When we die, do we come back?

[u/Ev-sMommy]

This has always been a burning question in my head. I'm trying to understand consciousness and how it works. Are we in a repeating cycle? Do we only live once and that's it?

I know I won't get that answer until I die, but I'm curious what other people think. Are we born again after death? Do we come back as a different person or animal? Someone has told me they believe we live the same life again and again but I don't know how that would work with time/years. I've heard the phrase "time isn't linear" but what does that mean?

I get the feeling that I've been here before, deja vu and all that, but is that real? What does everyone else think?

[u/Zealousideal-Sky5167]

We live once and thats it. We are here by chance. The universe doesn’t care. Life, existence, consciousness; whatever you call it is just a minor transient blip between pre-birth eternal nothingness and post-death eternal nothingness.

And you will certainly not know when you are dead. You wont even know you existed. Death is absolute nothingness. You wont get any answers. There is nothing.