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What if you were given a clean slate?
Suppose you were suddenly enlightened and knew that everything you were ever taught about your origins, and where you were going, is false, what would you change, if anything? No heaven, no hell, no moral absolutes, complete freedom, suppose this were true, would you change?
I think we all may question these things, we aren't sure. But in this scenario, you know completely, that there is nothing to come, there is no judge, no jury, it is all you and it is all NOW. Would anything change?
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6 Answers
- ?Lv 48 years agoFavorite Answer
I wouldn't change. For some people it would make them crazy.
Some people are too much close-minded and can't resonate possible outcomes, so they don't expect such answers. Other people, like me (not boasting) would expect anything of an answer from this world, even if a demon appears in front of me I shall stay aloof (or try to at least) and just resonate my brain.
Other people would change, they would become crazy or obsessed with any idea because of their psyche, who is so focused on ideas of origin.
Source(s): I am personally not much centered on who are my creaters or my origins, I just propagate good and live my life. - 8 years ago
I am supposing by enlightenment you mean awareness that religion's solutions to the afterlife don't exist(based upon your last phrase, "no heave, no hell, no moral absolutes, complete freedom")?
Not really. I mean, I am an agnostic already, so I take life with a grain of salt. Not believing in hell or heaven makes the time I have on earth more precious already, since I know that this is all the time I have to live out my aspirations and dreams. I treasure the encounters and people I meet more, knowing that probability dictates I will most people in my lifetime once and never see them again.
I don't think being enlightened would loosen my moral fiber. I don't believe in any god or religion, so I've never connected moral fiber with faith. They don't need to connect. No one said you had to be religious to have moral fiber.
Just my two cents
- O.oLv 78 years ago
Well, I don't know, as I have perhaps not been enlightened... But I want a clean slate, sort of.
Well, I already exist that way... I don't believe in heaven, hell or moral absolutes... I still have a morality, but yes it changed me.
I think it is a process more than just a random change for me, because I do want to be ethical, but don't know what that is.
- Anonymous8 years ago
Suppose you were enlightened and found that some people really have been given real visions of heaven and/or hell or experienced one of them in near death experiences. These three videos show examples. The last link is an enlightening test you can do to see where you are currently headed.
Source(s)
Bill Wiese: Vision of Hell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0lOxNHzTDU Dean Braxton: visit to heaven in near death experience http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGQPQ2EJVyY Ian McCormack: A Glimpse of Eternity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4lgvZ5MCZ4
How to know if you are on your way to heaven or hell http://www.needgod.com/
- ?Lv 45 years ago
i desire to thank the academy! for giving me this opportunity to start over! Oh sorry, my undesirable, i could of been channeling Robert Downy Jr. Darn he's so attractive, yum! I forgive you Robert:)
