Is There Proof of the Afterlife?
What if death isn’t the end?What if our loved ones aren’t truly gone?And what if understanding that could soften the sharp edges of your grief?
If you’re new here, welcome. I’m glad you’re here. I want to start by sharing something foundational to my work: the question of whether there is life after death. After four decades of studying this subject—across science, philosophy, direct experience, and testimony—I can say this with confidence:
There is more to this life than meets the eye. And once you understand that, it can transform the way you grieve, live, and love.
This isn’t meant to be an exhaustive proof; just some things to think about. If you stick with me, there’s a lot more where this came from.
Four Ways We Can Know Something Is Real
Before we dive into the evidence, let’s talk about how we know anything is real. Generally, we rely on four pathways:
* Direct personal experience
* Scientific study and empirical research
* Testimony from others
* Logical or philosophical reasoning
When you apply these four lenses to the question of the afterlife, an astonishing body of evidence emerges.
1. Direct Experience: The Evidence You Can Feel
Most of us haven’t died and come back, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t encountered the afterlife.
People experience the afterlife in ways that are deeply personal, often beyond words:
* After-death communications (ADCs): These include dream visits, signs, and synchronicities. They often arrive when we least expect them but most need them.
* Shared death experiences (SDEs): In these rare but powerful events, a living person partially “crosses over” with someone who is dying. The living person often sees or senses the journey of the one passing, sometimes even traveling part of the way with them.
* Near-death experiences (NDEs): These are more well-known. People who have technically died—flatlined, clinically gone—return with detailed stories of life beyond, often accompanied by a complete transformation in how they view life and death.
Want to explore this further? Look into the work of Lisa Jones and William Peters. Peters, in particular, is a leading researcher and experiencer of shared death experiences, and his work is eye-opening.
2. Scientific Evidence: What the Research Really Says
Many scientists shy away from studying the afterlife. The reasons? Cultural taboos. Materialist bias. Limitations of instruments.
And yet, the evidence exists:
* Near-death experiences (NDEs): Researchers like Dr. Bruce Greyson and PMH Atwater have studied thousands of cases. Some are veridical—meaning people report accurate information they could not have accessed through normal means (e.g., conversations occurring in other rooms while the person was clinically dead).
* Reincarnation in children: Dr. Ian Stevenson and Dr. Jim Tucker at the University of Virginia have documented thousands of cases where children remember past lives with uncanny detail. Some recall being historical figures, down to names, dates, and relationships they could not have otherwise known. Books like The Boy Who Knew Too Much dive deep into these cases.
* Mediumship under lab conditions: Dr. Gary Schwartz and Dr. Julie Beischel have studied mediums under controlled settings. In double- and even triple-blind studies, mediums have conveyed accurate, detailed information that defies chance.
* Technology-assisted communication: Dr. Gary Schwartz is working on the “Soul Phone,” a device designed to enable communication across dimensions. Sonia Rinaldi has made groundbreaking strides in instrumental transcommunication, using technology to capture images and voices of the departed.
* Scientific refutation of skeptics: Dr. Penny Sartori has extensively countered materialist explanations for NDEs, like the idea that they’re simply brain reactions to dying. Her work dismantles those arguments one by one.
If you think science can’t touch the spiritual, these researchers will make you think again.
3. Testimony: The Sheer Volume of Experience
Some people dismiss individual stories as anecdotal or emotionally biased. But let’s look at the scale:
* It’s estimated that 5-10% of the population has had a near-death experience. That’s 30 to 50 million people in the U.S. alone.
* Countless others have had ADCs, SDEs, and profound signs that defy logic.
* These experiences are cross-cultural, reported by people from every background, religion, and belief system.
And here’s the key: when people return from these experiences, they don’t just feel better. They come back changed. They lose their fear of death. They become more loving, more compassionate. They see life with new eyes.
That kind of transformation doesn’t come from a dream or a hallucination.
So when someone says, “I saw my father in a dream and knew he was okay,” we shouldn’t dismiss it. We should listen. Because those stories, repeated across millions of voices, carry weight.
4. Philosophical Insight: What If We’ve Got It Backward?
Modern Western thought is grounded in materialism—the idea that consciousness is a product of the brain. But more and more philosophers and scientists are challenging that.
Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, for example, champions Idealism: the idea that consciousness is fundamental, and that the physical world arises from it, not the other way around.
If that’s true, then we are not our bodies. We are consciousness having a physical experience. We came from somewhere before birth, and we will return to somewhere after death.
In this view, life doesn’t lead to death. Life is a temporary stop within a greater continuum.
Instead of calling it the “afterlife,” maybe we should call this life the in-between.
For a deep dive into this logic, check out Why an Afterlife Obviously Exists by Jens Amberts. It unpacks near-death experiences through the lens of airtight logic.
What Does This Mean for You?
If you’re grieving, I want you to know this: Your love is not lost. Your connection is not severed. Death ends a life, not a relationship.
You don’t have to believe everything at once. You don’t even have to understand it all. Just begin by staying open. Let curiosity replace fear. Let wonder soften your grief.
There is more to this story than we’ve been taught. And that story can change everything.
A Gift to Support You
If you’re navigating loss, I created a free resource for you: GEMS: 4 Steps to Move from Grief to Joy.
These are the four practices that helped me after the death of my daughter. They won’t erase your pain, but they can help you begin to breathe again.
Final Thought
If you’ve ever felt a nudge that your loved one was near...If you’ve ever had a dream so vivid it stayed with you for years...If you’ve ever wondered whether death is really the end...
You’re not alone. And you’re not crazy.
There is more to this life—and the next—than we’ve been told.
Welcome to the journey.
