The slate is clean. Tabula rasa. The old mistakes of the past are cleansed. We start anew. We awake.

It is said...

Some claim that I have no faith. That I believe in nothing. That my existence is not blessed by the invisible hand of some trans dimensional being. I believe in the word. Not sentences, or phrases, or psalms, nor platitudes, or inspirational wit. It is rather the word as spoken idea. I believe in the truth, the will of human nature, the leap of thought. But I believe (as an action) to hope for truth, to imagine what I desire to give me comfort. To justify sentience as a whole. To give existence purpose. It is not what I believe personally that counts, though. No, it is your belief as well that you buck the system entirely, or conform to it. This difference can cause rifts between peoples. Both politically and socially.

I believe that Philosophy is the search for truth, not divinity. I feel it should exist solely with science. But I will acknowledge that the scientific method is a valid and useful way to examine spiritual thought. Become calm and look inward. Look at your situation, your place in life, take stock of your self. It does not matter how you do this. Through sexual means, or through psychedelic drugs, Alcohol, or simply by drawing, lighting a scented candle or going for a long run. These are all ways to meditation. Many of these ways are easy to abuse. They are ways to relax, to forget, but if used in moderation and with a purpose, they become powerful tools for self examination.

I believe that people subconsciously realize early on that it all means nothing, really. One can understand that this knowledge is both depressing and invalidates our desires for security. We seek out religion as a means to an end. It offers refuge from the truth with in the confines of speculation. It seems so fanciful and dream like. An answer! But don't be taken in. Independence is freedom of thought and belief, not the right to conform to one dictated way or another. Independence is the right to think the way you want, and if you happen to find others who share a similar opinion, all the better. It is respectful to others not to foist your beliefs upon them. Doing so corrupts their own independence. They are the ones who must choose their own fates, it is not your place to interfere in the mistakes others make. Personal mistakes are lessons waiting to happen. If one interferes in the lives of others, then they are robbing that person of knowledge about them self. Charity and advice are not interference, neither are opinions or suggestions. They are more tools to self discovery. They can be sought out or not, but they too can become addictive. Never take too much of any, because it is rude, and never take too little because it is selfish. Likewise, never give too much, or too little, for the same reasons.

I believe in the good idea, the most efficient way, the fairest decision.
I believe in logic, things that make sense, the simplest explanations.

And yet I believe that when we die we go to a place with other consciousnesses where we are asked if we learned a lesson, or felt we made a difference. It's a bit like a giant room or cave, but it goes on forever. When it is determined if you have or not you will either be free to go or you can have another go to learn another lesson. Some people are forced into life and they are the ones that need to learn the most lessons. Some come to be amused, and treat it like a game. But what ever the reason, your memory gets wiped before you enter life, and you don't get it back until you die, but you recall all the events of the life you just lived. I also don't think you are allowed to "leave" until you've learned a lesson, or made a difference.

The point then is to learn and do as much as possible to ensure you have covered enough bases to eventually leave.

But I also believe in Quantum Immortality. The idea that as long as a sentient being exists, that being will never truly experience death, because death is the cessation of all conscious thought, if you are not conscious, you certainly can't be self conscious, let alone fully sentient, and that presupposes the ability to understand that oneself is now in a dead state. Long story short, you'll never die because you yourself can never experience the dead state. From your perspective life will go on forever.

I guess I'll just have to find out when I get there, huh?

You screamed, "I am going to f*ck this cheeseburger". They all started laughing until you actually started having sex with the cheeseburger.

Of course not. It does...something else. <_<