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True Dough

(17,296 posts) Fri Jul 20, 2018, 06:15 AM Jul 2018

What do you think happens when you die? [View all]

I'm sure this has been discussed here before, but this wouldn't be the first repetitive thread.

Death is so fascinating because, despite all of our technological advances, we still know so little about what comes next. You will be diagnosed as dead at some point, that's for certain. Your cause of death will be recorded. Your physical remains will be disposed of in some manner, perhaps as you requested before you went belly up.

There are about 7.5 billion of us sharing the Earth right now. But since the dawn of homo sapiens, more than 100 billion people have died. That's a lot of deaths. Not one of them can tell us a thing. We're left to guess or have faith.

So what do you expect to happen after you take your last breath?

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What do you think happens when you die? [View all] True Dough Jul 2018 OP

I am sure mindem Jul 2018 #1

Nothing Cartoonist Jul 2018 #2

Agree.. mitch96 Jul 2018 #33

Well, it started with an orgasm Major Nikon Jul 2018 #43

LOL Rorey Jul 2018 #115

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #135

Not true Major Nikon Jul 2018 #42

Here's the way I look at it TexasBushwhacker Jul 2018 #50

Are you afraid of the light? guillaumeb Jul 2018 #51

JESUS H. TAP-DANCING CHRIST... I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT! Major Nikon Jul 2018 #52

Did it frighten you? eom guillaumeb Jul 2018 #53

What light? Major Nikon Jul 2018 #55

The light that is there to be seen. eom guillaumeb Jul 2018 #70

The Band! Major Nikon Jul 2018 #73

One of us is going to be surprised on judgment day! in2herbs Jul 2018 #97

I'm OK Cartoonist Jul 2018 #103

You are an authority, eh? Tipperary Jul 2018 #100

Wassup? Cartoonist Jul 2018 #102

Opinions are fine. You stated it like a fact. That is all. Tipperary Jul 2018 #106

Everything is opinion Cartoonist Jul 2018 #117

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You did not notice the same thing Cartoonist Jul 2018 #138

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Read the OP title again Cartoonist Jul 2018 #140

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #142

I was right Cartoonist Jul 2018 #143

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I'm a Buddhist vlyons Jul 2018 #3

Buddhist also.... Zoonart Jul 2018 #13

Welcome to KaluYuga, the Age of Degeneration vlyons Jul 2018 #18

Thank you so much. Zoonart Jul 2018 #21

Trump's future is quite bleak because of his actions. I can feel sorry for him, the Preta King Taraman Jul 2018 #29

I see him as the parade of the kleshas vlyons Jul 2018 #32

Trump is the 'hungry ghost' left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #35

I see him as more of an asura vlyons Jul 2018 #104

Tibetan Book of the Dead left-of-center2012 Jul 2018 #36

Good post. I noticed the Thai boys that were rescued in the cave entrapment had their Buddhist Tipperary Jul 2018 #99

I think you're dead and that's that. Arkansas Granny Jul 2018 #4

... hlthe2b Jul 2018 #5

I've got $500 in my benefits tirebiter Jul 2018 #6

It's like flipping a switch to the off position. BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2018 #7

I was present at the peaceful deaths of two people at different times. Girard442 Jul 2018 #8

Relevant video. Iggo Jul 2018 #48

That was great! Rorey Jul 2018 #86

Energy is neither created or destroyed still_one Jul 2018 #9

and ditto for mind vlyons Jul 2018 #19

I don't know. But, from my experiences as a hospice nurse it seems that for some people mucifer Jul 2018 #10

My husband went through that the last day... Frustratedlady Jul 2018 #152

i will finally get a good nights sleep! samnsara Jul 2018 #11

As usual, Shakespeare said it best... TreasonousBastard Jul 2018 #12

He also said this about sleep....... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #84

I asked this question to one of the smartest people I know PJMcK Jul 2018 #14

We will feel like we did before we were born... LuckyCharms Jul 2018 #15

I feel the same way. nt zanana1 Jul 2018 #96

I was embracing my previous husband when he died Rorey Jul 2018 #16

Thank you for sharing that, Rorey True Dough Jul 2018 #24

My aunt was like your mom Rorey Jul 2018 #85

It's very common in hospice for patients to fear addiction. Even parents refusing mucifer Jul 2018 #108

Gratitude for hospice Rorey Jul 2018 #109

Rorey, I know exactly the feeling you experienced. woodsprite Jul 2018 #77

What a beautiful description Rorey Jul 2018 #83

Thank you for sharing that. smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #92

Everything that makes us "us" resides in our biodegradable brains Ron Obvious Jul 2018 #17

I don't like to think it's so simple True Dough Jul 2018 #25

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2018 #141

Someone asked Trungpa Rimpoche why he believed in reincarnation vlyons Jul 2018 #20

You exist, and then you don't exist anymore, just like before you ever existed dalton99a Jul 2018 #22

A brief moment of total enlightenment, then peace. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #23

Peace sounds good, Floyd True Dough Jul 2018 #26

Several years ago I had a near death experience. Since then I have had no fear of dying. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #27

Glad you're still among us, Floyd True Dough Jul 2018 #34

Thank you! Me too! Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #40

What happened? What was it like? smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #93

Without going into a lot of detail, I was bleeding out. I was in a lot of pain and knew I was dying. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #145

Wow, what an experience! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #147

NP. Don't fear the unknown. Floyd R. Turbo Jul 2018 #150

Our bodies are powered by energy... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2018 #28

Absolutely gorgeous poem, and so meaningful! Thank you for sharing! n/t woodsprite Jul 2018 #79

The time after you die will be just like the time before you were born. NightWatcher Jul 2018 #30

The equal and opposite reaction to the moment you were conceived... Moostache Jul 2018 #31

Cartoonist and Nightwatcher Polly Hennessey Jul 2018 #37

I do not know. nancy1942 Jul 2018 #38

Darn it, nancy True Dough Jul 2018 #39

My body goes to the crematory.... Tikki Jul 2018 #41

I believe in reincarnation IrishEyes Jul 2018 #44

What if you come back English in the next life? True Dough Jul 2018 #45

That's okay. I will always have an Irish soul, an Irish wit and an Irish stubbornness. IrishEyes Jul 2018 #89

Times goes forward without me. Solly Mack Jul 2018 #46

I agree. saidsimplesimon Jul 2018 #65

That's it. Iggo Jul 2018 #47

My body will rot and provide nutrients to other organisms csziggy Jul 2018 #49

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All your problems go away. Turbineguy Jul 2018 #54

I'm a Frisbyterian... LuvLoogie Jul 2018 #56

You never know what you'll find up there, LuvLoogie... True Dough Jul 2018 #57

LOL Rorey Jul 2018 #87

The Rangers win the Stanley Cup BeyondGeography Jul 2018 #58

Worm dirt Freethinker65 Jul 2018 #59

All my problems cease to be problems no matter what happens beachbum bob Jul 2018 #60

You meet a 3 headed dog guarding a subterranean river... DBoon Jul 2018 #61

I'll try to remember True Dough Jul 2018 #105

People try to figure out what they are getting? Historic NY Jul 2018 #62

If we are fortunate, we are remembered well. aikoaiko Jul 2018 #63

I highly doubt you live on in any way other than in peoples hearts and things you leave behind... mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #64

World keeps on spinning... Glamrock Jul 2018 #66

The best I could do... True Dough Jul 2018 #72

Nothing Snackshack Jul 2018 #67

There is no death, only change. gtar100 Jul 2018 #68

We play saxophone for an all-girl cabaret in New Orleans Coventina Jul 2018 #69

Pittsburgh! DeadLetterOffice Jul 2018 #110

LOL! Coventina Jul 2018 #111

I grew up there, so I'm especially fond of it. DeadLetterOffice Jul 2018 #112

My earliest memories are of Pittsburgh. Coventina Jul 2018 #113

Odyssey by Aldo Leopold Botany Jul 2018 #71

Blink out Ahpook Jul 2018 #74

Someone littlemissmartypants Jul 2018 #75

I love this poem: applegrove Jul 2018 #76

thats nice - do you know what name of poem is it comes from ? tia Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2018 #120

Here is the author: applegrove Jul 2018 #122

You are assuming there's a "next". defacto7 Jul 2018 #78

The last thing I see is this guy coming out of the restaurant bathroom, and then....... suston96 Jul 2018 #80

We go back to exactly where we came from. Eko Jul 2018 #81

Hopefully I go to a place without ANY Republicans. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2018 #82

That would be a place called "Heaven". smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #95

I was dead for billions of years before I was alive, Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2018 #88

The real question... Xolodno Jul 2018 #90

Remember before you were born? Basic LA Jul 2018 #91

The first thing - my wife gets rid of the motorbike that does not run. Algernon Moncrieff Jul 2018 #94

I think the energy forcefield that was "me" disengages from the physical body and melds into the Kashkakat v.2.0 Jul 2018 #98

" Not in a rush to get there, but I'm not exactly fearing it either." Rorey Jul 2018 #114

Your soul haunts your relatives and enemies Renew Deal Jul 2018 #101

I think... DeadLetterOffice Jul 2018 #107

It's just like going to sleep SCantiGOP Jul 2018 #116

Nothing. Your consciousness ceases to exist. nt raccoon Jul 2018 #118

Before he died, E. E. Cummings wrote this. After, he didn't write any more. Snellius Jul 2018 #119

Decomposition. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2018 #121

Here today, gone tomorrow, soon forgotten. My remains will exist as dust! My DU posts RKP5637 Jul 2018 #123

Well, if you were to be reincarnated True Dough Jul 2018 #125

Also, imagine if being reincarnated as a deplorable! RKP5637 Jul 2018 #134

The exact same thing that happens when a fly is swatted. Mr.Bill Jul 2018 #124

My kid gets my shit. RandySF Jul 2018 #126

I don't think I'll care about the past Marthe48 Jul 2018 #127

I expect to wake up in a slimy pod and shot down a water slide. gtar100 Jul 2018 #128

Roy Batty said it best exboyfil Jul 2018 #129

You are placed on "Flagged for review" status and never heard from again. Kaleva Jul 2018 #130

I alerted on this post! True Dough Jul 2018 #131

"Flagged for review" ought to be on the headstone of every DUer Kaleva Jul 2018 #148

you're own personal armageddon qazplm135 Jul 2018 #132

Lightning strikes and the miracle of life happens. But if it can strike once, it can strike again. Doodley Jul 2018 #133

I am not sure what happens but I want to know what we are going to do with all scarytomcat Jul 2018 #146

I think you shed your body and then join the universe. onlyadream Jul 2018 #149

some bloating and decay Kali Jul 2018 #151

I'm part Irish underpants Jul 2018 #153

Sounds like when my Grandfather died! 1/5 Scotish 1/2 Irish Va Lefty Jul 2018 #154

I think our spirits leave our bodies behind and we go to phylny Jul 2018 #155