Beginnings Although it is often difficult to separate the concept of reincarnation from fearful thoughts of death, reincarnation is as much about beginnings as it is about endings. Perhaps if we focus on the lighter half of the equation we may be able to avoid the trap of fearing the unknown? Tune in to The Best of Our Knowledge online and listen to their show Beginnings: “Where do we come from? It’s a fair question. Physicist Michio Kaku says we’re the reverb of a Big Bang from another universe. No, says poet Stephen Mitchell – the answer’s in our creation stories. But midwife Ina May Gaskin knows where we really…

Deja Video – The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life The Great Book of Natural Liberation through Understanding in the Between, or as we Westerners refer to it – Tibetan Book of the Dead, written by Padma Sambhava in the late eighth century, vividly describes the “betweens” (Bardos) or after-death transition states. It serves as a practical guidebook for the recently dead as he travels through the death experience toward liberation or enlightenment, or back to earth in another incarnation. The documentary film The Tibetan Book of the Dead is narrated by none other than Leonard Cohen whose calming deep voice guides us as we experience from…

THE DAY I DIED: The mind, the brain and near death experiences (The International Association For Near Death Studies) The most compelling, up-to-date video on NDEs, “The Day I Died”, produced by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) in 2002, can now be purchased in the United States. The video features in-depth case studies of NDEs including a dramatic veridical (verifiably accurate) out-of-body experience, the most recent research studies, and balanced interpretations of NDE experiences from both skeptical and “believer” perspectives – virtually everything an inquiring mind would need for an introduction to NDEs. Watch the video online at The Daily Grail. The Reincarnationist on 23 Apr 2007 | Audio &…