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At Heaven's Door

What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better

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At Heaven's Door

By: William J. Peters
Narrated by: William J. Peters
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 A “brilliant and fascinating” (Eben Alexander, MD, author of Proof of Heaven) exploration—rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research—of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.

In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but his patient never regained consciousness and died.

Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who’d shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the “shared crossing” experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include awe-inspiring visual and sensory effects, and powerful emotional aftershocks.

The book is filled with “moving and tender” (Jack Kornfield, PhD, author of A Path with Heart) tales of spouses seeing their loved ones reach the other side after decades together and bereaved parents who share their children’s entry into the afterlife. Applying rigorous research, Peters digs into the effects of these shared crossing experiences impart—liberation at the sight of a loved one finding joy, a sense of reconciliation if the relationship was fraught—and explores questions like: What can explain these shared death experiences? How can we increase our likelihood of having one? What do these experiences tell us about what lies beyond? And, most importantly, how can they help take away the string of death and better prepare us for our own final moments? How can we have both a better life and a better death? Grief & Loss Personal Development Relationships Religious Studies Spirituality Near-Death Experience Parapsychology
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As a reader who has never had a shared death experience (SDE) before, I was a bit uncertain whether this book was for me. I ended up really enjoying it. The content is very well researched and the stories of the people depicted are fascinating and attest that this phenomena is not just real but life-altering. If you know someone who has had a SDE and you want to relate and empathise with them better, this is the book for you. If you are struggling with your own fear of death, it's full encouragement that you are never alone, that peace and joy awaits.

Enlightening, heartfelt and heartbreaking at times

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