The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother Proved to Me There's Life After Death

When my Gnosis Salon discussion group discussed the afterlife at a meeting, my comment to the event founder was that I thought maybe we all just ended up merged with the cosmos. This book offers essentially the same explanation, but there is lots of great fun (bliss, learning, etc.) along the way. It's good news, and bad news (if you want a personal, permanent heavenly existence). There are mulitiple lives lived by a soul, and the outline of this experience of Billy Fingers is in general if you believe Annie Kagan and Billy Fingers, as I do. I find the whole report believable and compelling. As a holder of an A.B. in Philosophy from Cal Berkeley and a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, I have been interested in the topic of spiritual realities and an afterlife for most of my life. I do think that personal experience of the spiritual dimensions are paramount in discovering for oneself what is the spiritual reality in which we find ourselves. The Bible is a book, and those that worship it are guilty of Bibliolatry (my word), or, worship of the Bible as an idol. Think about it. If there is a living God, She is not contained in or limited by a book. She lives (haha, the pronoun does not matter, and much of the Divine is better represented in the female/mother form) -- She lives, She is not reduced to a book. So Billy takes Annie and then us on a ride which I find totally believable, which represents sophisticated, loving Spirits and a totally benevolent world beyond ours, with really good explanations for what we are doing here. If you don't like it, it's your problem, not Billy's or Annie's. Billy says everyone's afterlife experience is different. There are places in heaven for those who want to see the world and heaven in a limited fashion. You should be happy, you will probably be rewarded with a limited edition of heaven, just what you wanted. Until you reach what the Buddhists call "Enlightenment", when you are no longer reborn, and your spirit merges with the Universe.

I've been researching the afterlife for a while now and this is the first book I've purchased. I relate to Billy and understand what it means to be addicted; although I was abusing marijuana and not hardcore drugs. Still, the substance derailed my perfect life and plunged me into an abyss. I had been a very health conscious person, wheat grass and algae sort of guy and I slowly veered into dangerous waters as I began to dabble with an old habit. I soon found myself in shock as I had totaled my car from being high, squandered 10's of thousands of dollars, ended up in jail twice and wasted much of the education my military experience had provided...all because of weed. I was about to become a Bikram yoga instructor and was in the shape of my life and it all slipped away and left me in debt and with my body injured from fooling around while intoxicated. I sat at my parents house in disbelief and then heard an interview with the author. This book helped me to realize that even health nuts like me can slip into an out of control stupor only to wake up out of the haze in deep regret and longing to return to that grace from which I had left. I am better able to let go of the mistakes I've made and feel that I won't face the wrath of God upon my death, and that an all loving God is awaiting me who will help me review what I have done without a hint of judgement. "Don't take life so seriously" is great advice, and I'm glad to ease up on myself for having done what I had done, knowing many others have fallen off of their path. I too am able to make amends while learning a valuable lesson. Forgiving myself is now easier because of this astounding book.I intend to help people as Billy did. He had helped people in the court system and I now want to convey to kids at a camp I've applied to that weed is something that can change from the seemingly harmless high that involves getting the munchies and enjoying music a bit more, into a consuming habit that reverts you into a foolish stubborn child.Parts of the book read like an ayahuasca trip; I've consumed ayahuasca dozens of times (reminds me about the part in the book where he drinks the divine nectar) and much of my memories from the ceremonies resemble the love and truth that Billy described. I loved my aya ceremonies and hope to experience the vast bliss that I feel we will all return to at some point in our eternal journey. I recommend this book to anyone who feels low about making certain decisions and perhaps if you're burdened by cumbersome beliefs of a punishing God, maybe it's time that you reflect on if you've been taught those beliefs and if they serve you. These sort of uncivilized and low vibrational beliefs have long plagued mankind and have been a mechanism used to control others by using fear to scare others into adhering to a way of life. I love Jesus, and I am very much into Buddha and other teachers; I recognize how blatantly obvious it is that this sort of manipulation has been going on for so long, causing vast amounts of human suffering. Religion is dangerous and needs to be discarded for humanity to achieve peace and harmony; spiritualism is an entirely different thing that doesn't involve fracturing the human race into groups who make promises of 'the only way to heaven'. Being spiritual allows one to embrace all the amazing regional spiritual figures and cooperate with others without severing the fundamental bonds we inherently all poses.It's time for us to question everything we've been taught and listen to our inner knowing. The average conditioned person might say that this book doesn't have any basis, and scientists (many are coming around) might dismiss it without what they consider to be evidence. I listened to the author talk and felt what she was saying was true and read the book and it reveled volumes of felt wisdom which I wouldn't get from the evening news or a Sunday preacher. Listening to my inner self is my way to navigate life, not by believing the guy with lots of graphs who's being funded by dozens of corporations that are invested in an outcome; furthering their monetary gain and control. Thanks for this gem of a book.

Very interesting a well written. It certainly rings true and I passed it on to someone who could also appreciate it. Never heard a story quite like it before.

Bought for my Momma for her bday as someone recommended it to her. She read it, then leant it to me....I couldn't put it down, read it in 2 days. Playfully written, interesting and relatable. We all want comfort in knowing about our loved ones and what's after. An entertaining, easy read.

I had read it after my 17 yo kid crossed over in 2020. My son asked me to re-read it. It's so reassuring to read it; as my son also stays connected with me from higher dimensions after he crossed over. My son inspired me to write a book. I wrote a book from the downloads I got from him, which I published in 2023; it's on Amazon. Annie Kagan gave me hope through this book. The beautiful portrayal of other dimensions and the non-judgmental and unconditional love and light from there is truly remarkable and helps in shattering the separation illusions, myopic views, limiting beliefs and myths we have in this world.

It offers a description of the path that is taken by individuals after their death. I find it in line with other descriptions I've read from other sources that seem plausible to me ...

This is well written. I have had a near death experience and can validate a lot of what is written. However it can lead to wanting to check out of this life early

奇しくも、これが読破した最初の洋書になった。難しい単語が無く、とても読みやすかった。役に立つことも書かれていた。よくあるスピリチュアル本とは一味違って、それ自体ビリーの人生を表しているようだった。全体的に、読んでいて楽しかった。