How I Died (and what I did next) by Peter Watson Jenkins

by Peter Watson Jenkins

In How I Died (and what I did next), an woman office worker dies in the North Tower on 9/11. A little girl is drowned in the 2004 Indonesian tsunami. A Canadian man is run over by a bus. A Vietnamese diplomat is tortured and shot. A Chinese woman dies having a back-street abortion, a drunken Brazilian playboy drives his car over a cliff. Twenty-five such stories are told by souls from all over the globe. Their tales are translated by world famous clear channel, Toni Ann Winninger. Not everything is quite so grim. An old French woman dies peacefully in her bed, a Greek innkeeper has a heart attack while asleep.The souls tell us first what happened at the moment of death and then what took place afterwards, when they found they were still alive, aware, and free from their body. They danced through fields of flowers, met long lost relatives; two little Italian girls were too frightened to believe they had died and spent time as ghosts; a serial killer suffered the torment of a self-induced hell. Some have found work to do at Home, others have started to plan their next life on planet Earth. We have a slice of the many different things that happened to them, and find ourselves asking the question, "Is this what will happen to me?" Editor Peter Watson Jenkins wisely let this incredible look at the reality of death speak for itself. It is a life-changing book, grim in parts yet amazingly uplifting. "

Paperback

First published February 15, 2011

About the author

Some people like to write about one important idea or tell stories that are of a well-known type, romantic novels are one example. My life has been very varied and I have chosen to write in a variety of ways. Some examples are: my recent collection of short stories, "Found Money," in which I set out to explore the idea of wealth coming to people in totally different ways. Then a Young Adult book "Saved by a Tweet" that is about teenage romance and a thrilling and dangerous episode the two lovers go through. One of my best books is "How I died, and what I did next." Before 2013 is out I will have added a book on spirit guides and what they have to tell us; "Fine Writing" a book of poetry and prose; "Spiritual Walkabout," my memoirs; and a sci-fi novel. They have not all been written in the past few months, of course, but happen to be coming out in a burst of activity. My favorite book took the longest to research and write. It is called "Training for the Marathon of Life" and is about the central core of Jesus’ teaching and how he explained the way that leads us for a fulfilled life and the creation of a good society

Reviews

[Kirstin Pulioff · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful collection of interviews. A vivid display of the joys, the struggles, and the lessons we are here to learn in life and the passage to the other side.
This collection of interviews ranges from the basic of lives and deaths, to the sudden, the traumatic, and the violent. In all discussions, the spirits are able to uniquely describe their life, their death, their passage, a de-briefing of their path and underlying messages.

This book is a message of hope- a message of loving one’s life path and knowing that we are here to meet and learn these lessons. The validation that the pain and struggles we go through are both necessary and worthwhile to our soul’s growth. These interviews give testimony to a person’s life, ease concerns or fear over the passages into death, and give hope at the reconnection and steps afterwards.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very interesting. Easy to read. I enjoyed it.