In Unexpected Places

by Brown, Ray

• ISBN13: 9781846944185
• ISBN10: 184694418X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-16
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Age-old African beliefs that speak of a body that is not the physical body; an ancient Mesopotamian epic which contains a hidden message about life and death; old Tibetan and Chinese writings which talk of the importance of nothingness; the behaviour of electrons separated by vast distances; the tales of people who have come back from a death-like experience after a heart attack or an accident; a Moslem philosopher of the twelfth century who ponders the possibility of an afterlife in a non-physical environment. All of these arc the matter of this book. And all of them talk, in one way or another, about an existence after our death. The author's search among these often unexpected places provides insights into the nature of consciousness after death and the structure of our being.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
An Underlying Reality?	p. 5
The Storytellers A neglected case of repression?	p. 6
Beginners Looking into The Tibetan Book of the Dead (among a few other things)	p. 15
The Living and the Dead Different states	p. 29
Things that Pass Away Permanence and impermanence	p. 38
The Veil of Illusion Things are not what they seem	p. 46
Reaching for the Self Behind the veil	p. 53
Desperately Seeking Permanence	p. 61
A Man Called Gilgamesh One man's quest for immortality	p. 62
Constructing the Boat The name of the boat	p. 70
Choosing the Materials Learning to discriminate	p. 83
Jalal-Ud-Din, Teresa and Juan What do two Spaniards and an Afghan have in common?	p. 90
The Usefuness of What is Not Strange ways of knowing	p. 104
The Harmony of Life And Death	p. 119
The Two Roads Overcoming death by life in the world	p. 120
It's Not All Black and White The old problem of good and evil	p. 136
A Learning Experience Are good and evil the same thing?	p. 147
The God Within Pushing beyond fear	p. 160
Going Beyond Repression Seeing death as a different way of living	p. 170
Notes	p. 191
References	p. 193
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