Do you believe in an afterlife?

I'm honestly torn on the issue. I lost the love of my life to cancer, but we made an agreement before she died. If possible, she would reach out to me, and I would know it's her because we have a word that she'll use. It's been years now, and I've yet to see or hear that word. I've lost confidence that I ever will.

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reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M

maybe there is an afterlife but we are not meant to know because this experience on earth would be less meaningful if we knew. imagine you have always existed , that you are an eternal spirit , and sometimes you come for a little trill ride on earth , a little vacation from eternity, but if you clearly remembered being immortal nothing would mean anything. so we intentionally come here with no memory of our eternal past and only remember right after we die and then we laugh our heads off realizing how we took everyting so seriously and how exciting it was. maybe once she died your love remembered it all and now realizes she would ruin it for you if she intervened and also , in her present perspective , life literally last a few seconds to an eternal being so there is no point in reaching out, she'll just let you finish your trill ride and you will both laugh about it when you die. I like to see it that way, makes the experience make sense but I can't say "I believe" because, what does that even mean? some kind of subjective certainty? I just like to imagine it that way.