This book is an engaging story
and one that supplements the Near Death Experience (NDE) that
so many of us have either had or read about in the past. This
is a new take on that experience, which she calls the SDE,
or Shared Death Experience. In this scenario, the “experience”
is happening to the person who is sharing the moment of death
alongside the dying person. In other words, as one being is
dying, another can actually be invited to experience their
transitional state outside the dying body as they are moving
from the physical world to the beyond, or spiritual realm.
As strange as this sounds, it is not so unusual to assume
it is not possible. It is proven that twins sometimes experience
coincidental feelings or thoughts. Near Death Experience is
proven to occur in numerous cases. So, why not a Shared Death
Experience?
Dr. Prentice has written a well-formed and thoughtful story
of a Shared Death Experience of her own. In this poignant
account of her own tragic loss, she shares how she learned
to let go and accept spiritual truth during the illness, and
after the death, of her husband.
The story follows a series of episodes in her life where
she felt disconnected and estranged from God. Lonely, hurt,
and heartbroken over the death of her daughter; she became
depressed and estranged from her husband. She sought solace
in nature. After moving and renewing her interest in life,
tragedy struck again in the illness of her husband. It was
during this illness that she began to find her inner strength
and forgiveness.
It was at the bedside of her dying husband that she had her
Shared Death Experience. She was a welcome visitor to the
travel from this life to another where she and her husband
parted and she returned to her physical state of consciousness
only to realize she had journeyed to the crossroads of the
afterlife.
At this point, she felt a calm she had never felt before.
This was quite a story and she told it with much empathy
and passion. I think anyone searching for answers to the burning
question, “is this all there is?” should read
her story. It might just awaken a desire to take a spiritual
journey of your own.
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