I usually listen to audio books while I’m on a road trip,
and my recent one to Utah, Wyoming and Montana was no exception. I listened to two books them and one of
them, titled 90 minutes in
Heaven really had an impact on me.
A Baptist minister wrote it. He had been in a horrific traffic accident
that rendered him lifeless for almost two hours.
I won’t spoil the book by telling you too much about it, as
I encourage you to read or listen to it yourself. I believe you will find it as fascinating as did.
As a result of listening to the book over the course of two
days, along with some further urging by others with whom I shared the
experience, I have begun to re-examine my wayward life
Those of you who have read my columns over the years may
recall that I’ve had some very strange experiences with death and near
death. In fact, I claim to have been
dead myself on at least two occasions, possibly three. I didn’t see that tunnel of light, see my
own body below me, or experience anything like Reverend Piper did, but there
were some periods of time that were totally unaccounted for and not due to
unconsciousness.
I was also visited in a dream by a close friend who had died
less than 48 hours before. He even conversed with me about his death, assuring
me that he was “at peace.”
Okay, enough of the esoteric. I relate it to give some substance to my present state of mind.
I probably won’t let you in on the final decision I make to
either accept or reject the supposed afterlife, but I promise not to ever
proselytize. I’m no preacher anyway,
and certainly not a model for others.
If you want a good read, even if only for the medical
history of a person who had 34 separate operations to put him back together
again, or to learn what the Ilizarov apparatus is and how it works, try 90
Minutes in Heaven.
An Ilizarov apparatus in use
