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Soul Searching: Seeking Scientific Ground for the Existence of a Soul & How It Can Lead to a More Meaningful and Joyous Life

Seeking Your SoulSurvivors of near death (“NDE” for short) are almost all changed for the good. They grow up to be physically healthier and have fewer psychosomatic complaints; they are happier, exhibit stronger family ties, show more “zest” for living, and have a greatly diminished fear of death; similarly, they tend to do more community work, give more charity, and are often in helping professions. Even those who had a near death experience as the result of a suicide attempt were found to be significantly less likely to try it again.Not surprisingly, studies also confirm that virtually everyone who has had an actual NDE invariably comes to some kind of belief in an afterlife, even those who formerly considered themselves atheists. The discovery and awareness of one’s immortality, then, can be said to bethefoundation of a healthy psychological constitution. At the very least, conviction in one’s immortality radically improves the quality of one’spresentlife.Short of nearly dying, though, is there a way to turn fear of death into zest for life? Yes. That is one of the underlying assumptions of “Soul Searching.”Some things you’ll learnHow thinking people today can acquire a rational basis for belief in a life after lifeWhy passing from this life is a stage like the stages we experience while here, e.g. changing from a baby’s body into a child’s, from a child to an adult, an adult into old ageStages souls journey through upon disengaging from the bodyWhy belief in the eternity of the soul isnotantithetical to the belief that the value of this finite life is infinitely preciousA philosophy of life that engenders joy and happiness in times of plenty, as well as inner strength in times of challenge and tragedyRead more

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