If you were to take a much deeper look, you would realize that questions like "where are the loving beings of light" are quite naive, and at the level of depth one would expect to find in a discussion of death on the "Oprah" show. A good deal of the "stage machinery" has been observed, contemplated, speculated on, and analyzed going all the way back to the time of Patenjali, including concepts like "the dweller on the threshold." It seems to me just as wise to spend time contemplating why we see evidence of past-life memories, birthmarks, scars, and deformites, that follow us without our conscious involvement as it is to be fascinated with fears of total annihilation.
Cheers,
Bill