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> [No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally, to bring it closer in such a way that one has to face up to the inevitability of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/no-doubt-many-people-have-the-feeling-that-to-talk-about-death-at-all/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

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> [The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow confronts us with the prospect of our own deaths, draws our own deaths closer and makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/the-subject-of-death-is-taboo-we-feel-perhaps-only-subconsciously/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

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## Other authors on Closer

## More by Raymond Moody

> [I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/i-felt-the-question-of-the-afterlife-was-the-black-hole-of-the/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally, to bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/no-doubt-many-people-have-the-feeling-that-to-talk-about-death-at-all/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [I have absolutely no fear of death. From my near-death research and my personal experiences, death is, in my judgment, simply a transition into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/i-have-absolutely-no-fear-of-death-from-my-near-death-research-and-my/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [I'm not afraid of death at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/i-m-not-afraid-of-death-at-all/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/a-sense-of-humor-has-been-linked-with-longevity-it-is-a-possibility/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [What do I think happens when we die? I think we enter into another stage of existence or another state of consciousness that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/what-do-i-think-happens-when-we-die-i-think-we-enter-into-another/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/the-subject-of-death-is-taboo-we-feel-perhaps-only-subconsciously/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [I have never been religious. I talk to God every day, but He's never said a word to me about religion! I think the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/i-have-never-been-religious-i-talk-to-god-every-day-but-he-s-never/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [If you present your dog to a veterinarian with the instruction to put him to sleep, you would normally mean something very different than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/if-you-present-your-dog-to-a-veterinarian-with-the-instruction-to-put/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [The dying often have the sensation of rising up and floating above their own body while it is surrounded by a medical team, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/the-dying-often-have-the-sensation-of-rising-up-and-floating-above/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/i-was-reading-plato-s-the-republic-at-age-18-and-i-can-t-account/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/very-often-in-near-death-experiences-the-person-encounters-a-divine/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [People into hard sciences, neurophysiology, often ignore a core philosophical question: 'What is the relationship between our unique, inner experience of conscious awareness and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/people-into-hard-sciences-neurophysiology-often-ignore-a-core/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/dying-we-tell-ourselves-is-like-going-to-sleep-this-figure-of-speech/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

> [“In the sciences...if anyone advances anything new...people resist with all their might; they speak of the new view with contempt, as if it were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-moody/in-the-sciences-if-anyone-advances-anything-new-people-resist-with/)

[Raymond Moody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-moody/)

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