Overcoming Grief with After-Death Communication
Living Relationships with the Deceased: Overcoming Grief with After-Death Communication
Below is a 45 minute recording of the talk I gave at the International Association for Near-Death Studies (IANDS), last Sept, 2013, in Washington DC. The focus is how to conquer grief after the death of a loved one, particularly by suicide. Most of what we understand as grief does not properly belong to it, such as helplessness and despair. The reasons can be attributed to the fear of death, mistaken beliefs, and unresolved issues with the departed. After-death communication can instantly eliminate these as well as a host of other unwanted emotions (anger, guilt, obsessiveness, feelings of abandonment, etc.) that complicate grief. We are then left with just plain, honest grief, which is characteristically sharp, deep, and mercifully short-lived. Although plain grief is still painful, it often pushes us onto a thrilling path of discovery, revealing the real nature of life and death along the way.
Rick Ranum
2014-10-12 @ 7:20 PM
I just listened to your Sept 2013 talk and it was wonderful.
Rick
Julia
2014-10-12 @ 10:34 PM
Thank you Rick!
Helen Prince
2015-01-01 @ 12:08 AM
Dr. Assante.
I am a doctoral candidate researching after-death communication, and find your work of much interest. I have read your book and am currently reading through the material available at your website.
Is there a possibility of getting this presentation in printed format with references that would properly identify it?
Thank you.
Julia
2015-01-01 @ 12:27 PM
Helen, references to the website material are end-noted in my book. If you have something in particular that needs citing, let me know. The Grief article is really all my own, outside of general knowledge. But if you need something specific I may be able to find the reference. Which university are you in? Is your dissertation on after-death communication?