What Happens When You Die?
Well buddy, I’m not sure that dying is the right word?
Why?
Well…the word “dying” seems to mean “to end”. And I don’t think that anything ends. In fact, science shows us that nothing really goes away. It just transforms into something else. In fact, scientists haven’t been able to find an instance, even in crazy places like black holes, where things actually go away. There are just transitions.
What’s a transition again?
It’s a change. A change from one thing to another.
Do you mean that we'll turn into something else?
Maybe. Do you remember how we’re not “the glass”, we’re “the milk”?
Yeah.
Well maybe that milk gets poured into another glass. Or maybe we just go back to God. Maybe “our milk” is absorbed by God.
You mean like God’s a big sponge?
Maybe. But instead of milk, God absorbs love. So to speak.
And when you squeeze him, love comes out.
I can see that. Cool. But, either way, dying is nothing to be afraid of. And its nothing to be sad about. Sure it’s sad for us because we won't be able to see and talk to the person who went back to God but I imagine that it’s pretty cool to be reborn with a new glass…to see the world through different eyes. Or even cooler to be absorbed into God. That’s gotta be awesome.
Yeah. But what about heaven?
I’m not sure about heaven and hell. I don't think that God puts you anywhere per se. You put yourself in heaven if you're happy or hell if you are guilty or tormented. In fact, I don't think that God works like that.
For instance, I think that God and love are a lot like light.
What do you mean?
What I mean is that dark isn't really anything. It’s the absence of light. Just like I don't know if there is hate as much as there is an absence of love. I think that hate is just something getting in the way of love. Almost like when you cover up a light with dirt or something. We go through our lives trying to clean ourselves of things that obscure God’s light…things like jealousy and anger and greed.
Yeah. I agree. God always loves you. And we should always love everybody.
Exactly. Because you're part of God. We're all part of God. The light of God shines in all of us. It’s just a matter of letting that light shine through us. That’s our decision. God is always gonna shine.
