I have been wondering how people could create stories that a lot would believe that it is true. We tend to be fund of myths just like our own culture's beliefs. My religion is the number one reason that I believe in afterlife even though it is not proven to be true. It is my obligation to believe on it but I am not sure where I am going with it. Believing in something that could be true but still not sure could be complicated but with the support of the stories there is still a chance that it could be true. If somebody would ask me if I believe in afterlife my answer would be the same for the question "Do you believe in magic?" which I will answer YES and it is because I grew up with these stories that is hard to prove but easy to believe.
The picture above is the Ankh.It represents the concept of eternal life, which is the general meaning of the symbol. The Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. We mistakenly think that Egyptians are obsessed with death but actually they are not, they actually love to live that is why they have beliefs that the dead would come back to life to be reborn or have an afterlife.
Osiris, the God of Afterlife
I think the Egyptians are the best story tellers so in search for a good story, I found this article from voices.yahoo.com written by Charlotte Kuchinsky entitled Osiris and a Tale of the Egyptian Afterlife.
The article includes a belief of the Egyptians that the body could be divided into three which are the ka, the ba and the akh but the whole article tells the tale of Osiris.
Osiris and his wife Isis were great rulers and he was loved by many except for his brother Set who wanted to kill him. Set's plan is to trick Osiris to fit on the gold chest then throw it away on the Nile River. Set was successful on his plan so Isis searched for her husband, when she found Osiris body Set began to chop it into 14 pieces. Isis started looking for every piece of Osiris body but she only found 13 and the 14th was found by the God Anubis so Osiris could go back to life from time to time. Osiris became one of the Gods who would judge the people if they could have an afterlife and an example of this judgement is the feather of truth.
The second article is entitled The Egyptian Afterlife and The Feather of Truth by Joshua J. Mark from ancient.eu.com. The article has all the stages where people should be judged.
The first trial is the Hall of Truth where the soul would confess forty two sins then the Judgement of Osiris which is called the Feather of Truth would be done to the soul. The heart of the soul would be balanced against a feather on a golden scale. If the heart is lighter than the feather then the soul could be sent to the Field of Reeds but if the heart is heavier than the feather the soul will be sent back to the Hall of Truth where it will be ceased and will never exist again. The Egyptians has no hell so the judgement would if the soul could have an afterlife or not and if it it will forever not exist.
It wonders me why the judgments for the Egyptians were very hard because every belief has a purpose and maybe they wanted to have peace in Egypt during those days so people would not commit a lot of sins. The Feather of the Truth could be the best or most creative judgement because it is impossible that a heart would be heavier than a feather but it says that a "soul's" heart is being weighed so it could be possible for a story. The moment that I read that there is no hell for Egyptians I thought they could have a better hell but as I read further of the article, there is only one place the soul could go and it is either have an afterlife or not which is very tricky because I think only saintlike people could pass.
Judging people is a mean thing to do but why do we still need to be judged to have an after life? If we judge a person it could be a sin but I think judging people now would help build them up to prepare the biggest judgement when they die. It is important to have a good and peaceful life while on earth, just like the Egyptians where they believe that life is better than death.
My main question to this is "Why do we want an afterlife if we already had been given a life?" The answers for that would vary if I question a lot of people. An afterlife is like immortality without a body, some say the souls would go to different places depending on the judgement but some say life ends when your brain stopped working then there is no more afterlife. Believing something that is not proven could be hard but what if it is true that people who have lighter hearts than a feather could have an afterlife. Do we still need to prepare for it?
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