The mystery of the Afterlife

Have you ever wondered what happens when someone dies? Do they go into eternal oblivion? Or do a part of them, or rather an essence of them, stay on? Such is the mystery of the afterlife that thousands of intellectual people from time immemorial have tried to find out its secrets. Till date, the mystery of the afterlife continues to haunt the common man. Because almost nothing is known about what happens exactly after a person dies, the allure continues.

Many theories are there which try to define the afterlife and what happens when the body dies. The afterlife is also known as Next World, Hereafter and Life After Death. Those who believe in the afterlife are of the opinion that when the body dies, the soul stays behind. Some of them believe that the soul takes on a spiritual realm. Others are of the opinion that the soul stays on to take rebirth on this earth. This rebirth occurs several times, before the soul attains ‘eternal knowledge’ and gets reunited with its creator.

Some theories state that when a person dies, he faces a judge (God) who judges him on his life on the planet and sends him accordingly to hell or heaven. As one can see, afterlife is an extremely intriguing topic and has been featured in many a debate.

Study of the afterlife can be an extremely invigorating study and many an intellectual have devoted their lives to it. Most of the religions of the world too believe in the afterlife.