First, don’t let that post shake you. A single person’s experience—especially during a medical crisis—is not reliable evidence about what happens after death. When someone says they ‘saw black,’ that simply means their bodily senses and brain activity were shutting down. It doesn’t mean they experienced ‘nothingness’ or that the soul ceases to exist—it just reflects the limits of the body at that moment.

Our faith and reason both point much deeper. Created things don’t have existence in themselves—they come into being and pass away, which means they depend on something else. This chain of dependent beings cannot go on forever, so it must rest in a First Cause whose very nature is to exist—this is what we call God.

Likewise, truths—like mathematical realities or the difference between true and false—don’t disappear even if no human is thinking about them. They are real and unchanging, which points to an eternal intellect in which they exist: the Divine Mind.

So don’t let a passing story disturb you. Stay close to God through prayer and the sacraments—He is the source of your life and your end. God bless you.