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>, "Joe" <abc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> Well, I dunno- it's certainly a fascinating subject.
>
> In recent years I've seen a number of people near death- none looked
> pleased, regardless of their religion or philosophy. So I can only
conclude
> that for most people, the experience sucks.
>
> I have read books on the subject, years ago, but can't remember their
> titles- and I found in one book a list of "last words" of some well
known
> people - most were interesting if not entertaining- one guy said he
never
> felt so good.
>
> I've checked out this newsgroup several times over the years and I
recall
> seeing your name.
>
> Joe
>
>
> "Alan B. Mac Farlane" <alanb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:C11ECD3D.26108%alanb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > the ones who die ... don't get to talk about it Joe.
> >
> > just the ones who get their ticket punched for the return trip get to
> > talk.
There are bunches of books out now about re****ted NDE's;
one can only assume that most of the people interested in this
subject can't read, or don't have time to read, or -- ?
One of my favorites is "Messages From Michael" by Chelsea
Quinn Yarbro; its scope is much larger than NDE's per se, but
certainly does include the subject of "death" and what it "means"
etc. I've always thought that this was the least bull****y of the
books I've read about The Meaning of it All, and the most
intriguing -- intriguing enough, it turns out, to have attracted a
lot of wannabees into writing their own stuff about the source
that calls itself "Michael"; if you're interested, I'd suggest you
*start* with Yarbro, and then go look at the other stuff; this can
be a course in how people attempt to turn something reasonable
and interesting into a "system" that they can pretend to
manipulate in order to make other folks feel better, for a price.
It's kind of a crash course in how religions are developed -- as
attempts to create institutional structures that grant power to
a hierarchy of bull****ers over the gullible and the desperate.
Yarbro's Michael books (there are a number of them, as the
input has continued to flow over a period of about 25 yrs now)
give no one power over anyone else, make no claims to
offer the road to becoming rich or thin or more virtuous or
august than others, and can actually be re-read with interest
because that's what they are -- *interesting*.
I've read a couple of the "Seth" books, and various authors on
reincarnation etc., but none of them have "stuck" or have
warranted re-reading.
Just rambling along here, since it's been so quiet . . .
C
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