The Soul & Life After Death Flashcards
Soul
Your personality and who you are as a person, it lives on after your body dies
Life after Death
When your soul lives on after your body has died, reincarnation or heaven and hell
Dualism
The belief that you have a should and a body and they are separate
Immortal
Someone/something that cannot die
Reincarnation
The thought of after you die, you should travels and if born into a new body
Samsara cycle
The cycle of the sound leaving the body and joining with a new one - repeated reincarnation
Karma
Decisions that you make affect your outcome when you are reincarnated, good decisions - good life/body, bad decisions - bad body/life
Moksha
The act of achieving enlightenment and joining with Brahman - the Hindu god
Brahman
The Hindu God
Paranirvana
Nirvana personified, a state of complete calm and understanding
Past lives
Old lives people have lived before being reincarnated into their new body
Nephesh
The Jewish belief of life after death
Sheol
A dark place neither heaven or hell but a waiting place for the soul to enter either heaven of be destroyed entirely
Heaven
The place you go to join with god if you have lived a good life
Hell
The place you go away from god if you have lived a life of sin to be tortured and away from god for eternity