On Death

Reading a unique book by Don Piper ... titled '90 Minutes in Heaven'

This book is so compelling & full of light & hope that I had to pass it along in Boomer Women! I highly recommend it to everyone!

As an author myself, I know when an author is speaking from a point of truthful experience or from a point of contrivance. Meaning ... fiction, or non fiction.

This does not undermine the grief & loss that is experienced by losing a loved one in death, nor minimize the experience at all. Death is a very real experience, & we all face death in our life sooner or later. The experience of death has touched my life several times. I hope this book will be an inspiration to everyone else who reads it!

Looking for certain answers in life, I have personally found that searching for truths brings the truth. No matter on what level or for what scenario deemed most relative in life. It is usually the questioning & searching heart that receives the 'answer'.

God is not separated from us ... you are not alone by any means!

Thank you.
C.L. Mareydt

You know, my friend just read that book and loved it. I'll have to see if the library has it in.

This is so fascinating. Thank you for recommending this book. On the heels of my 17 year old nephew's death last Feb, I have been reading books on near death experiences. I decided to write about my own NDE that occurred after my suicide attempt. NDE is something that I never talk about because it is so profound. I intend on the take-away for the reader to be one of hope of peace in the after life. Oh, and I do believe in an afterlife.

I just finishing editing a fascinating book for a woman who was a pedofile, of sorts at the very early age of 12, to her sibblings. She baby sat and would touch the childrnen she cared for inappropriately. She never understood how or why she wanted to do these things. It didn't last long, she went to confession and told the priest and he said she must tell her parents. She never did but also neer touched anyone else again. Years later she went into therapy hoping to discover why she did the things she did as a child, how she even knew about these things....Nothing ever surfced in her therapy but she has a recurring ni9ghtmare often about being awaken from her sleep, in her childhood bedroomand given a chocolate ice cream dixie-cup and eating it with a tiny wooden spoon. She has never seen the face of the MAN giving it to her and touching her. When asking her mom about the events, she was told no one ever came to th

Hi Chatty, that's an amazing story. Is it presented as fiction or non-fiction? I'm glad to hear she got help. What I learned in therapy is to trust those "nightmares" as they are often mirror images of the conscious coming forth in our subconscious because the event is too scary to re-envision in our waking hours.

Anne...Please don't think that dependents would be the only people who would miss you. WE would, for starters!

Having lost my Mom in 2002 and my Dad, Aunt and Uncle (who were close to me) last year...I totally understand about the idea of your own death not scaring you. Missing the people who are gone is much more difficult for me too, than the thought of dying. I think that anyone with a belief in God and Heaven knows that our worldly problems are gone then. But being without our loved ones and feeling so alone is a pain unlike any other.

Very interesting subject. It will be 3 years this coming Tuesday that I had my heart attack. When I asked how serious it was, I was told it was in the heavily moderate range...whatever that means. I never really thought about the dying aspect until long after I was home from the hospital and juggling my meds and getting it right with dosages, and reactions to them all. However, the fear did kick in when I realized just how scared my family was for me. My youngest daughter who was 25 at the time, single (and still is) had the most difficult time accepting the fact that her Mom could have died and that the first year after would be the most crucial. She was petrified of losing me and had no problem letting people know that, even me. That is what touched me so much, to think that my family would miss me and have to adjust to my absence in their lives. It brings me to tears when I think of it even 3 years later.

Pam. I think what you went through is very typical. I remember when Dad had his heart surgery, the doctors told us that he might experience depression. He shared that it was normal for heart patients to consider the "what ifs" which is exactly what you and your family lived through.

How great that your daughter verbalized her fears with you. I'm sure that made you feel loved!

here is another interesting link:

http://www.WantToKnow.info/neardeathexperience

(just received this link today ... it seems what we 'want' to learn about ... comes to us.)

Lynnie, I would really like to hear about your experience. I've been reading Gordon Smith's books on this and it's fascinating.

Fitlyspoken, that's an amazing link. Thank you for posting it. Actually it's an incredible comforting experience to imagine; especially when loved ones die.

Lynnie, first excuse the half written post, my computer zigged when it should of zagged and went down awhile. She is presenting her story as non-fiction because it is a true story. I wonder how many other children have repressed memories and do things not understanding why they even know about doing these inappropriate things.

Chatty, that is courageous of her to tell her truths. It's hard enough for a victim to tell the truth of SA, and even harder for an offender. This is a book I would definitly want to read. Dianne, who is Gordon Smith? The reason I did not write about NDE before was 1) I did not know what I had experienced had a name 2) once I found out it had a name I did not want to appear to jump on the NDE author's bandwagon. However, lately, I'm being asked about what I experienced, which is only alluded to in TEARS. I can't wait to read Depak Chopra's new book Life After Death. Fifty, I too think that truth seekes will come upon the truth. Even if knowing/remember truths that hurt, it is better to know the truth. I once used an affirmation. Instead of saying, "What's wrong with me?" I started to say, "God guides me to the truths that lead my soul to peace." Sometimes I would hear books whispered to me in my head, books that I had never heard of. I was literally led to books because books are my frame of reference for knowledge. If I have a headache, I take a pill. If I have a question, I read a book.