If biologically, then to be asleep is to be subconscious, whereas to be dead, the brain is unconscious to the point it will not recover into consciousness. With modern science and technology, it is becoming more difficult to define the exact point of "death".
If you are referring in other dimensions, then I would say that sleep and death are sometimes equated with "rest". To be at rest can sometimes mean to be relaxing, or it can mean to be dead. Equally, to be "asleep" can also mean to be dead, and to be "dead" can sometimes mean to be alive in a physical sense, but dead in a spiritual sense. To be in "sin" is also equated to "death", and sin is sometimes said to be death in and of itself.
I dont think I should go into the gnostic description of death and what that is presumed to be like as it would be going into religion, and we have the got page for that anyway. If you want to know this, then a post in the appropriate place will get a deeper response. Charlie
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Originally posted by sokarya_686@hotmail.com:
Hell SinInn, Well I would say that such a question cannot be answered without knowing the context in which it is posed.If biologically, then to be asleep is to be subconscious, whereas to be dead, the brain is unconscious to the point it will not recover into consciousness. With modern science and technology, it is becoming more difficult to define the exact point of "death".
If you are referring in other dimensions, then I would say that sleep and death are sometimes equated with "rest". To be at rest can sometimes mean to be relaxing, or it can mean to be dead. Equally, to be "asleep" can also mean to be dead, and to be "dead" can sometimes mean to be alive in a physical sense, but dead in a spiritual sense. To be in "sin" is also equated to "death", and sin is sometimes said to be death in and of itself.
I dont think I should go into the gnostic description of death and what that is presumed to be like as it would be going into religion, and we have the got page for that anyway. If you want to know this, then a post in the appropriate place will get a deeper response. Charlie
Thank u charlie, I posted an open ended query... U r the one who drove it to religious ... any way u r right.. i should posted over there then
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Originally posted by Samia:
huh????
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Originally posted by germansara:
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I wonder wts that hahahaah and huh for ???
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Originally posted by SiN_iNN:
What's the Differences & Similarity between Death & Sleep ?
The difference is basical. When you sleep your body is alive, when you're dead it's not
But I think you rather mean mental conspect of sleep and death. When we sleep we may dream, our mind is woken all the time.
I don't know what happens after death but the state of our minds may be similar to the one when we sleep. So, in this case there may be no difference.
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Originally posted by melfenien:
The difference is basical. When you sleep your body is alive, when you're dead it's not
But I think you rather mean mental conspect of sleep and death. When we sleep we may dream, our mind is woken all the time.
I don't know what happens after death but the state of our minds may be similar to the one when we sleep. So, in this case there may be no difference.
You almost got it, There isn't big difference.
Oh and does any religious scripture out there signify whether or not sex is done in Paradise?
I know about the 72 virgins thing is full of sh*t and has been deemed not from any holy text.
But I have heard people comment that they'd rather be in hell because at least you could have sex there.
I wonder if any religion out there can verify this 'astral sex' thing. Is it just new age hockis pockis?
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Originally posted by Mai:
-sleeping is a temporary or permanent dealth
it depend on wether it's your last night or still there is morning to see!!!
-if you wake up ..so there is time to do what you dream of..or have what you lost befor!!!
-if you don't..then you really..lost what you were delaying...
-while you are sleeping you can say tommorrow i'll do so&so
-in dealth..you can't say ok i'll return to do something and come back
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmAnother thing in dealth no ALARM could wake you to go work
GOD WITH YOU ALL
.M.
Read sorat Al-Zomor Vs. 42, Am not sure about the Vs # will check it out today and tell u.