument for any ruling power. They don't want to lose this tool. This critique has certainly been levied at different religions throughout history.

Opponents argue that concepts about a hereafter (i.e., some type of continuous consciousness after death on Earth) are primarily used to keep followers interested. The physical death that we all know awaits us can be frightening to contemplate. Religions, on the other hand, can provide a continuation of any one person's tale through the afterlife. The conclusion does not have to be the conclusion. And this is a really strong message. What would happen to faiths if the afterlife were proven? On the one hand, they will have been proven correct, since this life isn't all there is. On the other hand, the need for Faith will have vanished quickly, which could provide a major difficulty for any authority that has essentially built up.

Local or national belief systems guide and shape international governments as well as entrenched monarchies and regimes of power. So, what would happen to them if we proved that there is life after death? Will their assumed authority shift? At this point, it's plainly vital to highlight that there isn't even a speck of proof that eternal life is being kept from us. In recent years, several scientific investigations have been conducted on issues such as "how to make the body immortal", "what happens to our energy when we die?" and "where does our consciousness go when our body fails us?" These are the issues that science is attempting to address. It just hasn't gotten there yet.

To envision a period when questions of life and death aren't so veiled in mystery is to envision a period when some pieces of knowledge might truly be powerful. What are your thoughts? Would the government (or anyone else) want to keep the afterlife a secret if it were shown to be true? Is the hereafter more successful as a concept based on faith or as a certainty that we all know we'll arrive at? As is so often the case when we investigate the truly fundamental topics of life, death, existence, and the universe, The lines between science, philosophy, and ethics are becoming increasingly blurred. Between sure and certain reasoning and hazy, messy, emotional thoughts. In many ways, the debates are similar. However, there are many counterarguments against immortality, and there would no doubt be those who would choose to die even if they didn't have to. All theories of the afterlife differ from immortality in that they all acknowledge that our time in this life is finite. As a result, some type of structure is still required. And perhaps there is even a need for some form of administration to guarantee that as many people as possible move through this mortal realm as well (or as effectively) as possible. Proof of the afterlife would undoubtedly rock the boat and probably derail everything.

Would there be quiet or chaos? Would existence vastly improve or devolve into meaninglessness? For the time being, and perhaps forever, it is merely a thought experiment rather than a real-world worry. Perhaps there are some reasons why proof of life beyond death, if ever discovered, should be kept hidden from us. The most important conclusion from all of this should be to appreciate the life we already have. Our current life on Earth, across our current plane of reality The afterlife can wait, proof or no proof!

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  • Naveedkk 11 months ago

    Super!!! Excellent story!!!

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