ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Eternal oblivion

Eternal oblivion is like falling asleep and never waking up. You know how when you sleep, you don't remember anything or feel anything until you wake up again? Well, eternal oblivion is like sleeping forever without ever waking up.

It's like the end of a storybook where there are no more pages left to turn, and the characters cease to exist.

When people die, some believe that they go to a happy place like heaven or reincarnate and come back as something else. But with eternal oblivion, it's like their story ends, and they stop existing altogether.

It's a bit like when you finish playing with your favorite toy, and then you put it away on a shelf, and you forget about it. That toy doesn't exist to you anymore.

Similarly, when someone is in eternal oblivion, they cease to exist, and they aren't conscious of anything anymore.