Introduction
Is there a life after death? This is one of the questions that most people in the world have been asking themselves for years. The survival of consciousness after death is a very complex situation for most people in the world. This is the reason why it has been discussed by many philosophers as well as other people in the world. According to the researches that have been conducted by the scientist is that, they believe that the consciousness and the mind are connected in that the they functioning of how the brain works even after death (Stanislav Grof & Marjorie). The scientist believes that after death there is no other life. This goes in contrary to what people believe in the modern society. The religious groups are the ones who have had firm beliefs that there is a life after death and no one can dispute that from them. There have been many hypotheses with the regards of the survival of the consciousness. Some of the hypothesis are the consciousness goes beyond death; it survives death, and the materialistic position (Laureys).
Consciousness extends beyond the living brain
There have been hypotheses that have occurred but this is one of the major ones that have been discussed by many people in the society. According to this hypothesis, the consciousness is stated to go further than the physical brain (Keim). This will cause the energy and physical matter of the body to go beyond the body. According to the researches, they believe that the physical matter extends beyond the normal space or sometimes even time. They believe that the there is connection of the consciousness and the brain that will function beyond the normal time that people have in the real world. In looking at this hypothesis, it can be seen how it might be true due to so many events that occur in life. One of the reasons for claiming this is because of the connection that exists when there is physical healing for an illness that a person might have through the connection of the body and mind.
The other reasons that can be seen are from the mechanism in which the prayers made to God can cause a person to have spiritual healing. There are some phenomenons such as when a person who is in close emotional connection to another person is able to have a sense of feeling that some tragedy has occurred to their loved ones. When looking at the case where the mechanism, which has caused the consciousness of a person to be able to go beyond the physical brains, has been stated to have come from various considerations.
The physicist have been to state that when this state of consciousness occurs it can be looked at in such manner as the way the subatomic particles are connected through the quantum correlation. The suggestion that can be observed through this fact is that the mechanism from a form of awareness that has been stated to exist with energy and the aspects of the matter are claimed to form the fabric of the universe and how it functions. When the complexity of the mechanism grows then the awareness of the matter will form more bonds with the energy and the aspect of matter will be formed in order to bring about the awareness of the issue of the universe. In looking at this point, it does not necessarily mean that the individual will not only be fully aware in that they will be doing it intentionally (Laureys).
This can be compared to how when a person is moving towards food and jerks away when there is some sort of danger that might be coming their way. According to researches that have been conducted, the results that have been found is that the mechanism or connections that have been made on order to cause a person be aware or do intentional things has been linked to the consciousness state of the brains of human beings or animals (Laureys).
According to the researches, it shows that when the organism is complex then there will be higher levels of the consciousness and therefore their brains will also be more complex compared to the less complex organism (Piccinini). Human beings are very complex beings especially in the consciousness level. This is because human beings are able to be having self-awareness or make intentional decisions from the brain.
The other things that they are capable of doing is that they can be able to think for themselves and reflect on the decisions that they have, made in order to see if it is the correct one or not. In looking at the complexity of the human brain, one is able to belie that the consciousness of the human being then might be able to live beyond the death of a person or beyond the brain of person. This act has been stated to be the sixth sense that people have in their lives. According to some philosophers, they believe that the sixth sense is what is something that should be made to be the first sense that people have in their lives.
The reason for this is because of the primitive ways in which it was formed. The meaning of this hypothesis is that the complexity that a person have over their consciousness is what is bringing about the ability for ones consciousness to be able to achieve or perceive the information from the non locally area or space therefore they will be able to produce the energy that can be able to live in space (Farah).
The materialist position
According to the researches that have been conducted, the state of the consciousness is claimed to be the functioning of the brain of the human being or animal. In looking at this point many people have been able to come up with the idea that the brains complexities has been able to live beyond the time limit that has been set (Keim). According to the philosophers, who stated this claim, they believe that the consciousness of the organism will increase with the complexity of their brains. According to this hypothesis, it states how there is not any connection between the non-temporal and the non-spatial elements of the brain of the person which is physical. According to this fact, people have been able to come up with the conclusion that the views that people have in common are brought on by the external reality that people might have. The external realities are brought on by the conscious or the unconscious elements that people have in their lives or society (Laureys). This factors or elements are what are causing people to have the beliefs that they might have about the consciousness that might live beyond death or might exist in space.
A record of consciousness survives death
The probability of the consciousness that might exist beyond death is something that has caused many people in the society to try to find the realness of the matter. According to most philosophers, they believe that the consciousness of a person can be able to live beyond the death of an individual. They also believe that the consciousness of some particular species in the world has been able to live or survive indefinitely. There is some beliefs that there are times when the group memory of individuals or species of the same group. These facts can be seen when the individual groups are able to have a collection of the same memories for the entire species.
The species will also be able to have instinctual learning behaviors that will exist without anyone or anything informing the species. According to history, the memories that were stored were referred to as the Akashic record. In looking at the modern world, those stored memories have different names that have been given to them. Some of those names are Sheldrake’s Morphic Fields and the other name given was the Jung’s Collective Unconscious (Laureys). Some of the researcher’s n the modern world such as Mitchell has given the storage of memories a different name called the Quantum Hologram.
The reason for this name is because there have been evidences that have been able to be found that will prove the existence of the stores memories. The stored memories are something that every individual on earth has at one point or another in their lifetimes. This makes the argument about the existence of the conscious mind to be probable to come to the conclusion.
According to some work that was conducted recently, it found out that the MRI machine was able to detect and prove the theory correct and also there was some research that was conducted on the quantum physics (Laureys). There are some other things that have been found out about the existence of consciousness of and individual beyond death. Some of the reason is that there have been that there have been some moments’ when individuals have thought that there was a reincarnation on that they are able to recall past lives. This means that the brain of the individual will be able to tune to an event that possibly happened to a dead person.
This method of tuning of events that might have occurred to a dead person is stated to be the Akashic method. In that the human brain, is able to tune in to some memories just in the same way the radio can be tuned. There is also the evidence where all human beings in the world are able to live past their previous mistakes that might have occurred or happened. There are some possible mechanisms that have been able to be created through the fertilization of the eggs all the way to the mature organism.
This all done when there was the interaction of the species Morphic field. That gets its information from the environment that they are able to live in. This kind of thinking is what brought about the formation of the new field of Biology that is being described as the Epigenetic. Most of these ideas have been discovered the philosophers Erwin Schrodinger as well as the other philosopher named as Freeman Dyson (Aslihan & Josef).
The core aspects of consciousness survives death
The key people in the world such as the religious leaders and philosophers have all had the belief that all human beings who die their consciousness will live beyond their deaths. This has been defined through the notion of soul. According to the modern world, the reasons why many scientists have tried to fins for the existence of life after death is because of the numerous reports that have been reported by people who have talked about their after life experiences (McGraw). When looking at the near death experiences that the people are talking about it is quite evident that the phenomenal ways and how vividly the accounts are for a normal person. The numerous accounts about the near death experience have caused the scientist to believe that this could mean that there is the existence of the conscious after a death experience.
This has caused them to try to do researches about the phenomenal. In listening to the events that have occurred to people, they claim that they felt something when their hearts had stopped for a few seconds. This shows that the body might be dying but the conscious mind is still operating and functioning. This is a very weird experience and very good for the world to be able to see the signs of consciousness when the individual is claimed to be dead (Carter).
The near death experiences are not things that have occurred to many people in the world but to those whom it occurred to have shown the world how the conscious of the human being could be able to live beyond the death itself (Roberts). The reason for stating this is because of the phenomenal way the evidence and explanation of the events that have occurred has shown the world. In looking at some of the things that people have stated when they claim that they were near death experience it shows the world and the people that whatever happens when a person dies is something that the ordinary human being will not be able to know the truth. This is something that is beyond the human ability no matter how complex the brain of a human being is in the world.
The religious beliefs of survival of consciousness after death
Many religions in the world are well known to believing in the existence of consciousness after a person or an organism has died. According to most of the religious people in the world, they have a belief that when a person dies then their souls remain alive and that there is a place they go which is the heaven and hell. This is the reason why they believe that when a person commits seen then it is a sure ticket to hell for them. When a person does good deeds then they are stated that they will be going to heaven. According to the Christian, view especially the Abrahamic traditional it shows how the conscious of a dead person goes to a place that will automatically be determined by God. This journey will be determined by how the person lived their lives on earth.
In looking at the Indian way of thinking about the afterlife is that they believe a person will come in the form of another person. Therefore, this means that they believe in the reincarnation (McGraw). The Catholic Church believes that when the body of human being id dead then the soul is the one that will face the music if they did not live good lives. Those who were able to live good lives are stated to have a better chance of not going to hell but will go to heaven. The Orthodox Church believes that there is the existence of consciousness after the death of an individual.
The reason for stating this is because of the different process that the body of a human being has to pass through such as they have to be there during the second coming of Jesus, the final judgment that has to occur after the body has resurrected. The Jehovah witness church believes that there is life after death but have a firm hope it is a second chance for them to live righteous lives.
There are those philosophers such as Charles Hartshorne who have a firm belief that there is no consciousness after the death of people. The reason why they state this facts is because they believe that the universe has been made of substance in that people are able to live in the moment in that there is no other life that can coexists other than the present. This fat however has been disproved by any philosophers as well as the religious leaders. There are some claims that have been made by the scientist to find the real truth about the afterlife. According to most of the experiments, that have been conducted one of the most memorable was the weight of the dead peoples souls. According to the findings, it shows how the souls of the individuals have weighed less if compared to when they were alive (McGraw). This has made many people to start thinking that maybe there is a possibility of after life of the unconsciousness.
In conclusion, consciousness after death is a topic that has had many controversies in the world. The reason for stating this is that there are many people who believe that the consciousness of existing beyond death is possible there are those who do not believe that this is possible. Some of the philosopher’s theory is that the consciousness can be transferred from one person who has died to another. The reason for this is that people in the world sometimes tend to have memories that do not belong to them of events that happened. There are those who believe that the consciousness of organisms or human beings can be transferred to another person through tuning. This has been compared to the tuning of the radio stations.
The emergence of the claims of near death experience has made many people to question the existence of life after death. In looking at some of the facts that have been said by the individuals of near death experience they all state the same things in that they were conscious when they had died for a few minutes (Roberts). This has caused many scientists to try to find the real clues of whether this fact is trying. The churches are very instrumental in stating that the consciousness lived beyond death. They use this in order to encourage the people to live upstanding lives without sinning.
The religious groups have also tried to state the reasons that have caused them to believe in the existence of the afterlife. There is a major difference between the explanations that have been given by the philosophers, scientist and religious groups. Some philosopher’s believe that the conscious mind of a person moves to another person. The religious groups believe that people are able to live to the afterlife where they could either go to heaven or heal. The scientists however are trying to find for the real proof of the existence of life or death through experimentations.
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