How much do post mortem rituals ACTUALLY matter?
They are present in all religions/faiths (or in most of the Mainstream Ones anyway), so I’m wondering, can we actually help those that have died In Any REAL Way??
I mean, in Orthodox Christianity they mention 40 days that are Vital to do all sorts of prayers and rituals for the departed one(s), so that their souls can reach Heaven (well, a Better place anyway).
Or is it all just one’s deeds, one’s state of mind and spirit and one’s Energy Level/Spiritual Level at the time of their death (a combination of these maybe? Plus, whatever Karmic debts or Karmic situation they have)?
Maybe someone goes to what his soul/essence resonates with, thus there are endless potential worlds/realms, experiences…
Now, Near Death Experiences are inconclusive for me, since the vast mojority of those who had such an experience, claim that they have reached better realms, yet their accounts are/can be VERY different or rather Very Unique, each human having a Unique Experience of what lays behind this physical/material life (although they do have many things in common), but there are those who see Hellish realms, Horrible worlds, have Terrible experiences, so it’s not all Flowers, Unspeakable Love and Sunshine for Everyone/Every individual…
Reading on this forum and in other places, I have seen MANY theories about Afterlife (and about this life and world too), but my Main Question is:
Can We Help Them/those Dear to Us or Even Strangers??
What are Your Views [if you have any; perhaps you don’t care or just let it be and see it when the time comes lol - or maybe you want to live forever, to reach Immortality (physical Immortality, with current body) in this lifetime… - well, just saying/mentioning it, just putting this option here, for those who do wish it, and probably not the majority… ]??