When We All Die, Where Do We Go?

Book 1: The External Universe | Chapter 1.8 | 29 July 2020

As already established, Janthopoyism prefers to leave the mystery to the mysterious by declaring agnosticism on matters with no testable solutions. Until someone dies and then sends a message from the afterworld, we're calling rubbish on every single belief system that declares otherwise.

On the flip side, we're not ruling out the prospect of some prophet somewhere stating something correctly. If so, however, it was likely a lucky guess. Predicting what happens in real life is impossible enough, a feat no personality has achieved in any satisfactory manner throughout history. The greatest prophets who walked the Earth did not successfully foretell anything specific; only ambiguities that were later reshaped to suit varying narratives and intentions. Why then would you trust a theory about death, a topic which has even less proof to its assertions?

Regardless, we do have some opinions on existing hypotheses, and we'd like to pass those along to you now.

In the Janthopoyism realm of understanding, the least realistic scenario would be a comprehendible plane of existence after death, such as those taught by Abrahamic traditions. Whether Heaven or Hell, these locations are described by the same senses we use to perceive our reality now. Why would we see, hear, feel, or even think anything after we die? Our eyes and ears, as well as our nervous and neurological systems are left behind. Look at a dead body; those components are still there! Hence this stance appears unimaginative to us. It's an oversimplified description to push a point across. A point which, to be fair, many modern followers believe to be symbolic rather than literal.

The reincarnation proposal holds better logic. The energy debate between scientific and New Age jargon goes on, but physics teaches us that energy can be converted in form but never created nor destroyed. In the Janthopoyism terminology of the spiritual electricity that runs through our everything, we could use this as a foundation for the theory.

There is a life force that powers us, and once we expire, it departs our meat bodies for use elsewhere. Cut a deceased body and it does not heal; that's how you know something is missing. Beyond this, any suggested details are vague assumptions. We invest sceptical interest in the Vāsanā philosophy of a behavioural or karmic imprint that our re-manifested soul might retain. But we argue against energy remaining bonded to one piece then recycled in a repeated location, such as the same individual rebirthed on Earth with a timeline of past lives preceding. It's nonsensical considering that memories are purely neurological as far as contemporary science goes. Meanwhile, the cyclic reuse of energy in a defined space ignores the infinite scale of the Universe.

Therefore, the above notion appears outdated, presented by an ancient human ego that claims Earth as the apex of physical reality and assumes that spiritual recycling is restricted to its same environment. Are released souls cursed to float around the globe with which they are most accustomed? How limited! What if a person dies on the Moon or Mars? Do they swim their way back to their home planet, or are they stuck in limbo until that atmosphere can find a use for their spirit? The idea becomes additionally problematic when evaluating our seven-fold population growth over 200 years. Where did those souls come from?

Janthopoyism takes an even stronger opposition against the judgement of a reincarnated life, one that is born into a lower quality class because of actions taken by its abandoned brain. That does not correspond to our understood philosophies. Instead, these threats sound suspiciously like manmade attempts at moral herding, scaring people into better behaviour much like those tales of Satan in the Biblical Hell or the eyes of Santa assessing a naughty child. Then again, perhaps we are wrong, and that is exactly how it works.

For fun, let's entertain the feasibility of an individual who is so invested in our world that a potent thought-vibration leaves a readable imprint on an electron. "Past life memories" might be mere residues of intense information of which a new mind catches a glimpse, like a spark of reused electricity holding onto a snippet of previously recorded data now running through the grooves of a fresh brain. Following that, perhaps ghosts are stains of extreme emotion stuck within an energy field of an atmosphere that only specific people can notice when they are in tune with it? Maybe maybe maybe! Janthopoyism does not believe nor disbelieve any of this but enjoys the theoretical possibilities of everything.

In the end, Janthopoyism declines to commit to an official position, but we muse death to feel similar to a flash of relief. The brain may register it for a brief moment, perhaps merely an instant, or perhaps nothing whatsoever. Your Internal Energy then escapes the physical body, now liberated to become one with the Universal Energy like it has many times before. It is akin to a squirt of water into the ocean or breaking a sealed jar to let the air out. The content is not trapped as a singular unit anymore. It moves apart and spreads freely in all directions for infinity. Then, whenever Life summons a complete collection of electricity, a brand-new combination of currents group together, ready to be hugged within tangible matter once again. And "you", as in your mind and personality, will know nothing about it because your neurons remain with the corpse.

As discussed, Janthopoyism prides itself in welcoming the unknown. The excitement of life lies in the enigmatic! Much of the human race no longer requires spiritual pampering to find safety in their reality. To glue yourself to an unprovable concept is setting yourself up for disappointment and shutting you off from every alternative idea available. An all-encompassing "God" figure would appreciate a person who refuses to dumb down the gift of the mind. Committing to a theory, any theory, is blasphemy of the highest order, especially those speculations built upon zero acceptable evidence.

When you examine the evolution of the Universe around us, it's not too stretchy to contemplate that death (and whatever comes after it) might have evolved into something unique too. Each generation's spiritual departure could execute slightly differently from the previous era, ever inspired to move forward by systematic design. In a true multidimensional perspective-based reality, it is even possible that there is no one-size-fits-all afterlife. Instead, what you concentrate on the most opens the door to that subsequent sphere. Or perhaps your timeline splits into infinity, where you experience absolutely everything in different realms. Or maybe you're already dead. The potential propositions are endless and useless.

So let's never talk of this hypothetical waffle again! As Confucianism teaches, we do not have to neglect the souls of the great beyond, but we must prioritise the souls that are alive right now, dealing with one world at a time. That's why, after this chapter, we shall focus on the life you are experiencing at this very moment because it's much more fun to play within this current viewpoint.

After all, one day it will happen to you. Your clock will expire, and you'll stare death in the eyeballs, teetering on the edge between life and the unknown next step. At this full stop, your only objective is to accept it as an inevitable and beautiful moment while remembering how lucky you were to be the selected sperm blessing the egg with life. Of course, you will always feel like you had more to offer, but rest assured you did not, as the system deemed your purpose fulfilled. Hence, your dying thought should be one of a calm acceptance, perhaps sharing with your immediate company that "my chosen time has come".

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