what happens when we die?

Everyone ponders it, and no one quite knows. Of course you have the skeptics and the more familiar skeptics like Sylvia Brown, and maybe that guy from that TV show who does all those magic tricks (is it Chris Angel), but i wonder. I mean think about it, lets just say for a second that death was this great thing, something equivalent to winning the lottery, and all the while we've all been living our lives the safest way we can. Sylvia Brown does say some interesting stuff that kinda ties to that idea, she says that this life (witch is one of many, apparently) is the only one that death is involved in. She goes on to say that the reason why we all fear it so much is because, inherently, human nature is a materialistic one. Whether it be family, friends, your dog, your car, or the lifestyle you live, no one can honestly say that they don't enjoy any of it.... except those who are suicidal (and that kinda proves my point).
Ask me what i think, and i'll say that when we die our bodies stay behind and our soul lives on, i think possibly that it is given a choice to stay or go, where it goes, who knows. but if we decide to stay i wonder how it works, it there some kind of time warp where we could live in the future/past? Would it be purely coincidental that we come back as a woman instead of a man? Is it god that decides? These are all things that have crossed my mind, the last thing that just crossed my mind was if maybe we get to come back to the exact same life, we're briefed before we arrive that our memory will be swiped and that we get to receive the same body, looks, mother, father, social class and so on and so forth. And so maybe the soul retains a bit of life experience in the form of knowledge, so now we come back to the same time, same ol' life and do a restart. This time when you go to punch timmy on the playground for stealing your cheetos, you get this weird feeling in your stomach not too. idk this is my rant.... can you believe it, all without a joint. does sound like a good idea though.
Tell me what you think, post a comment. make it as brief or as long as you want. iam very curious.

signing off for today....laters