Our subconscious conditioning is enormously influenced by the environment, by the collective mind of people around us and by the media. It is also influenced by what we refer to as "science" which is actually the old obsolete yet instinctive science that completely excludes quantum mechanics.

These surrounding factors constantly and consistently preach for skepticism, in other words - only what you can see and depict in solid "logical" mainstream scientific model does exist, there is nothing beyond, only fantasies. Actually, there is a tacit ignorant assumption concealed in this preaching:it is not science which simulates reality but rather that reality is supposed to simulate science.

In such a reality, there is no meaning to anything, you are the body or actually some phantom temporal hologram emulated by the body, everything is accidental and arbitrary. In such a reality, it doesn't matter what you do or seek or be, you will cease soon and so your doing, seeking and being. This is not a sane option to live by. Still, all of us are fanatically conducting our lives by this thesis and thus miserably suffer.

Realizing this, it appears that the only practical approach left is to give the other option a try, just a try, after all what is there to lose comparing to the depressing and meaningless-based option?

You have given a try, throughout all your life, to the skeptic option, consciously and unconsciously. Even if you take yourself to be a deeply religious person, inspect very carefully and you will find out numerous mental islands of skepticism throughout your daily activities. Do you get angry or frightened sometimes? If you inspect these feelings of fear and anger carefully, you will find skepticism at their substratum.

It will be only fare to give the same chance you gave skepticism (and got nowhere by this) to the other option of belief, of "maybe I am not the body...", "maybe there is something beyond there...". Give it a try even for only one month. You will find out how hard it is, how strong are those conditionings of skepticism and disbelief.

You will find out how strong is the supporting skeptic environment, bombarding you over and over with skeptic energy and influence. Do not give up, give belief a fare chance! Even just assume for a while that the belief doctrine is valid. Remember, your inner conviction in the validness of the skeptic option is also just an assumption you adopted, a tacit unaware assumption, not a fact as you tend to believe.