Overcoming the Fear of Death: Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems - Softcover

Kelvin H. Chin is the Executive Director and Founder of both the Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation and the nonprofit TurningWithin.org. Working with audiences on death and dying issues since the 1980's, Kelvin has taught numerous seminars for the healthcare industry, was a state-certified Long Term Care Ombudsman for the California Department of Aging, and a co-founder of the Center For Medical Ethics and Mediation. Bringing greater clarity to his client's thinking in their personal and business life is something Kelvin has applied throughout his 40-year career, including teaching meditation worldwide to more than 1,000 people since the 1970's in schools, businesses, the U.S. Army and at West Point. Kelvin also formerly held CMO roles at AmLaw100 law firms, and was a VP for the American Arbitration Association. Kelvin was born in Boston, raised in Norwood, Massachusetts, and has since lived and worked in 6 countries. He has delivered more than 2,000 presentations worldwide. While at Dartmouth College, he studied at the Université de Strasbourg, France. He is a graduate of Dartmouth, Yale Graduate School and Boston College Law School, and is the father of two artistically talented children. Kelvin can be contacted at www.OvercomingTheFearOfDeath.org and followed on Twitter at @KelvinHChin

Stanford's CodeX Book Club Book ReviewAugust 18, 2016

Congratulations to Kelvin Chin, with the launch of his new book, "Overcoming the Fear of Death (Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems)." I haven't read it yet, but I know Chin--and that's enough for me to predict that it is a great book. So I'm giving him an honorary four-star (and I'm guessing many readers may pronounce it a five-star).

Chin is the Executive Director and Founder of Overcoming the Fear of Death Foundation and TurningWithin.org.

I met him several years ago when he was in Boston at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. He got his J.D. at Boston College Law School, and also studied at Dartmouth College (B.A,), Universite de Strasbourg and Yale Graduate School.

Chin's eclectic education rivals his eclectic career. "He has lived and worked in six countries," Chin notes in his linkedin profile.  He's got tech in his bones--including president of AgreeOnline, a startup for alternative dispute resolution. (He was vice president of the American Arbitration Association for 10 years). He was a Visiting Instructor at MIT Sloan School of Management and Ombudsman at the Office of the President at MIT.

There's more: Practice Director at H5; Consulting Director at RenewData; also Sales Director of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, just to name a few. He's now a Nonprofit Executive Director, Grief Recovery Specialist, based in Austin.

Congratulations, Kelvin. This is a very important topic and I am sure that your new book will bring comfort to many. I salute you for diving into this topic with your wit, wisdom and grace.

written by Monica Bay, CodeX fellow, freelance analyst, journalist and a member of the California bar

BOOK REVIEW by LUCID LIGHT
by Erik Kuykendall

08/11/2016

"Overcoming The Fear Of Death: Through Each of the 4 Main Belief Systems"by Kelvin H. Chin

When examining consciousness, we would be remiss not to speak of death and what we think happens to our consciousness when we make the final transition in this plane.  

We want to introduce you to a friend with an expansive experience practicing and teaching meditation who has written a book called "Overcoming the Fear of Death."

As a teacher of meditation for 40 years, Kelvin Chin has deep experience in the field of self-development, and brings a refreshing "pragmatic idealist" approach, grounded in "knowing oneself," to his work in legal services, business development, mediation, meditation, and overcoming the fear of death. 

He has been working with audiences on death and dying issues since the 1980's and has taught numerous seminars for the healthcare industry, was a Long Term Care Ombudsman for the California Department of Aging, and a co-founder of the Center For Medical Ethics and Mediation.

His book is unique. He outlines 4 belief systems regarding death that underlie all religions and cultures. His approach is nonreligious and aims to increase readers' understandings about death through their own lens of belief without creating a need to modify their individual belief structures to reduce their fear of death.

He explains 4 Main Belief Systems About Death:
1) No Belief in Afterlife
2) Afraid of Heaven or Hell
3) Looking Forward to Heaven
4) Belief in Past Lives

He walks people through the process using personal stories from friends and family in a way that humanizes the subject, making the book a 'fun read.'

Kelvin has taught meditation in living rooms, schools,  businesses worldwide for 40 years and does work with individuals in person and via phone, Internet, and Skype. Kelvin has taught more than 1,000 people from extremely diverse socio-economic groups an easy-to-learn technique of naturally Turning Within with no concentration or religious affiliation required.

He recommends a process of 'Turning Within' when he speaks on "Overcoming the Fear of Death".  By this he means the ancient Greek sense of going within, 'knowing oneself'; being more balanced and effective in one's thoughts and actions after meditation lead to a happier, more fulfilling life.

To share a bit more about Kel's extensive background:

He was a test subject in the first medical studies on meditation -- conducted by Boston cardiologist Herbert Benson, MD (published in Scientific American, 1972). He taught the first meditation classes at West Point Military Academy in 1974, and in the US Army on the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) in Korea. He is a graduate of Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law.

Kelvin studied at the Université de Strasbourg, France. In addition to Dartmouth, Kel has degrees from Yale Graduate School and Boston College Law School. He has lived and worked in 6 countries and has 25 years experience as a global business manager. He has held CEO, EVP, SVP and CMO positions in companies ranging from start-ups to large established organizations and has trained 500 mediators to do Alternative Dispute Resolution in the last 20 years.

He has spoken on overcoming the fear of death at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.

He was a test subject in the first medical studies on meditation -- conducted by Boston cardiologist Herbert Benson, MD (published in Scientific American, 1972). He also taught the first meditation classes at West Point Military Academy in 1974, and in the US Army on the DMZ (De-Militarized Zone) in Korea. He is a graduate of Dartmouth, Yale, and Boston College Law.

In addition to Dartmouth, Kel has degrees from Yale Graduate School and Boston College Law School and studied at the Université de Strasbourg, France. He has lived and worked in 6 countries.

He has created a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people overcome the fear of death - OvercomingTheFearOfDeath.org