...Life After Death, What Happens After We Die? Contents Introduction 3 Ideas on Life After Death in Different Religions 4 Perception of Life After Death in Literature: Dante's “Inferno” 6 Life After Death in Art: Rodin's “The Gates of Hell” 8 Conclusion 10 References 11 Introduction The question associated with life after death is associated with people of all races, genders, ages and world religions. It is understandable that people cannot live forever, and death is an inevitable event. But still people are interested what will happen to them after death, and what it means to die. There are great numbers of assumptions on this issue, and people's opinions differ, but still it is difficult to reveal the truth, as nobody knows this for sure. This paper will focus on different assumptions and possible events taking place after people's death. Of course every person thinks about afterlife concept in the current period of time, as it would be really strange not to consider this issue at least once. People should understand and be aware of possible events happened to them after life in order to value the current state of affairs and life in the present period of time. It is necessary to make the right choice and build proper relationships with people surrounding you, as every day is unique, and it would be impossible to return it again. D'Souza (2009) stated that the Bible teaches people “that...
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...2014 (a) Examine the key features of one belief about life after death. The concept of life after death is one that is much discussed by human beings, for many reasons. Perhaps we are afraid of death, or we wish to have the comfort that we will see loved ones again, or we simply feel that our earthly lives are too short to be ended at death. It is universally accepted that one day, our current lives will end because our bodies, as physical entities, will perish: ‘by their nature, physical things perish.’ (Tyler and Reid) However, it is the theories for post mortal existence that differ between religions. In his books Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas suggested that each being has an ‘anima’; a soul which animates the body, thus giving it life. Aquinas believed in the monistic view: that ‘the natural condition of the soul is to be united with the body.’ (Aquinas) Plato, however, believed in dualism. This is the idea that the body and soul are two separate things; the body a contingent entity that will decay over time, while the spirit is non-contingent and will go on forever. Many theories exist for what happens after death. One example is the Hindu belief in reincarnation; a dualistic concept, involving the transmigration of the atman (soul) into a new physical body after the current one dies: ‘Just as a person casts off his worn out clothes, so does the disembodied soul cast off worn out bodies in exchange for a new one.’ (Bhagavad Gita) Throughout an extensive cycle...
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...not Final , Eben Alexander, Steven Novella, Sean Caroll, and R. Moody attempt to scientifically prove if life after death exist or if it is a scenario put together by the brain. Eben Alexander neurologist and author of Proof of Heaven and Raymond Moody argue for the belief that life after death is in fact existent and that complete unconsciousness of the brain does not occur after death that there is something more after the soul has left the body that cannot be scientifically proven. In the opposing side Sean Caroll physicist, and Steven Novella a clinical neurologist at Yale University oppose to the belief that life after death is existent and argue that damage to the brain can cause a person to hallucinate and Sean Caroll...
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...Is this the beginning, middle, or end of our existence? Have we lived before in also like the new feature of having a phone number to contact the company. It's an another time, another place? What awaits us when we die? Is the physical important feature. I guess the next thing is being all there providing a description for the different categories really is to our existence; or is the spirit or soul what really makes us who we and services that the company offers. ” are? There Naperville, Illinois, United States is an abundance of case studies that suggest there is some sort of life after “ we die. Some Thank you so much writer 1025. I'm so glad that I found this writer. The from the not-so credible sources and others that seem much more believable. quality of the work this writer We will all provided is very high and always on find the answer when we die. Can we find the answer while we still live? time. Writer 1025 excellent! I cannot find words to express my gratitude to the writer in 1025. This I remember the day that death really hit home with me. It was November 1, company is the best! G, NJ at 6:25am. This was when I watched my father take his last breath. This was New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States “ no ordinary I had some difficulties with the breath. It was like the body knew it was going to be the last. The inhale was payment...
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...Life After Apple Picking Like a lot of poetry Robert Frost's “After Apple Picking” does not come to a straightforward conclusion at the end of its literary journey, however, much can be said about the change in meaning within the poem from beginning to conclusion. At first glance, “After Apple Picking” seems like a straightforward poem about a person finishing their days work of picking apples. I intend to show that this is not the case at all and that Frost's poem progressively shifts throughout its entirety from a simple poem about apple picking to a literary piece about mortality. This journey will consist of four sections an introduction, a reflection, a realization and finally end with the acceptance of death. As stated above the first six lines showcase a very simple situation about a person completing their apple picking for the day. This simple situation that Frost outlines for the reader is the introduction to the poems overall journey. The introduction, outlines the central focus of the poem, which is apple picking and most importantly provides the reader with a sense of what is to come. There are in fact many hints that provide the reader with more insight into this sense of what is to come. The first line of the poem provides the reader with a picture of a ladder resting against a tree but it is not until the second line when that ladder is paired with the mention of heaven that the image of death is revealed. These images are revealed...
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...laid out for us. Either way, most religions agree on one thing: there will always be a life after death, and whether it is good or bad depends on what you do during your life, or lives, on earth. Hinduism has been around for centuries, but has somehow never stuck to one set of viewpoints. According to Thomas Hopkins, Hinduism is more accurately described as a long-term accumulation and synthesis of a number of religious viewpoints into a commonly accepted system of complementary means of salvation...
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...most importantly her grandmother. Mikages grandmother meant everything to her and happens to pass away. After the outcome of her grandmothers death, she has changed Mikage entirely depressed for a very long time. Throughout the introduction of the book, Mikage felt lonely and frightened. She, as an individual figured out a way to relax and to think about the memories that she had with her grandmother. Sleeping in the kitchen would help her concentrate many aspects of life since Mikage and her grandmother would always spend time with each other. The author defines the feelings and the emotions that Mikage was witnessing....
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...The author of this article, Steve Stewart-Williams was a psychology student in New Zealand when he wrote this in 2002. I did a little bit of research about him before finally choosing to reread his article with greater attention to detail, and I found out that he is now a psychology professor at a university in Malaysia. None of that information is really relevant to the article but I just thought it was an interesting bit to include. Now, when you take a look at his article "Life after Death" and just scan over the pages, it appears to be pretty self-explanatory. He goes over some of the most widely accepted beliefs for an afterlife and provides arguments both for and against them. He goes into much greater detail than that, of course. I will breakdown each section and try to give a sufficient summary....
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...entire life details, history of the universe, including this present moment. He believes that the life people are living today they will have to live it infinite times. Therefore, afterlife will present no new thing to hope for rather people will again experience every pain, joy, thought and sigh. Another philosopher, David Hume, poses the same questions as Nietzsche. However, he starts his arguments by suggesting to people to ask themselves whether they will like to live the last ten of their lives again. Hume poses the question of whether one would like to live their live the way it is without change years to come. The fortunate in the society would say yes, but the suffering people would object the idea of living a life of misery infinitely. On the other hand, Jean-Paul Sartre holds that the outcome of the events in the future will determine the significant of the life choices made today. To Sartre, there exist no final all-encompassing or state that have absolute value in itself-for-self. Hence, death becomes an absolute end with no possibility of further life....
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...dong extreme things that could end our lives. Steve Jobs in his 2005 Commencement Address at Stanford University talks about his view on death after a near death experience he says “Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make for the new,” (Paragraph 6). I would certainly agree with this statement, people will all die it is a part of the human experience and why life should be so greatly valued. Death is something that follows us wherever we go; it cautions us to the dangers of the world until each of our times on earth come to an end. People either fear death or embrace it, which effects how people value life. Life is a gift that I believe no person should take for granted. People die every second of the day without a choice or say in the matter. When a person dies it effects the people who loved them the most, for example from the article “What Is a Life Worth?” by Amanda...
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...Some culture believes that life and death are both a gift from God especially Jewish people. Jewish believes on one God who creates human beings and universe. There religious is orthodox Christian. “In Orthodox Jewish perspectives on withholding and withdrawing life sustaining Treatment”, Baeke Goedele, Wils Jean-Pierre, & Broeckaert Bert(2011) stated “Jews believe in a God who created human beings according to His image” (p. 836). The authors emphasize that Jewish people strongly...
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...In the article written by Steve Stewart-Williams “Life After Death” he ponders on the possible ways in which he could survive his own death. He starts the being of the first paragraph stating that humans are the only animals who understand that one day we will die. Throughout history people has tried to find the answer for eternal life. In modern times people have tried to pin this hope to science. Most importantly humans have this hope that death can be postponed and life will continue after death, a afterlife. Judeo- Christians and Islamic believe in the doctrine that God will resurrect our bodies some time in future. Buddhism doctrine is that individual mind merges back into the universal. Empirical Evidence for Life after Death is his...
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...The question often occurs where an individual will travel to after death. Buddhists and Hindus both believe in reincarnation and salvation. This is dependent on the deeds an individual has led during his/her prior life. An individual's actions and performance in life before death, is the direct result on the outcome of their great beyond, whether it be human or an animal. The belief in karma is also a similarity between the two religion. This can be connected to prior decisions that were made in a lifetime. The belief in karma is put into play in the sense of immoral decisions affecting the judgement of future happenings. Karma is Sanskrit for “actions,” and is a concept common in both Hinduism and Buddhism. This means that our own actions causes an equivalent effect on our lives. This is inescapable. Thus, those belonging to this belief, will determine their own fate. In Buddhism, as well as, in Hinduism, it is the negative effects of karma that keep a person bound in the cycle of reincarnations. Therefore, the goal of both religions is to achieve hierarchy in re-birth....
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...The Ancient Egyptians believed in life after death. The Egyptians saw life as a rehearsal for the perfect afterlife. In order to pass into the perfect afterlife, you needed to prepare for death. Egyptians prepared for the afterlife by embalmed the body after the person was deceased. The Egyptians mummified their dead because Ka, the essence of the person, needed a home in the afterlife. Ka lives on after death and passes into the perfect afterlife if the proper preparations were made before death. One key element needed in order to protect Ka was the Book of the Dead. The Book of the Dead depicts the final judgment made by Osiris and his wife Isis, and the Book of the Dead also includes prayers that prepared the spirit for the final judgment....
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...Ricardo Moss Eng. 113-A Ms. Jennings Tupac Shakur, the Rose That Was “The Rose That Grew from Concrete,” a poem by the late Tupac Shakur, is a poem that parallels Tupac’s life from early childhood until his death and beyond. The concrete representing the struggles and hardships that were a part of Tupac’s earlier days. The rose represents Tupac and his determination to make something of himself against all odds. Tupac Shakur, born Lesane Parrish Crooks on June 16, 1971, spent the majority of his youth in New York City where he was born. In Tupac’s poem the concrete symbolizes his early childhood and the struggles that were a part of growing up. Tupac’s father was absent for most of his life, according to the (urbandictionary.com). Tupac did not meet his biological father, Billy (William) Garland, until after he was shot five times on November 30, 1994, in New York City. Tupac would eventually incorporate the “thug life” persona in his life which would lead Tupac on a downward spiral of misfortunes. Mikal Gilmore, in Rolling Stones article characterizes Tupac as “perhaps the most despised man in America.” Gilmore goes on to describe the late rapper’s music as being merciless and condemned by some of Americas most powerful people (Glimore102-104). Tupac would eventually end up in jail for sexual assault which would not be his last brush with the law. Between Tupac’s vision of what the concrete symbolizes and what was instilled in him from a mother and step father that...
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