No, what happened on the Island really happened in real life. They survived the crash. They died when they died in the series, and the people that survived the series died long after everyone else did, especially Ben and Hurley. The sideflashes were purgatory. It was a place that they built together so they could find each other and move on. Christian Shephard pretty much point blank explains it:

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Jack: ...I don't understand. You died.
Christian: Yeah, I did.
Jack: Then how are you here right now?
Christian: How are you here?
Jack:[Pauses] I died too.
Christian: [They hug as Jack becomes wracked with emotion] It's ok, it's ok, son. It's ok.
Jack: I love you, dad.
Christian: I love you too.
Jack: Are you...are you real?
Christian:[Laughs] I sure hope so. I'm real, you're real, everything that happened to you is real. The people in that church, they're real.
Jack: And everyone else, they're all dead too?
Christian: Everyone dies, Jack. Some before you, some long after you.
Jack: Are they all here now?
Christian: Well, there is no NOW here.
Jack: Where are we, dad?
Christian: This is the place that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them and they needed you.
Jack: For what?
Christian: To remember and let go.
Jack: Kate. She said we were leaving.
Christian: Not leaving, no. Moving on.
Jack: Where are we going?
Christian: Let's go find out.

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Posted by lsuguy84

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Posted on 2/6/13 at 9:18 am to OMLandshark

I guess it makes a little more sense reading it. I mean I heard that, but I didn't really absorb it guess. The episode was so fast paced and there was so much to take in that I guess I didn't grasp it as well as I should have.

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Posted by CocomoLSU

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Posted on 2/6/13 at 9:19 am to OMLandshark

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The sideflashes were purgatory

Eh, not really, but that's prolly a good enough description of it.

Also, the finale very clearly explains everything (like you quoted). I don't understand why so many people don't get it (no offense to the OP, just a general comment).

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Posted by Cap Crunch

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Posted on 2/6/13 at 11:54 am to OMLandshark

I really liked that scene. Very interesting take on the afterlife

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 2/6/13 at 4:03 pm to OMLandshark

quote:
The sideflashes were purgatory. It was a place that they built together so they could find each other and move on.

quote:
Christian: This is the place that you all made together so that you could find one another. The most important part of your life was the time that you spent with these people. That's why all of you are here. Nobody does it alone, Jack. You needed all of them and they needed you.
Jack: For what?
Christian: To remember and let go.
Jack: Kate. She said we were leaving.
Christian: Not leaving, no. Moving on.
Jack: Where are we going?
Christian: Let's go find out.

that is seriously just weird/stupid writing that has no real meaning

it's what i call ignorant poetry. sounds pretty, but doesn't really mean anything

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Posted by iluvdatiger