What is really there? What can you truly believe in - that's sensible?
I use to go along with the idea - that an afterlife world exists - but this would imply that what you think of - as being there, exists. It also means others can dream up whatever else they like to believe in, and that is real too. Of course - this does not make any kind of sense at all.
What is real - exists always - but are you prepared to accept it? Just think of everyone else who has lived and died - this process has not changed at all - hasn't it? From the time you were born - you inevitably have to die. It is a fact of life. The human body being like that of a 'car' is a good example. This 'car' has it's own limited life span. But this car needs a 'driver' or soul to animate it - and so the driver is free to go back to that state from whence it came from. This analogy only works to a certain degree in explaining things.
There is this other idea - that when in physical form (a human body) that this is our waking state. And when we die - we simply go into a state of rest or inactivity. A rest or sleep state for recuperation. A between lives state. That we reincarnate - that life forms do this. Humans and animals.
I think that it is a better version of events than any of what religions have us to believe in? What makes them so correct in what they say? When they are but letters on a page - or simply drummed (repeated) into us so many times over - that is no real evidence to believe in. It simply shows that they resort to programming methods to make people convinced into believing their ideas. This is like saying a few magical words - and suddenly it then becomes 'real'.
What common sense says is something like this. We are all subject to the same laws of the universe as everyone else. Human being grow old (if they are fortunate enough to do so) - the physical body wears out and then dies. No one is ever exempt from this process. We all go to same destination no matter what we have done in this life. Stories telling us otherwise - are simply not true at all. They are only claims - and remain to be claims.
We should not be afraid of death and dying - because it is a natural process. It is simply our exit from this physical world and our life as such.
The thought of being reunited with those passed over - and of seeing parents, friends, etc - are simply romantic notions thereof. The urge to believe in this being possible is so strong - that some people have actually experienced this in their own way.
Of course there are those claims by psychics to have communicated with those who have passed over? What is that about? Belief can be very strong - the same with the human imagination - is all I can say. It does not make any kind of rational sense that what psychics claim - is 'real'. There are any number of tests that can be set up - to prove their point - that should not be difficult at all to set up and get evidence of. But you never hear anything at all of any serious work being done in this particular area of confirmation and scientific evaluation. Which is very different like that of psychic healing - in which lab tests can be done. And there is the story of Harry Houdini who desperately wanted to contact his wife after she had died - but he couldn't. From what I can remember about this incident?
People are entitled to believe in whatever they wish to believe in - concerning life after death? But it would be nice to know - exactly what is the most sensible view that sounds the most plausible? It does appear to be the Great Beyond - and once there - you can never return back here - as to continue what you had left behind. There are of course various compelling stories relating to 'reincarnation' that sound very convincing indeed - that such a thing as reincarnation is possible.
It is interesting to note that Billy Meier says that karma does not exist, but reincarnation does. This actually makes more sense - that karma simply does not hold to be true. It makes the universe so much more complicated with karma being present - how would such a system actually function? It's easier and more logical to say - karma doesn't happen - that bad luck / accidents do happen - and most of the time - this does seem to apply.