One of the consistent mysteries that always seems to be cropping up is what happens to us after we die.
While many religions promise to know the fate of our souls in excruciating detail, science tends to lean more toward an absence of consciousness.
But now, a priest has offered a unique theory about what happens after we leave our mortal forms — and the internet has found it incredibly terrifying.
“The thought of dying terrifies me I hate it, life’s so good,” one wrote.
“I was dying from a postpartum hemorrhage, I knew I was dying. It was an out-of-body experience, I could see what was going on and I could see them trying to save me and I felt like I was floating, I was warm and everything was peaceful,” one commenter shared.
A priest claims he knows what happens in the great beyond.
And it involves a rather unexpected celebrity.
Yep, he claims the afterlife has something to do with Rihanna.
Want to finally know what happens to us when we die? Read on…
Death is inevitable.
We all know that we’re definitely going to die one day — and the mystery of what happens afterward is pretty scary to consider.
Which makes many of us curious!
Many look at those who’ve had near-death experiences to help us try to understand what happens when we cease to exist in the accepted sense of the word.
Is there life after death?
The idea that the essence of our personhood exists outside of our physical forms would suggest that, after death, there’s some form of continuation.
NDEs have classic signs.
There are many tropes concerning near-death experiences that have permeated our culture, like walking towards a tunnel of light.
There’s a theological aspect.
While there are a few differences between what major religions tend to think, there is an idea of an afterlife as a reward that permeates western beliefs.
But it isn’t all pleasant…
Because, if there’s a Heaven, then, by rights, there should also be a Hell — and that’s a pretty frightening concept.
There is an alternative …
Because, if there’s no Heaven or Hell, and no soul, then where does that leave us after we die?
If all there is is total oblivion, that’s pretty terrifying.
Not to mention, difficult to comprehend!
Many scientists claim that near-death experiences are a result of brain activities that go on after the heart stops beating.
Chemicals released can provide feelings of euphoria and even hallucinations, which could provide a more logical explanation.
It’s a real mystery.
And since we likely won’t actually find out until we die, it’s probably going to stay that way.
Or so we thought — until a viral post came to our attention…
One scientific study offered a clue about what happens to our consciousness after death.
Because this involved an actual, real-life recording!
It was taken from the exact moment someone died.
The study was published in the Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience.
And it revolved around a recording taken from the brain of an 87-year-old man who suffered from epilepsy.
It was actually an electroencephalogram (EEG), to give you the full name.
In an EEG, small sensors are attached to the scalp.
These help to monitor different electric signals within the brain.
And in this particular one, they recorded the brain of a man 15 minutes after he passed one.
They recorded gamma oscillations.
These waves can represent memory, so may add credence to the claim that your whole life flashes before your eyes.
“Through generating oscillations involved in memory retrieval, the brain may be playing a last recall of important life events just before we die.
“Similar to the ones reported in near-death experiences,” said Dr. Ajmal Zemmar.
These findings aren’t just interesting, but may pay ethical concerns.
“These findings challenge our understanding of when exactly life ends and generate important subsequent questions, such as those related to the timing of organ donation.”
However, the recording does just represent the experience of one patient…
And so we can’t totally take them as universally true.
The researchers also pointed out that the individual they studied had epilepsy.
And so any findings may be as a result of his preexisting condition.
“Something we may learn from this research is …
“Although our loved ones have their eyes closed and are ready to leave us to rest, their brains may be replaying some of the nicest moments they experienced in their lives,” Dr. Zemmar added.
Now, that’s a reassuring thought.
But now, a priest has offered quite a different perspective about the afterlife!
Taking to TikTok, Gerald Johnson claimed he had visited hell back in 2016.
He said: “My spirit left my physical body and I thought that I was going upwards, because I thought I had done so much good in this lifetime and helped so many people and basically made decisions that were godly decisions.
“As opposed to going up I went down. There was a section in hell where music was playing and it was the same music that you hear on the Earth, but as opposed to entertainers singing it, demons were singing it.”
And one of the songs he heard was “Umbrella,” by Rihanna.
“It was some of the same lyrics that we hear here, I knew that on Earth a lot of the lyrics and the music and the songs are inspired by demons.
“Every lyric to every song is there to torment you as to the fact you didn’t worship god through music while you were on the Earth.”
What do you think of his claims?