We don't ever die, we live after death. It is a different state, I don't know much about this state. But some have died and have appeared before me. I myself had an Astral Projection. In this situation I was at two places at the same time. Nowdays I don't meditate, because I can enter into complete silence quickly, and as if feel I left the body . Yes 20 yrs of meditation brought about these changes. So nowdays I don't meditate. It is very simple, when you experience something like an energizing light enter you, you try to hold on to it. The moment you try to hold on , you block the the light. In death there is really no ego, so no blocking, the door is wide open. Everyday when you learn new things and don't accumulate any knowledge , say I must keep all my opinions on this in a separate place of no importance . That level of humility brings this light to you. Better still if you really kind , say to the poor, and really care for them , and don't like to see them suffer due to poverty, the whole ball game changes. Then it is really a different world. I wish we all understood one another.