There's the difference between faiths of the West and contemplative lore of the Kara-Tur (Far East).
In the West, it's considered that after one's death, after a time in the Fugue Plane, one's soul may depart to it's deity, with help of the deity of death and dead - Kelemvor. Kelemvor promoted that death was a natural part of life and should not be feared as long as it was understood.
I am trying to integrate lessons of East and West, reading and contemplating a lot. I think that after death and a (usually long) time in the one's deity plane, one continues the seemingly endless cycle of deaths and rebirths. Western thought states that one sits at deity's plane for Eternity, but I think that no Heaven or Hell is Eternal. I think and believe that one can escape the cycle of deaths and rebirths by meditating and living accordingly.
My studies led me to compose a Rite to be performed on Kelemvor's holy day... A rite of ascetic meditation, that leads and culminates in putting candles in tiny wooden boats and letting them float in a swampy forest lake.
... long story short, the lights of these candles would guide the minds and souls of the dead to their deities, with the aid of Kelemvor.
But that's not the end - as the lights would ease the suffering of one's mind and soul after the time at their deity's plane ends. The lights would make one suffer less as he or she leaves deity's custody, and - even more importantly - guide one's mind to the lessons about Karma and Samsara, to the lessons about Cause & Effect, to the lessons that include the Cycle of Reincarnations and Rebirths. These lessons include the practices of Mantrayana (way of speaking mantras) and the practice of Meditation.
... I'll start performing the Rite on my own, once I am ready.
-- Anheim, Yogin Warrior of Sun and Moon, and a Student of the Cycle of Deaths & Rebirths.
