I did get messed up by some anxiety and have these thoughts rolling through my head so I’ll leave it at cosmic horror warning.
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I’m not religious but I have thoughts about experiencing consciousness and what it is. I say that consciousness is independent of memory because we forget, clearly dependent on our physical body, etc. generally I do say that we don’t know consciousness so maybe it can be reconstructed (in the can’t rule out the possibility way)
So I can see scenarios were my conscious could pop into existence without my memories after I die (as I’m writing this I realized that’s nothing to fear).
I am trying to adopt healthier mindset of looking at everything in life as a quest, new things are a call to action, and that it’s okay if everything I do amounts to little in x number of years (worked out okay for ozymandias, right?).
Im probably just rambling because my life has got boring and monotonous along with actual fear of American politics.
Regarding consciousness/the human experience, I think the best way I’ve seen it explained is: a soul (whether you add the religious meaning or not) watching a brain watching a body.
Personally, since I believe I’ll be judged by the Creator, I do believe in life (consciousness) after death. Not reincarnation, but it’s a continuation. Monotheists around the world believe in it also, for whatever that’s worth. 😅