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30 of 31 found the following review helpful:
 An excellent treatise for the recently deceased. May 30, 2008
By Hans Frederick Wilhelm
"Hans"
My appreciation for "Awakening After Life" stems from the fact that I suffered from sleep apnea, which was undiagnosed for 30 years prior to my receiving continuous pulmonary airway pressurization therapy, CPAP. During these episodes, I was so close to physical death that my soul/spirit left my body. During these experiences, I in no way lost my central identity (ego) nor did I feel differently from my physical body with two exceptions; 1) I could penetrate solid objects like walls etc. having no tactile effect on anything I touched. Yet, I felt solid when touching my spirit body. 2) I could float, fly, ect. gravity did not affect me except as according to my belief. If I thought I couldn't float or fly, I would find myself bound to the earth as in normal (in the body) life. At no time did I see or experience a tunnel, light, or see God or other spirit beings. I say this to differentiate my experience from the author of "Awakening After Life" by Rene Jorgensen. I thought I was going insane slowly and was so paranoid and frightened I spoke little of these terrifying experiences; not even mentioning them to my doctor or minister. It was only in 2002 I was diagnosed with chronic sleep apnea when I realized how close to death I had been during those terrible years. Naturally, during those years I read everything I could get my hands on concerning psychic experience and survival of spirit and ego beyond physical death; desperately trying to understand what was happening to me. After diagnosis, I also continued to read, experiment with various religious concepts, and try to determine for myself whether the hardship of near death trauma on my body and mind was responsible for creating the out of body experience / hallucination.
One day while viewing You Tube, I came across one of the best examples of veridical near death experience ever recorded;in the case of Pam Reynolds. Pam underwent an operation called standstill in which her body was cooled to 68 degrees Farenheit, her eyes were taped shut, she had clicking ear plugs inserted in her ears to monitor brain wave activity, the blood was drained from her brain, and she was clinically brain dead for an hour and some minutes the operation required to remove an an annuerism from the base of her brain; a near impossible operation. While undergoing this operation, she left her body and observed the doctors working on her; describing what they did, the instruments they used, and reporting accurately what they said on regaining consciousness. During the experience, she was drawn to a light which became a tunnel leading to a place of light where she saw people she knew to be deceased. She spoke with them and was escorted back to her body by her deceased uncle.
Needless to say, Pam's story was a great and welcome validation for me since I suffered so much under the self conviction I was slowly going insane during the time I experienced sleep apnea induced out of body experiences. And later after I began therapy, I was sadly self convinced my out of body experiences were some kind of deathbed fiction devised by my dying brain; only an illusion or dream which would ultimately end in dreamless blackness and oblivion.
After viewing Pam Reynold's experience on You Tube,I began to believe again we are eternal beings. There are many interesting theories concerning near death experiences on You Tube. One of the most enlightening is Rene Jorgensen's excellently researched novel entitled "Awakening After Life". Rene offers here an excellent treatise both for those who have experienced near death and those who are curious about whether we continue to exist after physical death. Physicists such as Dr. Hammeroff, who is also an anesthetist, believe modern developments in physics will eventually show concepts, such as string theory and entanglement,prove survival of human personality after death of the physical body. Rene mentions Dr. Hammeroff's findings and tries to find validation in them as well as in philosophical and religious concepts long recorded in the annals of history.
If you have had a near death experience, out of body experience, or been curious about the reality of life after physical death, this work will convince you life is eternal and doesn't end with the death of the bodies we wear. Rene convinces us by his experience the NDE or OBE is not imagination, hallucination, or a convenient dream to occupy the dying brain while the bodily processes shut down. If you are a dying patient, get this book. I think of it as a manual for those who are about to take the next step into the next dimension of life. Of death Pam Reynolds says,"I see no truth in the word death. I think it is a really bad, nasty lie." After you read this wonderful book by Rene Jorgensen, I think you will also feel as Pam feels.
While I was undergoing the hundreds of out of body and near death experiences during my sleep apnea years, I was perpetually afraid of dying. I feared sleep so much I used to drink heavily so I could go to sleep quickly and hopefully avoid these terrifying experiences. They terrified me because our culture teaches us physical life is everything and death is the end of all experience. Even the Bible and Christianity, as taught in the Church, celebrates death at the graveside with ominous finality. It is as if the "Good News" for which Christ is messenger to humanity has been denied by the living world.
Once you have read Rene Jorgensen's novel "Awakening After Life" I am sure you will never fear death again and will look forward to it as you would look forward to a voyage or adventure. Please get Rene's novel and realize what a gift Rene has given us all. Go to You Tube and view URL[...]
Hans
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Experiencing death for a better life Jan 04, 2010
By Givela
"Givela"
I'm not a searcher in philosophy or in quantum physics. Before reading this book, I knew very little about Near Death Experience. I received this book as a gift in a difficult moment of my life when I was asking myself what was my place on earth. I stopped believing in religion since I worked for the church and started to doubt. I used to see religion as something I must conform to, but against my true nature, and there was the mistake. One of the things I learned by reading this book is that doubt is not bad when it is well oriented, that it can be a step to attain a better knowledge about life. But this is not the most important reason why you should read this book. If I speak about who I am, it is because the sharing of a human experience is at the heart of this book. It is important to take this in account, because the only true way we can acquire knowledge about where we come from, who we are and where we go is by a very deep empirical experience. By telling his story, Jorgensen begins to search for answers in the religion, the philosophy and the science and restate the power of the intuition, the one of the eternal soul and surrounding love that is our origin and our destiny ; death is not a final destination ! This confirmation was for me a source of blessing I had forgot to imagine. Two years after reading this book, this revelation is still a source of inspiration and comfort, a true force. I am so grateful and happy to know that it can be true, that so much love exists. It is why this story can help you. Don't see it as an absolute demonstration but as a guide, a tendency in life. And when the force is leaving you, when you can't see other things than the ugliness of life and humans that pushes you to desperate, read this book again and make yours this experience told by its author!
11 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 NOT WORTH THE TIME AND TROUBLE Dec 29, 2009
By Jack Rosenblum
This book reads like a poorly edited doctoral dissertation. The author apparently had a remarkable transcendent experience during an LSD trip. He later identified this experience as being similar to a Near Death Experience (NDE). Next he did exhaustive research on NDE's and on religious views of NDE phenomenon. "Awakening after Life" is essentially a review of the literature on both of those subjects. I hope the author got his doctorate for his trouble.
Unfortunately, for those of us who have read the works of Michael Newton, Brian Weiss, or Christopher Bache, among many others, the news that the human soul outlives the body will not be astounding. Nor will the concept of reviewing one's life or of meeting one's loved ones after death. Jorgensen reveals these realizations as if he were Columbus discovering America, but alas, many Vikings were there ahead of him. Also, the writing is of poor quality. I was left wondering whether the book was translated from the author's native Danish (no translator is credited) or whether the editor was a rubber stamp. The upshot is that in addition to being difficult to read, the book, in my opinion, adds no value to the available information on NDE's or the Afterlife.
For those who might want more authoritative information, I would recommend: "Destiny of Souls" and"Memories of the Afterlife" by Michael Newton, "Lifecycles: Reincarnation and the Web of Life" by Christopher M. Bache, "Many Lives, Many Masters" by Brian Weiss, and "Bringing Your Soul to Light" by Linda Bachman. Expanding your LSD trip to a NDE and then expanding NDE's to a disquisition on the various religions of the world just doesn't make the cut.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A real gift! Jan 29, 2010
By Tayeko
Awakening After Life: A Firsthand Guide through Death into the Purpose of Life
Dear Mr. Jorgensen,
I just wanted to thank you for your book. I never passed much time thinking about death, but one of my family members had a Near Death Experience and I bought your book to get a better understanding of the phenomenon, and it really helped me figure out a lot of things that I was feeling but not sure about.
All the explanations from the point of view of both science and religion gave me answers about the dynamics of the world we live in, and while I read some chapters, especially the ones about hell and the golden rule, I felt deeply connected to the universe and humanity. It is like you say a guide and exactly what I needed. I felt I have always believed in God, a loving one, and even thought I was not afraid of death, now I am even more confident. When I finished your book, I got such a big feeling of peace and wholeness, I truly recommend it to everyone who is looking for answers about life and its meaning, but also to anyone who is afraid of dying or who feels disconnected from the world we live in.
Truly, this book really opened many doors for me and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for keys to a deeper understanding of life!
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