What's in store for Osama bin Laden?

Author: Michael Prescott

In broaching this topic, I can't help but be reminded of an episode of the old TV sitcom Becker. The opening scene went something like this:

Becker is sitting at a lunch counter and remarks to a friend that one of his patients just passed away. A nearby stranger intrudes on the conversation, asking, When did he die?

Yesterday, Becker says.

Oh, good. Then he's still on the astral plane. I'll be visiting there later today. You want me to look him up?

Later it transpires that a mental hospital has been releasing its patients into Becker's neighborhood.

There is something undeniably nutty about speculating on the afterlife adventures -- or misadventures -- of a particular individual. How can we possibly know? There is no way to be sure, with 100% confidence, that there even is an afterlife, let alone to know what goes on there, let alone to know what's happening to a given person.

Nevertheless, those of us who think that life after death is highly probable, and who have read widely on the subject, can't help but formulate some idea -- provisional and conjectural though it may be -- of what a person like Osama bin Laden might expect. In my own case, my expectation is based on mainly on reports of near-death experiencers and mediums. Robert Crookall's books, notably Intimations of Immortality, have been particularly influential on me.

It appears that the circumstances of one's death can play an important role in how smoothly the transition goes. Osama bin Laden's last earthly moments must have been characterized by confusion and distress, as a team of commandos fought their way into the house in a midnight raid, killing many of its occupants in a hail of bullets. It is safe to say that bin Laden was fearful, even panicky at the end. And then, presumably before he had time to compose himself, a bullet tore through the left side of his face, blowing out the back of his skull, and killing him instantly.

A person who dies that way seems likely to have a rough transition. He may not even realize he is dead. He may remain earthbound for a long time, in a state of shock and denial, treating the physical world around him as a dream. This condition can persist for days, months, or even longer.

On the other hand, bin Laden presumably did believe in an afterlife, so he might be more mentally prepared for his discarnate existence than the average secular-minded person today. Of course, he would expect to go to paradise, an everlasting garden of sensual delights. But nothing in my reading suggests that this is how the scenario would play out.

Instead, bin Laden would be faced with what near-death experiencers call a life review. All of his significant actions and decisions on earth would be replayed before him. Not only would he see his life flash before his eyes, but he would enter into the experience, reliving crucial moments. More important, he would be compelled to experience the consequences of his choices in the lives of other people. He would enter their subjective awareness, and feel what they felt -- for better or worse.

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