Death Is but a Dream

Finding Hope and Meaning at Life's End

De: Christopher Kerr, Carine Mardorossian

Narrado por: Fred Sanders

Duración: 7 h y 41 m

Resumen del Editor

The first audiobook to validate the meaningful dreams and visions that bring comfort as death nears.

Christopher Kerr is a hospice doctor. All of his patients die. Yet, he has cared for thousands of patients who, in the face of death, speak of love and grace. Beyond the physical realities of dying are unseen processes that are remarkably life-affirming. These include dreams that are unlike any regular dream. Described as "more real than real", these end-of-life experiences resurrect past relationships, meaningful events, and themes of love and forgiveness; they restore life's meaning and mark the transition from distress to comfort and acceptance.

Drawing on interviews with over 1,400 patients and more than a decade of quantified data, Dr. Kerr reveals that pre-death dreams and visions are extraordinary occurrences that humanize the dying process. He shares how his patients' stories point to death as not solely about the end of life, but as the final chapter of humanity's transcendence. Kerr's audiobook also illuminates the benefits of these phenomena for the bereaved, who find solace in seeing their loved ones pass with a sense of calm closure.

Beautifully written, with astonishing real-life characters and stories, this audiobook is at its heart a celebration of our power to reclaim the dying process as a deeply meaningful one. Death Is but a Dream is an important contribution to our understanding of medicine's and humanity's greatest mystery.

©2020 Christopher Kerr, Carine Mardorossian (P)2020 Penguin Audio

Great story.

This was a very easy book to listen to and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Answered a lot of questions about end of life experiences that I have had the privilege of witnessing.

Amazing!!

My mother and several of my Aunts have need taken care of by Hospice. I started volunteering at Hospice to give back to the organization for them taking such good care of my loved ones! I do wish that we had someone like Dr. Christopher Kerr that could have talked with us during their experience. Three of my aunts all saw either their husband, children or parents during their transition from this life to the next. It’s a heartbreaking thing to go through but I believe it’s because we either have a little envy of the joy & love they are experiencing during the transition and we must wait for our turn. I would absolutely love to meet Dr Kerr! He is an amazing person! Thank you for doing the research and sharing the knowledge you gained!

Enlightening

I appreciated the substance of this book. It is a subject not often addressed and so necessary to understand the process of approaching the transition of death.

Wisdom and dignity in the death process

I have thought about the dying process since I was a young child. Those I loved who died when I was young, died suffering and confused and highly medicated.

Death is but a dream is a plea for awareness and lucidity in the dying process mostly for the bereaved and healthcare professionals as it appears those who are dying often have the support of grace, but not always.

What A Gift

Thanks Dr. Kerr et al for this insight into how our dreams and visions of deceased loved ones provide comfort to the dying and their families. This book should be required reading for all high school students.

Taking the fear out of death

Many times we are scared to talk to the dying. This book helps us. Numerous story of acceptance, wanting to be heard. The stories help to remove the fear of approaching someone who is dying.

The meaning of human existence and the importance of love within it.

Not much, but the reading could’ve been a little smoother. The reader often stopped briefly after certain words like who and when. No big deal. An extraordinary experience.

Great depth of compassion

Thank you for sharing such deep, meaningful and personal details. We all will face this at sometime but your summary of the value to those left behind is of great comfort as we work through our own emotions.

Comforting….

…to know we have joyful dreams and guides when we near our transition.
Fear has kept me from reading about near death experiences but reading this book opened my thinking and my fears have lessened.

As a hospice volunteer

I was a hospice volunteer for 20 years and I have heard and seen much of what he described. I believe it can help ppl dealing with their love ones sickness and death. I also did bereavement groups after loved ones died and heard their dreams as well. Even knowing all that it was reassuring to hear his stories and know that the ppl we love will be there to comfort us! Great book!