will you go into the light?
why or why not?
why or why not?
When You Die...
- Thread starter Into Darkness
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Hell no!
I won't be going anywhere, because, you know, I'll be DEAD.
If the light shows up sure, what the heck I'll give it a whirl.
I very strongly suspect your question is moot.
If there *is* a light, well then, we'll see, I guess.
Although I do like the symmetry of someone named Into Darkness asking about going into light.
If there *is* a light, well then, we'll see, I guess.
Although I do like the symmetry of someone named Into Darkness asking about going into light.
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Amaris
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I believe the only light that exists right as you die is the result of cascading brain failure. I would love for it to be different, but there isn't enough evidence to indicate that it is so. That said, if there was a light, what choice do I really have, and if I can choose, where am I staying if I say no?
And when the dust falls to the urn
In that state I came return.
Henry Vaughan
The Retreat
In that state I came return.
Henry Vaughan
The Retreat
That depends.
Is the light coming from hellfire?
Is the light coming from hellfire?
Howard Johnsons
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Amaris
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Fuck. Knowing my luck it will be an airport HoJo, too.
Well, you'll stay here, on crappy ol' Earth.
On the plus side, you'll get to make friends with Whoopi Goldberg, so it kinda balances out.
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Amaris
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I'm okay with this.
Next time, try and add some more content to your original post (and maybe answer your own question), or else your thread will be going into the light.
^how about being reborn in Italy? This way you get authentic pizza for some 70 years.
Randy, why can't you eat pizza anymore? Are you allergic to any ingredients? There are plenty of good cooks around here and I bet we can come up with a tasty substitute.
As for going into the light: I guess it can't be avoided. From a strictly biological view, when you die, heart and lungs fail first and your brain dies a while later from a lack of oxigen (hypoxemia). One of the first symptoms of hypoxemia is that your sense of vision gradually shuts down and you get tunnel vision, like someone who suffers from glaucoma. This will finally leave only a bright dot in the middle of your field of vision - that almost proverbial light you might feel tempted to walk into. That's the latest point from where you can return without massive brain damage. People who have been resuscitated described that phenomenon in detail. It's possible to resuscitate patients from a later stadium of cardiopulmonaric arrest but then the brain damage is too extensive for them to be able to tell us what they saw and felt. So we don't really know how dying continues after this bright light stadium. However, it's logical to assume that the light will finally vanish completely and your ability to think will gradually vane. Very likely you'll get hallucinations or dreams or flashbacks from especially intense memories as the brain slowly shuts down.
I have to admit that I am a bit afraid of dying. If your brain is fully conscious of the fact that you are dying and there's nothing you can do to stop that, it must be pretty scary. Plus: before your heart stops, it pumps less strong and therefore you get ice cold hands and feet and I totally hate having cold feet!
Randy, why can't you eat pizza anymore? Are you allergic to any ingredients? There are plenty of good cooks around here and I bet we can come up with a tasty substitute.
As for going into the light: I guess it can't be avoided. From a strictly biological view, when you die, heart and lungs fail first and your brain dies a while later from a lack of oxigen (hypoxemia). One of the first symptoms of hypoxemia is that your sense of vision gradually shuts down and you get tunnel vision, like someone who suffers from glaucoma. This will finally leave only a bright dot in the middle of your field of vision - that almost proverbial light you might feel tempted to walk into. That's the latest point from where you can return without massive brain damage. People who have been resuscitated described that phenomenon in detail. It's possible to resuscitate patients from a later stadium of cardiopulmonaric arrest but then the brain damage is too extensive for them to be able to tell us what they saw and felt. So we don't really know how dying continues after this bright light stadium. However, it's logical to assume that the light will finally vanish completely and your ability to think will gradually vane. Very likely you'll get hallucinations or dreams or flashbacks from especially intense memories as the brain slowly shuts down.
I have to admit that I am a bit afraid of dying. If your brain is fully conscious of the fact that you are dying and there's nothing you can do to stop that, it must be pretty scary. Plus: before your heart stops, it pumps less strong and therefore you get ice cold hands and feet and I totally hate having cold feet!
