An existential subject such as this does bring me to thought, what does happen when we die? My personal theories or beliefs seem irrational, however this is what I have proposed from my personal thoughts, as I lay there wide awake thinking about such a subject nearly every night.
I would believe that when our bodies physically decay, we will eventually rot, or simply disintegrate. However, possibilities could suggest that despite an individual being within the coffin or not, we will eventually decompose and throughout many years we could simply turn into some sort of resource. Since our bodies have been decompressed within the Earth for so long, hence possibly crushing the remains of the human and simply being soil or resource within the Earth. Yes, in a way it sounds quite odd and a little nasty, however we may not truly know unless we dig the grave of Genghis Khan or something like that right now and see if it is possible.
Our bodies are scientifically proven to be controlled and usually well maintained by the heart, and the brain. The brain has nerve systems to which helps us comprehend what physical actions we make, as well as storing a vast amount of knowledge and can be an extraordinary database within one human being. The heart helps pump blood and circulate it within our system, we also use it for respiration, which helps us breathe along with the aid of the brain to let us know with primal instinct on how to breath at all, which is amazing to how far we have gotten through civilization, and are now reaching the era of technology, and we have started at the very beginning, to where we as fish have probably gotten out of the water for the first time, based on terms of evolution of course.
But we haven't truly concluded to this specific theory, do we truly have souls? Because that has been a spiritual, or a superstitiously known aspect towards general human life, spirituality has gotten my interest for a while now, because of how many possibilities that could occur when we die. Maybe we would wonder about the Earth as a force and simply observe the activity to what happens in our globe, as we watch as time may go by as so much changes. We wonder around as ghosts if that is so the case... But imagine a catastrophic event while we are merely a consciousness that wonders around in the world, what would happen? What would happen if the Earth blows up, or a black hole sucks us all in, or the sun then dies out?
My theory on this would be that our consciousness is able to wonder around the universe freely, exploring different planets, maybe looking in to different places that could possibly sustain life, or even surf through a meteor shower! These sort of things seem like a wonderful fantasy that I would love to live in when I perish. However I do not believe in spirituality to physically be true, as how will we sustain a full, stable consciousness to which we contain all the memory of our past lives, without the brain physically existing and remaining within a spirit form would seem quite impossible, as it will not have the physical environment and requirements to properly function within a human soul. But wondering around the endless universe, feeling no pain whatsoever while retain proper thoughts and memory would be something I dream every day for happening.
Imagine if we do somehow successfully achieve immortality, simply live on but however be killed through different causes, just not ageing. But I could imagine how miserable it would be like, simply living on as you watch as the world and time go by you like nothing, your friends, family and loved ones age and live their lives and make the most out of it because of how precious a mortal life could be, while you have all the time you wish and do whatever fits your needs without having the worry of running out of time. I would think that something like that would not be something I would wish to live by, I do not wish to have immortality if given the opportunity.
Coming towards religious terms, I would indeed imagine a heaven, a hell, and a purgatory. Although purgatory may be believed by Catholics, I unfortunately do not strongly follow any religion, or truly believe it. However, I would always be ambitious to having the knowledge to having a great being, being from an alien or simply a god that does watch over us, and tries to protect us from worse situations in life as it is. But imagine reincarnation...
My largest theory of rebirth is that we remain as forces from our death until the universe has the theoretical "Big bounce" to occur. To where the universe can begin once again, hence possibly meaning that all the particles within our bodies are now different, we could be different people, or even different species. Yet again, what if we live within the same lives after the big bounce? Similar occurrences, same looks, same birth, same family, but yet again, no recollection of our past lives or experiences...
Overall, I would believe that death is an incredible phenomenon. Death is a beautiful thing to experience, although it may be painful, just imagine the vast possibilities that could possibly happen after our death, or how our existence will remain within history or people's memories, imagine that after our death, imagine how much goes by after it. And imagine what journeys that lie ahead of us when we die, but yet again, the mystery itself is what truly makes me afraid of death.
