Death Reveled
Death is an illusion. Death is a process of change and transmutation on both the material and the spiritual. It is unavoidable though it can be postponed. Most people believe that we are judged when we die and that if we are "good" we will go to a "heaven" while others see us in a constant cycle of reincarnation. I think that people who believe that if you are "good" you will go to a "heaven" are wrong. That misconception was brought about by the Egyptians. The Egyptians state that when we die we will be judged and that our heart will be weighed in comparison to a feather and that if our heart is true then we may pass any further trials and be accepted by the gods, but if you fail then you are asked a riddle. If you answer the riddle correctly the gods will direct you to a series of trials that will eventually evolve you to the point of being accepted by the gods. I believe that the Egyptians are on the right track but I don't think that any of them have passed that trial when they were first brought to it. And perhaps they are still trying to pass that trial. I believe that when the heart is weighed it is not compared to good and evil but to material grounding. If you cannot perceive past the material then there is no way you can go further. The riddle is given to see if you understand the possibility of such an alter existence. If you fail the riddle you are fed to a beast and regurgitated/spread throughout earth like Osiris. Now if you pass the riddle then you are reincarnated back on earth in which you now have a new understanding/purpose of what you are supposed to be doing here. Your life is the time limit you have to accomplish this task. Unless you can exist and function w/o the use of the material you will be stuck here forever.
Scientific explanation
I believe that when we die our soul is contained within the Earth's electromagnetic field and thus we are recycled (reincarnated). This reincarnation is only fully successfully if the spirits magnetic field is strong enough to stay together (thus containing its consciousness - soul). Otherwise depending on the strength the spirits structure will not stay intact in which the soul will be absorbed by stronger forces and thus it is spread about the Earth like Osiris. I believe that through true spirituality one learns how to strengthen their spirit (magnetic geometric structure - vehicle) by tapping into God (the unlimited energy source that everything is contained within) to become a god or creator after death and sometimes before. I believe that humanity due to faithlessness in themselves and in their connection to God are nothing more than small fractions of an old soul and are now nothing more then programs that have been created by society. Thus they are "dead" according to that perception. That now humanities purpose has been shifted away from true evolution and into digging themselves out of the grave (devolution) they have made for themselves to thus get back on track to where they once were. I also believe that many of the Spiritual Masters spent the majority of their life seeking out the pieces of them self that they have lost throughout the ages. And that that is the true seekers goal. But what one does not understand is that the self and God is ever changing and even though you believe you have found yourself and know yourself and God you truly do not which is the driving motivation of the Master to follow God to the ends of creation (manifestation) so that they may see what becomes of their self which only becomes true when it ceases to evolve which is the reason many masters will tell you that there is no such thing as true immortality if you wish to truly know yourself by giving yourself up to God completely and then you cease to have a self in which your true self becomes (is) but a remnant upon the aether that you have disturbed (tuned) with your being.