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Originally Posted by nhlpens  Hi !
What are your thoughts on this? Lately I've been thinking about some family members who are not with me anymore. Do you think I will ever meet them again? Other then in my dreams? What are YOUR thoughts on death? Are we in the end just dust and bones? |
In the end, the body, that we think who we are, will indeed be just dust and bones. Other than that, no one really knows what happens. The energy that fills the body and allows it to move and think is another matter. If it is true that energy can not be created nor destroyed, then the energy of the body must go somewhere. There are many beliefs and ideas as to what that energy is and where it goes. Some of the things that people call the energy is: soul, prana, vital force, spirit, true being, presence.
To be pragmatic about the whole thing, we might say that the body's energy is dissipated and becomes part of the earth and sky. On the mythological side, we might say that the energy retains the body's image and all of its memories and goes somewhere, like heaven, and meets up with other beings. There are people who truly believe in this latter premise, in one form or another.
Since there is no real universal agreement as to what happens to the body's energy why don't we just live in the moment and be here right now. One thing everybody knows for sure is that we are alive, right here, right now, this very moment. Don't fret about the past and don't worry about the future because they do not exist in this moment. Be alive and be happy knowing that you are one with all that is right now.