Unlocking the Mysteries of Life: A Doctor's Insight into Near-Death Experiences and Beyond

Bella: Dr Greyson’s (Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry) 4 decades of research about thousands of Near Death Experiences (NDE’s) convincingly makes the case that:

- there is life after death

– the life that awaits us is fuller than we can conceive of with love and joy. “They consistently describe feeling peaceful, calm, tranquil, at home, and, most of all loved” p.161 “you are safe here” p. 199

– our lives have purpose.
Many of those who die and come back are sent back to complete something in this life eg “I was sent back for a reason” p166-7. So this life, however meaningless it may seem, has profound significance.

- people who have a near death experiences come back utterly changed, realising the need to show up in the world with love and kindness.
For example the Marine, who returned from his NDE and realised he could not fire his gun. “I couldn’t shoot my gun. All I ever wanted was to be a marine, but I realised I could no longer do my job. The NDE had an incredible effect on my life. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t fire my rifle. Eventually, I left the Marines … I joined the National Guard, because it helps people...

United Kingdom on Mar 08, 2024

L Scriv: I read a digital version of this book, then ordered two hard copies to give away, because I think it can give hope to anyone who is wondering if there is something beyond this life. I love the way the author takes a scientific approach to this subject. Once he explores a topic, it inevitably leads to more questions, which he then sequentially addresses. Highly recommend.

United States on Mar 06, 2024

Michelle L.: Having just lost a beloved pet, it was inspiring to read of people's near death experiences in which they claim they were reunited with pets they had lost. Not to mention people who went on before them. I am not a big reader but I read this in 2 days. It really gives you hope of the next journey after death and makes it "not so scary"

United States on Feb 11, 2024

dgac63: I thought the first third or so of the book was a little boring when the doctor's research methods were being presented but I guess that this was just part of the necessary scientific process. I found the remainder of the book to be very interesting and thought provoking. I have never had an NDE but I have had a couple of close calls in auto accident situations. In these cases, time as I perceived it, slowed way down but my brain was processing information very quickly. Similar things were mentioned in NDE experiences in the book. I am glad I purchased the book. At the very least it was very thought provoking as to what happens next for all of us.

United States on Feb 02, 2024

Kindle Customer: This book stunned me. On the one hand, I am a skeptic like Sir Richard Dawkins on esoteric topics. On the other hand, for long years, I was quietly terrified by what Sir Bertrand Russell called "Terror of cosmic loneliness". Are we really alone in this damned ****ing universe? What happens to our soul after death? What happens to the souls of all our near & dear ones after their passing away? Do we ever get to meet them again? Such emotional questions that always stay at a corner of your mind looking for attention. This book fundamentally & totally changed my outlook towards "After life". After reading this book, I finally reconciled with my dad's death, which had had a devastating effect on me for more than a dozen years. What more can happen to you when you realize your "terror of cosmic loneliness" has been replaced by a subtle happy curiosity about the subject "Death" itself. I couldn't thank the author Dr.Bruce Greyson enough. I am very grateful to him and even more grateful to the good God for making me accidentally stumble on to this powerful book. One thing I highly appreciated was the tremendously thorough scientific rigor Dr.Greyson employed to find answers to a...

India on Nov 24, 2023

Janice: Loved this book and the way Dr. Greyson approaches the subject. I cannot say I remember anything about my death, but I know I came back without the fear of dying. A reevaluation of dying did occur somehow, as did how important it is to just listen to what is really being said without judgment or expressing an opinion. Acceptance is key to those who have such a memory.

Canada on Nov 05, 2023

Filippo Fortunati: Ottimo saggio scientifico sulle NDE.
di grande valore scientifico è anche la sua diretta testimonianza di una percezione extrasensoriale verificata della paziente in coma.

Italy on Oct 10, 2023

Victor E. Smith: Credit the progression of the Near-Death Experience (NDE) over the past 50 years from an event that raised eyebrows about the experiencer’s sanity to a phenomenon that merited serious consideration by scientific and medical professionals to the curiosity and persistence of Dr. Bruce Grayson, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia, among many other professional credentials.

Dr. Greyson’s interest in near-death experiences began in medical school when he encountered a patient in the emergency room who stunned him with an account of leaving her body while unconscious, an event that challenged his orthodox beliefs about the mind and the brain and thus led him on a lifelong journey to study near-death experiences scientifically. He went on to co-find the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS) and serve as editor to the Journal of Near-Death Studies for 27 years.
As a writer myself who focuses on reincarnation and the paranormal, I found IANDS ten years ago, have attended several of its events, read widely on the subject, and observed related research by Dr. Gary Schwartz of the University of Arizona....

United States on Sep 06, 2021

Ronaldo P P Santos: An honest and a great job of Dr. Greyson. It really puts some light in the fantastic trajetory of each human being.

Brazil on Apr 10, 2021

Richard B. Schwartz: This is an interesting, readable book, but it does not live up to the hype it has been given. I’m not sure that any book on so complex and potentially consequential a subject as this could. It concerns near death experiences, which Dr. Greyson has been studying for over four decades. The subjects involved are what my college classmates would have termed cosmic: the existence of God, the existence of an afterlife, the aspects of that afterlife which might be described and enumerated, the existence of a heaven and a hell, the meaning of life/death/experience, and so on.

The scientific method is interviewing/categorizing/calculating experiential overlap/summation. What did people experience in their NDE’s? How many people near death have NDE’s? Of what do they consist? What are the most common experiences? What conclusions can we draw from all this?

Needless to say, this is all of the greatest possible importance, but the evidence is perforce anecdotal, not anecdotal in the ‘that’s not science or real data’ sense (which he addresses at some length) but the kind of science represented by ethnology—the interviewing of individuals, the development of case...

United States on Mar 05, 2021