I've been forced into this subject by the loss of my child. I've never been religious, spiritual, only materialistic and quite shallow. To help overcome the grief I was introduced to The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and from there found a link to Dr. Morse and NDE.

If you haven't read this book you should. I was amazed that a religion formed 2,500 years ago could so closely interpret the NDE, in particular the similarities between the "garden" and beautiful colours.

I'm reading the Phoenix Fire Mystery at the moment and found close associations with the Egyptian Book of the Dead (they actively participated in NDE life "flatliners"). It's such a shame that with all this evidence around us, and a legacy of Eastern religions, we have been brought up to believe in science for all the answers. It told me what my daughter died of, but couldn't explain the process of death - little consolation to a parent left with so many questions.

If anyone else has religious insights, I'd like to hear about them - thanks.

Dear Dean,
Sogyal Rimpoche wrote an excellent book attempting to bring Tibetan wisdom on the dying process, called the Tibetan book of Living and Dying.Check it out.

I am endlessly fascinated at the direct correlations between the Tibetan book of the Dead, and insights from children who have had NDEs.

They both speak of a light of pure reality, or as children put it "realer than real". They both make it clear that 95% of the visions of the dying are visions from within our own consciousness and life, what the Tibetans called Bardos, we, of course, call hallucinations of the dying.

By the way, your joke was very rude, but we are not politically correct on this message board, and anyway I haven't figured out how to remove it! Lucky for you I was raised Jewish, and thought it was funny.

Thanks a lot for the insights you have shared. I wonder if you can tell us about spiritual visions or insights you have had surrounding your daughter's death?

Melvin