After death, what awaits us? Probably each of us asked this question. Death scares many people. Usually it is fear that makes you look for the answer to the question: "After death, what awaits us?" However, not only him. People often cannot accept the loss of loved ones, and this forces them to look for evidence that there is life after death. Sometimes simple curiosity drives us in this matter. One way or another, life after death interests many.
Afterlife of the Hellenes
Perhaps nothingness is the worst thing in death. People are afraid of the unknown, the void. In this regard, the ancient inhabitants of the Earth were more protected than us. Ellin, for example, knew for sure that his soul would face trial after death , and then pass through the corridor of Erebus (underworld). If it turns out to be unworthy, it will go to Tartarus. If she will prove herself well, she will receive immortality and will be in the Champs Elysees in bliss and joy. Therefore, the Hellenes lived, not knowing the fear of uncertainty. However, our contemporaries are not so simple. Many of the living now doubt what awaits us after death.
The afterlife is what all religions converge
Religions and scriptures of all times and peoples of the world, differing in many provisions and questions, are unanimous in the fact that the existence of people after death continues. In ancient Egypt, Greece, India, Babylon they believed in the immortality of the soul. Therefore, we can say that this is a collective experience of mankind. However, could he appear by chance? Is there any other basis in it besides the desire for eternal life and the fear of death? What is the basis of the modern church fathers, who have no doubt that the soul is immortal?
You can say that, of course, everything is clear with them. The story of hell and paradise is known to all. The church fathers in this matter are similar to the Hellenes, who are chained in the armor of faith and are not afraid of anything. Indeed, the scriptures (New and Old Testaments) for Christians are the main source of their faith in life after death. The Revelations of John the Theologian, the Epistles of the Apostles and others reinforce her. Believers are not afraid of physical death, since it seems to them only as an entrance into another life, into existence together with Christ.
Life after death from the point of view of Christianity
According to the Bible, earthly being is a preparation for a future life. After death, with the soul remains all that she did good and bad. Therefore, from the very death of the physical body (even before the Court), joy or suffering begins for it. This is determined by how a particular soul lived on earth. Days of commemoration after death are 3, 9 and 40 days. Why exactly them? Let's figure it out.
Immediately after death, the soul leaves the body. In the first 2 days she, freed from his fetters, enjoys freedom. At this time, the soul can visit those places on earth that were especially dear to her in life. However, on the 3rd day after death, she is already in other areas. In Christianity, the revelation known to St. Macarius of Alexandria (died in 395) an angel. He said that when an offering is made in the church on the 3rd day, the soul of the deceased receives from the angel guarding it, relief in grief due to separation from the body. She receives it because an offering and glorification are made in the church, which is why good hope appears in the soul. The angel also said that for 2 days the deceased is allowed to walk on the earth with the angels who are with him. If the soul loves the body, then sometimes it wanders around the house in which it parted, or near the tomb where it is placed. And the virtuous soul goes to the places where it worked the truth. On the third day, she ascends to heaven in order to worship God. Then, after worshiping him, he shows her the beauty of paradise and the abode of saints. The soul considers all this for 6 days, glorifying the Creator. Admiring all this beauty, it changes and ceases to grieve. However, if the soul is guilty of any sins, then it begins to rebuke itself, seeing the pleasures of the saints. She realizes that in earthly life she was engaged in satisfying her lusts and did not serve God, therefore, she does not have the right to receive his goodness.
After within 6 days the soul examined all the joys of the righteous, that is, on the 9th day after death, it again ascends to worship God with angels. That is why the church on the 9th day performs services and offerings for the deceased. After secondary worship, God now orders to send the soul to hell and show the places of torment that are there. For 30 days, the soul rushes about these places, trembling. She does not want to be condemned to stay in hell. What happens 40 days after death? The soul again ascends in order to worship God. After that, he determines the place that she deserves, according to her deeds. Thus, the 40th day is the boundary that finally separates earthly life from eternal life. From a religious point of view, this is an even more tragic date than the fact of physical demise. 3, 9 and 40 days after death - this is the time when you should especially actively pray for the deceased. Prayers can help his soul in the afterlife.
The question also arises about what happens to a person after a year of death. Why are commemorations held every year? I must say that they are no longer needed for the deceased, but for us, so that we remember the deceased person. The anniversary has nothing to do with the ordeals that end on day 40. By the way, if the soul is sent to hell, this does not mean that it has finally died. During the Last Judgment, the fate of all people, including the dead, is decided.
Opinion of Muslims, Judaists and Buddhists
The Muslim is also convinced that his soul after physical death moves to another world. Here she is waiting for the doomsday. Buddhists believe that she is constantly reborn, changing the body. After death, she reincarnates in a different guise - reincarnation takes place. Judaism, perhaps, speaks of the afterlife the least. Extraterrestrial existence is rarely mentioned in the books of Moses. For the most part, Jews believe that both hell and heaven exist on earth. However, they are convinced that life is eternal. It continues after death in children and grandchildren.
According to the Hare Krishnas
Only Hare Krishnas, who are also convinced of the immortality of the soul, turn to empirical and logical arguments. Numerous information about the clinical deaths experienced by different people comes to their aid. Many of them described the fact that they rose above the bodies and soared through an unknown light to the tunnel. Vedic philosophy also comes to the aid of the Hare Krishnas. One well-known Vedic argument that the soul is immortal is that we, living in the body, observe its changes. Over the years, we are turning from a child into an old man. However, the very fact that we are able to contemplate these changes indicates that we exist outside the changes in the body, since the observer is always on the sidelines.
What do the doctor's say
According to common sense, we cannot find out what happens to a person after death. Even more surprising is the fact that a number of scientists hold a different opinion. This is primarily doctors. The medical practice of many of them refutes the axiom that no one was able to return from the other world. Doctors know firsthand the hundreds of "returnees." Yes, and many of you probably heard at least something about clinical death.
Scenario of a soul leaving a body after clinical death
Everything usually happens according to one scenario. During the operation, the patient's heart stops. After that, doctors report the onset of clinical death. They begin resuscitation, trying with all their might to start the heart. The count goes on seconds, since the brain and other vital organs in 5-6 minutes begin to suffer from a lack of oxygen (hypoxia), which is fraught with sad consequences.
Meanwhile, the patient “leaves” the body, observes for some time himself and the actions of the doctors from above, and then floats towards the light along a long corridor. And then, according to statistics that British scientists have collected over the past 20 years, about 72% of the "dead" are in paradise. Grace descends upon them; they see angels or deceased friends and relatives. Everyone laughs and cheers. However, the other 28% describe a far from joyful picture. These are those who after "death" find themselves in hell. Therefore, when some kind of divine essence, which appears most often as a bunch of light, tells them that their time has not yet come, they are very happy, and then return to the body. Doctors pump out a patient whose heart begins to beat again. Those who managed to look beyond the threshold of death remember this all their lives. And many of them share the revelation received with close relatives and the attending physicians.
The arguments of the skeptics
In the 1970s, research began on the so-called near-death experiences. They continue to this day, although many copies have been broken on this score. Someone saw the evidence of eternal life in the phenomenon of these experiences, while others, on the contrary, are still trying to convince everyone that hell and heaven, and in general "that light" are somewhere inside us. These are supposedly not real places, but hallucinations arising from the fading of consciousness. One can agree with this assumption, but why then are these hallucinations so similar for everyone? And skeptics give their answer to this question. They say that the brain is deprived of oxygen-rich blood. Very quickly, parts of the visual lobe of the hemispheres turn off, while the poles of the occipital lobes, which have a dual blood supply system, are still functioning. Because of this, the field of view is significantly narrowed. All that remains is a narrow strip, which provides a "tube", central vision. This is the desired tunnel. So, at least, says Sergey Levitsky, corresponding member of RAMS.
Denture case
However, those who managed to return from the other world object to him. They describe in detail the actions of a team of doctors who, during cardiac arrest, "conjured" over the body. Patients also talk about their relatives who mourned in the corridors. For example, one patient, recovering 7 days after a clinical death, asked doctors to give him a denture that was removed during surgery. The doctors could not remember where they had put him in the confusion. And then the awakened patient accurately named the place where the prosthesis was, informing at the same time that during the "trip" he remembered it. It turns out that medicine today does not have conclusive evidence that there is no life after death.
Certificate of Natalia Bekhtereva
There is an opportunity to look at this problem from another perspective. Firstly, we can recall the law of conservation of energy. In addition, we can turn to the fact that the energy principle lies at the basis of any kind of substance. It is also in man. Of course, after the death of the body, it does not disappear anywhere. This beginning remains in the energy-informational field of our planet. However, there are exceptions.
In particular, Natalia Bekhtereva testified that after the death of her husband, the human brain became a mystery to her. The fact is that the ghost of the husband began to appear to the woman even during the day. He gave her advice, shared his thoughts, suggested where to find something. Note that Ankylosing spondylitis is a world-famous scientist. However, she did not doubt the reality of what was happening. Natalia says that she does not know if this vision was a product of her own consciousness, which turned out to be in a state of stress, or something else. But the woman claims that she knows for sure - her husband did not fancy, she actually saw him.
"Solaris effect"
Scientists call the appearance of "ghosts" of loved ones or relatives who have died, the "Solaris effect". Another name is materialization according to the Lemma method. However, this is extremely rare. Most likely, the “Solaris effect” is observed only in cases where the mourners have a fairly large energy force in order to “draw” the phantom of an expensive person from the field of our planet.
The experience of Vsevolod Zaporozhets
If strength is not enough, mediums come to the rescue. This is exactly what happened with Vsevolod Zaporozhets, a geophysicist. He was a supporter of scientific materialism for many years. However, at 70, after the death of his wife, he changed his mind. The scientist could not accept the loss and began to study literature on the other world, spirits and spiritualism. In total, he performed about 460 sessions, and also created the book "The Contours of the Universe", where he described a technique with which you can prove the reality of life after death. Most importantly, he managed to contact his wife. In the afterlife, she is young and beautiful, like all others who live there. According to Zaporozhets, the explanation for this is simple: the world of the dead is a product of the embodiment of their desires. In this, he is similar to the earthly world and even better than him. Usually the souls residing in it are presented in a beautiful guise and at a young age. They feel themselves material, like the inhabitants of the Earth. The inhabitants of the underworld are aware of their physicality and can enjoy life. The desire and thought of the departed creates clothing. Love in this world is preserved or regained. However, the relationship between the sexes is devoid of sexuality, but still different from ordinary friendships. In this world there is no childbearing. You do not need to eat to maintain life, but some eat for pleasure or because of earthly habit. Mostly they consume fruits that grow in abundance and are very beautiful. Such an interesting story. After death, perhaps this is what awaits us. If so, then, in addition to their own desires, there is nothing to fear.
We examined the most popular answers to the question: "After death, what awaits us?" Of course, this is to some extent only speculation that can be taken on faith. After all, science in this matter is still powerless. The methods that she uses today are unlikely to help find out what awaits us after death. Probably, this mystery will torment scientists and many of us for a long time to come. However, we can state: evidence that life after death is real, there is much more than the arguments of skeptics.