Afterlife Afterlife was a term referring to any kind of continued existence after one ' s death . Many different beliefs existed among the different cultures . Beliefs . Ferengi tradition told that all life profit and loss statements were weighted . Worthy traders were sent to the Divine Treasury , the others to the Vault of Eternal Destitution . ( ) Lurian s brought gifts of food and drink for the deceased so they will have something to sustain them in the afterlife . ( ) Some Human s believed that a person would be sent to a different afterlife , either Heaven or Hell , depending on their actions in life . A third related location was Purgatory . ( ; ) In 2365 , Captain Picard explained that there were two contemporary philosophies on afterlife . One was the belief that death was the transformation into an indestructible and unchanging form . The purpose of the entire universe was to then maintain that form in an Garden of Eden - like place . The other was that death was simply blinking into nothingness . Picard himself believed that the existence of lifeforms was part of a reality beyond what was currently understood as reality and therefore both philosophies were insufficient . ( ) Many cultures believed that people would exist in the afterlife in a " pure " physical state , cured of health issues from their previous life . In 2368 , when Geordi La Forge and Ro Laren were thrown out of phase by a transporter accident and declared dead by a crew that could not see them , the blind La Forge regarded the continued function of his VISOR as proof that , contrary to what Ro believed , they " were " still alive . ( ) Klingon mythology taught that honorable warriors were sent to " Sto - vo - kor " when they die , while dishonorable ones were sent to " Gre ' thor " . ( ) Talaxian s mythology had a belief in an afterlife known as the Great Forest , in which a great tree stood at the center . It was said that upon death , a Talaxian went to the afterlife and met the souls of their deceased family upon arrival . ( ) The Vhnori , when near death , were placed in a coffin - like device that euthanized the occupant . They believed that after this they then transported them to the " Next Emanation " . ( ) In Akaali mythology , the afterlife was refered to as the afterworld , and said to be ruled by Draylan . ( ) The Vori believed in the Gloried Way After . ( ) Drayan s believed that the energy in a person was set free at the time of death . ( ) Sargon ' s species believed in oblivion after death . Thalassa told her husband that oblivion with him didn ' t frighten her . ( ) Vulcans believed in the katra . Tuvok said that Vulcans believed a person ' s katra , or what some may call a soul , survived after death . Although he believed in it without question as a child , he recently experienced doubts . ( ) Appearances . In 2369 , after the failure of his artificial heart , Picard seemed to experience going to the afterlife run by Q as god . ( ) A species of non - corporeal life forms who fed on the consciousness of corporeal beings used a Matrix to trap the minds of people close to death . The aliens needed the people to enter voluntarily , so they claimed that the Matrix was the afterlife . ( ) One such alien appeared to Janeway and claimed to be her father . B ' Elanna Torres experienced being sent to Gre ' thor to save her mother Miral from dishonor . ( ) When Neelix died and didn ' t see anything , he felt so distressed that he thought of taking his own life . ( ) . Someone does have a dream about the Great Forest , however . Quark had a dream about going to the Divine Treasury . In 2375 , Julian Bashir and Miles O ' Brien were near death while exploring the mind of Luther Sloan . Seeing a light appear in a certain corridor , O ' Brien suggested it was The Great Beyond . ( )