Well, we did have philo the day before, but we did not discuss destiny. When we discuss death it is not whether there's a life after death and such, but rather what the different philosophers think/thought about it and sometimes what we think, but rarely. I was merely responding to ''you can still think about the memories without be overwhelmed with the past'' and got carried away slightly.
Plato thought that our bodies were tombs for our souls. Spirit = immortal; comes from world of ideas, where it saw the ''real'' objects; when one has lead a philosophical life your soul goes back to the world of ideas. Body = grave for soul; Cognition = remembrance. So if you lead a good/philosophical life your soul goes back to the world of ideas. If you did not then your soul goes into somebody else's body when you die and gets another chance to get into the world of ideas. (World of ideas is like heaven; then there's our world). So there is a better afterlife that awaits us.
Epicure thought that death is the end. Death is the sublation (nullification) of senses. Nothing comes after death. Still, we should not fear it, because when we are alive death is not there and when it comes we are dead so we cannot feel it. Once humans have accepted this idea, they can live life to its fullest. We should enjoy life. Not the quantity counts but the quality. Good life = good death. Religion is just a consolation, but not the truth.
Spinoza thought one should not think about death, but about life. God=Nature. There is no afterlife. God is nobody, it is just nature, a substance. Humans have a special place in nature, a role they must play. So in other words he was a pantheist (God is everywhere). The point in life is in this life not in the next. So when humans realize they have a place in the world, they don't fear death.
Heidegger thought that we should think about death and fear it, so we can live a real life. When we fear death we can live a genuine life and are not afraid of living it to its fullest. As soon as we are born, we are ready to die.
Summary

Plato: better afterlife to look forward to.
Epicure: death is the end, but we cannot feel it.
Spinoza: death is not an event in the frame of life.
Heidegger: through fear we live real life.

Whom do you agree with? It's more of a personal choice. I mean the philosophers have just as much proof for the existence of an afterlife as we do. Anyone can make a new the theory. It is personal. ''For a great soul death is but a great new adventure''. Nobody has returned so how bad can it be? As for ''the light at the end of the tunnel'', that is a shimmer of hope for the existence of an afterlife. So any thoughts? Questions? Requests?