Its something I need to look into because if I am wrong in my interpretation of the words, then my view is going to change when corrected

@Ju$T b0Rg1Ka I certainly hope it’s not

I am fairly confident this is not my first time walking Terra and it will not be my last.

I wonder where all the animals, or all previous life on earth have gone post-death

Like, yknow pets and what not

That's where Buddhism comes in

question is, what is our consciousness? Is it a soul? A unique set of neural pathways?

Unsure

@nate112332 that’s why I lean on reincarnation a little bit, because that matter has to go somewhere. It’s not destroyed

No definitive answer has been agreed upon yet

For as long as our little blue ball has been spinning around the sun, death can not be the end

@KenneticEnergy But then why don't we keep memories through death?

Life.. uh, finds a way

Lol

Existence is just too interesting

@nate112332 new neural cells, new brain wouldn’t keep any of the old memories

Physiologically that would make sense

If we did have past lives, we would have no way of knowing or discovering it

Reminds me of Yrel's line in the Abhorsen trilogy; "I like sleeping...and I like fish. I like many other things as well and that is why I, Yrel, stand against you."

Right, live 20 times and you'll simply not give a damn. What if memories are unloaded onto a server that we can access only in death, then be reincarnated when ready?

well "server" is the best word for it

tbf we could be in a matrix

@nate112332 yeah you wouldn’t keep any of the old memories, and you wouldn’t be the wiser

idk

@nate112332 you are in the matrix

Hmmmmm

Like I could ask you right now, do you have any recollection of living before?

I would like those afterlives

You’d say no lol

but I have no reason to believe the universe is that kind

It’s possible it’s like an endless cycle. Or that time isn’t linear and we travel forwards and backwards at will

possible

yes

probable, no

@KenneticEnergy I am wondering if we could unlock our genetic memory we would in a way be able to view our ancestors

@Rhunespire it’d be interesting to converse with them. Although I’d have to say our societies would be unrecognizable haha

Sometimes I feel a flashback like thing to some invasion, not sure what front but ww2 esque. could be me growing up around ww2 history though.

@KenneticEnergy oh for sure

The human imagination is... confusing

Memory is a fickle thing too

@nate112332 it’s also possible for the brain to create memories that never happened. Crazy, but true