Why do I feel threatened?

I think it’s quite acceptable to be both very sad, and fully retain ones philosophy, even though what you say may be true.

NDE’er Mary Neal might be equipped with an interesting answer to this?

Acceptable I agree Stan. For most not easy and even for those who manage it, not always possible. Of course there’s a huge difference between being very sad and bereavement/grief for many of us isn’t there?

You’re reference to NDEs is interesting as that’s about gathering evidence and doing research isn’t it? It may comfort people but actually the lasting benefit is in properly understanding things like that in context imho.