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As someone who's always been fascinated by near-death experiences (NDEs) and the question of an afterlife, I was excited to dive into "Evidence of the Afterlife" by Dr. Jeffrey Long. While the book is filled with compelling and interesting content, I couldn't help but feel that the writing style left much to be desired. The text comes across as repetitive and lacks the polish of a seasoned author. However, considering that Dr. Long is a researcher and not a professional writer, I was willing to look past these shortcomings to better understand the intriguing subject matter.

The main issue I have with the book is that Dr. Long appears to equate the reality of NDEs with the existence of an afterlife. While he spends a significant amount of time presenting evidence for the genuine nature of NDEs, the leap to conclude that these experiences prove the existence of an afterlife seems too simplistic. While near-death experiences (NDEs) are undeniably real phenomena, shared by people of all cultures and walks of life, this does not prove the existence of an afterlife.

Some of the book's arguments piqued my interest as a skeptic who is willing to be persuaded. The accounts of NDEs and the patterns discovered by Dr. Long can be viewed as evidence of something beyond our current understanding. Unfortunately, the book stops short of offering conclusive evidence for an afterlife. It's possible that NDEs reveal a beautiful and comforting end to our existence, rather than a glimpse into an otherworldly realm.

Overall, "Evidence of the Afterlife" offers a fascinating exploration of NDEs and raises thought-provoking questions about the nature of human consciousness and the possibility of an afterlife. While the writing style and some of the author's conclusions may be less than satisfying, the book is still worth a read for anyone interested in delving deeper into the mysteries of near-death experiences.
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Elizabeth_Cooper | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 27, 2023 |
This is an excellent book about NDEs and, specifically, descriptions of encounters with God during these.

I haven’t read any other NDE books with this particular focus.

The God Study was the largest study of God in NDEs ever conducted.

The book quotes directly many of the NDErs included in the enquiry.

Firstly, as regards love:

“God exists. God is love, we are love, and love creates all that is. Everything is pure love. --- God is pure love and --- we are a part of that.”

“I felt God as an all-encompassing presence--- complete, total, and unconditional love in its highest form. I was surrounded by God’s unconditional love, which was so much greater than human love.”

“The message was, ‘Love is the greatest power in the universe.’”

“Then I turned and saw what I believe was God. It was pure energy, and you could sense the great wisdom that was within. God told me that we all have to live in love, that I had to take back the message of love.”

Andy encounters God’s light. “I look into the Light’s source and see a massive, human silhouette that is radiating with the brightness of thousands of suns - it speaks to me: ’Andy, don’t be afraid. Andy, I love you.’ The Light knows me, knows my name! Surrounding this light form are millions of other lights welcoming me back home. I know them all and they know me; we are all pieces of the same light.

Although I’m in the Light and the Light is in me, I’m still Andy. I’m everywhere and here at the same time, -- The Light has the answers to all the questions in the universe – and I don’t have any questions, because I know everything that the Light knows, which is to say everything. The Light also knows everything that I’ve ever done and will do but loves me unconditionally. --- There is no fear, no judgment, punishment, blame or shame. No ledger of good and bad deeds. Only warmth, peace, joy, happiness, forgiveness, and love in the Light.”

“You’re just being --- that’s what we’re for --- to be! The Light was God.”

“Each soul is connected; each has a purpose, and each person is meant to perfect skills required to fulfil the purpose of that soul.”

The NDErs shared their descriptions of our oneness with God.

“Each soul is part of the whole, or God.”

“I was one with God or the Collective Soul --- It was perfect love.”

The author states: “The profound and reassuring message of NDErs is that God is with us every moment, in our earthly life and in the afterlife, and that God loves everyone.”

Love “seems to be a foundation of our earthly life’s meaning.” Our purpose on Earth is to love. Only love is real. To overcome our fears we need to love and accept ourselves and each other.

The NDErs learnt that there is no judgement at all, no condemnation. We judge ourselves. What we put out to the universe returns to us in some way. God loves unconditionally.

“God knows full well who we are, what we are, and still loves us totally and unconditionally.”

We are here both to love and to gain knowledge. We must learn how to accept every race and have no prejudice.

We suffer in order to learn how to develop our souls.

The beautiful light that is God is our real home.

Many NDErs experienced becoming one with all life and knowing everything. One woman experienced knowing all languages, being one with the Creator and with Creation itself. She was the Creator.

There is a chapter describing Heaven and also one describing hellish encounters. These are relatively rare but still are real NDEs.

One person describes “countless voices of many souls, --- only weeping and wailing ---It was the most anguished, pathetic sound I have ever heard.” This account is similar to Robert Monroe’s experiences described in his three books portraying his OBEs.

When those having hellish experiences ask God or the angels for help, they are removed from “Hell” and taken to Heaven. (So no-one needs to fear of coming to, and remaining in, Hell.)

This is one of the best books on NDEs I have read. It contains many, many accounts of direct experiences of God and Divine Love.

This is one of the books that I would give ten stars, if I could.
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IonaS | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 6, 2018 |
Incentrato su uno studio scientifico sulla vita dopo la morte del dott. Jeffrey Long e della sua organizzazionenderf.org.
Personalmente mi è molto piaciuto e rafforzato le mie convinzioni sulla possibilità di una vita ultraterrena.
Da raccomandare anche agli scettici in proposito...magari cambiano idea!
 
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ginsengman | 2 andere besprekingen | Oct 24, 2017 |
Dr. Long comes to the conclusion after several testimonials that there is overwhelming evidence that God is real......Read and discover what you feel.
 
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SABC | 1 andere bespreking | Jan 2, 2017 |

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