Beyond Knowing, by Janis Amartuzio connects worlds between the living and the dead. Janis slowly becomes aware of her gift of insight while in medical school. She develops her gift pushing through fear and bravely trusting herself to becoming a solid forensic pathologist. Moreover, through her intuition she has taught many individuals to trust their own awareness, bringing peace to the bereaved. Beyond Knowing enhances our capabilities to trust our gut instinct and not to fear but understand there is more to life than our material world. Janis’s parents instilled in her the value of hard work. She was accepted into medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1973, a time when there were not many female doctors. She buried herself in her studies not realizing the glimpses she was developing into another world. For instance, one day while working on a cadaver her focus was shifted outside to make eye contact with a squirrel, and in that moment she felt as if she was viewing the entire scene from above (Amatuzio, 2006 p. 13). Pushing herself through medical school she started to realize more of these moments of calm and peacefulness with in life and death through the dealing of her patients. On page …show more content…
However, I never completed the book. Rarely, do I not finish a book; I was intrigued to try it again. Consequently, emotionally I was not able to handle Janis’s journey nor did I trust in beyond knowing. I was not ready to look with in and trust my own experiences. After more growth and discovery in myself and a new maturity level, her book has brought me hope and guidance to trust my own intuition. She writes towards the end of the book on page 200, “We see the truth about life and gain a deep knowing, a glimpse through the mysterious veil separating the living and the dead. I believe in my heart, I know, that life goes on… forever.” Janis Amatuzio has given me a new enlightenment on life ever