The Afterlife: A Possible Hidden Dimension or Something More?
For thousands of years, we, as a species, have known one thing for certain; we will all die. Death is a natural part of life, even if unnatural circumstances bring it on. Regardless of how we exit this reality, we all know it will happen to every one of us someday.
Death is often met with fear and avoidance. No one wants to die, and no one wants to talk about it. We quickly avoid the conversation although it happens to everyone, but what about the conversation worth having? Is there life after death? Do we continue to exist well after our physical bodies have materialized? These are the questions we should be asking and the conversations worth having.
For decades, scientists have been asking these questions and searching for evidential answers starting with where we reside in the body; the brain.
The physical happening of death is easily measured; all rhythmic activity of the body ceases. Your breathing stops along with your heart. With the termination of these life-sustaining functions, the organs begin shutting down, starting with the brain. Within the first 10–20 seconds of death, the brain begins to die from the top downwards, and our consciousness or sense of self is the first to go. However, some neurologists have found that this may not be the case.
