You might find one or more of the books above helpful in your death-acceptance process, or with grieving the loss of a loved one. If you do, it can be useful to share the book with a friend or family member and share your ideas about life after death. The points about how we all have a spirit guide/guardian angel with us at all times and when we die, at a minimum that entity will help us to cross-over. Also, we will meet those we loved who have gone before--and the dying children of the author's experience never met anyone who had not died before them (ruling, out for her, wishful thinking because that would have met they saw there still living parents.) The Bright Hour is a memoir about how to live every day “with death in the room.” Written by poet Nina Riggs, a direct descendant of Ralph Waldo Emerson and mother of two, the memoir offers an uplifting perspective on mortality. These books are for the scientific and medically-minded. If you want interesting scientific facts and discussion about the process of death and what death is, these are for you. 5. How We Live and Why We Die: The Secret Lives of Cells by Lewis Wolpert

On Life After Death provides expert, in-depth research on life after depth, as well as Dr. Kubler-Ross’s personal thoughts opinions about the topic. Ross says, ‘It’s a blessing to be able to sit at the bedside of a dying person.” Personally, I’m no amateur at this as I’ve been to my share of beloved bedsides, including, recently, my own husband’s. I’m not sure if the blessing is for the one leaving our world because the only blessing I felt was that he was no longer suffering, but the aftermath of me and my loss certainly doesn’t feel like a blessing.

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Dr. Morse theorizes that children more readily remember their afterlife experiences than adults. This is because (according to Morse) children have not yet absorbed our societal ideas about death. For many Buddhists, death isn’t seen as an end, but rather a continuation. We believe you go from life to life, so this can help Buddhists move away from a fear of death, and instead see it as just another part of their journey which they must take.

Life After Death helps readers confront their fears of dying, and to consider even some of the more fantastical theories of the afterlife.In The Lovely Bones , we experience the pain and loss of Susie’s family as they hunt for their daughter’s killer. We also get a peek into life after death, with Susie’s version of the afterlife.

Muslims believe that life in Heaven will be very different. For example, in this life we sleep to rest and eat to survive, whereas in the afterlife Muslims believe these things will be done for pleasure only, not out of necessity. We’ll experience pleasures that can’t be compared to those in our current life. How We Die is known as one of the definitive books about death. The observations within each chapter draw a picture of death within health care and our relationship with death.She also looks at the psychological and spiritual components of death, including “death with dignity.”

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with terminal illness, reading books about death and dying can help you prepare for what is ahead. Rather than go into the later stages of illness completely blind, the knowledge of what to expect can help bring peace and encourage preparation. A loved one passed away Psychological researchers and philosophers share a variety of analyses in this comprehensive collection of near-death experiences (NDE). Coverage of Christian, Jewish, and Mormon responses to NDEs as well as mystical and spiritual interpretations make this a must-have for anyone looking for religious and spiritual books on death. The story centers around Eddie, a wounded war veteran. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie dies and reawakens in the afterlife, where he learns the true nature of “heaven.” Through these stories, James Van Praagh takes the reader on a journey between life and the afterlife. He conveys everything he’s learned from his time in the medium business, from the importance of karma to the dangers of emotional baggage. This work of nonfiction presents four essays from Dr. Kubler-Ross’s time working with dying patients. From these patients, she was able to learn “what life is about.”And though I have mad respect for her, I found some of the stories too odd and unrelatable - primarily regarding "out of body" experiences (including her own) and I guess her own near-death experience? I think that is what she described...? Again, the language was way too out there for me to take seriously and though she implores us to keep an open mind and not be cynical or overly critical, I guess I am not there yet. When someone explains leaving their physical body at the speed of light and traveling around, and then later experiencing the pain of a thousands deaths from a thousand dying patients - well, I just can't. I don't believe it and even if I am able to better tap into whatever spirituality may exist within me, I highly doubt I ever will. To me, that's magic (and maybe shrooms?) - not spirituality. In general, the people who are waiting for us on the other side are the ones who loved us the most. You always meet those people first. 15 Gradually, and not without trepidation, the awareness came to me that I had gone too far and that I now had to accept the consequences of my own choices. I tried to fight sleep during that night, having a vague, inner-knowledge that "it" would happen, but not knowing what "it" would mean. And the moment I let go I had probably the most painful, most agonizing experience any human being has ever lived through. I literally experienced the thousand deaths of my thousand patients. It was a total physical, spiritual, emotional, and intellectual agony causing the inability to breath, a doubling up of my body, an agonizing physical pain and a total knowledge and awareness that I was out of reach of any human being. And I had to somehow make it through that night. 66 Does consciousness exist independently of the body? It's one of the biggest questions there is. This book does well from a scientific point of view to prove that yes, it does. I think we're years away from discovering anything that might be accepted as 100% proof. The only thing we do know for sure is that we don't know what consciousness actually is. The irony.