Many ask questions about the nature of death, and I can understand why many seek the comfort of promising that we would all be together with God in Heaven after we die. But I never believed that, and I didn't want to lie to my daughter about this. So I told her what I believe, which is that when we die, we go back to the earth. That was ok for the moment, but she kept asking questions about the "why" of it. (She is very conceptually advanced for a young age, but I still wanted to make sure I didn't give her more than she can handle.) And I finally defined the issue for myself and her when I said that, if no one ever died, there wouldn't be any room for new babies to be born. That seemed to comfort and satisfy both of us.
As far as consiousness after death, I just don't know the unknown. But I don't believe there is any spiritual "penalty" for not knowing.

I do believe that the earth is a living thing, with everything interconnected, and so I believe that in that sense, we live on in the great flow of existence. And we live on in the hearts and minds of others. So that is enough motivation for me to try to be the best person I can be.

As far as reincarnation, I've always wondered how that theory explains the population explosion. If the same 'souls' are being re-born over and over, then wouldn't the number of people remain static? Oh, I forgot, you can be re-born as other animals. In any case, the idea that you live many lives until you perfect your spirit doesn't work for me, because I have no memory of any experiences or lessons from any 'past lives.'

The theory of karma makes sense to me along the lines of "What goes around comes around", but applied to this lifetime, not some theoretical future life. I think there is probably some Physics to psychic energy that we don't yet understand, but it seems obvious that love begets love and hate begets hate, so I believe that our thoughts and feelings do have force and consequence that are both physical and immediate.

There's a quote from Ghandi that I like:

"I believe in the essential unity of all people and, for that matter, of all that lives. Therefore, I believe that if one person gains spiritually, the whole world gains, and if one person falls, the whole world falls to that extent."

That quote gave me a lot to think about, and gave good expression to my core belief, that everything is connected and every life matters.

What are your views on afterlife?

I know my brother leaves me hearts all the time... i have pictures of one or two of them in my profiles... but i have several more

"I swear there aint no heaven and I pray there aint no hell, but I'll never know by livin' only my dyin' will tell"

I do not believe in after life as I see death as the end of life and all its aspects .
However I see death as a state similar to when you are having a surgery for ten or twelve hours
whereas you feel nothing and it is the most peaceful moment ever .

yes when we die, our bodies are reborn again and keeps on going.. its just like pastlife being reborn again.
and nde is about the same, and my son is proven fact of one as we almost lost him back in dec 2007 he went into cardac arrest and they had 3 doc that revived him.. he told my mom and sister that he saw the light and god, and told my mom that my grandmother(my mom mom) told him to go back and live with your grandma, and he also saw my mom ex bf and my sister neighbor grandmother

I do believe in an afterlife

It was a dream only .

wtf are you talking about dream only...
aparently you DONT BELIVE!!! so why bother and say something you dont belive in...

Crap by any name is crap .

Don't be so hard on yourself Sam. I don't see you as crap.