Carey's Reading Notes

All The Reasons I am aware of The fire of ambition The tight grip of perfectionism The sweetness of recognition In those moments of awareness I must not forget Fire burns Tight grips tire Sweetness spoils Achieving does not mean Impressing others or Sticking out from the crowd Choose Kindness over competition Accepting over striving Gratitude over arrogance I remind myself I have absolutely nothing to prove I already have all the reasons For being exactly where I am

After Death (2023) directed by Chris Radtke I wanted to see this documentary ever since I read the synopsis. What happens after death? The movie explores this question through people's accounts of their near death experiences and some scientific studies. I found it fascinating that since the advance of modern medicine, many patients are resuscitated from near death and have survived to tell the story of what they experienced. There are many commonalities; for example they experience hovering over their bodies and seeing a light of infinite love and warmth. Many describe feeling more alive than they ever felt in their lives with all of their senses heightened. People that were blind from birth reported being able to see and some found their newly gained vision disturbing. There were rare cases where patients were intentionally put into a state of clinical death for hours to undergo extremely invasive medical procedures. They saw and heard things in the operating room tha...