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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159426303321

Autore

Coppes Christophor

Titolo

The Essence of Religions : A Glimpse of Heaven in the Near-Death Experience

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cork, : BookBaby, 2013

ISBN

1-59079-968-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (290 p.)

Disciplina

202.3

Soggetti

Future life

Heaven

Near-death experiences -- Religious aspects

Near-death experiences - Religious aspects

Religion - General

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; A Review of The Essence of Religions: A Glimpse of Heaven in the Near-Death Experience; CONTENTS; Preface; 1 PARTIAL VIEW OF THE ELEPHANT; Extraordinary Experiences; The Light; The Life Review; No Judgment; Distressful NDEs; Messages from Near-Death Experiencers; We Are Profoundly Interconnected: Focus on Our Long-Term'Our-Interest""; Everyone Is Important; Everyone Is Indispensible; Returning Home Is Our Birthright; Love Is the One Building Block; 2 NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE & INTERCONNECTEDNESS; The Eternal Just Way

From Three Hundred Thirty Million Gods to One GodUpanishads: That Is You; Upanishads: Escape from Reincarnation; The Song of God; The Ramayana: The Tourist Version; Rama in Tree Bark; Buddha as an Incarnation of Krishna; The Essence of Hinduism; Foolish Fixations; 3 HINDUISM: TAT TVAM ASI, THAT IS YOU; There Is No Almighty One; Buddha the Victor; The Four Noble Truths; Karma; The Tibetan Book of the Dead; After Disintegration There Is Integration; The Essence of Buddhism; Foolish Fixations; 4 BUDDHISM: DO IT YOURSELF-DISCARD



THE ""SELF""; The Establishment of Monotheism; The Sacred Texts

In ""The Begin"" SituationThe Covenants with YHWH; Abraham, The Second Covenant, and a Numerous People; Moses: The Third Covenant; Job; Sodom and Gomorrah; The Essence of Judaism; Foolish Fixations; 5 JUDAISM: I AM WHO I AM; Three Gods in One; Jesus The Son Of God; Original Sin; The Teachings of Jesus; The Essence of Christianity; Foolish Fixations; 6 CHRISTIANITY: LOVE GOD, YOUR NEIGHBOR, & YOURSELF EQUALLY; The Primeval Book; From Adam and Eve to Ibrahim (Abraham); Musa (Moses); Disbelievers; Love of Allah; The Last Day and Then Heaven or Hell; Predestination; The Essence of Islam

Foolish FixationsAnd Finally, the Foolish Fixation That Suicide Attacks Will Please Allah; 7 ISLAM: VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION LEADS TO PEACE & SECURITY WITH ALLAH; God or The Light Is Indescribable; God or The Light Seems to Be in All of Us; Love Others and Have Compassion; Everyone Has His Own Task; Punishment; All You Have Done Is Remembered; Is There a Heaven;  Is There a Hell?; Attachment to Matter; There Is Free Will; Reincarnation; Get Aligned with the Light; 8 SUMMARY: PUTTING THE ""ELEPHANT"" TOGETHER

Appendix: Chart for The Essences of NDEs and the Comparison with the Five Religions to Show the ParallelsNotes; References and Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The Essence of Religions was written to discourage the misuse of religions. This book provides the tools we need to reconsider many of the dogmas of the five major world religions that have proven detrimental to both human coexistence and our planet's survival. Furthermore, it seeks to replace these misguided belief sets with a more unifying and up