Where Do We Go When We Die?

Are Ghosts Real?

Mia Coats
Beyond the Oval
4 min readSep 27, 2019

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I have the answer to your question. I know exactly what happens to us when we die. I know that we float away into the environment through whatever burial ritual we undergo. I know that you officially die in about 10 minutes after your circulation stops. Maybe you’ll die in bed or maybe of old age or maybe you’ll be hit by a bus(sorry *SPIRIT,* I know it probably hurt). And if global warming doesn’t kill us first, or we don’t end it all over a Twitter battle, then we are left to answer the question: Where do we go when we die?

Now, we know where our body goes but what happens to the soul? That is the question. I believe that we turn into ghosts(KEEP READING).

“#God” by La Shola y EL Gringo? is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

No not the traditional, at the end of a dark hallway ghost and no, not the friendly ghost, Casper. I believe that we are simply reincarnated into spirits that roam the Earth watching over their families in their own heaven. Every religion and belief is correct in this way, and therefore, ghosts are real. Here’s why.

“Your Guardian Angel” by Cornelia Kopp is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

Heaven is real. Heaven is a place on earth. In any story ever, heaven is described as holy and godly and gives hope to those that there is something better after life and death. “We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:8).” Heaven is described as a place outside the body and with the Lord but is not described as having to physically be beyond the confines of our planet.

“#Earth Spent earth day in Zion National Park [OC][4000x6000]” by junaidrao is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

God himself is said to live in a reality outside of our own, so who is to say that that same dimension isn’t just an alternate reality on the same planet? “Until God’s new creation overwhelms this old one, the way that heaven touches this world is through his people.”It is believed that Jesus came to earth maybe just as we may go to heaven. Now for the record, I am not here to bash a religion or change your beliefs. No one can tell you what to believe but, this is an interesting theory to ponder, is it not?

“Sermon Mount Jesus Christ Mormon” by More Good Foundation is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0

Ok, so reincarnation and being a ghost? You’ve heard the stories of the orbs and hauntings and, the hand prints on glass. Although those may be real, the ghosts that exist are those that were here in human form, and for the most part don’t mean harm. Some ghosts may be viewed as evil, because there is believed to be both heaven and hell and therefore, good and evil.

There is no good evidence as to whether or not ghosts are real, so I can’t give you the hard facts.What I can tell you is: “There are two possible reasons for the failure of ghost hunters to find good evidence. The first is that ghosts don’t exist, and that reports of ghosts can be explained by psychology, misperceptions, mistakes and hoaxes. The second option is that ghosts do exist, but that ghost hunters are simply incompetent and need to bring more science to the search.” But again I’m not talking so much about ghosts. I mean I am but, I more so mean spirits and souls that live among us, watch over us, and even in a sense, haunt us. They are our guardian angels, our demons, our family.

“Family Reunion” by Joel Gillman is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

But still there is heavy debate. “If ghosts are the spirits of those whose deaths were unavenged, why are there unsolved murders, since ghosts are said to communicate with psychic mediums, and should be able to identify their killers for the police.” Honestly, I don’t have all the answers, and I don’t think anyone does. There are always going to be opposing sides to the ideas of others. Heaven or hell, ghosts or no ghosts. I believe this truth, my truth, to be real. Why? Because with so many religions and so many beliefs, some have to be true. Why? Because there has to be more to life than death. So, where do we go when we die? We go to heaven on earth. Are ghosts real? Yes, but not like we’d think. These are my facts. This is what I know.

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