Sure there's life after death. Just ask any dead person.
One thing that really freaked me out was when I saw a dead person standing next to a woman at a conference and was able to physically describe him in detail to her, tell her stuff about him that I couldn't possibly know, and relay a message from him. I wrote about that in this blog entry (under the Colette Baron-Reid section):
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/200...do-it-seminar/
Maybe it was "only" telepathy, but then why would my mind go through the elaborate projection of conjuring an accurate image of a dead person, especially when I'm more likely to accept direct telepathy?
Ultimately what convinced me wasn't my experiences though. It was the decision to test both beliefs firsthand to see which appeared more accurate. It was only by comparing the two that I could make an informed choice. This just isn't the type of decision you can make from the outside looking in.
In any event I don't like to hold fixed beliefs in any area, so I live in such a way that whether there is or isn't an afterlife doesn't make such a big difference. Either way I can still do my best to contribute while I'm here.
From what I've seen I imagine death just floats you back to one of the astral planes... or if you're really attached you could linger in the earth plane, but that's not really healthy.
One of the problems with getting those answers is that dead people don't suddenly become enlightened. Most are just as confused as they were on earth. They have a different perspective, but they still don't understand the nature of the universe. Asking a dead person to explain death is like asking a human being to explain life. Everyone gives a different answer, since there's no instruction manual on either side.