The first thing I realized is that life is tenuous, fragile, and I needed to know about it. I didn't have a childhood of tragedy; this was just common sense.
So I headed for the local library and checked out books on each of the world's great religions. I set up a card table in my little pink and white striped bedroom and began notebooks which I filled with analysis of what the religions said about how one should live and what each religion said about the afterlife.
Those notebooks are probably still there.
So what I'm saying is this individual's method of inquiry is similar to mine: one looks to religion, yes?
Well, actually, it's an outdated means of inquiry because now medical science has brought enough individuals back from death and many of these people have experiences. Many have written books. So now we can go directly to people who have experienced that crossover and hear what it was like.
I am in the process of preparing an annotated bibliography of such books and experiences. Many are written by medical doctors, either as first person experiences (Eben Alexander) or as observation over the period of their career.
So my conclusion is that while this is a well done film--very engaging--its research method is outdated.
To answer the producer's question, however, one is able to maintain one's individuality. One evolves, just as one does in this dimension. No, you do not have to join the cosmic consciousness--unless you want to. Then you can, but then you can go back to your individuality.
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