The average person especially more often than not wonders what the afterlife is like, but very few people (I think), including practitioners of the occult think about the details in depth.
Bear in mind that what I’m about to say is the case in general (but there are always exceptions); death can be compared to taking one’s clothes off- there’s nothing to be afraid of and it is the natural order of things, no differently then when one is born into the material plane or simply comes into being. You shed yourself of your material body and your connection to the material world is permanently severed. The importance of one’s mental health & state of mind as is the case overall, so this is no exception, cannot be stated enough. This determines largely what astral plane you will end up in- if you’re at peace with yourself when upon dying and at least generally speaking for the most part mentally healthy, then you will end up in a higher place. In an average state of mind, you can expect similar to your mental state of being. It is like an upgraded version of the material world, there are societies and places similar to countries / regions / neighborhoods and it just goes on, but better: you will be able to do numerous things that in the material world you could not do or cannot do such as be in a different location much quicker and faster, you can fly / suspend yourself in the air and it just goes on like that. Things such as language barriers and related are virtually non-existent, because you are pure energy & are no longer held back by having a material body and all the burdens that accompany it. Magicians and the likes that can astral travel effectively can make a very similar comparison, because when you do so you can pretty much do all of the aforementioned or at least most of them. It’s not literally the same as being dead but you get a feel for what it’s like. And the benefits just go on. Needless to say, your environment is quite similar; things such as pollution, littering and all the negative aspects of the material plane are not there, the basic things you saw when you were alive are there- such as streets, buildings and whatnot but they’re simply much much better- they are much more elaborate, cleaner and free from imperfections (compared to the material plane).
So there you go, that’s what the astral plane looks like (more or less).
I saved the worst for last; when you die and you’re in a horrible state of mind, or your mental health is bad let alone worse… The astral plane that you will end up in will be similar to your state of mind, so expect to be in an abysmal place that is akin to the worst neighborhoods you were familiar with in the material world, but even worse (arguably); pain, misery, negativity, confusion, despair, feeling lost and so on is the norm in such a plane of existence.
The Dead Linger
Something that a lot of people do not know is that when you die, you will generally speaking linger or loiter around your physical body. If the question is why, it’s for the same reason that if you leave a room, that had a distinct smell or odor- you will still smell it inside your head at least, as well as the fact it might briefly hang on to you and your clothing etc. and then dissipates after a short while; since you were connected to your physical body for an entire lifetime or however long you lived in the material world, it could be anywhere from hours to days to weeks before you “move on”, since you were so used or accustomed to your physical body, that it takes you a while to realize fully that you’re no longer part of the material world. Rest assured that all of this generally speaking is normal, and you’ll subsequently also hang around the areas that you frequented or enjoyed going to, whether it be your favorite bar, pub, park and so on. So traces of astral energy will still be attached to your physical body and evaporate over a relatively short amount of time. On a negative note, in extreme cases someone will refuse to accept that they are dead and hang around their physical body as long as possible, as well as start to haunt places that made up their daily lives when they were still alive. On a positive note, the process simply goes smoothly and the person just moves on.
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