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Originally posted by professornurbs
Originally posted by St Udio
reply to post by Akasirus
in this universe 'I' am a human being, in another multiverse i might be an insect, or water creature, in another manifestation i might be a chunk of rock or a molecule of water.... each and every manifestation of this (my) life energy had a 'birth & a death' in that particular reality of it's own universe.
Last time I was a rock it took me a million+ year to disolve and reincarnate. I will not be doing that again.
Originally posted by Akasirus
I am sure there are many threads here pertaining to life after death, etc, but this is someone a little different than I've seen, and something I have personal insight on.
I was into some pretty crazy trouble until a few years ago. Partying all the time, being completely irresponsible, living life on 'the edge'. However, since I've settled down a bit, I realize how astronomical the odds are I would even still be alive. There are at least 5 separate occasions where considering the circumstances I shouldn't have made it out alive. Hell, on a couple occasions I was sure I had died.
The most recent experience, about 2 years ago, I had been unconscious for about 6 hours before anyone found me. There was so much fluid in my lungs my body wasn't getting any oxygen, and just started shutting down. Suffice to say I don't remember any of that, just waking up in a hospital 6 days later, tied to the bed, with a balloon down my throat breathing for me. They aren't sure why they were even able to resuscitate me against all odds, and for the 6 days I was unconscious the doctors were preparing my family for the likely possibility of me not waking up, or the permanent muscle and brain damage I would have as a result.
But it was a 'miracle', not only were they able to find me, and resuscitate me, I hadn't suffered any permanent damages. Despite much of the tissue in my legs and other areas dying due to tissue hypoxia, my brain suffered no such damage.
I've suffered through 2 fatal car crashes (my cousin, who sitting next to me, died when my aunts car rolled on the freeway, another time I was hit by a drunk driver who did not fare so well), a startling number of close-calls and other 'accidents', yet I am still here to talk about it. The first crash I had a very real near death experience, and was sure I had 'passed on'.
But my purpose here is not to bore you stories of my incredible luck. Quite to opposite actually. I'm extremely unlucky, I've probably died a dozen times already. Each time I would cease to exist, my consciousness goes the other direction down the fork, because that's the only way it can go. We each continually branch out in a higher dimension, carving out our own little reality that is just perfect for us to exist.
Everyone is always talking about the incredible coincidences that the universe exists exactly how it does to hold atoms together, and that we are in existence just at this time when earth supports life, that all these amazing chances to support your life came to be. Well what if none of that is a coincidence? I am not here because everything is just perfect, because I survived against all odds. What if everything is just perfect, and I survived against all odds because I am here.
Of course I don't have any 'proof' to support this, it's just a persistent thought I've had for years that I can't seem to shake. There are many unanswered questions still, such as 'What happens when there are no more branching paths for my life to take?', but I think this idea may have some merit for discussion. It's not something I even believe, or would be able to convincingly argue for, just something that exists to me as an unknowable possibility.
Has anyone else had a similar thought, with or without reason? What are your thoughts on the possibility of our mind being capable of perceiving more than 3 dimensions, steering us down an alternate course when our current road comes to an end?
Originally posted by WeMoveUnseen
I die just about every time i open my bank statements.
Originally posted by pshea38
Originally posted by WeMoveUnseen
I die just about every time i open my bank statements.
Weird. I die just about every time I open your bank statements too.
You really need to work harder for us.