By Joshe
in Spirituality, Consciousness, Awakening, Mysticism, Meditation, God,
When I was maybe 5 or 6, I remember contemplating "why can't I remember what it was like before I was born?" I think I even asked a parent this question and they said something like "because you weren't born yet." lol. As a child, it seemed natural that I had always existed.
"What was it like before you were born?" An unknowable void.
"What is it like when put under anesthesia?" An unknowable void.
Given the above, I presume death terminates conscious experience, so death is also the unknowable void.
Isn't it odd that on both sides of your conscious experience is the unknowable void? It's like you just magically sprang from nothing.
But here's the thing: If conscious experience cannot exist in the void, that means all that can exist is conscious experience. Non-existence cannot be known. The only thing that can ever be known is conscious experience or that which occurs in-between the unknowable voids.
The "knower" never ceases to know. I think this is what they mean when they say "you cannot die". The knower will always be conscious of something. And just look for yourself, the only thing YOU have ever known is something outside the voids.
Does this make sense? I'm not deep into spiritual study so not sure if this idea or conceptualization has been debunked or found to be flawed but it's the best line of reasoning for the rational mind that I can find that seems to line up with my experience and the highest teachings.