Will I love In My Time of Dying?

Always curious about those who experience near-death, I recently read In My Time of Dying.

Besides my self-interest in Junger’s actual experience, I found his curiosity and relentless determination to understand his experience, his idea of an afterlife, a pilgrimage into the metaphysical unknown. Mastering the medical knowledge of his vascular failure, Junger remains at a loss to intellectually grasp a cognitive understanding of his near-death experience.

At one point, an attending nurse said, “Instead of thinking of it as something scary, try thinking of it as something sacred.” It is Junger’s honest inquiry into the sacred and his… show more.

Junger, a non-religious man, very nearly died even as he lay conscious in the midst of high medical drama. He hears his father's voice. This is a true story, a powerfully written page turner, that will make you think about what may be outside our direct knowledge.

Sebastian is such an honest writer! The pacing and story were remarkable and intense. It read like a thriller, but it is true story written with compassion and intelligence and powerful ideas that will challenge you to think about your own mortality and how you live your life! I read it twice and then I got to interview Sebastian so I read it again. This will change the way you think about everything....

Bestselling author Sebastian Junger is known for reporting on dangerous and demanding occupations and for embedding with American soldiers in Afghanistan as a war correspondent. But his most recent book describes his encounter with perhaps the most deadly situation he has ever faced.

A burst aneurysm lands him in the emergency room, and while fighting for his life, Junger becomes aware that his father—who had died eight years ago—is “communicating” to him that everything will be all right. The appealing slant is that Junger, raised by his physicist father as an atheist and materialist, has to try to make sense… show more.