I read quite a fascinating article today about atheists take on life after death. The many atheists that I have spoken to said there was no existence of death, this person wrote an article and stated that they didn’t believe that there was some type of continuing existence but not in a way that can be defined nor explained.
I have many friends that have their own interpretations of life after death some by religion, some guided by their own personal opinion, and others simply do not think that there is anything all. I’m skeptical, and I’ve always been a man of science over anything but being pagan I do sometimes wish that those that have died too soon will be able to join me in some sort of other existence (which we call the Summerlands).
I always live life with the attitude that you are born, and you die and between those two events, what happens in between is entirely up to you to determine, and only you can make it what you want it to be. Some people I have met I think that they have no desire or inclination to live a happy and productive life because something better awaits them after they die.
Yet what are the boundaries and limitations when it comes to believing in what exists after we have gone? Are we constricted and bounded by thoughts and beliefs that have been passed down from generation to generation?. Can human beings that co-existed living on Earth meet in the spiritual realm even though they have their own unique views and interpretations of what the afterlife maybe?
Its certainly food for thought I am certainly not going if to do well on what awaits me in 40 or 50 years from now because what is necessary to me is the here and now. As you get older the number of people in your life sharply decreases, and I think we owe it to ourselves to make life the best it can be.
What awaits us after we die, if anything, is only going to be revealed when that time comes. For now, I’m going to live life in celebration of those that have left and ensure that their memories and legacy live on in my own work and writing. Finally if, they are somewhere waiting for me than it does give me peace of mind that there is always that something to look forward to.
