So, I think everybody agrees that.....

[Premium Parrots]

when we die our brain is active for a few minutes, lets say 2 to 4 minutes. Imagine your heart just stopped and you instantly realize you are dead. Your brain is still active. Here is my question to all of you.

What do you imagine you will be thinking about for that 2 to 4 minutes?

If you believe in a God will you
thank Him for the time you lived
tell Him you wish you could have done more with your life
ask for forgiveness
ask for more time
whatever

If you don't believe in God will you suddenly
believe He exists
ask for forgiveness
ask for more time
whatever?

Will you think about
your family
your life
what you could have done differently with your life
what you should have done with your life
whatever

Just wondering what ya'll might think about. Lets hear your thoughts.




In exchange for your thoughts I will offer you this bit of knowledge that I have learned in my days.
But let me say this first. This doesn't apply if you pass on from an accident or such. This only applies if you are able to grow old and wiser or even if you are young and know your time is limited and have had time to come to terms.

Here goes....
If you know you are soon to pass away......Don't be afraid to pass on.
At that time you will have a whole different mindset than you think you may have now.
If you have led a decent life you will be ready and will probably welcome the end and the peace it will bring.


Surely there are some of you that already knew this but I feel there are alot of younger members here where these thoughts have never entered their heads. Live Your Lives......Live Your Love

[lxskllr]

I think everything would just fade to white, and I'd think, well here we go... I think it's similar to being oxygen starved, or hypothermic; both of which I have experience with. In essence, I don't think I'd be thinking of anything, other than waiting to see what happens next.

[Ainkor]

Very interesting topic. I've not really thought what I would think but I do know this. I am not afraid to die. I'm of no mood to hurry it a long but I am very curious as to what is happening afterwards

[EricHill78]

Is this the speech you give pre blue barrel?

I'll think of my family who I love dearly most of all. If I go soon I'll be sad to miss milestones in my sons life ie learning to ride a bike, graduation, marriage, and myself becoming a grandfather.

[clint404]

Freedom of religon allows the the right to say that when I die my body will remain but my soul will sign with angels.

[WickedKitchen]

I think that there is an experience of sorts. For the past few years I've believed that there's a sort of trip experienced that well you never come out of. I don't think it's a recreational-like thing, but a natural release of chemical in the brain that stimulates parts of it...namely the "god" portion. It might be a human defense mechanism or just something that happens in times of extreme stress. Death would certainly qualify for extreme stress.

I imagine it to be more like lxskllr thinks about the fade to white thing. I think the "life flashing before your eyes" stuff happens before this period, perhaps during that coming to peace with things stage.

I think I'd be busy trying to process what's going on and before I can figure it out it's all over...or I break through...or whatever comes next. A part of me still thinks that it might just be nothing at all...like a switch just plain switching the power off of a motor.

Though I am curious, I'm in no rush to find out which one of us is right.

[Premium Parrots]

respectfully @ Clint

My question only pretains to the brain and your thoughts. We all have our own beliefs about souls. This isn't a soul question. Just a last thoughts question.

[Jimbob11]

I don't have children or much immediate family for that matter. I may not be a believer but I am no Atheist either. I imagine I might be hoping/waiting/asking for answers to some of the questions I've been pondering my entire life like "what is out there?"

Then again, I might just mentally shit myself while being sadly unable to post to the "I shit my pants today" thread...

[bpc720]

your brain floods with a DMT which is a halucinogen. It is produced by plants and humans and is in the brain with high concentrations during birth and death. This causes people who have died and come back and talk about heaven or hell sometimes. They think they went to one place or the other, but really they were having a brain induced trip

[desirexe]

When I am old (hopefully), I would like to think that I will think of my family with fond memories and be comforted by the fact that I have given & shown them all of the love I possibly could. If this day were to come within the next 40 years or so I would probably beg to a higher power to spare my life.

[wa3zrm]

If you believe in a God will you thank Him for the time you lived tell Him you wish you could have done more with your life ask for forgiveness

^This

[bill77.017]

I think naturally i,d be nervous at first, but my last thoughts would be of my loved ones, i,d ask god to look after them and i,d be grateful for the life I was given. I,d hope i gave enough love to those closest to me, and that I was a good man.

"Death is not the opposite of life. Death is the opposite of birth. Life is eternal"
Eckhart tolle.

[EricHill78]

your brain floods with a DMT which is a halucinogen. It is produced by plants and humans and is in the brain with high concentrations during birth and death. This causes people who have died and come back and talk about heaven or hell sometimes. They think they went to one place or the other, but really they were having a brain induced trip

[PipenSnus]

I've never had much of a fear of death. Fear of suffering prior to the moment of death, yes -- but little fear of death itself. I don't really believe in the religious concept of God, but if you define divinity as something like Universal Mind, I suppose I could go along with that. Mostly I see death as a time of peace and rest from life's labors. Maybe there is an afterlife, maybe there isn't, but I'm certainly not going to bow and scrape to any notion of a Big Daddy in the sky who will roast his own children eternally for disobeying. Sounds like an abusive family to me. Your mileage may vary, and that's fine with me.

[WolfenJack]

I kinda agree with bpc720. I think it wil be trippy. I think I will suddenly realize the truth. I will understand the interconnectedness of the universe and all of the mysteries of the cosmos will be revealed. Only after that split second reaction of "oh shit, I'm dying" has passed. LOL