What is the meaning of this quote?

"Haze stayed in his car about an hour and had a bad experience in it: he dreamed he was not dead but only buried. He was not waiting on the Judgment because there was no Judgment, he was waiting on nothing. Various eyes looked through the back oval window at his situation, some with considerable reverence, like the boy from the zoo, and some only to see what they could see… Then a woman with two little boys on either side of her stopped and looked in, grinning. After a second, she pushed the boys out of view and indicated that she would climb in and keep him"-- pg. 160, ch. 9

I found this quote in ch. 9 and it seems like a very interesting quote, but I dont understand what it means!! If I understand this quote, I feel like it will tell me something about sin and religion. Please help!!