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Hello All,
I will join this discussion concerning the afterlife, as this question has been foremost on my mind since the passing of my beloved husband who I lost to lung cancer this past August. I am of the Muslim faith and Joseph was a Judeo-Christian, and a philosopher by profession. He had doubts and questions concerning the afterlife while I have faith. Even though our ideas and beliefs about the afterlife were different, both of us agreed on one point--that we would be reunited in the afterlife. Perhaps the reason we agreed on this one point is because it was too painful for us to think that after one of leaves the other first, then that would be it, the end. Like all loving spouses (like the ones on this forum) we couldn't bear that thought and the only way we could reconcile that one of us will have to go first, as it usually is the case, we believed in the afterlife.
There have been many different ideas expressed here on the nature of the soul, or whether there is a soul, and in what shape and form do souls go on existing, if they do. We will never know for sure; science or religion have not been able to prove or disprove of any of it conclusively. People who have faith--whether they are Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or other at least find solace in the thought that we will be reunited with our loved ones after our death. Again, I do not know if that is the case; all I can say is because I believe that i will be reunited with my darling husband and my parents in the afterlife, I can make it through each day. The day Joseph passed, my life came to an end. I do go on living; I function, I have gone back to teaching this semester, I have conversations with my siblings and friends on a regular basis. And they all think that I am doing OK. Only I know, and if there is a God, then s/he knows what a struggle it is every single day to face the new day. The only reason that I can get up and function as a "normal" human being is because I take comfort in the thought that some day, no matter how far away that day is, my soul and Joseph's will be reunited. It won't be like it was in this life, it'll be something different, something that's everlasting, but some state of being where the two of us will be companions again. Also, I pray everyday to be taken up soon. We don't have children, and while I have a loving family, my life has very little meaning for me. I am only half alive. The way I am going on living as a widow is not really living: there's no joy, no hope for the future, no Joseph to give meaning to my existence. It's all grey and dull.
If there is an afterlife and if there is a God, then no matter what one believes or whether one believes or not, all of will continue on in the next life and will be reunited with our departed loved ones. And I don't think that heaven is reserved only for people of certain faiths or religions, heaven is for everyone who is pure of heart and does good deeds in this life.
Sorry for my rant. I am all alone at home on a Sunday afternoon and missing Joseph badly, and I wanted to connect with folks out there and wanted to tell myself again that I will be reunited with Joseph, sooner or later. Wishing you all peace in your journey of grief and loss.
Thank you Trina for sharing. Everything you said was so perfectly shared. Sending Hugs...
im so sorry for yore loss trina i hate bic i do its sush a evil iilnes it is
its ok 2 rant on hear it least on hear we can scremm rant so on im plesed im not god abuse iv scream at him/her i still cud grab hold scream why i cud still slap him./her pain of us sean loved 1s suffr us suffer coz thy hav gon
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yea thy say i shal not wnt yea i wnt but for evry 1 2 be still hear for al l of us not in pain we r coz of loss its so not fair
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