Is Death Our End Or Just The Beginning Of Something New

A strange experience has given me hope

One of the things we all fear at one time or another is death. When we’re young, we don’t give the concept of death any attention. We’re young, we’re invincible, we treat it as if it isn’t real. It’s the age of innocence.

Then as we get older, and shall I say closer to the inevitable, we at least occasionally think about it. We’ve seen death before in our parents, family members, and friends. We see the deceased’s loved ones paying their respects, saying goodbye, and shedding tears during funerals. It is a difficult time for those left behind.

At some point, I suspect that we all come to terms with our own eventual demise out of necessity. We can beg it not to happen, but in the end, it’s futile.

This leads me to a strange occurrence I had last night.

I laid down in bed, and after a few minutes was in an extremely calm and comfortable state. It was an odd feeling, one where my limbs felt numb and heavy, and yet I felt as though I was floating. I hadn’t been meditating or doing anything different than I do any other night so I have no explanation for the state I was in.

Then for some unexplained reason, out of nowhere, a question came to me.

“Are you afraid of dying?”

I didn’t feel any sense of fear because of the question, just a continued sense of absolute calm. The answer came just as easily as the question did.

“No, I’m not.”

I don’t know why this question and answer session came to be, I just know that it did and I fell into a state of complete peace afterward.

It was one of the more surreal things I’ve ever had happen to me. Since this occurred, I’ve been thinking a lot about it.

I stick by my answer and feel even more sure than ever that death is nothing to be feared. I don’t have anything tangible that I can point to for my certainty, but to my core, I know it to be true.

It’s interesting how the mind works. Or maybe it’s a Higher power influencing our thoughts. I don’t know which one it is, but I feel as though the latter is most likely. The experience felt too spiritual for it not to be.

I won’t go into a discussion of the existence of God, the Universal Being, or whatever you choose to call it since every human being needs to decide on this for themselves.

What I will say is that whether you believe in something besides darkness after death or not, there is no argument to be had here. On one side we have faith while on the other we have science and reason, and to the human mind, either one could be true.

Since none of us are omnipotent, we can’t possibly know what our future holds once we die. But after my experience last night, I believe that there is something more in store for us than our human brains can possibly comprehend.

Now, I’m not looking to depart this life anytime soon, believe me, but I feel strangely comforted by the experience I had should the time come. And let’s face it, we know it will — eventually.

I would be interested in knowing if you’ve had something similar happen to you. If so I’d love to hear about it.

Until next time…

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