We Live Forever: The Real Truth About Death

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Summary: PMH Atwater is an authority on near-death
Review: I have read ever book PMH Atwater has written and believe she is the definitive researcher on the near-death experience. Rather than extracting information from her extensive near-death research, this is her personal story which is truly inspiring and worthy of acclaim. It is wonderful to experience her own voice telling of her three, compelling near-death stories. Her dedication to transforming the spiritual paradigm from one of fearing God and "death" to one of understanding that death is illusion and God is but pure Love, is a great contribution to our society and to the individual seeking personal spiritual growth. Kudos!

Rev Doug Lee


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Summary: True Philosophy
Review: If I were teaching a college philosophy course, I'd give only passing recognition to all of the well-known philosophers in history -- Pascal, Descartes, Sartre, Hume, et al -- and get to some real philosophy, the type of material discussed by P.M.H. Atwater in this 158-page book.

All those old philosophers do is discuss whether God exists or whether He, She, ot It is a product of the need to believe in something greater, how God can permit evil, etc., etc. They rarely get to the root of the problem and address whether consciousness survives physical death. It is necessary to deal with that for everything else to unfold. Knowing that there is a Higher Intelligence, Creator, God, Cosmic Force, whatever name we choose to give to Him, Her, or It doesn't in itself help us understand the purpose of our lives or give real meaning to them. To put it another way, we have to first look for survival of the consciousness and let God emerge from that. If we look for God first, we never get off the ground, because God is beyond our comprehension. And so all those old philosophers just went around in circles searching for God and meaning in life.

The near-death experience (NDE) is one phenomenon that helps us better understand what happens after death. While NDEs were taking place well before Drs. Raymond Moody and Elisabeth Kubler-Ross started writing about them 30 or so years ago, there was no significant research before them. The author had three NDEs and tells us what she learned from them as well as from extensive research she has done with the NDE phenomenon. God, the meaning of life, and the afterlife were all revealed to her, much as they were to other near-death experiencers. "Instintively, I knew the middle was the centerpoint of creation, God's portal," she writes. "As I moved toward it, I was engulfed by a force that I knew, I absolutely knew.was the presence of God. I have no words to describe what happened to me in that presence, except to say that the memory of it still causes me to weep. Instantaneously, I felt as if I knew all things. Yet even more was revealed about the inner workings of creation and consciousness, until it seemed as if I would surely burst fromt he sheer immensity of the knowledge pouring into me."

While Atwater may not have been able to find words to describe what happened to her in the presence of "God," she finds ample words to describe what she otherwise learned during her three NDEs as well as what happened to other experiencers she has interviewed. It makes for a fascinating read and there is much more substance to it than you can find in the writings of any of those old philosophers. This book should be the first book offered in Philosophy 101.

I have read a number of other books by the author, but they were before I started reviewing books at this site. However, I would give them all five stars.