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up·lift·ing /ˌəpˈliftiNG/

adjective

adjective: uplifting

inspiring happiness, optimism, or hope. “an uplifting story of triumph over adversity”

  • Usernamealreadyinuse@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 days ago

    After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

    I think that is really reassuring

    What does that mean? This is one of the most logically true discussions of spirituality I am familiar with. It takes no position on what that condition might be, but addresses the issue in an almost circular reference.

    Those who believe we come from nothing cannot argue that somehow, by having lived, we will go on to be something afterwards, per the First Law of Thermodynamics.

    Those who believe we have a ‘soul’, something other than our physical bodies, that goes on after we die, admit that we had to have had a soul prior to birth.

    And those that believe we are on a wheel, going through life again and again, understand that we are what we always have been, and will continue to be, when we’re not busy living our lives.

    https://philosiblog.com/2011/12/05/after-your-death-you-will-be-what-you-were-before-your-birth/

    • MotoAsh@piefed.socialEnglish
      11·
      4 hours ago

      The universe does not render to nothing that which came from something.

      The very laws of physics dictate that ‘you’ do not disappear. Time is a human projection of our understanding and perspective. Our times of death are merely a location on a much grander tapestry that we are absolutely a part of. While we may not be infinite, we are real.

    • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 days ago

      Maybe there’s only one soul. Like in The Egg. It’s just one soul reincarnating into one life after the next, jumping forwards and backwards in space and time. Eventually after passing through the lifetimes of every sentient being that is, was, or ever shall be, the path of reincarnation loops back upon itself. There is only one soul, only one consciousness in the cosmos. One infinite endless circling wheel of experience, all bound in a universe finite in both space and time.

      • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
        3·
        1 day ago

        One of my favorite short stories and a really neat way to view the world. It’s hard to be angry at others when you feel they are more like you than they seem or realize.