LibraryScenariosWhen your dying partner believes in afterlife but you don't
Scenario

When your dying partner believes in afterlife but you don't

My husband is dying and he keeps asking me to promise I'll find him in the next life but I'm not sure there is one and I don't know whether to lie or break his heart.

Rumi
Online
The coach is replying

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love confronts the boundary between compassionate deception and authentic presence.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Death and afterlife across all traditions?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.