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[Alexandr Korol]

The Short and Precise Answer:

After you have attained Wisdom by passing through hell, death, and heaven,
you cease to be just a human. You become a bridge between worlds, a living
source of this Wisdom for the rest.

From there, only two roads lie before you:
• Depart into eternity and become part of God/the Cosmos.
• Return to the world and distribute what you have received (like Christ after
the Resurrection, like Odin after the sacrifice, like all enlightened ones).

Most traditions choose the second path:
“I went through all of this not for myself — but so that you could pass through it too.”
That is all there is to “what comes next.”

— And what comes next?

“And what comes next?” is a question asked only by those who have already
attained Wisdom. And here is what all traditions answer in one voice:
• There will be nothing more “for oneself.”
• All that remains is service.

When you have passed through hell, death, and heaven, and Wisdom has been
ignited within you, you cease to be the “hero of your own story.” You become
an instrument of that Wisdom in the world.

What exactly happens “next” (real examples from history and myth):

1. You return to the depths and begin to pull others out
• After the Resurrection, Christ walked the earth for 40 days, teaching his disciples.
Odin returned to the Aesir and began teaching runes and magic.
• After Enlightenment under the tree, Buddha spent 45 years teaching people.
Orpheus descended into hell for Eurydice and then spent his life healing
people with song.