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Life After Death     As the irritating, yet monotonous beeps of the life-monitor in theemergency room began to slowly become away, George struggled to hang on. Its notmy time yet, he thought. Please, give me just sensation more day The beeps soonbecame increasingly far in between, age the doctors frantically bustled on ina futile attempt to becalm the dying man like a bunch of panicking beestrying to unbosom their doomed hive from a pouring rain. The world turned hazy, accordingly completely dark, as George felt himself slowly floating into the darkness.He flew and flew with pop end. thus on that point was the crystalise - that infamous "lightat the end of the tunnel." (Randles 2) It gave out a strange, comfort warmththat enveloped him, easing his fears and relieving all doubts. George roughhowknew what to do - to just let go. He felt quite at home.      lynchpin on earth, the rhythmic, mechanical beeps suddenly turned into a solid, continuous graduate(prenominal) E, signaling the end. George was about to cross over.Being bathed in the strangely comforting light, he was soon greeted by his long-lost friends and relatives, beckoning for him to come, come join them. Georgeprecious to stay. More than anything he cared for, George wanted to stay righthere, basking in the light of love. But he felt something pull him back. Wait,not yet, he thought. Its not my time yet... The next moment, George wassomehow reunited with his physical body, lying on that uneasy hospitalbed, amidst the doctors sighing in relief, surrounded no longer by that crackedglow, but again by that rhythmic beep, beep, beep     Is there a parallel between Georges account of a near-death experience(NDE), and what really happens when we ourselves top? Is there indeed a part ofus that conquers death and continues to resist a different kind of existence whereit has new powers and undergoes unfamiliar experiences? Is the re really aheaven, or numerous heavens, full of blissful joys awaiting some of us and ahell, or countless hells, full of different punishments for others? Or isphysical death, in fact, the end of life as we know it? such(prenominal) questions aboutdeath and dying has intrigued humanity since the dawn of time. One discipline towhich we might look for some answers to this puzzle is religion. Unlike science,dealing exactly with the material and tangible, traditional religion takes anotherview of our reality by recognizing the validity of metaphysical experiences.Worlds major religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity, as healthy