Daniel Thor: A Place for My Weird Theories on Life

I thought we were already in hell.

 

What I find interesting about people who believe in reincarnation, is that we usually picture ourselves coming back as another person or animal... something native to Earth. But when you think about it, why should the pool of life be limited to what you find on earth? It would make sense to me that you could come back as anything living in the Universe. I should be able to come back as an extraterrestrial life that lives in another galaxy.

We live on a planet with a fuckton of other animal species, including mammals. We're mammals. What happens to mice, cats, dogs, whales, and apes when they die? Probably exactly the same thing that happens to us.

If there is something after life it's almost certainly completely incomprehensible to the human brain, so I wouldn’t dwell on it. If there isn't, well you won’t exist to care.

 

Reincarnation? Imagine being reincarnated into the same hell with ear issues. Rather be done. This thread reminds me of the conversation I used to have with my cousin who took his life 5 years ago. We talked about reincarnation and he said something interesting. Being reincarnated will always lead to being shit on by life in whatever means necessary. He was a research anthropologist so was aware of many cultural beliefs. We talked many ways we would like to be reincarnated and about afterlife. He wanted his ashes to be cremated into a living tree but then didn't want to be pissed on by a dog lol. This thread in a weird way just reminded me of him.

 

There is no way around death
But there’s a way around fear
And that’s the same thing.
Without fear, death is just life.
Am I afraid to live?

 

After reading these yesterday, I started looking up stories of people who’ve died and came back, and they’re pretty interesting. A lot of them were similar as well.

 

I absolutely love this. So, so true.

 

The brain releases all kinds of crazy feel-good chemicals when you die, possibly as a way to smoothen the transition to death. This has been proven in studies. People who have had near-death experiences talk about reuniting with lost ones at the end of some long dark tunnel, etc. Maybe that’s what heaven really is; just one last incredible hallucination that the brain gives you before it shuts itself down.

 

Ok so what about the soldiers being shot? Do their brain release feel good chemicals? I don't think so, you never hear the shot that kills you.

 

I always wondered how different types of deaths would affect this process. For instance if you die by gunshot wound to the head, would it be the same as dying of old age? What I mean is will the brain react differently to these different causes of death? A headshot to the head would probably completely shut down your brain, as opposite to a natural death, where the brain will still probably be alive for some minutes after the heart stops beating.

 

I think it depends. If it’s a headshot and instant death, then maybe not, but if the brain has just enough time to process the dying then maybe.

 

Carl Jung on the Psyche and Death

 

On Life After Death - Carl Jung - Audio Book...

 

This has been on my wall for the last three years. Brilliant book.

 

Lmgsooo respawning right away!

 

"The one thing I can't understand, I can't grasp my head around, is I feel when you die, there's just nothing; it's like when you're asleep and you're dreaming. But, I can't imagine nothingness lasting forever. That is the thing that I cannot get."

- Stan Lee

 

Except death is nothing like dreaming, at least when you are dreaming you can still experience things, during death you can’t even experience nothing because nothingness can only be grasped by consciousness.

 

That’s actually really comforting. Likewise, the desire to be reincarnated and have another experience is also something that can only be in consciousness.

We won’t need it when we’re dead.

We won’t even know that we are dead. In that sense we lose nothing. Not even life.

You only really lose your life while you’re still alive.

“What you don’t know can’t hurt you.”

 

Jealousy:

My friend is advancing in life, while the only thing I’m advancing at is this horrible degenerative disease.

I remind myself of the fact that my friend is going to die someday.

I tell myself; Let him have his time.

I might get his luck in the next life.

With all the lifetimes ahead of me;
I know I will eventually.

 

Doesn't CFS usually eventually improve, even if after a few years' time? There's still hope for you @danielthor.

 

@RadioKid722, thanks for your encouragement.

But CFS/ME seems to have permanently wrecked my sensory nervous system. I don’t know how well versed you are in the CFS world, but there’s a term we use called “crash”, it’s when we overexert ourselves and our condition becomes worse.
Well, I overexerted myself to the point where simple thought activity became too stimulating.

It used to just be screen activity like TV and my phone that was too stimulating. It always got better whenever I took a break from those things. When my thoughts became too stimulating it was something else. Naturally, I’m not able to take a break from thinking. It’s like the mechanism of my brain got stuck there. I have not been able to get out of it since.

Doctor thinks it’s neuroinflammation and that my system is stuck in this state of alert. Using my brain to think is enough to keep it inflamed it seems.

I’m taking LDN and PEA to see if I can counter this neuroinflammation, while also experimenting with a high dose of Cerebrolysin. I don’t expect much. My doctor is running out of things to try, so Next (and probably last option) is to go for stem cells in Germany.

After 2 years of living like this I still can’t believe this shit is happening to me.

 

The longer you live; the more attached you become to life, - the harder it is to leave it when time comes
Thus you can’t be too jealous of those who get to live a long life
Death will be so much harder for them

... To the point where they can hardly even go through with it.

What you’re afraid of losing isn’t really worth having. - Alan Watts

 

Suicide is never the answer, but it makes it so there is no longer anything that needs to be answered which is honestly better than all the answers in the world.