INTRODUCTION
Living and Dying In the Light of the Near-Death Experience
Plan of the Book
CHAPTER ONE
Journeys to the Light
Craig
Neev
Laurelynn
Sally
Steve
Peggy
Drawing the golden threads together
CHAPTER TWO
The View from the Top: Dust Sightings and Misplaced Shoes
Out of Body Visions
Veridicality Studies
CHAPTER THREE
Eyeless Vision: NDEs in the Blind
Corroborative evidence for OBE and NDE visions
But is it really "seeing"?
Conclusions
CHAPTER FOUR
Children in the Light
NDEs in Children
NDEs in the Very Young
Perinatal Memory
Conclusions
And a final word from a boy named Marc
CHAPTER FIVE
Living in the Light - Afterward
Psychological and Behavioral Changes Following NDEs
Appreciation for Life
Self-Acceptance
Concern for Others
Reverence for Life
Anti-Materialism
Anti-Competitiveness
Spirituality
Quest for Knowledge
Sense of Purpose
No Fear of Death
Life after Death
Belief in God
Changes in Consciousness and
Paranormal Functioning
Expanded Mental Awareness
Paranormal Sensitivities
Healing Gifts
Physiological and Neurological
Changes
Hyperesthesia
States of Physiological Hypoarousal
Energetic Shifts and Kundalini Activation
Neurological and Brain Changes
Life after an NDE: Some
Self-Portraits
Robert
Mia
Fler
Marty
Connecting to the NDE
CHAPTER SIX
Living it all Over Again: The Experience of the Life Review
The Experience of the Life Review
1- Frequently, you are not merely reviewing your life but actually
reliving it
2- You re-experience everything
3- You see it all at once, and yet chronologically too
4- You have to describe it in metaphors
5- You experience it from a dual perspective
Lessons of the Life Review
A Life Review Exercise
A Commentary on the Life Review Exercise
The Life Review as a Non-Judgmental Process
Conclusions
CHAPTER SEVEN
The Life Review as the Ultimate Teaching Tool
The Lesson of Inter-Connectedness
The Healing Power of the Life Review in Personal Transformation
The Uses of the Life Review
CHAPTER EIGHT
In the Light Of Love: The Lesson of Self-Acceptance
The First Gift of the Light: Self-Acceptance
Further Gifts of Self-Expression from the NDE
The Search for Self: Using the Gifts of the NDE
CHAPTER NINE
Through a Glass Lightly: Seeing the World with NDE-opened Eyes
The NDE as a Benign Virus
A Test of the Benign Virus Hypothesis
More Evidence for the Benign Virus Hypothesis: Some Case Histories
Becoming an NDEr without an NDE
CHAPTER TEN
They Come by Light: Healing Gifts and the NDE
The Light as a Healing Force
Further Gifts of the Light: Healing from Despair
The Healing Gifts of NDE Stories
NDErs as Light-manifesting Therapists
Making the Connection: What the NDE Teaches about Healing
CHAPTER ELEVEN
New Light on Death, Dying, and Bereavement
What NDErs Have to Teach US About Dying and Death
Facing Death
Contemplating Suicide
Dealing with the Grief of Bereavement
From NDEs to ACDs
Conclusions: the Revisioning of Death in the Light of NDEs
CHAPTER TWELVE
Crossing Over into the Light
The Impact of the NDE Testimony on Belief in Life After Death
Visualizing the Afterlife
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Journeys to the Source and the Ultimate Lessons from the Light
Mellen-Thomas Benedict
Howard Storm
Norman Paulsen
Virginia Rivers
Beverly Brodsky
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Lighting up the Earth
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX
Lessons from the Light
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