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8.0.2.4.4 MortalityVersion 1.2 December 2016                        (Previous Version) Some people are unable to accept that there is no life after death, no spirit world, nothing outside the universe known to science and history. We need to explain: a) Many of us do appear to have a reluctance to contemplate our own death. When we die, everything we experience will vanish. This seems so extraordinary that some people conclude our experience must continue. But it doesn’t. The things we experienced – the world outside us – will continue, but our awareness of anything (anywhere) ceases. b) Our influence on the world continues, in the memories of those who have known us, in the actions we took in the world, and perhaps in our works and our children. It is a revelation to many people that life is still worth living, and it is still worthwhile trying to be good, even if there is no afterlife, no heaven or hell, no reincarnation.
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