#40 - Four Deaths and a God Named George
EPISODE #40
This week’s anonymous caller has crossed the threshold of death multiple times — and each return has reshaped how she understands belief, fear, and what it means to stay alive. Her stories move through a fire-breathing accident, an awake surgery, long comas, and moments where consciousness slips into places that don’t resemble the afterlife we’re often taught to expect. There are no pearly gates here — only darkness, pursuit, exhaustion, and the moment when turning to face fear becomes the only way forward.
As the conversation unfolds, death becomes less of an ending and more of a mirror. Drawing from Buddhism, Taoism, and a deeply personal spiritual practice, she reflects on how grief and mindset shape what we encounter at the edge of life, the limits of organized religion, and the freedom of borrowing what works without forcing certainty or labels.
What makes this call linger isn’t just its intensity, but its tone. Even in the heaviest moments, there is laughter — not as avoidance, but as survival. By the end, the focus shifts from dread to longing: ancient places, altered states, and the hope that making death more talkable might open life up in unexpected ways.
Book Recommendation: The Child Thief by Brom
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