Over the weekend I re-watched The Sixth Sense for the third or so time. Now this movie has a ton of philosophical questions packed in to it. I mean, come on, a ghost who doesn’t know he’s dead, a little boy who “sees dead people,” the color red, etc. etc. What happens when we die? The afterlife is one of the world’s greatest mysteries. There is much contemplation on where we go after we die or what we become. There are the obvious religious beliefs –heaven, hell, purgatory, reincarnation, etc –but there is also many other theories like your atoms dispersing around the universe, simply becoming nothing, and a lot more. Is it right for us to know what happens after? I’m not sure. Knowledge can be power. Power can corrupt. What could happen if we gained the power to exploit the afterlife? That is probably much overstretched, but nothing is impossible –in my opinion, of course.
Back to the movie: what would you do if you had the power to see the dead? Would you help, or would you run? What would you do if you found out you were a ghost? Everyone would have a different answer for these questions. For me, I would probably be scared at first. I’d think I was losing my mind, really, but I hope I would eventually try to help the lost souls or whatever they are. If I was a ghost, however, I would do the cliché and try to solve my “unfinished business.” Check on things, make sure my loved ones were okay, etc. I really can’t be certain, though, it’s way past even my imagination. I actually hope we never solve the mystery of the afterlife. I think the world should have one great wonder. Keep us guessing and what not. What do you think?
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