Life After Death Essay Research Paper Is

Life After Death Essay, Research Paper

Is this the beginning, middle, or end of our existence. Have we lived before in

another time, another place. What awaits us when we die. Is the physical being all there

really is to our existence; or is the spirit or soul what really makes us who we are. There

is an abundance of case studies that suggest there is some sort of life after we die. Some

from the not-so credible sources and others that seem much more believable. We will all

find the answer when we die. Can we find the answer while we still live.

I remember the day that death really hit home with me. It was November 1, 1991

at 6:25am. This was when I watched my father take his last breath. This was no ordinary

breath. It was like the body knew it was going to be the last. The inhale was very deep as

if the lungs were trying to take in the most amount of air possible. The exhale was equally

unusual, slow in fact, as if to say let me savor this one last drop of life. Then the body

sat up. The face began to gruesomely convulse as if in tremendous amounts of pain. The

tongue thrashed about wildly within a gaping mouth. The eyes seem to stare off into the

abyss, seeing something not of this world. Then, as quickly as it began, it ended. The

body went limp, the face no longer convulsed, all movement simply stopped. His

distraught wife of 33 years, my mother, wept uncontrollably as she lay the body back

down on the bed in the prone position.

I didn t realize it then, but as I reflect back on the exact moment before his body

went limp, I was given a sign that something awaits us after we take our last breath. It

was the look in his eyes. Here I was no more that three feet from him and his eyes pierced

right through me focusing on something beyond this world. I can only ponder what that

something was. The power and intensity displayed in his eyes was something like I have

never seen before or since. Do we have the ability to see what lies ahead before that final

moment. Was that intense look one of finality, excitement of what lies ahead, or simply

fear. The Bible states that when we die we simply return to the dust of the earth but our

souls are reborn in heaven (Eccle. 3:20). Do our souls get reincarnated and sent back to

an earthly existence at another time and place only to repeat the whole process of life and

death for eternity. Have some of us been able to tap into the next world with Near Death

Experiences or After Death Communications.

Different religions have different beliefs about what happens to our souls after we

die. For instance, Jehovah s Witnesses believe that we simply return to dust and upon the

day of reckoning as described in the book of Revelations, our souls will be reborn, judged

by God and 144,000 souls will join him in heaven. The remainder will spend eternity on

earth. Earth however, will not be as it is now; it will be a paradise. The Catholic religion

believes in the hall of souls wherein our souls get recycled and sent back to earth to

live again in another bodily existence. Does this somehow tie into the widespread belief in

reincarnation.

Do we all have even the slightest amount of ability to see what lies beyond, but

either don t understand it or don t know how to harness the power. There are numerous

accounts of people having visions or some sort of contact with a deceased loved one.

Consider the following testimonials:

A nine-year-old boy, named Edward Cuomo, was hospitalized with a fever that

lasted thirty six hours. When the fever broke, he told his parents that he was with his

guardian Angel. In addition, he stated that he saw several of his deceased relatives

including his older sister. His parents were insistent that he did not see his sister because

she was alive and well attending college in another state. The little boy persistently stuck

to his statement of seeing his sister. So persistent in fact, that his parents were beginning

to become very upset. The following morning, the parents decide to call the college and

check on there daughter. The college stated that their daughter had been killed in a car

accident the night before and that they had been trying to reach them (Steiger 42-6).

Where does the soul begin. Perhaps this answers that question while opening

others:

A four-year-old boy had drowned and been resuscitated. After his near-death

experience he told his mother that he had been to the other side and saw his brother. The

boy s mother told him that he didn t have a brother. The boy stated Yes, I do, Mommy.

He was pulled from your tummy when you were only fourteen. The mother had an

abortion at the age of fourteen and never told anyone (Steiger 118-19).

How can anyone state that these children did not have these experiences. In both

cases the children had contact with a dead sibling that they did not know was dead. There

is no other possible explanation for the p

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