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Second Life

I came across this phase called the second life in one of my text books. I did some research on life after death and wanted to find out what the similarities were to second life. For those of you who don't know what second life is.. Second life is like avatar land (for lack of a better term). People go into sleep mode or a gaming console and begin a video game life. This time it's not game but it's actual life where you can have a salon, church, family, grocery store.. Whatever you want. The one good thing about it is you actually get paid for what you do. Be it income or investment, it will all be transferred to your bank account. So yes, you can make money with your eyes closed.
http://secondlife.com/whatis/
Here's an article about how second life affects real life
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739601,00.html
Turns out, what you are in your head is what you are in second life. You are the judge of who you are. Well, this makes me want to say that second life is not for everyone. I mean, how many lives can you have at once. Even if you have a second life, who controls it? Where is the end? Where is the beginning? Second life, though very tempting, doesn't appeal to me as it seems like a hide out. It makes a person want to mask their true desires and go enjoy it some place else because its wrong in the real world. After life though... Very tempting!!

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