Can the mind (conscience) survive after death?

Conscience is the meta programme of the mind
The mind is the programme of the brain
The brain is part of the body
Therefore upon death the mind dies.

The way for you to preserve your conscience is to record your thoughts and feelings, write them or use your computer.

The mind is not conscience. However, consciousness, personality and spirit can survive.

I believe the soul can live on after death. Studies are showing that people can have the ability of knowing what is going on after being clinically dead and coming back to life in full detail. Why would ghosts and resurrection be a thing when mainstream people think its "fake"

I believe the mind, soul and spirit are inter-connected so my answer would be yes.

Regarding whether your mind or conscious still survives after death….Psalm 146:4 states regarding what happens to us when we die: His spirit goes out, he returns to the ground. On that very day his thoughts perish.

Some religious teachings all share one basic idea—that some part of us survives the death of the physical body. According to almost every religion, past and present, we somehow live on forever with the ability to see, hear, and think. Yet, how can that be? Our senses, along with our thoughts, are all linked to the workings of our brain. At death, the brain stops working. Our memories, feelings, and senses do not continue to function independently in some mysterious way. They do not survive the destruction of our brain.

WHAT REALLY HAPPENS AT DEATH?
What happens at death is no mystery to Jehovah God, the Creator of our brain. He knows the truth, and in his Word, the Bible, he explains the condition of the dead. Its clear teaching is this: When a person dies, he ceases to exist. Death is the opposite of life. The dead do not see or hear or think. Not even one part of us survives the death of the body. We do not possess an immortal soul or spirit. *

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE that we live on in another form, while others feel that death is the end of everything. THE BIBLE SAYS “The dead know nothing at all.” (Ecclesiastes 9:5) When we die, we cease to exist.

WHAT ELSE WE LEARN FROM THE BIBLE
• The first man, Adam, returned to the dust when he died. (Genesis 2:7; 3:19) Likewise, all others who die return to the dust.—Ecclesiastes 3:19, 20.
• People who die are acquitted of, or pardoned for, their sins. (Romans 6:7) There is no further punishment for sin after a person dies.

As such, “The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all . . . So whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your might, for there is no work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the Grave, where you are going.” - Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10

“[Jesus] added: ‘Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I am traveling there to awaken him.’ Jesus, however, had spoken about his death. But they imagined he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. Then Jesus said to them plainly: ‘Lazarus has died.’” - John 11:11, 13, 14

Can the dead live again?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?
• Yes
• No
• Maybe

WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS
“There is going to be a resurrection.”—Acts 24:15.

WHAT ELSE CAN WE LEARN FROM THE BIBLE?
• The Bible often compares death to sleep. (John 11:11-14) God can awaken the dead, just as we can awaken a person from sleep.—Job 14:13-15.
• The Bible records several resurrections, thus giving us a solid basis for believing that the dead will be raised up.—1 Kings 17:17-24;Luke 7:11-17; John 11:39-44.

Likewise, in response to your question…..the mind (conscience) does not survive after death.

No. Once the the body shuts down, "conscience" is no longer a thing. "Conscience" is only really there because our brain can receive signals, but once we die, there's no more of that.

No. Not on its own. A conscious mind needs to be inside the matter of a human brain supported by a body.

There is no substantive, demonstrable evidence of the mind surviving after the death of the brain. Damage part of the brain and the mind is also partly damaged. Damage the entire brain (death) and the mind ceases to exist. [Sam Harris]

Well, I'm dead, and I'm quite conscious

its your soul. same thing

Yes it can prevail

Don't be absurd.

If the brain isn't functioning, your consciousness is no longer. Just like if a computer is off, there will be no software running.

nope

There's only one way to find out, and it happens to us all sooner or later.

No

no it cannot--only in the twilight zone

if the body is dead the brain will die too it needs the heart to pump blood and well everything in the body needs nutrients

nope, the body dies, the mind dies, nothing exists. then, the mystery begins, what part of you exists through life and death, or if any does?

it seems that according to buddhism of nichiren daishonin, the is a spiritual nature which exists, but it is no longer this ego-identity, it is the life-nature which manifests itself.
ever read, http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/
dylan thomas speaks of a green bay upon which a wave arises and then falls back to be indistinguishable from the rest. this seems like the buddhist ideal of life and consciousness.
the 'true entity of life' discusses the nature of life and the environment.
http://nichiren.info/gosho/TrueEntityLife.htm
the"heritage of the ultimate law" discusses the nature of life and death, and about the entity's existence.
http://nichiren.info/gosho/HeritageUltimateLawLife.htm
"on attaining buddhahood in this lifetime", an interesting writing like this one, is to be enjoyed.http://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/1#p3

No.

Probably not, but no living person can know. I believe that because my conscious experience has always been accompanied by the activity of my brain, and because that activity will stop when I die, my consciousness will probably not persist beyond death.

No, not that anyone can prove.

Belief is required to think so.

Yes. In the memory of our friends.

The mind is not material. That being said, what affects the body doesn't not necessarily affect your mind.So I personally think it can still survive after death. However, I don't know if it will be awake/partially awake. Because when we're asleep our minds rest so that probably happens when you die too.

Yes. As the light-body.

Yes, its called the 'soul'.

theres no good reason to believe it does

Whatever the answer might be, it will be in the realm of mysticism since the hypothesis is untestable,

You should rather be asking if the mind is material or immaterial. If it is immaterial, then the mind will continue to exist after death.

There is some good evidence for at least part of one's awareness and consciousness moving onward after passing on (generally, the outer waking consciousness is 5-sense-data-based, and it has to have some love of God and resonance with God's Truth and Mind):
http://www.near-death.com/science/evidence.html
http://www.nderf.org
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/38/belief-in-life-after-death

Related: "The Answer You're Looking for Is inside You;" "Light Is a Living Spirit."

There is no evidence to suggest it does, or even could.

There is certainly interesting evidence. Whether or not the evidence is convincing is a matter of opinion. The two studies I find most interesting are the 1997 study of the near-death experiences of the blind by Ring and Cooper and a case study, that of brain surgery performed on patient Pam Reynolds.

Also interesting are the 2001 hospital study by van Lommel and another one by Parnia. Both are controversial but came up with interesting findings. Van Lommel found that if you know nothing about a patient except whether or not the patient has told an NDE story, you can make an educated guess about the patient's survival during the 30 days after his cardiac arrest, and the chance of this being lucky guesing is 1 in 10,000. A study considered too small to be be conclusive has raised a question about van Lommel's finding that there is no physiological explanation for NDE. That is, a small study found higher carbon dioxide in the blood of NDE patients. This led to a number of arguments among the researchers.

Gideon Lichfield wrote a review of the studies for The Atlanic.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386

Below: Dr Cooper and one of her subjects is interviewed - MSNBC report about the Pam Reynolds case

Edit - Although I have seen down-votes to these studies a number of times, I have seen no attemps at refuting them.

New York's a lonely town
When you're the only surfer boy around
- The Tradewinds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKyQJDZuMHE&t=48s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO8UVebuA0g&t=112s

Human mind is like a computer's mind. A human body is a computer or a robot made of flesh, blood, tissues etc. After the destruction of a computer or robot completely you cannot find it's mind. The same is the case with the human beings. No one lives after death in any form. Once I was believing in reincarnation but after I have got the connection with the spirits and after many years I have understood clearly that no one lives after death. The mind never survives after death. To know this truth, I guess, God had created a situation to me, sent me to a computer center for a job where I have worked for few years and then He made me to read an English book (I don't remember the title of the book and name of it's author). My memory power is weak. Then I started to think myself and understood the truth.

Spirits are separate elements. A human being is not a single spirit. A human being during his/her life time is living with many spirits which have joined one by one since birth. They are knowledge, skills, feelings, emotions, interests and everything. Even thoughts are not your own. For example, when you want to take a decision on a subject, one after another the spirits think and you just listen, choose or reject the ideas which they transmit to your mind through your brain in the form of thoughts. A human being is just a robot made of flesh, bones, tissues etc., and a toy of the spirits for their games.

This is a great disappointment for many religious people.

i believe the soul can live on after death... studies are showing that people can have the ability of knowing what is going on after being clinically dead and coming back to life in full detail... well, why would ghosts and resurrection be a thing when mainstream people think its "fake"

probably not, but no living person can know... i believe that 'cause my conscious experience has always been accompanied by the activity of my brain, and 'cause that activity shall stop when i die, my consciousness shall probably not persist beyond death...

I don't know. Nobody living has ever experienced brain-death, thus nobody is qualified to offer anything more than opinion and theory on this subject.

Sure, it's obvious to everyone that your physical senses cease to function.

Which begs the following question - does consciousness require physical matter in order to exist?

Then we're back to the start. "I don't know".

Something certainly does.I have experienced things working in a jail in the evening.
Believe me.

nope, the body dies, the mind dies, nothing exists... then, the mystery begins, what part of you exists through life and death, or if any does?

it seems that according to buddhism of nichiren daishonin, the is a spiritual nature which exists, but it is no longer this ego-identity, it is the life-nature which manifests itself...
dylan thomas speaks of a green bay upon which a wave arises and then falls back to be indistinguishable from the rest... this seems like the buddhist ideal of life and consciousness...
the 'true entity of life' discusses the nature of life and the environment...
the"heritage of the ultimate law" discusses the nature of life and death, and about the entity's existence...

homework assignment: look up the definitions for ' conscience ' and ' conscious ', and report back your findings...

The spirit does thus our mind is within that spirit.

You will find out the answer one day yourself .

In neural networks.

Ask me again in twenty years time.

Consciousness when operating in a body is reflected as personality or soul of the body and experienced as mind.

When body dies, the mind, identity of consciousness with the body, fades out gradually like today becoming yesterday and fading out, and the consciousness begins to merge with its original form, universal consciousness.

Ancient Indian sages through their trance have visualized secrets of life, God and universe and preserved the their visions in Vedic scriptures. These descriptions are matching findings of present day advanced scientific explorations. You may read if you are interested.

The various phases of birth, death and journey of soul after death are described quite elaborately in Garuda Puranam. It is mentioned that after death the mind without body, called Prethatma hovers around for about ten days observing its body being cremated, family members mourning, and remain a state of delusion.

Over the period of ten days the delusion, attachments and memories fade out gradually and the soul assuming an astral body called Pinda Shareer embarks on a journey towards Pithru lok, the place of dead souls.

There are three stages for existence of soul in Pithru lok, (!) Vasu Rupam, (2) Rudra Rupam and (3) Aditya Rupam.

Vedas say "Atmavai Puthra Namasi" meaning, your soul itself is taking birth as your child. So while mind of the person reaches Pithru lok as Pinda Shareer, soul by producing off springs from the body continues to live through sons and grandsons for generations. Thus in a familytree though bodies are different, it is the same soul existing in father, son, grandson, great grandsons, and so on. Thus though the Pind Shareer reaches Pithru lok, it is still bonded with the family and will be observing and protecting its children and grand children from astral sphere, as it was doing when alive.

The soul remains in Vasu Rupam till the next generation, sons are alive. When the sons die one third bond is detached and the Pinda Shareer assumes an elevated Rudra Rupam. When the second generation grandsons die, another one third bod is detached and the soul assumes further elevated Aditya Rupam. When the third generation great grandsons die, the final one third bond is detached and the aditya Rupam merges into universal consciousness.

Whether we realize it or not, souls of our father, grandfather and great grandfather will be around us and protecting us, as they were doing while they were alive. They will be greatly pleased and bless us when we remember them and offer prayers at least once in a year on the day of their death.

Homework assignment: Look up the definitions for ' conscience ' and ' conscious ', and report back your findings.

i believe so, our soul is eternal, but where we spend this "eternal time" is up to us.

No one knows the answer to this perplexing question. It is all a matter of faith.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing at all, nor do they have any more reward, because all memory of them is forgotten - Ecclesiastes 9:5

This verse shows that the dead are conscious of nothing. It is as of they are in a deep sleep.

Immediately after death.

-from one molecule- you build yourself again
a body of light

yes and no brain activity takes a while to stop completely but u will not be intelligible just neurons flying everywhere wondering whats happened

It survives but probably doesn't come out of the coma for a long long time. And in some other heaven than this one...

points

Mine did last time I have a used consciousness , no memory of the life at all , I had reoccurring dreams from 3-5 years old exactly the same full colour , smells , no body consciousness hovering over my dead body on table in a medical hut , body covered in a sheet , much later in my 20's OBE's gave the same effect hovering over my present host exactly same feeling I learned to move around , later again using mindfulness same method to move consciousness around the body , its just energy doing its thing as an Evolutional Goodhist I see it as a natural part of energy driven evolution , I increase save-ability for re-hosting as a side effect of increasing inner happiness.

Yes. It is possible. Philosophically speaking, those who know how to incarnate in their next birth can do such miracles.

Yes, all you'll experience is the feeling of guilt.