Do you think about the hereafter when you pass away and are no longer present in this world?

[Anonymous]

I know death is something many people don't want to think about. But I reflected on this topic/question posted because let's be honest. There is so much confusion, turmoil, tension amongst different groups of people, society, political, social, economic, health and geopolitical affairs where another world war may occur at some point, not if but when. Doesn't matter religious or not. Do you think of what life will be like 5-10 years from now? Are you concerned with safety? Are you displeased with having fake friends who don't care much?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

"Do you think about the hereafter when you pass away and are no longer present in this world?"

I think of death as the final surprise, I'm not in a hurry to discover what it gives, but I'm not especially afraid of my sudden inexistence

"Do you think of what life will be like 5-10 years from now?"

No, it's really blurry to me

"Are you concerned with safety?"

Nope, nothing seems to threaten me in this department

"Are you displeased with having fake friends who don't care much?"

They do care, so I'm good

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I can't resist quoting this 2300 years old piece so...

"Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an unlimited time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality. For life has no terror; for those who thoroughly apprehend that there are no terrors for them in ceasing to live. Foolish, therefore, is the person who says that he fears death, not because it will pain when it comes, but because it pains in the prospect. Whatever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us"

[Dargil]

I think the Creator recycles our spirits, except for those that experience spiritual death at their final judgment. But I don't think there's choirs singing in the clouds. I don't think there's stadiums full of people praising God. I don't think that the dead are looking down on us now. That is just television nonsense. They are still in the ground until our final judgment. But then, a little bit like the movie Constantine, our spirits may be sent back for more work.

[Sal_Monella]

I like that idea. I will try to give it a better shot next time.

[OneViewpoint]

I prefer to focus on the here and now. That is real. There is no guarantee or proof that any afterlife exists. I’ll worry about that if I ever end up there.

[DonaldDarko]

Not really, I have no point of reference to even guess.

[Staximus]

Sometimes, but not very often. I'm not really worried about it because what happens after I die is beyond my control

[AngryCarl3]

Can you pick one question and stick to it?

[Asker]

Well your username checks out. A grumpy POS who has to micromanage every post online? If you think death is just a 1-2 simple way of thinking then clearly you wasted your life on this earth not thinking beyond the confines of your narrow minded world.

[FunkyMonkee]

I don't know, I've never done it before.