Book Review: Life After Death

 

Whew, May was a busy month. Not much time to blog, but I'm back for the summer.

I've been reading up a storm. I just finished reading Life After Death: The Burden of Proof, recommended by a coworker. We work in a high school together, and the death of a student had drawn this book to her, and then to me.

I used to read Deepak Chopra's books when I was exploring spirituality in my 20's, but have since moved on from him and his works. He gets a bit repetitive. And when a friend living in San Diego, where he's based, told me his nickname is "Deep Pockets" to the locals, it became hard to take him seriously.

Anyway, this book was surprisingly comforting at a time when I needed it. There is nothing shockingly new here, but there are lots of interesting anecdotes and summaries of different beliefs on what happens after we die. The retelling of an Indian parable on death is weaved throughout the book, which gets draining. It's the real-life stories, and information on the Akasha, the soul, consciousness, and what science can tell us that make this book a good read.