123: Near Death Experiences (NDEs) and Beyond with Robert Kopecky
Today\u2019s guest is Robert Kopecky. Born in 1956, and raised on the outskirts of San Diego, California, Robert survived a traumatic childhood, traveled extensively as a young man, and lived a variety of lives as a ski bum, a martial artist, a factory welder, a monumental sculpture fabricator, an underground cartoonist; and finally as an award-winning illustrator, art director, and animation designer.
His journeys \u2013 from the Mayan underground, to remote South Pacific islands, to the capitals of Europe, to the deserts of Arizona and the canyons of New York City \u2013 were punctuated by three dramatic, distinctly different "Near Death Experiences."
Eventually, the years of professional successes and personal setbacks delivered him to his own \u201cdark night of the soul.\u201d This led to more than ten years of study, meditation, and service \u2013 and the eventual transpersonal realization of what life (and death) can be \u2013 that inspired him to start joyfully passing along the lessons he\u2019d learned in a very hard way.
Robert\u2019s book, How to Survive Life and Death: A Guide for Happiness in this World and Beyond, is available on Amazon.com and bookstores everywhere. He continues his art, designing animation for agencies, TV and internet; and writing spiritual essays and memoir for his blog, \u201cArt, Faith, and the Koko Lion\u201d.
You can find out more about Robert at www.RobertKopecky.blogspot.com or check out his Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/RobertKopecky.
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