Ed note: It’s a bit unusual to have a spiritual/religious post on this blog, but it’s Sunday and my mind at the moment is there, so please persevere. Though I’d suggest skipping this one if you’re pretty sure that it’s “lights out” when we die – or as one patient told me, “that’s that.” The scientific mind quite naturally rejects what it cannot objectively prove, so why did the brilliant polymath Swedenborg, who mastered the sciences of his day, turn to writing an incredibly detailed description of the afterlife? The web site “Off the Left Eye” has a weekly podcast delving into the spiritual questions in our lives. Below is one of the posts.