3DMonkey Wrote:Death ties us all together. What is it? Nobody knows, and that is the source of eschatology.
I would suggest that many do know, as I certainly do, but there is no way to prove anything to someone else.
I remember dying in certain ways, remember being here before many times, and have visited new places only to have instant recall of being killed there, even with dates, times and a clear memory of the day and various events. (These memories are mine, and quite distinguishable from thoughts I pick up from others). I have also, along with friends, met people who were 'dead and trapped', and have been able to help them let go of the place they clung to in a 'bad dream'.
Most people can sense such things far more than they want to realise, so they 'shut down' their conscious awareness of it, and so they don't know and are fearful of the thought of death. It perhaps explains why our so-called civilised societies censor everything to do with real death, and try to sanitise the birth and death process. Just more control processes by which the masses are governed, sadly.