Life After Death and a Hi IQ

Although there is no evidence either way to suggest that there is life after death, I certainly believe that there is not. Of course this is simply a belief, which is perhaps just as valid as someone’s belief in heaven, reincarnation, ethereal plains, etc. One thing is certain from observation and that is that if there is life after death, if something of ourselves persists beyond it, it’s certainly an existence that requires none of the treasure with which we’ve buried our Pharaohs, nor the terracotta armies built to protect our dead emperors. It certainly doesn’t require the clothing on our backs, or the hair on our heads or the very brain within our skulls. Perhaps life after death is a place or a time or a state that requires only our consciousness, our pure thought.

Is this place where our consciousness goes a place of free will and universal enlightenment, or is it a trap, our minds ensnared, buried in darkness forever, deprived of all senses, consciousness without embodiment, no input or output, only our lifetime of thoughts and memories to relive time and again for an eternity? I don’t know what frightens me more, the thought of death itself or what might come after it.

Regardless, it is a question that is particularly interesting to contemplate I suppose.

The other day I was searching around the internet for puzzles and came across a site that advertised a number of very difficult IQ tests. I found a link from that page to a list of what are called Hi IQ societies, which are societies such as Mensa (a society that I used to dream that I could get into). I found a link to a society from that page called the International Hi IQ Society which had a number of tests you could take online, and for free. So I took one of the tests and scored a 150 and was immediately invited to become a member—you can apparently only become a member by scoring in the top 95%. I joined for a lifetime fee of $79.95, and I am going to apparently receive a certificate, a t-shirt, etc. And I must say that thus far the discussion groups have no been boring nor has their online journal. It does seem like a legitimate society for smart people, and now I’m doing all that I can to keep my head from swelling any larger than it already is. I just wish it had a catchy name like Mensa, which to me is like the ultimate Hi IQ society to join, if you can pass their test, which is proctored by a member of Mensa and which costs $30.00 to take.