Combining Eastern spiritualism with Western science, the founder of the national charity God's Love We Deliver creates an inspiring, practical, and hopeful approach to facing death. Uplifting without being sentimental, Stone explores such important issues as fear and grief, near-death experiences, survival, and preparation for death.It's about our own death, or the death of someone we love. We don't want to think about it, let alone talk about it. But this courageous book is not like any discussion of death you have ever had. Ganga Stone, founder of the renowned charity "God's Love We Deliver, " offers comfort for us all and first aid for anyone in a death-related crisis. Reading "Start the Conversation" is like taking Ganga's six-week course. With her, you work on a kind of jigsaw puzzle, turning up the individual pieces of her argument and fitting them together into a coherent picture. Step by step you build your own conviction that there is no death. And finally, you rethink the whole idea of grief. Is it necessary? Ganga's controversial answer is no. And she tells us why.The promise of this book is that it will transform the way you think about death. Its bold message is one of confidence and love: of a full life savored right up to the moment of death...and beyond.