From a Spiritual perspective
Earth is the school that all of our souls attend because there are many things to experience here.
Some people are born to die at birth just for that sole experience.
Being born is death and death is rebirth. Lives can be long or short. Eventful or uneventful.
At times life is a test. imagine facing god and he asks you "why didn't you......" then your realize that
you didn't really do your best so the next time around you will fix that issue. or you could have done something
in a different way. it's all about learning, developing, and shaping yourself not at a human but as a soul.
In regards to afterlife, this is my own understanding based off of various experiences.
1) is we don't die. our souls are eternal.
2) They are very aware of us, what we do, what we think and feel.
3) in the right conditions, they can indeed contact us and let us know they are around.
4) They can visit us thru dreams and even guide us when they can.
THE AFTERLIFE: in my opinion is wrongly labeled. It should be called HOME. It's where we return once our human journey is complete.
it's a place where we can recover from our human experience. where we can reconnect with our friends back home before continuing
on in our souls journey.
I personally feel we have the choice to stay on the other side or even reach a certain level and stop returning to earth.
Take me for example, my soul is tired and needs a rest after this life. And i feel if given the choice i would not return to earth ever again.
I would happily accept a role as a guide or teacher of some type back home. But i know eventually I'd have to do it all over again.
and it's all for more experience.
Could i be wrong? of course. Could i be just thinking crazy....of course. but, until that day......i'm trusting what my soul is telling me.
when i do that, i'm usually never wrong.
PS...... I don't really care about the negative sh1t some people are expected to spew towards my way. especially from the scientific non believers. I will keep it moving, knowing,
and internally smiling because i have experience to back me up.
I may not have all of the answers, but i have enough to come to a conscious decision believe or disbelieve. I BELIEVE.