Religions provide relief through the Afterlife. However, even the scientific-minded often follow some kind of dogma: the current models are misrepresented as reality itself. Many mathematicians don't regard math as mere language, but as the Truth. Many computer scientists think we live inside a computation.
Illuminists thought the universe to be a giant clock.
We also follow our own storytelling. Western culture describes life and the universe as a dramatic arch. We don't just learn from stories, we live them.
Forget everything you know. Reality is not meaningful nor meaningless. Dualism is yet one of many fallacies we are intrinsically tied to. Every thought becomes dogma. to have, to be, not is dogma. There's no escape from our perceptual model.
Reality is. or maybe isn't. The more you try to describe it, the more you get trapped into your own box. Enjoy the ride.
Sarai un fiocco di neve che non cade in nessun posto.
You will be a snowflake that does not fall anywhere.