On Life After Death

If you're interested in the afterlife, have a fear of death or know someone who has lost someone and is struggling with their loss, this is the book for you. I read this book a while ago as I have always had a fear of death since I was young and it really helped me feel at ease. I re-read it after losing a loved one and it has provided me with so much comfort through these difficult times. It is an amazing book and it will definitely evoke some questions about how you see the world.

And gives comfort Ellisabeth Kubler Ross is an excellent authority & writer. All her books have been very insightful for me. This should really be paired with on Grief and Grieving. Both are a must read for the recently bereaved.

First of all, I should say that this is not the most eloquent and best edited/put together book but rather it is a book written from the heart: Clearly it is written in Elisabeth's own words as she either said or wrote them down. As, presumably, English was not her first language (or perhaps it has been translated?) some of the grammar/tenses are a little 'off' and, unfortunately, it is rather repetitive - with some of the stories and analogies being mentioned numerous times - but none of this detracts from what this book is about … I did though like the fact that the book was short and down-to-earth with no hard concepts or difficult medical speak to understand … Being able to read something in such a short while is a bonus as far as I'm concerned - and certainly for me personally it got the message across quickly and succinctly. No one wants to be bogged down on such a subject ... It has been fairly apparent to me for many years that the real answer to everything in this world is LOVE, and Elisabeth makes that quite clear too. Those who have 'passed on', it seems, are in a perpetual state of such and it appears that those who've had near-death experiences are keen to explain the unconditional all-embracing love they found at the point of so-called death. I myself can totally relate to this having had a couple of near-death experiences and numerous spiritual ones myself. However, the book does somewhat lack substance and does not really explain everything (but then who or what can?!) It is now quite out-dated and a little old fashioned and of course more recent research into NDEs throws a little more light on much of the subject matter. But, bottom line, I do not believe that we are meant to know everything - that will indeed happen when we die! However, what this book does do, is reassure those of us who have always been afraid of death that we needn't be. I personally have never thought that religion comes into it since that is man-made and personal beliefs no doubt have very little to do with what really happens. After all, most of the fears of punishment etc. (i.e. heaven and hell) came about originally as a way of frightening and controlling the populous. But, equally, I am a believer in that there must be some kind of judgement and those that have caused terrible suffering or pain to others must surely be punished or judged. This book does not really seem to concentrate on this but, equally, it goes a long way to reassure that, if you've lived a good life and - most importantly - shown love and forgiveness, then you've nothing to worry about. I was brought up a Christian and basically consider myself one yet, in truth, I am not keen on organised religion. I do however believe in God (whatever he, she or it may be) and there being far more to life/death than what we see, with the ultimate and most powerful thing of all at the centre of it being love - our purpose I personally believe is simply to love and be loved. I have to just say here that I am not totally convinced that the babies and children who die young have fulfilled this criteria already, as Elisabeth suggests, but that is possibly an even deeper subject, in the same way that one's 'life purpose' is - I don't think that bit is quite as simple as is made out in the book. Clearly Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was a wonderful woman with a compassionate heart and a soul full of love - something all of us should strive to achieve I do believe but which most are simply not able to do. I am grateful to her for passing her thoughts/experience on through this book (and others that I've yet to read but hope to do so.) And, more important than anything else, she tries to explain that death is a new beginning - or rather a return - to wholeness and unconditional love: it is not the frightening or non-existent end many of us fear.

This book is one of the very best books you will ever read worth it's weight in Gold read with open mind .

I would recommend this book to everyone who can read but especially to anyone who is in the process of grieving a loved one. Everyone is different in the way they grieve but this book has personally helped me enormously. One very important message that shines through is that it is impossible to fully live in the present unless one looks at and forward to what is beyond our dying ....dying which is the only certainty we have in life. Also , for me this book is a beginning for further reading by other authors into near death experience and spiritual experience... It is easy to read ....deceptively so..I find I constantly go back to it and discover further depth as some sentences really sink in to my mind. .

This book is reassuring reading for those that are frightened of Death or just Interested in the subject, the book grips you from the start and is hard to put down. Dr Elisabeth Ross has years of working with dying people and people who had NDE's giving solid evidence of life beyond Death.

I feel that some of the content is a little far fetched. I was hoping for something to help me through a difficult patch, but all it did was to open up a can of worms. I feel there could be better information available.

An amazing short book that covers the whole spectrum of death and life afterwards. Beautifully written with sensitivity and knowledge. Highly recommended, whatever religious or non-religious background you may have.

It confirmed what I have known in my heart since I was a child. I feel more connected to everything around me now and try to be more aware of the human condition. I feel a deeper LOVE for all of Gods creatures, the sky, the plants... everything. I drove by the same homeless man on the same corner where he has stood for several years. He is about 70 years old, carries a sign of "Hard Times" I had never seen him walk before, or at least I always avoided eye contact. This time I watched him for a moment as I was stuck at the red light. He walked with an obvious limp. I felt this overwhelming LOVE for him. I mean it literally flooded my whole body. I didn't want to give him money (because I don't know his situation, and I do not want to enable addictions) I started to head towards the Interstate when this voice literally said "you could feed him!" I went to McDonalds and got him a couple Quarter pounders and a lg water. I went back and parked where I would be able to say helw in private and give him the food. I got his attention and asked if I could offer him some warm food and water. He looked into my eyes.... and said, of course.. Thank You. He had very kind eyes. He did smell of alcohol, but hey, I don't know his life. And even more so, I don't have to walk in his shoes... My shoes have sand in them from the Beach I live on. So... God is opening my eyes to the needs of others, I have always thought of myself as a spiritual person, but I believe that I have a lot of work to do on myself. This book has opened my eyes to Gods vision of how we "can" be. It is one of the best books that I have ever read. I have re-read parts of it several times, and I just got it a week ago!!!

Dr Elisabeth Kubler Ross has spent her valuable life studying death and sharing the same with those alive.

高齢になり，必然的に死期が近づいてくるに従い，誰しも「自分が完全に”無”になるかも知れないことに，不安その他の種々の感情を抱くものであろう。この幾つもの博士号を取得した女性が，多くの人々の”旅立ち”の瞬間を看取った際に体験した（もしくは聞き取った）という”死後の楽園のような世界”のことを説明してくださると，ひょっとして死後の世界は本当にあるのではなかろうかなどと思ってしまう。

Uhm … not at all what I expected. I am a die hard fan of EKR and this book opened my eyes even wider … way better than expected. Highly highly recommend.

He leído este libro en tres idiomas y no me canso de leerlo, porque es un libro que reconforta el alma cuando has perdido a seres queridos. Elisabeth Kübler Ross fue una psiquiatra suiza que trabajó muchos años al lado de enfermos terminales en Estados Unidos. Recopiló las experiencias cercanas a la muerte de miles de personas y a raíz de este trabajo personal con los enfermos publicó varios libros llenos de significado sobre la vida y la muerte o vida después de la vida. Hay casos que te impresionan de verdad, sus palabras desbordan sinceridad y son como bálsamo para el alma que ha perdido un ser querido en este plano y tiene miedo a que la muerte sea real y definitiva. Este libro demuestra que no es así y que nuestros seres queridos están en un plano con mucha más luz y amor que éste y que jamás nos olvidan. Altamente recomendado para los que como yo habéis perdido recientemente a seres queridos.