Natural Afterlife by Bryon K Ehlmann
This paper gives a brief overview of the theory of a natural afterlife. References are given to ... more This paper gives a brief overview of the theory of a natural afterlife. References are given to other papers that provide more detail. The natural afterlife is a long overlooked, natural phenomenon; is scientifically very plausible, i.e., is not supernatural; provides a philosophically, i.e., logically, consistent heaven; is for many religiously acceptable; and can significantly impact how one views death and dying.
Scientific GOD Journal, 2017
This overview of the theory of a natural afterlife gives a scientifically plausible, logically co... more This overview of the theory of a natural afterlife gives a scientifically plausible, logically consistent answer to the age-old question of “Where is heaven?” and may change forever how you view death. It abbreviates a more comprehensive and in-depth paper entitled “The Theory of a Natural Afterlife: A Newfound, Real Possibility for What Awaits Us at Death.”1 As the natural afterlife is all relative to what’s in the mind of a dying person, it is best described and imagined here in terms of you, the dying person.
Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, 2016
For centuries humans have considered just two main possibilities for what awaits us at death: a “... more For centuries humans have considered just two main possibilities for what awaits us at death: a “nothingness” like that of our before-life or some type of supernatural afterlife. The theory of a natural afterlife defines a vastly different, real possibility. The natural afterlife embodies all of the sensory perceptions, thoughts, and emotions present in the final moment of a near-death experience. With death this dream-like moment becomes timeless and everlasting to the dying person—essentially, a never-ending dream. The relativeness and timelessness of the natural afterlife must be clearly understood to appreciate why it’s not supernatural yet indeed an afterlife and potentially the optimal heaven. The theory of a natural afterlife is now only a hypothesis; however, science, human experience, and logical deduction suggest that it’s extremely plausible and advances in science and technology could someday make it a scientific theory. This paper states the theory, describes the unconventional afterlife it defines, extensively analyzes its validity, and briefly addresses how it can significantly impact how people view death. Analytical tools, typically used for system modeling and language definition, are applied here to present an abstract model of a lifetime within time eternal. The model is used to support and explain the theory.
HubPages, 2024
The more people who know about the psychological reality of death, the fewer suicides and mass sh... more The more people who know about the psychological reality of death, the fewer suicides and mass shootings. Science does not claim consciousness ends at death. Though it materially ends, cog-nitive science reveals that, psychologically, it is imperceptibly paused. So, nonexistence is not an option.
The Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2022
The theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC) states that human consciousness is not exting... more The theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC) states that human consciousness is not extinguished with death but merely imperceptibly paused. That is, the last conscious moment of the last experience of a person becomes imperceptibly timeless and deceptively eternal from their perspective. Moreover, if that experience is a vision, dream, or near-death experience and is perceived as an afterlife, then the NEC is a natural afterlife. An earlier article by Ehlmann (2020) explains the NEC theory and claims its validity. This addendum provides a brief overview of that article but, more significantly, these enhancements: (1) an easier to grasp description of the notation used to formally define the NEC and natural afterlife; (2) an extension to this notation to formally define the eventually timeless natural afterlife (etna)—a time-perceiving, activity-filled afterlife that concludes with the timeless natural afterlife and can provide optimal eternal happiness; (3) greater focus on the validity of the NEC theory: the role of self-awareness, the theory of paused consciousness in timelessness (PCT) and its everyday verification, and the improbable falsification of the NEC theory as a hypothesis to the PCT theory; and (4) a new diagram that summarizes the meanings of NEC-related terms and the relationships among them.
Journal of Mind and Behavior, 2020
Focusing solely on the near-death cognizance of the dying, rather than the material perspective o... more Focusing solely on the near-death cognizance of the dying, rather than the material perspective of the living, reveals a new understanding of death. Its significance to psychology, philosophy, and religion is huge for what emerges is a long overlooked phenomenon: a nonsupernatural, relativistic, and timelessly eternal consciousness, which can be a natural afterlife. Ironically, the validity of the theory of a natural eternal consciousness (NEC) assumes the loss of all materially based consciousness with death—more specifically, the permanent loss of time perception. The theory claims, and the article deduces from empirical knowledge, that by imperceptibly entering the timelessness before death, one’s last conscious moment, whatever the type, becomes by default—psychologically, from one’s perspective—a forever present moment. To help explain and validate the theory, the article presents thought experiments and a formal model of all of life’s moments and all transitions between periods of time perception and those of timelessness. An open-minded reading should reveal that the NEC does not threaten faith in a god or a heaven.
A Natural Afterlife Discovered: The Newfound, Psychological Reality That Awaits Us at Death, 2022
This book reveals an amazingly long-overlooked psychological reality that dawned on the author wh... more This book reveals an amazingly long-overlooked psychological reality that dawned on the author when he woke up from a dream and thought: “Suppose I had never woken up? Though others would know, how would I ever know it was over?” Based on cognitive science research and analysis, the author found that consciousness is not extinguished with death but, from a dying person’s perspective, only imperceptibly “paused.”
Given this, from your perspective, you’ll never lose your mind, self, and soul. And, given dreams and near-death experiences, you may experience a timeless natural—i.e., scientifically supported—afterlife, which can be a heaven of utmost happiness.
Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection was an earth-shattering revelation about how life evolved. This book is about an equally earth-shattering scientific theory about how a human life ends, including its possible impact on society and on you.
For more information on the book, including media posts and author interviews, visit bryonehlmann.com.
Computer Science Research by Bryon K Ehlmann
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications: Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations, 2009
Conceptually, a database consists of objects and relationships. Object Relationship Notation (ORN... more Conceptually, a database consists of objects and relationships. Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a simple notation that more precisely defines relationships by combining UML multiplicities with uniquely defined referential actions.
This book shows how ORN can be used in UML class diagrams and database definition languages (DDLs) to better model and implement relationships and thus more productively develop database applications. For the database developer, it presents many examples of relationships modeled using ORN-extended class diagrams and shows how these relationships are easily mapped to an ORN-extended SQL or Object DDL. For the DBMS developer, it presents the specifications and algorithms needed to implement ORN in a relational and object DBMS.
This book also describes tools that can be downloaded or accessed via the Web. These tools allow databases to be modeled using ORN and implemented using automatic code generation that adds ORN support to Microsoft SQL Server and Progress Object Store.
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications: Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations is written for research scientists, research libraries, professionals, and advanced-level students in computer science.
Proceedings of the 6th …, 1992
Haya Shida, Subscribe (Full Service), Register (Limited Service, Free), Login. Search: The ACM Di... more Haya Shida, Subscribe (Full Service), Register (Limited Service, Free), Login. Search: The ACM Digital Library The Guide. ...
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2002
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a declarative scheme that allows a variety of common relati... more Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a declarative scheme that allows a variety of common relationship types to be conveniently specified to a Database Management System (DBMS), thereby allowing their semantics to be automatically enforced by the DBMS. ORN can be integrated into any data model that represents binary associations or DBMS that implements them. In this paper, we give a
Information and Software Technology, 2000
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a declarative scheme that permits a variety of common types... more Object Relationship Notation (ORN) is a declarative scheme that permits a variety of common types of relationships to be conveniently defined to a Database Management System (DBMS), thereby allowing the DBMS to automatically enforce their semantics. Though first proposed for object DBMSs, ORN is applicable to any data model that represents binary entity-relationships or to any DBMS that implements them.
Information and Software Technology, 1996
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) allows relationship semantics to be specified to an object dat... more Object Relationship Notation (ORN) allows relationship semantics to be specified to an object database management system (ODBMS) when relationships are represented as object-valued class attributes, both singly and multiply valued. Other declarative schemes have been proposed or developed to define semantics for such relationships when they are represented as foreign keys in a relational database or as relations in an extended object data model. In this paper we give an overview of ORN and compare it to these other schemes as well as to the declarative capabilities that currently exist for defining relationships in commercial ODBMSs. The purpose of our comparison is to permit the relative merits of ORN to be appreciated and to underscore the need for such a notation in ODBMSs.
Knowledge and Information Systems, 2011
Association patterns provide guidance for modeling the associations that occur among objects with... more Association patterns provide guidance for modeling the associations that occur among objects within both the real world and the solution domains of computer applications. The patterns help the designer better understand and more precisely define the semantics of these associations, which allows them to be more easily and properly implemented. This paper describes a number of association patterns using Object Relation Notation (ORN) and by doing so provides evidence for the effectiveness of this notation. It also shows how the development of database systems can be improved by an approach that uses association patterns to build a database model and then implements the model by mapping it to an ORN-extended database definition that is supported by a DBMS. The feasibility of this approach and the applicability of our association patterns have been val-idated by DBMS research prototypes and by the modeling, implementing, and testing of numerous associations.
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1993
Nuclear physics experiments to be conducted at future accelerators will result m the accumulation... more Nuclear physics experiments to be conducted at future accelerators will result m the accumulation of vast quantities of data . This paper briefly discusses an object-oriented database (OODB) approach for effectively managing this data and, more importantly, presents an object-based conceptual model of a nuclear physics experiments database as an initial by-product of applying this approach . The database model is provided by an object-relationship diagram (ORD) The concepts and conventions related to an ORD are explained, and the ORDs and associated terminology of the proposed model are given Two prototypes that are currently being developed based on the model are also briefly discussed. The nuclear physics experiments database model and prototypes result from software research and development efforts associated with the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF).
Advances in Database Systems, 2009
Advances in Database Systems, 2009
Advances in Database Systems, 2009
Advances in Database Systems, 2009
Advances in Database Systems, 2009
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Natural Afterlife by Bryon K Ehlmann
Given this, from your perspective, you’ll never lose your mind, self, and soul. And, given dreams and near-death experiences, you may experience a timeless natural—i.e., scientifically supported—afterlife, which can be a heaven of utmost happiness.
Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection was an earth-shattering revelation about how life evolved. This book is about an equally earth-shattering scientific theory about how a human life ends, including its possible impact on society and on you.
For more information on the book, including media posts and author interviews, visit bryonehlmann.com.
Computer Science Research by Bryon K Ehlmann
This book shows how ORN can be used in UML class diagrams and database definition languages (DDLs) to better model and implement relationships and thus more productively develop database applications. For the database developer, it presents many examples of relationships modeled using ORN-extended class diagrams and shows how these relationships are easily mapped to an ORN-extended SQL or Object DDL. For the DBMS developer, it presents the specifications and algorithms needed to implement ORN in a relational and object DBMS.
This book also describes tools that can be downloaded or accessed via the Web. These tools allow databases to be modeled using ORN and implemented using automatic code generation that adds ORN support to Microsoft SQL Server and Progress Object Store.
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications: Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations is written for research scientists, research libraries, professionals, and advanced-level students in computer science.
Given this, from your perspective, you’ll never lose your mind, self, and soul. And, given dreams and near-death experiences, you may experience a timeless natural—i.e., scientifically supported—afterlife, which can be a heaven of utmost happiness.
Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection was an earth-shattering revelation about how life evolved. This book is about an equally earth-shattering scientific theory about how a human life ends, including its possible impact on society and on you.
For more information on the book, including media posts and author interviews, visit bryonehlmann.com.
This book shows how ORN can be used in UML class diagrams and database definition languages (DDLs) to better model and implement relationships and thus more productively develop database applications. For the database developer, it presents many examples of relationships modeled using ORN-extended class diagrams and shows how these relationships are easily mapped to an ORN-extended SQL or Object DDL. For the DBMS developer, it presents the specifications and algorithms needed to implement ORN in a relational and object DBMS.
This book also describes tools that can be downloaded or accessed via the Web. These tools allow databases to be modeled using ORN and implemented using automatic code generation that adds ORN support to Microsoft SQL Server and Progress Object Store.
Object Relationship Notation (ORN) for Database Applications: Enhancing the Modeling and Implementation of Associations is written for research scientists, research libraries, professionals, and advanced-level students in computer science.