Jens Amberts - Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists: A Thought Experiment and Realer Than Real Near-Death Experiences

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Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists

Like a master attorney, Jens Amberts has marshaled an abundance of virtually irrefutable evidence in making the case for the thesis of his brilliant book, Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists . Basing his argument on four fundamental facts about near-death experiences (NDEs), Amberts has written a book that every serious student of NDEs, and especially skeptics, should be sure to read. On finishing it, I doubt any reader will not be convinced that death is not a dead end.

Kenneth Ring , Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Connecticut, author of Lessons from the Light

Jens Amberts has written a book unlike any other. Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists argues that the testimony of near-death experiencers establishes beyond any reasonable doubt that we do survive bodily death. Furthermore, it presents an impressive logical case for why all of us should take that testimony seriously. Written in a conversational style that is easily accessible by anyone, this book is one that deserves to be read, re-read, and read again. Amberts presents arguments that you will keep pondering long after you have finished reading his book.

Bruce Greyson , M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia, author of After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal About Life and Beyond

What happens when we die has been one of humankinds most enduring questions. Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists brings a new and exciting perspective to this ancient question. Jens Amberts presents an impressive discussion of the evidence for the reality of near-death experiences (NDEs). This includes an original and creative thought experiment that is among the most compelling verifications of the validity of NDEs and their consistent message of an afterlife that I have encountered. This is one book you dont want to miss! Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists is exceptionally well-written and enthusiastically recommended.

Jeffrey Long , M.D., author of the New York Times bestselling Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death Experiences

Jens Amberts Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists is a breath of fresh air in the world of academic philosophy. He tackles a question of supreme existential importance and makes a careful and convincing case that there exists a world more comprehensive and compellingly real than the one of which we are currently aware. This book deserves not only to be widely read but to have its conclusions considered with the utmost seriousness.

Sharon Hewitt Rawlette , Ph.D., author of The Source and Significance of Coincidences and the Psychology Today blog Mysteries of Consciousness

Through a carefully-crafted philosophical argument, Amberts documents the empirical and rational basis for his own transformation from a philosophical materialist believing that the material world is the only reality to a survivalist convinced that another reality exists, one in which human consciousness continues after physical death. This book is a must-read for any truly open-minded empiricist interested in the question of the most accurate view of the cosmos.

Janice Miner Holden , Ed.D., editor-in-chief of the Journal of Near-Death Studies , co-author of The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences: Thirty Years of Investigation

The fear of death has probably caused more suffering in the history of the human race than all the physical diseases combined. Jens Amberts, in Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists , offers compelling reasons why this fear and suffering may be exaggerated and unnecessary. Amberts fresh voice is subtle, profound, and reminiscent of philosopher Michele de Montaigne, who assured us, If you dont know how to die, dont worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; dont bother your head about it. Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists is a richly rewarding adventure in ideas.

Larry Dossey , M.D., author most recently of One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness and Why It Matters

Based on scientific research and on intriguing reports of near-death experiences (NDE), this book Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists gives a very nice overview and summary of what can be learned about the afterlife, or, even better, about the continuity of consciousness after the death of the body. People with an NDE are convinced that death is not the end of our consciousness, and they are all forced to change their existing worldview. Jens Amberts uses an interesting analogy to better understand and accept the conclusions that during an NDE the content of our consciousness is experienced far more real than the reality we know in the material world of everyday life. This book has been written for those open-minded readers who are genuinely interested in the possibility of the continuity of consciousness after physical death.

Pim van Lommel , cardiologist, NDE-researcher, author of Consciousness Beyond Life

A Thought Experiment and Realer Than Real Near-Death Experiences

A Thought Experiment and Realer Than Real Near-Death Experiences

Jens Amberts

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Washington, USA

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Text copyright: Jens Amberts 2021

ISBN: 978 1 78535 985 9
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This is a book about four things divided into three different main chapters. One chapter concerns a new thought experiment in philosophy. Another chapter concerns an in-depth and arguably trailblazing analysis of the realer than real attribute of near-death experiences (NDEs). The last major chapter concerns a clarification of what to some have been previously considered at least somewhat ambiguous data about NDEs. And the fourth overarching and permeating thing is how all of this ties together to demonstrate why it is beyond astronomically likely and hence empirically certain that an afterlife actually exists.

The argument in this book became evident to me soon after I started researching NDEs seriously back in 2006 and 2007, as it does to many others as well who start researching NDEs. However, most researchers and thinkers have so far not pressed this issue when arguing whether an afterlife exists or not. But since as far as I can tell and judge the situation it is the single most convincing argument in favor of the existence of an afterlife, I have therefore decided to press this issue myself. So in 2016 when I one day spontaneously came up with a thought experiment that made it so much easier to articulate this argument as clearly as I have now done, I began writing this book. It was first intended to become a peer-reviewed article, but as I kept on writing and expanding the text greatly, it eventually became too long to fit in the vast majority of peer-reviewed philosophy journals. Hence I decided to make a book of it instead.