You are dead. Your body begins to break down allowing your energy ( spirit/soul) to dissipate back into the universe.
In Yoga philosophy, which I practice, you are an immortal soul, the spark that gives life to or drives the physical temple. This in turn is part and parcel of a Higher Entity which some call by various names. Let us call it the Absolute Supreme. You are NOT the body, but the Soul!
In accordance with cosmic law, the physical will grow old and decay or die, but the Soul cannot die. Actually, death occurs while we are alive and not conscious of our Source and also while we are conscious of our Source also, for the mystic can visit the inner ream at will.
Reincarnation is the process whereby the soul involutes (comes down) and evolutes (evolves) from the mineral to the vegetable to the animal to man (which is initially still animalistic) and finally to the divine. It is like a wheel, whereby we take a new form from birth to birth, each generally higher than the other in terms of growth of Consciousness, until we finally come of this wheel. This is motivated by desire, which is a necessary drive.
God-realisation or Self-realisation, is the state whereby the individual soul merges into the Supreme Soul and becomes inseparably and consciously one. Any incarnation after this is generally for the purpose of serving mankind, or if you like, reminding us of our true nature, which is Spirit or God.
Yoga is also Spirituality and the true God-seeker does not separate. He or she knows that all are important: religion, politics, science, adversity ... all is a part of this one indivisible WHOLE. There are no boxes. Hari Om!
P.S. Asking should come from yearning; an inner cry; a longing to know. Without this, question can sometimes come from the mind, full of suspicion and separation; a willingness to divide or analyse ... in this sense, it restricts growth. Hope that yours come from longing. the quality of the child. Much Love.
You are welcome manatita44.. best answer.
Nobody really knows, no matter what religion you are. Appreciate the here and now - the hereafter, if there is one, will come soon enough.
by Cut The Bullshit 7 years ago
What do you think happens after you die?
by Brandon Martin 13 years ago
Are you born with your soul looking the way you do when you die?Or, when you die old do you grow young in the afterlife, and die young you grow old? Is there an age limit after death?
by ChapmanHester 12 years ago
What do you believe happens when you die?Will the physical essence which we consider our soul live on? Is there a possibility that your soul could somehow become trapped within your body and be tortured by the process after death, such as embalming or cremation? If the soul does go on,...
by Firoz 12 years ago
What do you think happens to your soul when you die?
by ArockDaNinja 9 years ago
I've read about many different theories about death and what happens. It is the main question that is in the back of everyone's mind. It's very difficult to picture it or to question the point of existence. The fact that we are here is a miracle in itself, who says that some sort of afterlife isn't...
by Jessica 13 years ago
What do you believe happens after you die?Whether they are religious beliefs or ones you've conjured up yourself. What happens after we die? Or is death it?
Copyright © 2025 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. HubPages® is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website.
Copyright © 2025 Maven Media Brands, LLC and respective owners.
As a user in the EEA, your approval is needed on a few things. To provide a better website experience, hubpages.com uses cookies (and other similar technologies) and may collect, process, and share personal data. Please choose which areas of our service you consent to our doing so.
For more information on managing or withdrawing consents and how we handle data, visit our Privacy Policy at: https://corp.maven.io/privacy-policy
Show DetailsNecessary | |
---|---|
HubPages Device ID | This is used to identify particular browsers or devices when the access the service, and is used for security reasons. |
Login | This is necessary to sign in to the HubPages Service. |
Google Recaptcha | This is used to prevent bots and spam. (Privacy Policy) |
Akismet | This is used to detect comment spam. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Google Analytics | This is used to provide data on traffic to our website, all personally identifyable data is anonymized. (Privacy Policy) |
HubPages Traffic Pixel | This is used to collect data on traffic to articles and other pages on our site. Unless you are signed in to a HubPages account, all personally identifiable information is anonymized. |
Amazon Web Services | This is a cloud services platform that we used to host our service. (Privacy Policy) |
Cloudflare | This is a cloud CDN service that we use to efficiently deliver files required for our service to operate such as javascript, cascading style sheets, images, and videos. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Hosted Libraries | Javascript software libraries such as jQuery are loaded at endpoints on the googleapis.com or gstatic.com domains, for performance and efficiency reasons. (Privacy Policy) |
Features | |
---|---|
Google Custom Search | This is feature allows you to search the site. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Maps | Some articles have Google Maps embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Google Charts | This is used to display charts and graphs on articles and the author center. (Privacy Policy) |
Google AdSense Host API | This service allows you to sign up for or associate a Google AdSense account with HubPages, so that you can earn money from ads on your articles. No data is shared unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Google YouTube | Some articles have YouTube videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Vimeo | Some articles have Vimeo videos embedded in them. (Privacy Policy) |
Paypal | This is used for a registered author who enrolls in the HubPages Earnings program and requests to be paid via PayPal. No data is shared with Paypal unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Login | You can use this to streamline signing up for, or signing in to your Hubpages account. No data is shared with Facebook unless you engage with this feature. (Privacy Policy) |
Maven | This supports the Maven widget and search functionality. (Privacy Policy) |
Marketing | |
---|---|
Google AdSense | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Google DoubleClick | Google provides ad serving technology and runs an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Index Exchange | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Sovrn | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Facebook Ads | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Unified Ad Marketplace | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
AppNexus | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Openx | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Rubicon Project | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
TripleLift | This is an ad network. (Privacy Policy) |
Say Media | We partner with Say Media to deliver ad campaigns on our sites. (Privacy Policy) |
Remarketing Pixels | We may use remarketing pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to advertise the HubPages Service to people that have visited our sites. |
Conversion Tracking Pixels | We may use conversion tracking pixels from advertising networks such as Google AdWords, Bing Ads, and Facebook in order to identify when an advertisement has successfully resulted in the desired action, such as signing up for the HubPages Service or publishing an article on the HubPages Service. |
Statistics | |
---|---|
Author Google Analytics | This is used to provide traffic data and reports to the authors of articles on the HubPages Service. (Privacy Policy) |
Comscore | ComScore is a media measurement and analytics company providing marketing data and analytics to enterprises, media and advertising agencies, and publishers. Non-consent will result in ComScore only processing obfuscated personal data. (Privacy Policy) |
Amazon Tracking Pixel | Some articles display amazon products as part of the Amazon Affiliate program, this pixel provides traffic statistics for those products (Privacy Policy) |
Clicksco | This is a data management platform studying reader behavior (Privacy Policy) |