The main game, i.e. the easy and light playthrough is the life on the astral planes and it is the normal state of being. Souls who want easy gaming and playing just stay there.
We, the hardcore players, simply go back to that easy mode when we physically die here.
Physical “death” does not mean instantly going back to your Higher Self or even merge back into the Source, but just returning to the normal easy mode game. You do not become a “bodyless orb of light” or something like that, you continue to play in your astral body, which can sometimes feel almost as physical as the physical one lol.
Please see also my reply here yesterday.