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Coming From The Light

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I really loved this book. The stories gathered by the author really touched me. After a miscarriage I read this book and it helped me to see the loss from a different perspective. I consider this book inspiring and uplifting. When I first knew I was pregnant again I took the book out of the shelf and read it again and once again it moved me. This book changes completely the way you percieve a pregnancy.

If you are new to the concept of communication from the spirits of children before birth, this book is a wonderful introduction. It gathers first-person stories from about thirty mothers and fathers who experienced such contacts. A nice balance of stories from birth parents and adoptive parents makes it clear that soul connections, rather than biology, are the central bond in creating families. Originally published as "Life Before Life," this new edition of Sarah Hinze's book is enhanced by an Afterword from Sarah's husband, psychologist Brent Hinze, Ph.D., in which he draws comparisons between near-death and pre-birth experiences and analyzes the aspects of a "typical" pre-birth contact. Sarah's approach is deeply reverent, imbued with her religious beliefs. Her own experiences are perhaps the most remarkable of all, told in the moving and very personal first chapter.

I bought this book because I believe very strongly that we, on a soul level, choose our parents and birth circumstances and nothing is random or thrust upon us. So I was interested in reading these accounts.

I certainly don't dispute the premise, but the numerous "Christ", "the Lord" etc, references get to be a bit cloying. In addition, the majority of these accounts come from people with 5,6,7,8, even 9 children. I am not judging this, but observe that often, people with such large families are religious. Meaning the source of these stories could be narrow in its scope.

The book claims that these are accounts written in the first person from various individuals, but the hand and belief system of the author are evident both in the style and the language used.

As stated, I do not dispute that we come from light, or that a soul can communicate to its chosen parents or family before birth. But this book's presentation is off-putting in its Christian overtones, its sentimental treatment and in addition, it stretches the limits of credibility.

In one story, "A letter to my son," a 17 year-old mother writes a letter to her son, whom she plans to give up for adoption. Supposedly it was written shortly after his birth and given to the adoptive parents. Then, as she conveys the story to her son, she recounts her agony in making the decision to give birth or have an abortion and the dream that helped her to decide. "I cried myself to sleep. It has been many years since that night, but I can still remember the dream I had as clearly as if it were yesterday." Now... how can this be? She was supposed to have written this letter shortly after the birth? How did this glaring discrepancy make it past the editor?

In the next story, also a teen mom grappling with the adoption issue, her mind is made up when moments after birth, the baby is laid in her arms, looks at her mother and speaks "Mama" so clearly that everyone in the room heard and was "amazed."

In my opinion, this book trivializes the topic. The only reason I gave it two stars instead of one, is that trivial or not, it has the possibility of introducing this idea to the consciousness of someone who might otherwise have never considered the concept.

Easy to read, and to understand. Nobody can be left in any doubt, as to the authenticity of Life's eternal round.
We came from before this life - from the Spirit World - to this life, and then we leave back to where we came from.

This book covers what may be thought of as a controversial subject. Yet, is simple in its presentation and approach.

It was an interesting book but too short, i read it very quickly so i felt disatisfied at the end of the book because it eneded with my unresolved questions.Also I expected it to be a bit deeper in content but that is maybe my overexpectation of the book.The book answers clearly the questions about women men and even children who have a premonition either in a dream, vision or an intuition about the birth of a child yet conceived.I would recommend the book as a taster for further reading