READ: Dying To Be Me, by Anita Moorjani

Other than the fact that Anita Moorjani suffered from terminal cancer and physically DIED—or nearly died—her entire story resonated with me so deeply that I could hardly wait to finish reading her book before sharing my experience of HER experience. 😉

She eloquently expresses her experience of life, oneness, and unconditional love—so much better than I’ve been able to, thus far.  Granted, my own personal experience didn’t stem from a literal “NDE”, but I guess you could say that it WAS the death of my labels, or of my “identity”, or maybe it was the death of my ego—or, rather, the death of my unconscious ego…

As I see it, Anita’s near “death” happened, initially, to her physical form and my near “death” happened, initially, to my mental form—that is, my awakening was, in fact, the death of a certain iteration of “me”, and it was certainly the death of the form I’d always considered myself to be.

In her book, Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing, Anita shares her story of growing up in a multicultural and multilingual household and of the pressures to be a perfect human, a perfect woman, a perfect wife, and a perfect daughter. She tells of her mounting fears and anxieties that, ultimately, culminated in her diagnosis and subsequent terminal illness.

Within days of awakening from the coma that punctuated the end of Anita’s suffering, the cancerous tumors that had previously consumed her body, completely, miraculously, disappeared.

Her recount of her actual, multidimensional “death” experience is fascinating, liberating, and comforting, for sure, but I think it was probably Anita’s telling of her daily life experiences that followed her near death and healing, that provided me with the most comfort and connection.

How could life possibly be the same for her, now?

How could her views of life and love NOT be forever altered?

How could she readjust to “real” [physical] life now that she’d been reminded of the beauty of her soul [spiritual life]?

I felt so connected to Anita as she shared her struggle to find her place again, socially, and to somehow balance the reality of her flawed human existence with her knowledge of her perfect, infinite divinity.

Now, she knows that HER life (just as I’ve come to know that MY life), is connected to ALL of life—and that, despite any perceived imperfections, it is ALL perfect, just as it IS.

Now, Anita lives—as we were all meant to live—fully and free—free from cancer and more importantly, free from fear, itself.

Her answers were found within herself, just as MY answers were found within myself, and as your answers might be found within yourself.

“I believe that the greatest truths of the universe don’t lie outside, in the study of the stars and the planets. They lie deep within us, in the magnificence of our heart, mind, and soul. Until we understand what is within, we can’t understand what is without.”

~Anita Moorjani, from Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing

Who we TRULY are, is, already, inside us. It’s when we fully embrace that which makes us feel alive, that we will truly LIVE life.

If that concept is still too abstract to wrap your logical brain around, begin with something you CAN “do”, if you must, in fact, “do” anything—READ. Open your heart and your mind and READ Anita’s amazing, uplifting book…

Maybe you will die a little death, yourself, and become renewed to actually, TRULY, live your unique life as the creative being we were each intended to be. 🙂

“When it comes to finding the right path, there is a different answer for each person. The only universal solution I have is to love yourself unconditionally and be yourself fearlessly!”

~Anita Moorjani, from Dying To Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing