Do not read this if you haven’t seen the finale yet. It will contain spoilers!
After watching the finale there were a few things that really stood out in my mind. One of the first questions that I’ve read on twitter was if they were in heaven and if in fact they all were dead. The answer is no to both.
The Church had symbols from every faith in the stained glass, not just Christianity. As far as the other thing was concerned Christian Shepard answered it perfectly when he said everything that happened was real and did happen. There was the flash forwards and backwards but the side flashes are what really stood out to me. It was the paths people took if the plane hadn’t crashed and the path they took once it did.
I think they were trying to say that in our lives these paths exist all the time but our choices are what lead us down those paths. We have people who impact our lives in different ways based on those choices but the rolls they play could be totally different based on the path choosen. Jack really did have that kid in another path, place and time. Since time doesn’t exist and there is no present time or past or future they were all happening at the same time.
They touched on reincarnation quite a bit in the show as well and transcending energy and moving on to the next plane of life which I thought was cool too. Most of what they talked about is very much the same way that I think so I was very happy with the ending.
Thank you LOST for making my brain hurt, my mind open, and for always making me excited for the next episode. It was a good run.