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Journal of Near-Death Studies, 2006

The words psychology and psychiatry mean respectively science and medicine of mind. So the study of the mind-body relationship, the source of consciousness and whether it survives bodily death, could be one of psychology's and psychiatry's greatest enterprises. Un fortunately, these scientific disciplines have understudied these topics. Usually, even considering the possibility of a source of consciousness outside the brain or its survival after death is considered heretical and raises doubts about one's scientific credibility. However, the question of whether the personality survives after death is one of the most im portant ones a scientist can pose. Since ancient times, most religions and philosophies have tried to solve, or at least to discuss, that subject. In the last 150 years many scientists and scholars have tried using scientific tools to answer this burning question (Alvarado, 2003). Studies in these fields developed by some of the most important names in psychology and medicine, such as

To make educated guesses about what happens to consciousness upon bodily death, one has to have some understanding of the relationship between body and consciousness during life. This relationship, of course, reflects an ontology. In this brief essay, the tenability of both the physicalist and dualist ontologies will be assessed in view of recent experimental results in physics. The alternative ontology of idealism will then be discussed, which not only can be reconciled with the available empirical evidence, but also overcomes the lack of parsimony and limited explanatory power of physicalism and dualism. Idealism elegantly explains the basic facts of reality, such as (a) the fact that brain activity correlates with experience, (b) the fact that we all seem to share the same world, and (c) the fact that we can't change the laws of nature at will. If idealism is correct, the implication is that, instead of disappearing, conscious inner life expands upon bodily death, a prediction that finds circumstantial but significant confirmation in reports of near-death experiences and psychedelic trances, both of which can be construed as glimpses into the early stages of the death process.

An Afterlife, 2024

An afterlife? Is there sufficient evidence to justify a belief in life after death? This presentation will first examine what the skeptics say and then examine the most compelling line of evidence for postmortem survival. I too was once a skeptic who only gradually came to realize that I was wrong. I was reluctant to change my mind but facts are a stubborn thing. But before I describe this evidence let me present one more quotation.

An Afterlife, 2025

An afterlife? Is there sufficient evidence to justify a belief in life after death? This presentation will first examine what the skeptics say and then examine the most compelling line of evidence for postmortem survival. I too was once a skeptic who only gradually came to realize that I was wrong. I was reluctant to change my mind but facts are a stubborn thing.

Philosophy Research Archives, 1975

I argue that life after death (understood as personal survival of one's death) is an appropriate object of one's hope, despite the fact that it may not be an appropriate object of one's belief. That is, the hope for life after death is a reasonable hope. Whereas the belief that there is a life after death may not be a justified belief.

Observations by Lucretius and Seneca suggest that "life after death" is the necessary mode of all life. Since it is possible to pop into existence from death (non-existence) once, the question naturally arises: Can one pop into existence again after living and dying once? Some arguments against this possibility are examined and shown to lack a solid foundation.

International Journal of Social Impact , 2020

Philosophers and thinkers have been theorizing on life after death, and, several theories have emerged on the intriguing topic, as to, what happens after we die. As there are extensively reported discarnate communications, Survival theory asserts there is extension of life beyond death and discarnate spirits communicate. Super psi theory's view is that, there is no extension of life; the reported communications from dead may be through handiwork of a refined form of psi, called Super psi. But wherefrom the communication is extracted; is answered by theory of Radical Survivalism, which stipulates, that the Knowledge form stays in existence after death (there is no extension of life though). It keeps all past events, and all information in storage and this knowledge form becomes a part of Absolute Knowledge form; the communication gets extracted from Absolute Knowledge form through psi or super psi by living people. Some questions still remain unanswered-does the Knowledge form stop here; is there no further manifestation? How, then, we explain new births, can there, still be, life and death cycles? The reincarnations and manifestations of apparitions who communicate with living people are not dealt in the theories other than survival theory. What about life after death of non-human living forms? There are reported existence of living forms in other planets, what happens to them? Can we traverse anywhere in Cosmos after death? If there is survival after death, does manifestation of life in next cycle is in same living speci form or humans can manifest in non-human living forms and vice-versa? The suggested Energy Survival Theory attempts to find answers to some of above questions. The theory is based on the concept of Energy which cannot be created or destroyed; it can, only, undergo transformation.

2024

The following seeks to discuss why consciousness at death and the innate immortality of the soul are two doctrines that are incompatible with the biblical testimony.

Journal of Consciousness Exploration & Research, 2016

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.