I was thinking this morning... what if when we die our consciousness simply exit the body? In this case, we would have life after death, right?

Well, here's the dilemma. When we die, our brain ceases to transmit electricity, right? Well, where does the electricity goes? Does it propagate outside the body? If that is so, we wouldn't be able to perceive it, right? So maybe we are actually that subtle electricity, living confined in those bodies?

How likely is this scenario? Is there a place in our brains that houses the consciousness?

The other question that was raised this morning is rather consciousness is an illusion. Well, we are perceiving it right now, aren't we? But is that an illusion that our brains create?

I think the answer leads to whether there is life after death or not. If there isn't life after death, then consciousness is an illusion created by the brain and it ceases to exist with the brain. If there is life after death, then consciousness is not an illusion and can exist independently of the brain.

Your pick? ;)

The Seeker :m:

An illusion that is reality. But your theory on electricity going somewhere after death aint dumb, I think. :m:

our personality, soul, and everything else that is us is essentially stored in our brain - our cerebrum is a large, complex mass of switches that can set, reuse, and destroy pathways that mold our indivuality. we die with our bodies - sry to be so blunt, but thats it - no afterlife, no anything - we just DIE

the brain is just a web of connections through which energy travels--like a filter turning raw material into refined and organized material. and the residue left behind are your memories. the structure of the pathways through your brain, as well as the chemicals in your brain and the memories in your neurons--all of these affect how electricity travels through the interconnected web of your brain, which is what your conscious mind is. when you die, the processes of the body stop and no longer power the brain to allow for energy to flow through the pathways and so the conscious mind is diffused and that energy is no longer flowing through that filter--it is unbound by the brain.

our personality, soul, and everything else that is us is essentially stored in our brain - our cerebrum is a large, complex mass of switches that can set, reuse, and destroy pathways that mold our indivuality. we die with our bodies - sry to be so blunt, but thats it - no afterlife, no anything - we just DIE

Good, someone around here agrees with me. :cool:

It makes sense that once you die the body ceases to function so the energy created from those functions does not exist, however I think that the brain stores our consiciouness and when we die it is released. The reason why we do not see the energy or electricity of the consiouness is because of the thick atmosphere.

What are you talking about? Energy just does not cease to exist. Just a transfer of energy.

The energy of the dead goes into other people.

We need exorcists....

I meant the energy leaves with the conciousness