Near-Death Experiences, Religion, and Life After Death

Written by Jim Colajuta

Narrated by Jessica Andrews

The near-death experience (NDE) is not a new phenomenon. Individuals have been experiencing what it's like to die and come back to life even before Christ resurrected Lazarus and Christ himself. The prospect of immortality has fueled human fancy since the dawn of time and has found various expressions in the worlds of religion, art, mythology, philosophy, and folklore. Detailed stories of what is now known as the Near-Death Experience have been written down through the centuries. While we in the West have been busy ordaining our new clergy, spiritual values in the East have remained unchanged. There, the person is still taught and encouraged to develop a rich inner life. Understanding one's own relationship with the infinite is the most important endeavor. According to new modern scientific thought, a large percentage of Americans, particularly, are conditioned from childhood to value the acquisition of wealth from outside themselves. As a result, many today have very little, if any, internal resources on which to fall back when their material world falls apart. This is especially true when a loved one passes away, or perhaps even more so as these people approach their own mortality. The NDE appears to be a "seed experience" that germinates and unfolds in the individual's life as he gets ready for it upon his "return." This trait alone would suggest that the NDE can be a catalyst for significant personal development, not least the full eradication of the fear of death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Jul 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781667991573

Reviews for Near-Death Experiences, Religion, and Life After Death

[MartinsBelte · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Overall it was a good listen. The writer goes into explaining what NDEs are, raising important points that keeps us away from concluding that such experiences are definitely spiritual, biological or to do with apecific type of people. The way it's explained with examples from a few common faiths around the world felt intellectual and therefore made thid a better book than a few other ones that jump to proving that afterlife is real.

That said, because this was a summary of thought rather than in-depth exploration, a few assumptions and strong takes were made - especially in beginning to make the book sound more mysterious or intriguing. Thankfully this was well compensated later in the book.
I did fear that it will venture into "when I quote Bible, I say the source but when I quote/say anything else then it can be stated without any source" - the common way how we quote Bible is wrong if we won't quote other things the same way - thankfully there was only one such instance so it didn't become incosistent trend.

I enjoyed the book and would have enjoyed it a more with some more examples of NDEs.