Good to know, Rich.

After my book with the mathematical evidence was published, a friend read it and mentioned that my writing reminded him of Gödel. I had never heard of Gödel (I was about 40 at the time), and he gave me the book Gödel, Escher, Bach.

I read it about halfway, and had to agree that Gödel was very much a reviewer of structural reality, not unlike myself. Not to make myself sound great, but it was therefore a bit boring to read. At first, I did not think too much of Gödel's work; it appeared not very comprehensive, focused more on the 'funny parts' of structure. Perhaps that was because of how the book Gödel, Escher, Bach was organized.

Then, much later on, I learned about his Incompleteness Theorems and realized he had discovered the same 'edge of reality' as what my mathematical information was telling me. He approached it from a unique perspective (I could not do what he did) and so I have two different versions of evidence to support seeing structure as it exists. I like it much when something I see is confirmed via a different manner. It is all about the feet standing on specific grounds. The ground declares the answers.

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Naturally, we will not see the afterlife until we get there, but structural logic tells me that our being alive is the incorporation of the first state of energy with the second state of energy. Protons and electrons practically declare that as a fact, their being two forms of energy in the exact same number, and the electrons behaving the way they do.

So, at the end of walking the material path, we will separate the first and second state of energy, they go back to their original state.

That is what Buddha already declared about the afterlife. After death, we fall apart into the spots that cannot fall apart any further, and as such we are reabsorbed into all the realities of our existence. This is not a case for reincarnation; rather it declares that energy does not get lost. It also means that establishing new life is based on collecting energy (from whichever source), yet there is an essence within each and every spot of energy that cannot fall apart further.

I tried to get a better perspective on Gödel's view via Hoa Wang's book, yet it is a bit complex to figure out who is whom saying what. I still do not understand Gödel's perspectives on God/the afterlife. I really suspect he was afraid to speak his (structural) mind. Your perspectives on him would help me, though you may not feel comfortable declaring that?

Thank you for the reply. As always, much appreciated.