What comes after life? Hundreds of years ago, only a small percentage of the population believed in life after death; however, according to recent surveys, about a third of people in Central Europe believe that life will continue for them after death. Return from Tomorrow, the story by George Ritchie, was a breakthrough in the 1970s. At the age of twenty, George was declared dead twice in a military hospital but regained consciousness after nine minutes. As luck would have it, he found an open ear in Raymond Moody during his studies in psychiatry. Moody went on to collect 150 similar cases in his book Life after Life, much like the Dutch doctor Pim van Lommel did later. Many years ago, Lommel told the packed Goetheanum Hall about his conversations with people who had near-death experiences. “Death is nothing more than a door you walk through,” says Ritchie. Whether it’s Eben Alexander in his book Proof of Heaven or Anke Evertz in Nine Days of Eternity, all those who gain experience beyond the limits of life are united by the fact that they also reach their limits in language. Language, which is bound to the spatial and temporal, fails when it comes to describing this timeless, non-spatial world. This is precisely where the preparation lies: crossing borders linguistically, mentally, or emotionally gets us fit for the big step.
Translation Laura Liska
Illustration Graphic team of the Weekly
every step leads to another step in the processes of life ..
without the first one none other are possible beyond life until we take them ..