What Science Misses about Near-Death Experiences, with Patricia Pearson
Today is the third episode of our series on death with our guest, Patricia Pearson. Patricia is the author of Opening Heaven's Door, What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going [0:10:00] Why are so many spiritual women obsessed with true crime? [0:11:00] Is it true that most violent criminals are male? [0:19:00] What prompted Patricia to write a book on threshold and near-death experiences? [0:25:00] Patricia’s theory on what happens just before we die [0:32:00] The danger of relying on the scientific method to understand death [0:46:00] What are near-death experiences vs. end-of-life moments? [0:50:00] Do we really die alone? [0:56:00] Stay tuned for Patricia’s upcoming book about grief and hallucination [0:57:00] What it’s like for Michelle to experience sleep paralysis and how it affects her belief on death.
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Opening Heaven’s Door (What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going) by Patricia Pearson
“You can’t swing a cat without hitting somebody. Who’s had some experience that suggests that enchantment is still the world that we live in.”
“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”
“We don’t die alone. You’re never alone. No matter how physically alone we are, dying on the battlefield, under a bridge, in the middle of the ocean, we’re actually not alone. There are always spiritual beings around us.”
“As spiritual people, our real job is to remember and strengthen ourselves so that we can move past our own judgments and shame and be okay with how other people decide to perceive us that has nothing to do with us.”
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Show Notes
[0:00:00] Today is the third episode of our series on death and dying and our guest today is Patricia Pearson, the author of Opening Heaven's Door, What the Dying May Be Trying to Tell Us About Where They're Going
[0:02:00] Phenomena about death that science cannot justify
[0:04:00] Michelle witnessed a couple of people die in horrible ways
[0:05:00] Personal encounters of other people versus any scientific explanations of death
[0:07:00] Our job as spiritual people is to remember and strengthen ourselves so that we can move past our own judgments and shame
[0:08:00] Being smart is admitting that you’re not all-knowing
[0:09:00] How do you bring together all of the concepts and things you are intrigued and inspired by?
[0:10:00] Why are so many spiritual women obsessed with true crime?
[0:11:00] Is it true that most violent criminals are male?
[0:12:00] Why are so many intuitive people so empathetic?
[0:15:00] Patricia’s experience with the post-traumatic disorder, and when she started losing her ability to tell the difference between good and evil
[0:16:00] Do PTSD, murder, true crime, and the feeling of not trusting anyone have any effect on you?
[0:17:00] How did Patricia get by when her sister and father passed away?
[0:18:00] How does writing a book help Patricia’s healing?
[0:19:00] Who and what triggered Patricia to write a book with the concept of life after death and what’s beyond it?
[0:23:00] What it’s like to be in the hospice?
[0:25:00] Patricia’s theory about what happens after we die
[0:31:00] Are we all robots in the flesh? Does soul exist?
[0:32:00] The danger of relying solely on the scientific method to understand death
[0:34:00] The colonialist and white supremacist thinking: “We can only believe science and anything else is not valid and not worth to be understood.”
[0:38:00] What it’s like to live with brain cancer?
[0:45:00] Do not underestimate the power of grief
[0:46:00] What are near-death experiences vs. end-of-life moments?
[0:50:00] Do we really die alone?
[0:53:00] Humans’ archetypal experiences
[0:56:00] Stay tuned for Patricia’s upcoming book about grief and hallucination
[0:57:00] What it’s like for Michelle to experience sleep paralysis and how it affects her belief on death