Heaven Knows The Music of Dying
The following post is from Sandy Coghlan’s blog “Heaven Knows…” and is reposted with permission. The original can be viewed HERE. “Is dying painful?” That was the question Sir William Osler asked in 1900. To find …
Tag: fear of dying
How to Ease Fear of Death in a Pandemic
Around 8,000 Americans will die today, roughly 700 of them from COVID-19. We all know that death comes to everyone. Humankind has lived with that platitude for millennia. But it sometimes takes a pandemic for …
My Father Asked If He Was Dying. I Was Too Terrified to Answer.
The following is an excerpt from Lisa Smartt’s bestselling book, Words at the Threshold — Ed. The week when my father began dying, he sat up in bed, looked at me with his piercing eyes, …
An Excerpt from: The Light Beyond by Dr. Raymond Moody
I have been able to isolate eight kinds of personal changes that take place in a person undergoing an NDE (Three are covered in this excerpt –Ed.). These changes were present in all the NDEers …
Feeding Your Demons
We all have our “demons” whether they’re overeating, alcohol or cigarettes, anger, worry, anxiety, panic, depression, powerlessness, self-loathing, insomnia, procrastination, obsession, illness… The list is endless. “Demons” can also include outer problems such as unhealthy …
Oh Wow!
Near-death experiencers often say they met deceased loved ones or saw stunning landscapes while they were flat-lining. If they really do take a peek across the veil, shouldn’t one expect that those dying permanently (if …
What We Don’t Want To Think About
What We Don’t Want To Think About By Near-Death Experience Researcher Kenneth Ring, PhD In order to delay my seemingly inevitable slide into terminal torpor, I have taken up a new form of exercise that I …
NOTHING TO BE FRIGHTENED OF
“I should not really object to dying were it not followed by death.” — D. J. Enright or perhaps Julian Barnes, or was it Thomas Nagel? Possibly all three. “Dying is hard; death is easy.” …