Why Consciousness is Immortal | The Philosophical Proof of Life After Death

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Published 2024-02-10
Is there life after death? This documentary explores a philosophical argument that suggests consciousness is immortal, and that life after death exists in the form of “personal subjective continuity.”

This argument was first presented by the philosopher Thomas Clark, and can be found in his essay titled “Death, Nothingness, and Subjectivity.”

Today we explore the implications of this argument, including how it fits with the concept of "open individualism", as conceived by the philosopher Daniel Kolak.

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*When discussing open individualism in the video, I use an analogy of nuclear fusion in stars to describe a general principle of consciousness. I found this analogy in an anonymous post on Reddit from a deleted account, so I was not able to give proper credit in the video.

This video contains Royalty Free / Reuse allowed music:
Aeternum by Aleks Michalski
Discovery by Scott Buckley
Dematerialized by DreamState Logic
SI FI and Cicada 3301 by CO.AG Music (2 tracks)

All Comments (21)
  • @prosimulate
    My Mom passed away on 12th September 2023 @ 7:12am. I feel her presence, I know I will meet her again one day. I miss her how she was healthy and happy, but in my mind she talks to me.
  • @DonaldMcAllister
    I'm 71yo. You helped me to understand much of what is becoming apparent to me at this point in my life. Thank you.
  • I've been having spontaneous OBEs for months now. As a lifelong materialist and atheist, it has absolutely changed my view on life after death and what we call reality. People are waking up everywhere, not sure why, but it makes me feel like something is coming.
  • This is so uncanny coming across this video. I've said this for years, posted my thoughts about it on social media and even to my dying relatives, that we always exist because we know no other than existing. The way it's explained here is excellent. I'm 74 and have no fear of 'dying' only of who I'm leaving behind and the fond memories. I'm looking forward to continuing my consciousness in another form.
  • @ironmurs6903
    I had a near death experience as a 14yr old while in a high speed rollover car crash. I felt absolute paralyzing fear as the crash seemingly happened in slow motion (even though we were traveling over 100mph)… As the car began to spin out of control - I felt a calm come over me, and in my mind I said “I’m coming to see you dad” as I felt ready to leave this realm and see my father in the afterlife. Upon surviving I felt a sense of renewed purpose, almost a rebirth. I felt a similar death and rebirth during a guided DMT trip as a 42yr old man. I do think we are programmed to die well, and be ready to leave our physical form. I think the key to enjoying our current existence is learning to let go…of everything and anything as all of this is temporary. If we can embrace that, we will be better prepared at our end, to let go of ourselves. Happy & safe travels all 🙏🏻
  • @CheckFred
    In 1987 I had a Near Death Experience .. I experienced paralysis down one side of my body down to my waist ... A couple of days in,, I was watching the TV when I developed a SEVERE headache - Even blinking my eyes became too painful. I then felt myself drift toward the ceiling over by the stairs.... As I looked down I could see a lightning storm going on inside my head .. I also saw our young twins climbing on me and my wife telling them to leave me alone as i needed my sleep.... After a while the lightening storm stopped, I went back to my body and woke up mystified ... I never told anyone in my family for several years, but I noticed a dramatic difference in my personality ... I went from being an out-going, confident, authoritive person to a humble, kinder, reclusive, shy individual .... I was later diagnosed as having MS ... I'm now STUCK with my 'other' personality ... Did I Die? Or did I just inherit another consciousness, personality, Soul?? 🤔
  • @raysquest49
    My favorite part is that as nuclear fusion is expressed in many stars, there is only consciousness expressed in many lives.
  • @sabineroach5486
    I've been on this trail defining vonsciousness for some time, and now that I have been diagnosed with terminal cancer, your video was the first I saw here. This is precisely how I feel about consciousness. Thank you so much. You've lifted me🤗
  • @dark_tren
    This is something I more or less came to the conclusion on for myself a long time ago. I could have never put it into words like this and truly this helped me paint a better picture in my mind something that I've always known.
  • Receiving notification that a new ''metaRising'' video has dropped, the ''quality of my conscious experience'' is greatly enhanced! This gem too, joins several others in my ''favorites'' cache for inspiration in those trying times, when I might otherwise forget, that ''compassion is clarity'' . And I thank you!
  • @BrianPseivaD
    I’ve been saying this for years, to completely die would be against the 2nd law of thermodynamics, and through entanglement your self endures, you literally shed your mass on death not the entangled information that makes you, you, it’s like a caterpillar transcends into a butterfly!
  • @petergalan6945
    Very true ! Only our body dies , but not our consciousness .
  • @Shining.Darkness
    In near-death experiences people report seeing their life from other perspectives too, not just their own, so your idea of making life better for everyone makes a lot of sense.
  • @davidnelson2886
    Subject, script, narration, choice of images and music, editing. Complex subject made accessible to all. Well done - truly amazing. Good job. 👍
  • @Valentingrolleau
    I'm really glad videos like this exists. I myself also tried to talk about such serious subject but I missed my chance with the presentation. This video was really nicely made, thank you for your work and for illuminating minds
  • @pdatnc
    In my NDE, I simply "switched" awareness from this reality to the black void. In doing so, I left all awareness of my Earthly identity behind. I was unaware of any kind of transition at all. I was simply there, a point of consciousness in a soft velvety blackness. I had been suspended in that joyful state forever. In my consciousness was all knowledge and always had been ... all knowledge except having ever existed in form. I brought none of that knowledge back with me except for a vague memory about the plasticity of time... I came back firm in the knowledge/sense that we are far greater and far bigger than we think we are. We are powerful, immortal beings.
  • @bogtrotter5110
    Then there is this: If time is infinite, what are the odds we should be here in this particular moment in all eternity? Infinitely small of course. Yet here we are.
  • @user-fj3iq3wt7g
    Lately I've been thinking about this reality. I am here now, I am conscious of who I am. I'm alive, did I ever die? I could have, just as i am going to die now. When, I'm reborn, I am here now, again. My consciousness was always here and always will be. Consciousness continues. I am proof.
  • @DAtick
    Thank you for putting into clear words certain ideas and thoughts I have had turning over in jumbled fragments within passing conversations with the barely audible whispers at the edges of my waking imagination. ❤ your channel is a gift and a true pleasure to watch
  • @jsvilbert321
    The view of conscious awareness presented here is a revelation of an enlightened state of mind. Wonderful!