What is Afterlife?

The afterlife, or life after death, is a generic term referring to the continuation of existence after death, typically spiritual, experiential, or ghost-like, beyond this world.

While in this life, people ask the questions:

• Is death the end, or is there something of people that survives after death?
• What kind of existence will one have after one dies?
• Will it be good or bad?
• Is there anything one can do to make it good?

The afterlife is the belief that the essential part of an individual’s identity or the stream of consciousness continues after the death of the physical body. According to various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of the individual that lives on after death may be some partial element, or the entire soul or spirit, of an individual, which carries with it and may confer personal identity or, on the contrary, may not, as in Indian nirvana. Belief in an afterlife is in contrast to the belief in oblivion after death.

In some views, this continued existence often takes place in a spiritual realm, and in other popular views, the individual may be reborn into this world and begin the life cycle over again, likely with no memory of what they have done in the past. In this latter view, such rebirths and deaths may take place over and over again continuously until the individual gains entry to a metaphysical realms or Otherworld. Major views on the afterlife derive from religion, esotericism and metaphysics.

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Judgment

• Annihilationism
• Divine Judgment
• Divine Retribution
• Last Judgement
• Particular Judgment (Christianity)
• Where Will The Great Gathering And Last Judgement Take Place?
• Hell Is Punishment For Actions
• Infinite Duration in Hell and Justice
• Fate of The Unlearned
• Can Our Intention Save Us?
• Is Man’s Intention Enough To Save Him?
• How Can We Save Our Lives In The Hereafter?
• The World Does Not Suffice For The Right Judgment Of Man’s Worth
• The World is An Arena of Testing for Man
• The World Is A Field To Sow with The Seeds To Harvest In The Hereafter

Heaven and Hell

Heaven Heaven What is Heaven? Heavenly or Elevated Realms Necessity Of Hell And Heaven Some Of The People Of Paradise Will Be Given A Place As Large As The World Why Worldly Pleasure Included In Paradise Abrahamic religions Kingship and Kingdom of God Heaven (Christianity) Kingdom of God in Christianity Heaven (Judaism) Olam Haba World to Come Jannah Paradise Garden of Eden Postmodern views Omega Point Chinese religions Chinese mythology Tian Shangdi (“Supreme Deity”) Indian religions Buddhist cosmology Samsara (illusionary reality) Nirvana Buddhahood Bardo  “intermediate state“ Brahma in Buddhism Hindu cosmology Karma Moksha (Turiya, Kaivalya) Jain cosmology Related articles Son of Heaven Heavenly Host War in Heaven Eschatology

Hell Hell What is Hell? Hell (Catholic Encyclopedia) Where is Hell? Why Hell? Descriptions of Hell Necessity Of Hell And Heaven Problem of Hell Punishment Divine Judgment Divine Retribution Hell Is Punishment For Actions Infinite Duration in Hell and Justice Polytheism Ancient Mesopotamian underworld Tartarus Hades Celtic Otherworld Abrahamic religions Gehenna Sheol Azazel Christian views on hell Christian views on Hades Hades Gehenna Tartaróō (“throw to Tartarus”) Christian mortalism Annihilationism Damnation Jahannam Eastern religions Naraka (Buddhism) Naraka (Hinduism) Naraka (Jainism) Diyu Related articles Prayers for Forgiveness and Protection from Hell Fire Hell Quotes

Afterlife in religions

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Ancient religions Afterlife in Ancient Religions Ancient Egyptian religion § Afterlife Ancient Egyptian Afterlife Beliefs Ancient Mesopotamian Underworld Greek underworld Norse religion § Afterlife Death in Norse paganism Celtic Otherworld South Asian religions Afterlife in Indian Religions Buddhist eschatology Hindu eschatology Jain cosmology Rebirth Buddhist cosmology Samsara (illusionary reality) Samsara in Buddhism Nirvana Buddhahood Bardo  “intermediate state“ Brahma in Buddhism Hindu cosmology Karma Moksha (Turiya, Kaivalya) Naraka (Buddhism) Naraka (Hinduism) Naraka (Jainism) Shinto § Afterlife Philosophy Afterlife in Modern Philosophy Philosophy of Religion Process Theology Regeneration in Theology Science Consciousness after death Mind–body Problem Evidence of Survival after Death Accounts of Scripture Spiritualism Parapsychology Spiritism Mediumship Near-death studies Near death experience Out-of-body Experience Electronic voice phenomenon

See also

Do Some Parts or Cells of the Body Remain Alive for Some Time More After Death? Human’s Full Satisfaction Will In The Hereafter. God is Absolutely Capable of Destroying the World and Rebuild It

Empiricism Epistemology Nafs (The Soul) There Is Nothing Purposeless In The ‘Palace’ Of The Universe What Gifts Can We Send To The Spirit After Death?

The Supreme Transaction Spirit World Metaphysical Realms Heavenly or Elevated Realms The Spirit and What Follows How Will The Spirits Return To Their Bodies?