LIFE AFTER NEAR DEATH

Life After Near Death – Miraculous Stories of Healing and Transformation in the Extraordinary Lives of People with Newfound Powers, Debra Diamond, Career Press, Wayne, NJ, 2016, 240pp, $16.99.

What is an NDE and what happens to people who have one? 

        An NDE is a Near-Death Experience—basically “coming back from the dead”—and many people find their lives profoundly changed following an NDE. Some “experts” assert that an NDE is a byproduct of reduced oxygen to the brain “resulting in hallucinations”, but would a hallucination cause a person to experience electrical sensitivity? Or make other experiencers begin painting and drawing universal symbols in an attempt to explain what happened to them?

        Debra Diamond is a clairvoyant and clairaudient, talents which she used as she interviewed people who had experienced NDEs. Communicating with Spirit during the sessions helped Ms. Diamond better understand the experience, and allowed the interviewees to get a better handle on what had happened. Some had never talked of their NDEs with others because they felt no one would understand.

        Lest you think having an NDE will change your life for the better, pay close attention. As Ms. Diamond explains, “An NDE can bring on baffling, frightening, and even dangerous side-effects … According to research by P.M.H. Atwater it takes experiencers seven years, on average, to become accustomed to the changes brought on after an NDE.” An experiencer might have gained “supernatural” abilities, but at what cost? Loss of job, loss of spouse. Suicidal and self-destructive behavior. 

        Not only does Ms. Diamond look at what happens before and after an NDE; she looks at what happens during the experience. The question is whether you can return to your “normal” life after you’ve experienced “a higher frequency energetic range, a non-material realm we can’t define and have difficulty addressing in our spoken language”. That is the ultimate challenge.

        Don’t think there’s nothing new under the sun. I’ve read other books on NDEs, including Life After Life by Dr. Raymond Moody, and I thought I knew a fair amount about it, but there were parts of Life After Near Death that offered totally new information, most of it mind-boggling.

        I could go on and on, but I encourage you to read Life After Near Death – Miraculous Stories of Healing and Transformation in the Extraordinary Lives of People with Newfound Powers for yourself. You won’t want to put it down. The language is easy to understand, and I think Ms. Diamond covers the subject in a way that helps answer many questions—and if you think you have a lot of questions, imagine the people who have had NDEs. They want to know how, what do I do with these new feelings/abilities, and possibly the most important: why me. 

        If you or someone you know has had an NDE, I encourage you to read Life After Near Death – Miraculous Stories of Healing and Transformation in the Extraordinary Lives of People with Newfound Powers. I also encourage you to contact Ms. Diamond to find your own answers.

- Louise Scarola