The Afterlife

I will give you two answers to your question. First you do not "Get the ability to see the dead" not by summoning the dead to appear. Though many people have seen their dead relatives it is done with a special purpose in mind. The deceased may be given permission to come to earth to let their relative know that they are alright and not for them to worry. That they are happy where they are.

The other reason is when a spirit comes to give you a message as to how to conduct the remainder of your life, as you will soon be called up to the spirit world. They may forwarn you regarding something or someone who will do you harm. They will come as resurrect beings or as spirits.

Most polytheistic religions (as most religions generally) include beliefs about what happens after you die. Generally, these beliefs fall into two groups:

1) There is an Otherworld that is not this world that the soul goes to. (What the other world is like is different from religion to religion. For example, Hellenic polytheists divide the afterlife into various realms: one for heroes in which there is constant feasting and merriment, one for people the gods particularly hate in which there is constant suffering, and a third and much larger world for the souls of normal, everyday people, which is sort of grey and uninteresting. By contrast, Kemetic polytheists believe in a single afterlife that is only for the righteous, and the souls of the unrighteous are destroyed. In the Kemetic afterworld, however, not everyone is treated the same even after passing the initial test. Further refinement is made according to what gods or goddesses the soul was devoted to and how faithfully the soul served.)

2) Souls are reincarnated into new bodies and reborn into this world.

3) A mixture of the two. Celtic polytheists, for example, had a belief that when you died, you went to another world that was much like the one you were currently living in, and that when you died in that world, you were reborn here. There is some historical record of contracts made in life that would be honored in the otherworld, or after a certain number of transitions.

I've asked a Chinese person this and they replied, 'Science'.

PRC China is officially Athiest, although a number of them practice Buddhism. There are also many minorities in China that believe in Christianity and Islam. Some sources say China holds the second largest Muslim population in the world, almost 11% of the population.

I am a Chinese and I don't really believe in anything like how the Greeks believed in Zeus, Poseidon, Athena, etc. As long as my family and friends are okay, and there is no huge bad thing like a war coming right at me, I'm fine and I don't pray to anybody.

I would also say "science" since it is something I believe to help us, I don't trust gods to help me. I trust my brain and my knowledge to guide me.

Any Muslim should prepare for the after life by full obedience to Allah (or God in English and same God worshiped in Christianity and Judaism) and His prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) as for what to do and what not to do.
Quran says (meaning English translation): "And whoever obeys Allah and the Messenger - those will be with the ones upon whom Allah has bestowed favor of the prophets, the steadfast affirmers of truth, the martyrs and the righteous. And excellent are those as companions" (4:69). Refer to related questions below.

Enlightenment is attained by overcoming ignorance and realizing the truth. When we realize that everything in this world is a cosmic illusion, it's not real, it's like a dream, this realization leads us to overcoming our ignorance. It leads us to enlightenment. It leads us to Mukti in Hinduism, which is liberation when alive. A person who is enlightened that they are not the body, mind and ego, is liberated from the triple suffering - pain of the body, misery of the mind, agony of the ego. At death, this liberated Soul does not take rebirth, because they realize we are not the body and mind, we are the Divine Soul. Such a person who is enlightened in Hinduism attains a state of Moksha, of liberation and unification with the Divine.

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A belief in an afterlife is to accept that, after death, the human does, in some way, live on. This may be in different ways:

Dualism considers the soul and body to be separate. The soul may then survive after death, even if the body does not. This is relevant in religions such as Hinduism, who favour theories of reincarnation.

Materialism states that the body cannot be separated at all; therefore, if the body dies, the soul does, too. However, there may still be an afterlife, even considering this; John Hick composed a "replica" theory, which supposed that a new body was created for the soul to survive in, almost identical to the original body. This also coincides with Christian theories about reincarnation in heaven or hell.

Monism considers the soul and body to be two distinct forms, but they are unable to be separated; this was Aristotle's belief, who considered the only afterlife that an individual could had to be a sense of reason that survived death. The individual's identity would always exist, even if they lost everything else.

religions that believe in reincarnation believe in animism, not the other way around

The afterlife was a main concern of the Egyptian civilization.

Renissance means rebirth

Rebirth originated in the belief that Europeans had rediscovered the superiority of Greek and Roman culture.

This all begin in italy 14,15 and 16th centuries.

By dying.

The body was preserved, for the after-life.

They liked this life so much they wanted it to last forever.

The Bible gives us a very simple and yet satisfying answer to the question: when we are dead, it is like we are asleep in the sense that we cannot do anything. (Psalm 13:3) We are simply dead. We don't go anywhere. There is the very popular belief that the soul lives on after death, but the Bible teaches that a man IS a soul, not that he POSSESSES a soul. (Genesis 2:7, fn.) This is comforting because it rules out the possibility of a place of eternal torture. But this doesn't mean it's the end. The Bible goes even further in saying that there will be a resurrection in which "all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voice and come out."-John 5:28, 29. What a wonderful hope! -All quotes taken from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures, 2013 Revised Edition

Answer 2:

Souls return to the Primary Reality of Spirit. For ample evidence of this, simply explore the plethora of near-death experiences that are explained on the Net, in posts and in videos.

There is a seven-plane paradigm that is found in the major religions of Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism, and the minor religions of Hermeticism and Gnosticism. The basic idea is that after death souls gravitate to one of those seven planes, depending upon their spiritual development or lack thereof. The higher the plane, the greater the expansion of consciousness.

The morally corrupt cannot expand beyond the first plane. The second plane is also considered to be a hellish place. The third plane is where most souls go; to a dimension of energy just below that of basic spirituality. The fourth plane is where all the religious heavens are located, i.e., the large communities of basically spiritual people. The fifth plane houses those who are in-between being part of the traditional religious mindset and becoming saints. The sixth and seventh planes are where saintly spirits reside who generally strive to become A Light Unto Oneself.

Reincarnation is the belief that after death our soul enters, or we are reborn as another living thing, IE. a blade of grass or an animal. Some religions that believe this don't eat animals for this reason. Afterlife is the belief that after death we go to live in another place. The most common afterlife belief is the Christian doctrine of heaven.

That's a matter of personal belief, since no one has been able to return with proof. But All the revealed Books confirms it. Also no need of proof, coz humans have very very tiny sphere of knowledge, and too there are closed things which can't be explored, which are destined to happen.

Their concept of an afterlife was linked with a desire to stay in touch with the physical world. They believed that their bodies would be used throughout eternity and would be reinvigorated with life.

The Egyptians took the heart and weighed it against "The Feather Of Truth". If they were the same weight, the human being would be allowed to move on to the afterlife. If the feather was lighter then the human being was sent to what the Egyptians believed was the "underworld".

Muslims testify that there's only one god Allah and his last messenger Muhammad (B.B.U.H). To be a Muslim you must believe in six pillar s of Islam:

1) Believing in Angles.2)( believing in god) believing in messengers. 4) believing in books. 5) believing in Destiny.6) believing in life after death.

Therefore Muslims believe in Destiny and life after death, Allah has guaranteed Muslims paradise. Thus paradise is a "garden where rivers flow"

It is a truly gifted life which has been promised by Allah that is life after death that is HEAVEN.

Hope this helps, more information could be visited to: Abu anafah's hadiths and the prophet Muhammad's hadith and the book of of Allah the Quran.

Hope this helps.

Another answer:

After death we live with our souls only and not our bodies in a place called "Barzakh" which means a tunnel or transit, here it is between life and the day of judgement.

If a person was a good one, then they will be delighted and cheered for their place in heaven, they can see how greatly they will be rewarded and how beautiful their house in heaven will be, how content and relieved they will be. Their grave places will be more like a lighted garden so they wait in pleasure.

If a person is a bad one, then they will be saddened and horrified for their places in hell, they can see how badly they will be rewarded and how tortured they will be for the bad things they did. Their graves can be places of torture waiting for the worst to come.

May God make us and our beloved ones among the good people who did good deeds in life and are greatly rewarded.

This is an individuals belief system. Many people believe in it and some don't. If you want to learn more about this belief system then please go onto google. Type in: What is reincarnation? Answer I came to know reincarnation through my indepth studies to answer some deep questions for myself. At the end of this lifetime you will withraw your attention from the physical body and exist in subconscious mind or soul, going through an assimilation process in preparation for your next round of learning through another physical existence. You will, while in subconscious mind, choose where, when, and in what kind of situation you need for what you choose to learn. This includes choosing your parents. This process will continue until all 144,000 aspects or ways of thinking are understood. then you will have no further use for a physical body or the subconscious mind to recreate your desires or store the accumulated understandings. This is what Jesus accomplished, and so will you. The number of lifetimes it takes is subjective.

Answer 2:

I generally agree with the last response but will clarify the answer according to my own metaphysical perspective from many years of research and experience.

We all choose whether or not to come back into physicality. The more advanced souls take their time in the Spirit to reflect and prepare for their next incarnation and what they intend to accomplish in it. But the vast majority of souls do not spend much time in spiritual preparation and don't incarnate for the noble reasons of serving others and spiritually evolving.

There are no ideal circumstances with which to incarnate. We simply strive to find the best conditions that are available at any given time. Keeping in mind that there is a lot of competition to incarnate into well-to-do and educated families, as many spirits at any given time strive to have those advantages in their lives. In other words, it is not a perfect system by any means.

I have not found any evidence that 144,000 aspects or ways of thinking need to be understood in order to avoid incarnating. Again, it is always a choice to make whether to come into flesh or not.

What really dictates spiritual evolution is not ways of thinking but advanced ways of loving. It is in the ability to be selfless, to love genuinely and deeply, which really determines how far we can venture into the infinite and non-living higher power known as The Light after bodily death.

Although no one can grow into becoming endless, there are degrees of spiritual excellence that can be achieved, even to the point of becoming a Co-Creator in The Light. When that happens, whereby one can create one's own fully-grown body at will and thereby come back at will (it has yet to happen), then there is no need to ever incarnate again the old fashioned way, lose most or all of one's memory, go through another troubled childhood, etc.

Jesus (also referred to as Issa or Yuz Asaf ) was not a god or even a saint, just a prophet. He should not be thought of as the preeminent spiritual standard since Jesus the god and Jesus as he really was has been distorted through the centuries. Fairly recent discoveries have been made that point to Jesus having completely escaped the Romans and crucifixion, moved to India, lived as a revered and wealthy prophet and healer, and just before dying at the age of eighty proclaimed to be the Galilean messiah (sic). There is even a tomb of Jesus in India, the site of which is easy to find via a search on the Net.

Compassion is the litmus test for divinity.

When was the last time you saw a god come down and stop the pedophilia among those of the clergy in ANY facet of the three main world religions?

It never happened because there are no Ascended Masters in The Light, no divinity to speak of.

On a lighter note, a God Realized aristocracy is now finally in its formative stages and in the not-too-distant future you will have gods of heroism and compassion striving to manifest their own divine intervention.

Rest assured, Jesus/Issa/Yuz Asaf and the other prophets of old will not be among them.

no. They believe there is only one life and that they should live it to the full. The readings at funerals are about calibrating the life of the deceased. I do not believe in a God or an afterlife which has little relevance anyway since only the corporeal remains are actually present at the funeral. The 'soul' resides in the brain and ceases to exist once brain death occurs. I choose to live a moral, spiritual life and have faith both in human beings and Science, all without belief in religion.

Hindus believe in many realms of existence, and reincarnation determined by one's karma.

The goal of Hinduism is to transcend this process and attain moksha, or liberation, becoming one with Absolute Reality (God, Brahman). It is believed that it usually takes countless lives before this occurs.

I would say that the equivalent of Heaven in Hinduism is thus moksha, or Brahman.

Afterlife and the understand of the afterlife in ancient Egypt is very interesting.

From the manuscripts called the Book of the Deaf one has the idea that the folklore of afterlife became more of an exploited business, having said that the notions of afterlife which arrive to us from parts of the manuscripts and from the hieroglyphics in the Egyptian temples and thumbs point to a certain sophistication in the understanding of the principal stages of the happenings to the Human Soul after the death of the Human Body.

But they started well and then they became so elaborated and confusing that in the end they served to little purpose other than to sell manuscripts (such as the book of the dead) which where intended to served as a guide map for the soul of the deceased to arrive to heaven.

Having said that after all considerations the idea and the accuracy of what happens to the Soul after death is much more accurate in and depicted in the Tibetan Book of the Dead.

Because some people are spiritual but do not agree with the trappings of religion. Religion is a morality-based set of beliefs and rituals intended to keep people "good". It doesn't have anything to do with the higher aware person who realizes he is an immortal spiritual being responsible for his own ethical choices and survival.