Thursday, June 11, 2015

"Do you think you're going to heaven when you die?" - anonymous

No, not personally; or, rather, not as the individual I am this moment. I do believe, however, that life is eternal. But, in order for it to be eternal it must also by extension be infinite. That means in the strictest sense, I am God. But, again, not the individual I am at this particular moment. That individual is finite, and hence mortal, and will most certainly cease to exist beyond the time of his death. I will never exist as Joseph E. Duncan III (a.k.a. «Jet») again in the future beyond my death, and nor has Jet ever existed in the past before he was born. Jet's memories, body, and mind will be lost to the world, at least until the end of time (which must have an end at some point, since it seems to have had a beginning --- according to our best scientific understanding). (What happens upon «the end of time» is another question altogether; but I tend to follow Nietzsche's line of reasoning that says it all happens over again, with variations... which is perfectly consistent with modern quantum theory.)

So, sorry, Jet won't be seeing anyone in «heaven» or «hell» anytime soon. But, the Being I am (a.k.a. «God») will be here long after Jet has passed away. And, God will never forget about Jet, or stop loving me. So, in this way I will be in heaven after I die, as a memory in the mind of God. And since we exist in the first place as mere thoughts in that same mind, I will be just as real then as I am now... only not as temporal.

[J.D. May 28, 2015]

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