Few weeks back, I had a very interesting conversation with someone, I dont remember who. He was telling me about some book/movie or something which had a frightful theory. If you like chewing on thoughts, here is one.
This whole life is nothing but a flashback. When we are about to die, the last 15 seconds of it flashes back the whole life of ours (may be 20 seconds, number doesnt really matter or does it?). This is why there are some times when we feel that this thing has already happened (deja vu) . This can be why we have intuition, we feel that something is gonna happen and it does happen. We feel its a co-incidence, but in our subconscious, we know it has happened already and its gonna happen. Come to think of it, this theory can be true. The earth was flat once upon a time, until proven otherwise. Earth was the centre of universe, until proven fallacious. Why cant this be true. No one knows what happens during death, so can we be sure of the reality of our existence. Is pinching yourself to check you are awake enough of a proof of your real existence?
So can this existential feeling be nothing more than a chemical reaction in our brain, just before we are gonna die. Is that 15 sec so long that we are literally living our whole life in it, again. May be thats why we should live our life fully, enjoy it as it is, or way it is unfolding, coz eventually it doesnt matter. It has all taken place. I would certainly wish to belive so, even though it spooks me out sometimes.
This whole life is nothing but a flashback. When we are about to die, the last 15 seconds of it flashes back the whole life of ours (may be 20 seconds, number doesnt really matter or does it?). This is why there are some times when we feel that this thing has already happened (deja vu) . This can be why we have intuition, we feel that something is gonna happen and it does happen. We feel its a co-incidence, but in our subconscious, we know it has happened already and its gonna happen. Come to think of it, this theory can be true. The earth was flat once upon a time, until proven otherwise. Earth was the centre of universe, until proven fallacious. Why cant this be true. No one knows what happens during death, so can we be sure of the reality of our existence. Is pinching yourself to check you are awake enough of a proof of your real existence?
So can this existential feeling be nothing more than a chemical reaction in our brain, just before we are gonna die. Is that 15 sec so long that we are literally living our whole life in it, again. May be thats why we should live our life fully, enjoy it as it is, or way it is unfolding, coz eventually it doesnt matter. It has all taken place. I would certainly wish to belive so, even though it spooks me out sometimes.
