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Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
David Kessler, one of the most renowned experts on death and grief, takes on three uniquely shared experiences that challenge our ability to explain and fully understand the mystery of our final days. The first is "visions." As the dying lose sight of this world, some people appear to be looking into the world to come. The second shared experience is getting read...more
Hardcover, 200 pages
Published
May 1st 2010
by Hay House, Inc.
(first published 2010)
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Visions, Trips & Crowded Rooms was so wonderful! And, truly, it makes so much sense that people would come to help you along that journey to the "next place." Such a peaceful thought. The body is merely a vessel for the spirit. The spirit never dies and this book further confirmed for me that "they" are still around after that vessel wears out.
It demonstrates that it's not the medication or pain or hallucinations; it's those souls from before coming to visit and ...more
It demonstrates that it's not the medication or pain or hallucinations; it's those souls from before coming to visit and ...more
In this work, David Kessler, a former nurse, has assembled a series of short reports of common deathbed phenomena in which human conciousness begins to alter in the hours, days or weeks preceding the death of the body.
He reports three themes in this phenomena:
1) Decedent visions and communications from the other side, including people who have gone before, and/or of other entities,
2) The decedent reports preparing to embark on a journey or trip or leaving in varied motifs...more
He reports three themes in this phenomena:
1) Decedent visions and communications from the other side, including people who have gone before, and/or of other entities,
2) The decedent reports preparing to embark on a journey or trip or leaving in varied motifs...more
"We've been brought up to believe that dying is a lonely, solitary event. But what if everything we know isn't true? What if the long road that you thought you'll eventually have to walk alone has unseen companions? What if who and what you see before you die changes everything?"
This is a short, but very heavy book. If you've ever lost a loved one you can appreciate the comfort that David Kessler has supplied in these pages. Kessler has combined various accounts of death bed ...more
This is a short, but very heavy book. If you've ever lost a loved one you can appreciate the comfort that David Kessler has supplied in these pages. Kessler has combined various accounts of death bed ...more
How can you not like a book that makes you less afraid to die? It is, after all, a rare person who can look the idea of going the way of all flesh straight in the eye without flinching. Oddly enough, although I am really committed to the goal of staying alive for quite a long time yet, as I get closer to keeping my final appointment, I tend to get less scared. Perhaps this is because I have felt some indicators, as I age, that there is some sort of mad purpose to all of this...and that we are...more
This is right up my alley, I loved getting the insiders (doctors and medical professionals) peek into what happens just before death, so fascinating and comforting. I do wish David Kessler gave us more of the stories and less of the psychology behind it, but that's just me! Perhaps he could do a follow up with more personal stories?
I wish I had read this before my husband passed away from cancer. I would have paid more attention to what he was saying when he was looking at a certain corner of the room. I would not have just believed it was just his medication and lack of oxygen to the brain.
A book of hope and faith for all of us.
A book of hope and faith for all of us.
Since I have lost both parents and many of my loved ones, the experiences recounted in this book by medical professionals resonnated with me. For anyone who fears death, this book provides comfort and hope that our loved ones welcome us into the spirit world when we die.
Oh please! Yep, dying people see the people that will help them cross over. Nothing new, no science, and interestingly enough no one wants to own their story, i.e. first names only used. Why? Might disbelievers think you a bit odd? Hmmm. Just bad research and science.
If you have ever wondered what people may experience before death, this book will give you a different perspective. The author was mentored by Kubler-Ross one of the most helpful authors I read in nursing school. This book is a quick read and quite interesting.
I found this book so comforting. Also interesting, that so many medical professionals are adverse to saying anything about deathbed phenomenon. I recommend this if you are curious about death or if you are currently going through the grieving process of losing someone.
As someone who is going through a grieving period, this book is quite comforting and quite cathartic. Especially since these are topics that people usually don't talk about or can really understand unless they have experienced something like that.
Excellent book, filled with stories about death bed phenomena occurring across religious and cultural lines. While many do not like to talk about these visions, there clearly is a lot of evidence for their existence. I recommend this book.
What comes through more than anything is how powerful the need is to be met by ones we love. Whether it really happens isn't really delved into and is not the purpose of the book.
Phenomenal. A must read for anyone remotely interested in death and dying.
Gives me comfort...
I really enjoyed this book. It made me smile, and it made me cry a little. But it made me feel safe and unafraid for some day in the future. Will be passing this book around, first to my husband, then to friends.
Loved it. Very thought provoking. Best part is the first hand accounts.
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Fascinating!
Since it seems we all wonder what happens when we die, I found this book interesting. The author found many common experiences in working with those who were dying. I think there is a lot of room for more of this type of discussion to help those who say goodbye to loved ones.
Amazing book which enforces clearly my earlier thoughts on your last moments on earth. Particularly interesting however is that this is also a vision Steve Jobs saw in his last moments in a hospital. Looking past his family and saying "Oh wow, oh wow, oh wow."
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(David Aaron Kessler is the name of an academic and governmental administrator who authored books on health care respect to tobacco, overeating and elder care. Another David Kessler is a Goodreads author of fiction.)
David Kessler is a hospice expert who wrote books with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
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David Kessler is a hospice expert who wrote books with Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
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