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One of the most important books you'll ever read!
As a reader of hundreds of books on spirituality, religion, mysticism, etc. (Robert Monroe, Jane Roberts, the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Lobsang Rampa, Theosophy, Yogananda, Chuang-Tzu, Dion Fortune, Eckankar, etc., just to give you an idea of what I brought to reading this book), I can only say that I was ASTONISHED by this book. There are so many questions answered here for which I've never gotten satisfactory answers: for example, how suicide affects karma, why humans are so often evil (and what happens to them when they die), what the ultimate goal and purpose of life is (stated everywhere, especially in Christianity) but for some reason this is the first explanation that has made any sense to me.
This description of the nature of the universe and our place within it is fully compatible with discoveries in quantum physics, as well as many traditional faiths. It is simultaneously scientific and spiritual. I experienced profound shifts while it- was changed by it. I cannot recommend it enough. If you buy only one book this year, make it this one!
Added 9/3/13: I'm curious after all these years how valid or useful readers have found Newton's approach. I started a discussion called "Life Between Lives- Valid? Useful?"- it's here:
https://smile.amazon.com/Life-Between-Lives-Valid-Useful/forum/Fx36YMDJ4A1G54B/TxJINB7GZYVED5/2/ref=cm_cd_notf_message?_encoding=UTF8&asin=1567184855#Mx1OV17XUDBR3S4
I would love to hear of others' experiences with it, personally or professionally, or thoughts in general, especially as it relates to other approaches.
UPDATE March 1, 2015: At last, a credible and in depth review of Newton's approach (along with reincarnation in general and related issues), from a scientific perspective: The Afterlife and the True Nature of Reality: The Quest for Answers to the Great Questions of Existence. Whether you have doubt the validity of Newton's approach or its utility in helping people, this book details the author's experiences with it- highly recommended.
December 1999 · Books