In a post, silverwhisper asked if you would like to have immortality, which was pertaining to this life.
In her series Eternal Questions, zayda asked if you believe in an afterlife.
My question is would you really want it?
I've always told people I certainly hope there is an afterlife and I believe part of this is fear, the fear of being completely annihilated. But then the question arises, would I want to live for an eternity? I would not expect the afterlife to be total happiness and perfection.
For instance, people who have had an NDE (near death experience) do not at all always come back to tell of perfection. Those who believe in reincarnation would be looking at returning to a physical body in a near endless fashion.
I cannot believe an afterlife would be gold streets, great food, spending forever with the ones we love. And would it be just plain boring after a "while?"
I do believe the cosmos to be pure consciousness in an eternal moment. But I have reservations about living forever. Perhaps that is another fear, the fear of it being too much like this one.
Would you want to live forever in an afterlife? Or come back repeatedly to this life?
