Is it better to be spiritual?

[AnthroHeart]

Is being spiritual really better than not caring for one's ultimate eternal development?

Why do shamans go through hell to initiate, and willingly experience stuff that would traumatize most people?

I had a nightmare where something small happened and I was freaking out.

But there is a whole gamut of spiritual development.

Does higher spiritual development ultimately on the other side in time/space mean greater pleasure?

If one raises their vibration here on Earth, does that put them automatically in a higher state in time/space after they pass over?

And are higher states more light filled, with less scary stuff?

Because the other side time/space can be just as traumatic as here I think.

After you pass over, it may very well be that the psychological issues you didn't deal with can cause psychological horrors to you on the other side.

Your shadows, if they remain unknown here, will haunt you while you are in time/space.

Is this how it happens?

Is this why people torture themselves with their worst fears here, to get more pleasure in the afterlife?