i just finished a memoir by anita moorjani titled DYING TO BE ME. it's a seemingly miraculous account of a near death experience she had with end stage cancer when according to doctors she should have died. instead, she came back from organ failure and coma and within a few weeks the cancer was completely gone and she was able to return to robust health. this was 17 years ago and apparently is well documented and indisputable, a medical miracle, which she attributes to the near death experience and what she learned from it (which was basically that the cancer was caused by negative emotions, primarily fear, and that life is meant to be lived fearlessly and authentically (be yourself!).
it's a very interesting account bolstered by the apparent medical miracle. but is it true? i'd like very much to believe so. it's rather similar to other accounts of near death experiences in which sheeple return to 'this life' as if reborn, no longer fearing death or doubting the immortality of the 'soul'. but i just can't totally do so, much like i can't believe whole heartedly in god, because it raises too many unanswerable questions, and makes claims which ultimately make no sense, like everything is perfect. if this is so, why is there suffering? and, if beyond 'this life' exists a realm that is far more wondrous, devoid of all it's limitations and suffering, why would anyone ever choose 'this life'?
is life a great gift? we're led to believe so, that it's miraculous, which may indeed be the case, but again, why is there suffering? why does it sometimes seem more a curse than a gift? how can it become so unbearable that some choose to end it to escape the suffering?moorjani has since written several books, appeared on popular tv shows, and traveled extensively talking publicly about her nde and what we all might learn from it, like in this TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhcJNJbRJ6U
