Dying, we tell ourselves, is like going to sleep. This figure of speech occurs very commonly in everyday thought and language, as well as in the literature of many cultures and many ages. It was apparently quite common even in… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
I felt the question of the afterlife was the black hole of the personal universe: something for which substantial proof of existence had been… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
No doubt many people have the feeling that to talk about death at all is, in effect, to conjure it up mentally, to bring… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
A sense of humor has been linked with longevity. It is a possibility that the mental attitude reflected in a lively sense of humor… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
What do I think happens when we die? I think we enter into another stage of existence or another state of consciousness that is… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
The subject of death is taboo. We feel, perhaps only subconsciously, that to be in contact with death in any way, even indirectly, somehow… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
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… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
If you present your dog to a veterinarian with the instruction to put him to sleep, you would normally mean something very different than… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
The dying often have the sensation of rising up and floating above their own body while it is surrounded by a medical team, and… — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
I was reading Plato's 'The Republic' at age 18, and I can't account fully the electricity that had for me. — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God. — Raymond Moody Copy Share Image
