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How do people make peace with the death of a loved one? How do you come to terms with the fact that they departed this world? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no greater heartache than the death of a loved one. A spiritual way to help live with this heartache is to gain an understanding of the deeper meaning of life<\/a> and death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is what Norman Vincent Peale has to say about coming to terms with the death of a loved one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dealing With a Death of a Loved One<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When you carry with you the faith that all life is connected\u2014and when you die, you merely continue your journey in another form\u2014you gain a deep peace and comfort about the loss of a loved one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Peale, coming to the realization that there is no death\u2014that \u201chere\u201d and \u201chereafter\u201d are all part of one universe\u2014brought him great comfort. This philosophy doesn\u2019t take away the sadness that comes after the death of a loved one, but it will help lift and dissolve grief. Knowing deep down that you haven\u2019t truly lost your loved one brings peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This philosophy is based on teachings from the Bible that say we\u2019ve never seen or heard anything that can compare with the wonders God prepares for those who love and put their trust in him. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says: \u201cThe eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This passage seems to promise that we\u2019ll be reunited with lost loved ones and speaks to the idea that those who have died are still living on \u201cthe other side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peale adamantly believed that life continues after death; dying is merely changing the form of our life experience. The idea of the soul living on beyond death is discussed in areas like parapsychology, precognition and telepathy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peale feels that science will one day substantiate the idea of life after death, but the many people he has spoken with who have had near-death experiences, or who have recounted dying loved ones who seem to see people who have already died, offer all the evidence he needs. The experiences described to him have convinced him that our loved ones still exist, they aren\u2019t far from us, and we\u2019ll be reunited with them<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Thomas Edison was dying, his wife recalled him whispering, \u201cIt is beautiful over there.\u201d He was a scientist and a very factual man. Other great minds have come to the same conclusion. American scholar William James said the brain is a medium of the soul\u2019s existence. When we die, our new brain will be able to reach untapped areas of understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euripides and Socrates both felt the next life would be on a much greater level. Socrates even said, \u201cNo evil can befall a good man in this life or next.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A scientist named Natalie Kalmus shared a story about the death of her sister Eleanor that illustrates this idea. Her dying sister asked that Natalie not allow the doctors to give her pain medication because she wanted to be fully aware of every sensation as she approached death, very confident that she was entering eternal life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When she was close to death, she called out the names of those she saw\u2014loved ones who had passed before her. One was a cousin who had died the previous week, and Eleanor didn\u2019t even know this cousin had died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peale has heard numerous similar stories about this kind of phenomenon, leading him to believe that loved ones who are called out by name are actually seen by the dying person. Those people are present, perhaps in a different dimension or frequency cycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think of an electric fan. You can see all the blades when it\u2019s off or on low speed. At high speed, however, the blades seem transparent. Perhaps a person entering into a higher frequency gets glimpses of a new reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visiting Heaven?<\/strong>

People of many different faiths take comfort in the belief that Heaven is real and their loved ones are waiting for them there.\u00a0Some people even claim to have seen it; that\u2019s the case with Heaven is For Real<\/em><\/a>, a book by pastor Todd Burpo<\/a>, who relates his young son\u2019s memories of a near-death experience.\u00a0

When Colton Burpo was just under four years old, he became extremely sick. The doctors concluded that there was nothing they could do to save him. That night, Todd\u2019s congregation came together to pray for Colton; by the next day, he had almost completely recovered.

Colton told his father that he\u2019d visited Heaven while he was in the hospital. Todd was initially skeptical, but Colton\u2019s memories of that time were so vivid that the pastor came to believe that his son had indeed seen the afterlife.\u00a0

Some highlights of Colton\u2019s memories were:

1) Attending a \u201cschool\u201d where Jesus was the teacher.
2) Meeting his great-grandfather, whom he only knew as \u201cPop.\u201d\u00a0
3) Meeting his sister who died in the womb\u2014Colton\u2019s parents are shocked, as they had indeed suffered a miscarriage in the past, but had never told him about it.
4) Seeing God\u2019s throne, with Jesus\u2019s throne to the right of it.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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