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Originally Posted by metal68
Can You Imagine Non Existence
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I can't. No matter how I try to imagine it, there's still a me here doing or observing that. Even the so-called Void is seen or felt by a me!
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Obviously if there turns out to be no afterlife, then this is the natural state of affairs.
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"Natural state of what affairs"? If there is no Afterlife, there may still be "something" here - and it's you! You are here! Are you "nothing"?
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I find the idea terrifying, atheists generally seem unperturbed by it, It's just impossible to imagine isn't it??
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It's "impossible" because there is always a you here. The question might be: Who/what is this 'you" that is always here? Who/what are you?
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You couldn't even be aware of blackness as there is no you to perceive it,
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This is quite impossible because there is always some kind of a "you" here.
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How can a conscious being experience non existence?? Its mindblowing.
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It can't and it blows the mind because the limited mind is not able to conceive of non-existence.
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It would be as if you never existed, past, present & future all erased.
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That just depends on what this 'you' is. You, eternal consciousness, have always existed and always will while 'you', a limited, personal, temporary entity was born, will live and then be erased.
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It makes me dizzy thinking about it!
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It makes the limited, personal 'you' dizzy but NOT the permanent eternal 'You' - which is you and everything!
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It bothers me more actually that might have happened to my mum & dad but it's still so abstract, to not perceive even not perceiving.
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It will bother the limited, personal you but never the permanent, eternal and untroubled you. Ask your self: Who is bothered? Who has fears and is confused, etc. If you look deeply enough, you might find that there is no personal, trouble you at all - just a peaceful, happy and comfortable you watching all of this go by.
