usahog
i don't know where i lost you, my original post or my response to bud?
in regards to heaven. if you mean after death we will be someplace and be aware of ourself. i doubt it. one of the ideas that affect us is the knowledge of our own mortality. our egos make us think we should live forever.
a number of books have been written that describe the brain as it dies. the shutting down of the synapses, the reason for the light at the end of the tunnel. when the brain no longer functions, what many call the soul ceases to exist. the "soul" is simply the byproduct of the electrical energy in the brain manifesting itself in conscious thought.
shut down the circut and you no loner are, you aren't.