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It is a matter of science that human death equates the permanent physical cessation of breath, heartbeat, brain function, and therefor energy within the body/shell.

What happens to the energy that powered the great bio-machine that is a human being?

Well, if we are to believe the Law of Energy Conservation (The Law of Conservation of Energy states that energy cannot be neither destroyed nor created and that it is the same in a closed system. Energy that is absorbed into a system must always equal to the energy released.), and we are to believe the widely held notion that a human is more than a temporary animate object, we have to question.. where does the energy or "soul" go, after physical life ends?

I believe that when the physical mechanism of a human body ends its physical function, the energy which once animated our thoughts, emotions, sensory perceptions and motor skills seeks a like 'substance' of higher volume and density. Where there are myriad sources of energy on earth, the far greater sources of these things exist beyond the atmosphere, in this solar system and beyond. It is my contention that the energy is drawn toward these higher concentrations of energy, leaving the atmosphere, and thus leaving earth, taking with it the combined energy-based echo of our personal experiences in the form of familiar pathways said energy has traveled during its time as a human power source.

Though energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can be transformed. And that will be covered at a later time, in posts on Afterlife, "Ghosts," and Reincarnation.

What alternate theories does this help to explain?

1) It may explain why many religions perceive the 'next world' as being above us.
2) It allows for the existence of a "soul."
3) It coincides with Albert Einstein's belief in an afterlife/soul, which he also reportedly linked to the law of energy conservation.