I suppose that I feel there is some underlying essence so to speak that is within everything. Connecting things together allowing important events to happen in our lives. I wouldn't call it fate or destiny just a push in the right direction. As for an afterlife, I don't know how I feel about that. I would like to think there is a place after the here and now that allows for more experiences or whatever it is that anything that is not apart of our realm will do. unfortunately that thing that hangs out between my ears can be a cynic sometimes, so I see the afterlife as just a fluffy hope and a dream, something right on the edge of reality that you can't really be sure of, but wouldn't mind being apart of, but at the end of the day the bills have to be paid and you have to eat.
I forget what philosopher it was that I was reading (possibly a mixture of Descartes and... well someone else) but his idea of the metaphysical/afterlife I found to be an interesting perspective, and not to mention something I might consider myself. It had to do with the connection between the mind/soul and the physical body. It was thought by Descartes that they are completely separate entities and that one could survive without the specific other and that the mind/soul didn't need a physical form at all. From that the afterlife was considered to be a realm that mind/souls could exist without a physical form pondering who knows what and would be able to after a certain length of time to reenter the physical world and have all new experiences.
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