My late father once confided his belief in “universal knowledge.”

He felt that God gave humans finite, physical brains to prevent them from knowing EVERYTHING.

That theme is echoed in the book I’m currently reading: “Forever,” by Bruce Greyson, M.D.

Psychiatrist Greyson has spent 50 years studying Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). No, this isn’t about having a near-miss on the interstate or uttering the southern “I like to died!” expression of extreme embarrassment.

Rather, these are classic cases of people hovering invisibly above their own bodies in the emergency room (r...