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The Wonder of You: What the Near-Death Experience Tells You about Yourself by Lynn K Russell
5.0
How I read this: Free ebook copy received through NetGalley
This book is full of positivity - just as the name suggests. It's not just a collection of NDE (near-death experience) stories - they are only used as a tool to illustrate the point - that death is not final and consciousness is so much more than we allow ourselves to believe it is. Most of the NDEs are extremely positive, and those that are not are transitory and are explained. The goal is to make you less afraid of death and also help you realize you may have a higher purpose in life that just doing your daily chores for another 50 years. And despite the fact that your life is largely made up of those chores, you don't have to be a hero to matter.
The book is very structured - so much so that I breezed through it in two evenings without taking any notes because I didn't want to break the flow of thought. So now I can't give you a more structured account of the contents. But the book talks about previous scientific experiments that were more or less acknowledged and prove the possibility of the reality NDEs point to. There are a lot of interesting ideas, but there's no agenda, no religion or dogma. You're free to choose what you'll take away. The only goal of it seems to be to infuse you with positivity regarding your purpose in life and life in general.
Highly recommended, especially if you have struggled with the fear of death. Of course, if you are very averse to non-standard spirituality, the book may not be a fit for you.
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
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This book is full of positivity - just as the name suggests. It's not just a collection of NDE (near-death experience) stories - they are only used as a tool to illustrate the point - that death is not final and consciousness is so much more than we allow ourselves to believe it is. Most of the NDEs are extremely positive, and those that are not are transitory and are explained. The goal is to make you less afraid of death and also help you realize you may have a higher purpose in life that just doing your daily chores for another 50 years. And despite the fact that your life is largely made up of those chores, you don't have to be a hero to matter.
The book is very structured - so much so that I breezed through it in two evenings without taking any notes because I didn't want to break the flow of thought. So now I can't give you a more structured account of the contents. But the book talks about previous scientific experiments that were more or less acknowledged and prove the possibility of the reality NDEs point to. There are a lot of interesting ideas, but there's no agenda, no religion or dogma. You're free to choose what you'll take away. The only goal of it seems to be to infuse you with positivity regarding your purpose in life and life in general.
Highly recommended, especially if you have struggled with the fear of death. Of course, if you are very averse to non-standard spirituality, the book may not be a fit for you.
I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.
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