Afterlife Interrupted Lessons
We are eternal beings. It’s comforting to know that if we don’t accomplish everything here, we have eternity to do so. Many people email me to share the lessons they have learned from the Afterlife, Interrupted book series. I would like to share some readers’ perspectives and thoughts, as well as some of my own. The aim is to inspire you with joyful hope in these stories and to know that death is not the end of us, just a different playing field.
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Oneness of Beliefs
One of the stories concerned, Nadi, an Iraqi man, who died in a sectarian massacre of Muslim against Muslim. Nadi’s lesson seemed be that dogmatic beliefs are small-minded illusions of separation. He comes to see the Oneness of beliefs across the earth. When he is ready to move on, a beautiful flotilla celebration appears for him on a river. His father welcomes him aboard a boat, and they sail away. Book 2- Guest Contributor, Dana Taylor
Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem
We get a glimpse of suicide through the experience of Bob, who leapt to his death during the Depression when life just seemed too difficult. However, Bob’s difficulties didn’t disappear. He brings foggy despair with him to the afterlife and must deal with that before he can move on. He receives patient spiritual and emotional counseling until he is ready for another level. Ultimately, his advice to the living is to not lose hope. It was hopelessness that drove him to suicide, the proverbial “permanent solution to a temporary problem.” He urges people to seek help and rediscover hope. Book 2-Guest Contributor, Dana Taylor
Cultivating Compassionate Reponses
Grief can often feel overwhelming. It can result from the loss of a loved one, being hurt by someone, losing a job, experiencing a debilitating accident, and more. The emotions associated with grief ebb and flow. Sometimes you may be able to process the emotions and move through them, while other times it may feel like you have been carrying the grief for years and may never get over it. Sometimes we need to respond to ourselves compassionately. Even if we haven’t experienced loss ourselves, many of us want to respond compassionately to those who are grieving. Below are some tips on how to cultivate a compassionate response and get on the path to healing, wholeness and finding joy again.
Spirtual Practices
Spiritual practices help us connect to ourselves and our higher power. You don’t have to become a Catholic, Buddhist, or Yogi to borrow practices from their traditions to enrich your spiritual life. Meditation, prayer, Yoga, mindfulness, gratitude, journaling, nature, solitude, forgiveness, and service to others reveal how goodness is at work throughout the universe and within each of us. Here are some practices to integrate into your life.