My response to this question in another forum:

I believe that what we see in the afterlife is what we expect to see. Christians will see Jesus, Wiccans will see the God/dess in whatever manifestation moves them, etc. Since the afterlife is really just the flip side of this world, the astral mirror of the material, then we must remember that what we perceive will be an illusion. Once we are consciously aware of that, we then move on to the next life.

I take comfort from the idea that this makes sense. This blip of life cannot possibly be all there is for the complex creatures that human beings are. This sliver of time cannot possibly be what makes or breaks our souls for all eternity, based on our imperfect actions.

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