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Summerlander
The afterlife is merely an idea. One that many of us would like to believe in. The truth is that reality might be a little harder to swallow for some of us. To me, there is more evidence that death means the end. Buddha's idea of a nirvana (the cessation of being) might be a lot easier to come by than many of his followers think. To die is to be liberated from life. To die is to cease to be. Ultimately, I imagine that as the self dissipates, one experiences bliss (a release from noisy thoughts), an approach to a still and emptier mind, and...slowly...one is soothed into embracing non-existence - a very attractive prospect, mind you, as the thought of coming back to life seems so painful from the "point of no return" perspective. The afterlife is a fantasy that many of us harbour in our minds for comfort.
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