By Deanna

AFTERLIFE

&

NEAR-DEATH STUDIES

RESEARCH LIST

(The New Frontier)

Noted researchers in the afterlife and near-death studies arenas.  (Please google each of these individuals for literature and websites.  And what astounds me is the fact that the independent research of each of these individuals is pointing us to parallel conclusions.)

What is ‘real’ is consistently observed.  –Jeffrey Long

Eben Alexander, MD, neurosurgeon

Laurin Bellg, MD

Stafford Betty, Ph.D.

Delores Cannon, hypnotherapist

Edgar Cayce

Sandra Champlain, acclaimed afterlife researcher

Robert Davis, Ph.D., neuroscientist

Albert Einstein, physicist

Peter Fenwick, neuropsychiatrist and afterlife & NDE researcher

Kathy Forti, clinical psychologist

Suzanne Giesemann, Navy Commander and Commanding Officer, and acclaimed medium

Bruce Greyson, MD

Roberta Grimes, Biblical scholar, acclaimed afterlife researcher, and attorney

Bill & Judy Gugenheim, authors

Esther (Abraham) Hicks, channel

Roy L Hill, Psy.D.

R Craig Hogan, Ph.D

Alan Ross Hugenot, Ph.D

Karl Jung, Psychiatrist

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD

Jeffrey Long, MD & Jody Long (attorney) and founders of NDERF (Near-Death Experience Research Foundation)

Raymond Moody, the grandfather of NDE research

Melvin Morse, MD

Mary C Neal, MD

Michael Newton, Ph.D.

Bob Olson, private investigator

Sam Parnia, MD

Mark R Pitstick, MA, DC, and acclaimed afterlife researcher

Max Planck, German physicist and the grandfather of quantum physics research

Herb Puryear, researcher

Dean Radin, Ph.D.

Kenneth Ring, Ph.D.

Penny Sartori, nurse, Ph.D.

Gary E Schwartz, Ph.D., acclaimed afterlife researcher

Robert Schwartz

Paul Selig, channel

Bernie Siegel, MD

Michael Singer, channel, medium, and author

Ian Stevenson, the grandfather of the phenomena of reincarnation research

Anne Strieber, NDEer and acclaimed afterlife researcher

David Sunfellow, NDE researcher and founder of NHNE (NewHeavenNewEarth) website

Emanuel Swedenborg, scientist, theologian, and NDEer

Nikola Tesla, physicist

Eckhart Tolle, spiritual teacher

Jim B Tucker, MD, past-life/reincarnation/cyclical life researcher

Pim Van Lommel, MD

James Van Praagh, author

Brian L Weiss, MD

Lee Whiting, Dr. of Ministry and host of NDE Radio

Kevin Williams, NDE researcher and founder of Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife website

Susanne Wilson, acclaimed medium

Victor (attorney) & Wendy (psychologist) Zammit, acclaimed afterlife researchers

Websites –

Afterlife.pro

Afterlifedata.com

Afterlifelibrary.com

Afterlife Research & Education Institute, Inc. (AREI)

AfterlifeStudies.org

Eternea.org (Combining Science & Religion)

EvidenceofEternity.com

Gaia.com

GreaterRealityLiving.com

HelpingParentsHeal.org

NDEStories.org

Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife (Kevin Williams)

Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF – Jeffrey Long)

NearDeath.com

NearDeathWisdom.com

New Heaven New Earth (NHNE – David Sunfellow)

RecoveryfromReligion.org

Roberta Grimes Homepage

SeeingtheLight.org

Soulproof.com

WeDontDie.com

Podcasts --

Afterlife TV  --hosted by Bob Olson

Anthony Chene Productions  --hosted by Anthony Chene

Awake 2 Oneness  --hosted by Caroline Chang

Coast-to-Coast Radio  --hosted by George Noory

Consciousness TV  --hosted by Iain McNay

Dreamworks7 Radio

I’m Spiritual Dammit  --hosted by Jenniffer Weigel

LifeonPurposeShow.com

Mind Power/Law of Attraction YouTube Videos  --hosted by Angelo Rodriguez

NDE Conversations  --hosted by Tricia Barker

NDE Podcast  --hosted by Chaz Hatheway

NDE Radio sponsored by IANDs  --hosted by Lee Whiting

Positive Head Podcast – Brandon Beachum (for the purpose of exploring the ultimate nature of reality)

Seek Reality Radio  --hosted by Roberta Grimes

Skeptiko (Science at the Tipping Point)  --hosted by Alex Tsakiris (#1 podcast for consciousness exploration research)

Soul Proof Radio  --hosted by Mark Pitstick

Soul Stories

Spiritual Awakening Radio  --hosted by James Bean

The Moore Show  --hosted by Kevin Moore

Thinking Allowed  --hosted by Jeffrey Mishlove

We Don’t Die Radio  --hosted by Sandra Champlain (#1 afterlife exploration podcast)

Where is My Mind  --Mark Gober

Organizations --

Afterlife Evidence International Foundation

AREI (Afterlife Research and Education, Inc.)

Foundation for Afterlife Research

Greater Reality Living Groups (prototype for spiritual community of the future)

IANDS (International Association for Near-Death Studies)

International Foundation for Survival Research (Callum Cooper, Ph.D.)

IONS (Institute of Noetic Sciences)

NDERF (Near-Death Experience Research Foundation)

NHNE (NewHeavenNewEarth)

IAC (The International Academy of Consciousness)

The Newton Institute

Facebook Groups –

Afterlife Research and Education Discussion Group

Human Consciousness Project

International Academy of Consciousness (IAC)

Jesus and the Near-Death Experience

LDS Near-Death Experience Discussion Group

Near-Death Experience Discussion Group

Near-Death Experience Integration Support

Near-Death Experience Research Foundation

Near-Death Experience Study & Support Group

Near-Death Experiences

Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife

Near-Death Experiences and Testimonies

Near-Death Experiences Bring Us Together

Near-Death Experiences – The Afterlife and Beyond

Near-Death Experiences – Think Heaven Now

Our Near-Death Experiences and Beyond

Past Life Regression:  Journey of Souls Group

Proof of Life After Death

Quantum Physics Forum

We Don’t Die

What Near-Death Experiences Teach Us About Life, God, and Everything Else

Must-read books –

A Course in Miracles  --Helen Schucman

A Lawyer Presents the Evidence for the Afterlife  --Victor & Wendy Zammit

A New Earth:  Awakening Your Life’s Purpose  --Eckhart Tolle

A Rose from Heaven  --Sharon Milliman

An End to Upside Down Thinking:  Dispelling the Myth that the Brain Produces Consciousness  --Mark Gober

Answers About the Afterlife:  A Private Investigator’s 15-Year Research Unlocks the Mysteries of Life

After Death  --Bob Olson

Closer to the Light  --Melvin Morse

Consciousness Continues  --Heather Dominguez

Death is Not the End  --Ines Beyer

Did Jesus Exist?  The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth  --Bart D Ehrman

Dying to Be Me  --Anita Moorjani

Dying to Wake Up  --Rajiv Parti

Embraced by the Light  --Bettie J Eadie

Evidence of Eternity  --Mark Anthony

Evidence of the Afterlife:  The Science of Near-Death Experiences  --Jeffrey Long

Excavating Jesus -- Crossan & Reed

Finding the Elephant: Subspace, the Mega-Phenomenon  --David Burfoot

Glimpses of Eternity  --Raymond Moody

God and the Afterlife  --Jeffrey Long

God’s Fingerprints:  Impressions of Near-Death Experiences  --Jody Long

Greater Reality Living—Integrating the Evidence for Eternal Consciousness Into Your Daily Life  --Mark R Pitstick and Gary E Schwartz

Health Revelations from Heaven and Earth  --Tommy Rosa and Stephen Sinatra, MD

Hello from Heaven  --Bill & Judy Gugenheim

How Jesus Became God:  The Exaltation of a Jewish Preacher from Galilee  --Bart D Ehrman

I Knew Their Hearts and Knowing  --Jeffery Olsen

Journey of Souls  --Michael Newton

Jesus and the Near-Death Experience:  Testimonies of the Ascended Christ  --Roy L Hill

Lessons from the Light  --Kenneth Ring

Liberating Jesus  --Roberta Grimes

Life After Death  --Tom Harper

Life After Death:  An Analysis of the Evidence  --Robert Davis

Life After Life  --Raymond Moody

Life Beyond Here  --Melinda Lyons

Life in the Afterlife  --Melinda Lyons

Living in a Mindful Universe  --Eben Alexander

Living in a Quantum Reality:  Using Quantum Physics and Psychology to Embrace Your Higher Consciousness  --Valerie Varan

Love the Person You’re With:  Life-Changing Insights from the Most Compelling Near-Death Experiences Ever Recorded – David Sunfellow

Near Death in the ICU  --Lauren Bellg

Nothing Better than Death  --Kevin Williams

On Life After Death  --Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Out of the Blue:  True-Life Experiences of Awakening, Revelation, and Transformation  --Mary Terhune

Quantum Jumps  --Cynthia Sue Larson

Parting Visions  --Melvin Morse

Proof of Heaven  --Eben Alexander

Psychology and the Near-Death Experience  --Roy L Hill

Real Magic:  Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe  --Dean Radin

Return from Tomorrow  --George G Ritchie

Revelations of Divine Love  --Julian of Norwich

Revelations of Profound Love  --Ann Frances Ellis

Soul Proof – Mark R Pitstick

Surviving Death:  A Journalist Investigates Evidence for an Afterlife  --Leslie Kean

The Afterlife Revolution  --Anne & Whitley Strieber

The Afterlife Unveiled:  What the Dead are Telling Us About Their World  --Stafford Betty

The Book of Truth  --Paul Selig

The Case for Heaven:  Near-Death Experiences as Evidence of the Afterlife  --Mally Cox-Chapman

The Everything Guide to the Evidence of the Afterlife:  A Scientific Approach to Proving the Existence of Life After Death  --Chuck Bergman and Joseph M Higgins

The Fun of Dying  --Roberta Grimes

The Fun of Growing Forever  --Roberta Grimes

The Handbook of Near-Death Experiences  --Bruce Greyson, Janice Miner Holden, and Debbie James

The Hidden Truth:  A Logical Path Through Compelling Evidence to Discover the Nature of Reality and the Meaning of Life   --Wade C Wilson

The Psyche as Interaction:  Electromagnetic Patterns of Conscious Energy  --Manya J Long

The Purpose of Life as Revealed by Near-Death Experiences from Around the World  --David Sunfellow

The Self Does Not Die  --Anny Dirven, Rudolph Smit, and Titus Rivas

The Survival of the Soul  --Lisa Williams

The Transformative Power of Near-Death Experiences  --Penny Sartori

To Heaven and Back   --Mary C Neal

We Don’t Die:  A Skeptic’s Discovery of Life After Death  --Sandra Champlain

What is the Bible?  How an Ancient Library of Poems, Letters, and Stories can Transform the Way You Think About Everything  --Rob Bell

What the Dead are Dying to Teach Us   --Claire Broad

Why Science Is Wrong … About Almost Everything  --Alex Tsakiris

Your Eternal Self:  Know Without a Doubt Who You Really Are  --R Craig Hogan

Your Life’s Plan for Abundance  --Kim Michaels

Your Soul’s Calling:  Answering the Question, “Why Am I Here?”  --Nancy Canning

Your Soul’s Gift:  The Healing Power of the Life You Planned  --Robert Schwartz

Your Soul’s Plan:  Discovering the Real Meaning of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born  --Robert Schwartz

Your Soul’s Remembrance  --Roy Mills

Yeshua ben Josef* (Jesus), who are you? –

Pamela Aaralyn, clear conduit channel (2015-17, Jesus/Yeshua)

David Bokovoy, Ph.D. and Biblical scholar

Jamie Butler, medium

Bart D Ehrman, Ph.D. and Biblical scholar

Roberta Grimes, lawyer, acclaimed afterlife researcher and Biblical scholar

Roy Hill, Psy.D.

R Craig Hogan, Ph.D. and acclaimed afterlife researcher

Pamela Kribbe, medium

Melinda Lyons, NDEer (2016, Melinda’s initial NDE account and book only)

Emanuelle McIntosh, channel

Kim Michaels, channel and medium (ref.:  Ascended Masters/Jesus)

Tina Louise Spalding, channel

*Google search ‘Yeshua ben Josef’

     I came not to offer you salvation but liberation.  I came as a revolutionary mind determined to wake up and then to help you do the same:  to transform the minds of those beings who existed in that time and place—not to offer salvation that your churches teach, but a salvation of freedom, a salvation of creativity, and a liberation of the mind.  I came to offer teachings to your world that had not been offered at that time--(simple, basic) revolutionary teachings that cost me my life.

     I did not come to save you but to empower and liberate you within the knowledge of love.

     Grace births compassion, and compassion is the essence of love.  Furthermore, creation is the essence of joy.

     My message is a message of unconditional love, not a message of fear.  And suffering is caused by you, by feeding your fears.

     Please use your own personal, loving guidance system instead of external forces or substances to learn to face and heal your fears and your emotions.

     The more you accept your divinity, the less the darker force has influence in your world.

     Humans do not need forgiveness from me.  They need forgiveness among themselves.

     My purpose was/is to spread these foundational teachings within your societies and, indeed, within your minds.

     This is what I did with my life.  I trained my heart and mind to evolve into an enlightened state.

     I came into this world in the ordinary fashion, and I lived a very ordinary life.  I knew very early on in my human incarnation that I would be transforming consciousness within your societies.  My story in ‘your’ Bible has been altered, added upon, changed, and elaborated throughout time.

     Use ‘your’ scripture as a supplement to Source within you.

     God is not a being but a benevolent Source that unconditionally loves and creates all:  all-knowing, all-loving consciousness.

     There are many paths back to Source.  My way is but one way.

     Serve no guru—not even I.  I am not the only one.  There are many gurus or teachers sent to specific peoples and cultures for the purpose of spreading spiritual truths and enlightenment.

     Never submit to another power which takes you from your direct connection to Source.  Separate me from your religion.  This was never my intent.

     I cherish the songs of your children within your churches.  For in many of them are taught my simple truths.

     Baptism and other human-made rites of passage are precious to God and honor choices of divinity within.

     I taught my disciples that your body is not who you are.  You are not your body.

     You chose your family in the premortal existence, there in spirit form.  You chose your family to access the full expression of your life purpose as an incarnated being.

     Your sexuality is just as it should be.  The feminine and masculine portions of your divinity are exactly as they should be.  Your sexuality is a part of you that should not be pushed aside, unrecognized, hidden, buried, or shamed.  You are the way you are because God made you that way.

     Atonement simply means your oneness, your direct connection with the Divine:  at-onement.  No mediator is needed between you and Source.  For Source is within you.

     Nothing external is required.  You are the miracle.

     It is not your duty to alter another’s connection with the Divine or to ‘convert’ anyone.  Source is within them to be able to do that and find their own way back to Source within themselves.  Simply love unconditionally.  Simply ‘be’.

     There are no shoulds or should nots, only alignments.  Your purpose is your free-will choice.

     You are a being guided to your purpose by the compass of your feeling self.  Do not dismiss your feelings, your passions, and your desires as self-indulgent.  And do not suffer or sacrifice yourself upon the alter of anything.  Become a free being.  Your mind and heart center are guided by your feelings which connect you to Source.

     Your purpose will arise with your compass which is your heart center.  Let your heart be your compass to the discovery of your purpose. 

--Yeshua

[Please google “Jesus Historicity,” “The Formation of the Bible,” and “Biblical Historicity” as well as “Virgin Birth Stories Throughout History.”  Also, please note that much of the biblical text came to us via oral tradition which got passed down from generation to generation.  Moreover, please note that the New Testament texts are, in fact, oral histories which got passed down more than an entire generation (50-70 years after the fact) before being recorded.  In addition, please note that the Bible as we know it today was edited, extensively, by the Catholic Church during the time of the Council of Nicea.  And, before the formation of the Catholic Church, followers of Jesus referred to their path as “The Way” (simply a way of life), using the symbols of the dove (the Spirit of God) and the fish (fishers of men) to symbolize their convictions to the teachings of Jesus.  The symbol of the cross and the theology of Jesus dying for one’s sins was canonized by the Catholic Church.  (“Take up your ‘cross’--aka, your ‘conviction’—and follow me.” Matthew 16:24)  In regard to the Gospel of Mary (from the Gnostic texts of Nag Hammadi) as interpreted by scholar Karen King, she “considers the work to provide an intriguing glimpse into a kind of Christianity lost for almost fifteen hundred years...[it] presents a radical interpretation of Jesus' teachings as a path to inner spiritual knowledge; it rejects His suffering and death as the path to eternal life.”     Reference Documentaries:  Origins of the Bible, NOVA 2016; Who Wrote the Bible, History Channel 2016; Gnostic Gospels, US Discovery Channel 2016; From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians, PBS 2017; The Real Jesus Christ, Timeline 2018; Buried Secrets of the Bible hosted by Albert Lin, National Geographic 2019.

~My own ‘speculation’.  On that sacred eve in the Garden of Gethsemane when Yeshua (Jesus) sweat drops of blood (ref.: Luke 22:44), ‘perhaps’ he was experiencing at that very moment of linear (earthbound) time, ‘H’umanity in its entirety on a cellular level--both individually and collectively.  (e.g.: I ‘Knew’ Their Hearts  --Jeffery Olsen)]

    I truly believe that humanity is entering into a new age where science is merging with spirituality and where over time and evolution, 'religion' will be a thing of the past--a respected part of historical antiquity.  --Deanna

General Observations and Conclusions made from a conglomerate of afterlife researchers and NDEers—

v  God is much bigger than any one religion.

v  All creation is connected.  Separation is an illusion.  (Divinity and humanity are inextricably connected.)

v  There are many realms in the world-to-come.  Your soul will simply gravitate to where you feel most comfortable--to a level of your own soul’s evolution, and you will gravitate to other souls with whom you feel most comfortable.  And, yes, relationships are eternal--bound by unconditional love, commitment and desire.  (Logistics.  This is not rocket science, people.)

v  The condition of one’s soul will determine where you gravitate to in the next realm—dictating your next-realm destination.

v  You and you alone can put yourself into a state of ‘hell’.  Also, “birds of a feather flock together”—even in the lowest of vibrational states in the next realm.

v  Our beliefs shape our realities, and our belief systems will affect our transitions into the next realm.  Spirit does not want to shock your system.

v  The Divine respects just where you’re at and persuades you in ways that you can understand.

v  We each judge ourselves (in company with our unconditionally loving spirit guides) and no one else via the life review.

v  When your loved one passes, he or she can actually be of more help to you in the next realm than in this realm--as there your loved one can see your life’s situation, with all its intricacies, in perfect clarity.

v  A majority of NDEers report that the NDE experience is more real, tangible, and vivid than human existence (aka, hyper-reality).  Many NDEers have said that compared to the NDE that ‘this life’ is the ‘dream’—that earth life is a re-creation of the greater reality.

v  Many NDEers report receiving an all-knowing download upon their transitions—coming to an all-encompassing knowledge regarding the intricacies of their lives and their connection to the universe.

v  Many NDEers report that prayer (soul communication) is very real and intrinsically important.

v  Many NDEers report that after having experienced the NDE, they have a difficult time with the usage of electronics such as watches, cell phones and the like.

v  Across the board, NDEers report that ‘the experience’ freed them from any fear of death.

v  Across the board, NDEers report that it’s not so much what you do in this life that matters as much as it is, ‘who you are’ and ‘who you’ve become’ from the inside out.

v  In the world-to-come, time is circular rather than linear.  The majority of NDEers report that time does not exist in the afterlife.

v  Spoiler alert!  Reincarnation happens!!  (I know, mind-boggling for sure.)

v  Another spoiler alert!  There is ‘no sin’, per se.  We all simply learn via the consequences of our own actions and how those actions affect ourselves as well as our environment and those around us.  (In the next realm, actions are not looked upon as ‘right’ or ‘wrong’--‘it’ simply ‘is’ … what it is.)

v  ‘Sin’ and ‘evil’ are not synonymous in the next realm, and ‘evil’ is looked upon ‘there’ as an illness.

v  Masturbation (or another example, over-eating).  A sin?  In the next realm masturbation (or over-eating) is simply looked upon as scratching an itch (or indulgence).  Is scratching an itch (or indulgence) a sin?  No.  Can permanent damage be done by excessive scratching (or indulgence)?  Possibly.  Habits (or desires) formed here carry over with us there.  (Notation:  how do these habits as well as other habits affect you, your partner, and those around you?)

v  To the Divine, oftentimes we humans appear as a bunch of beloved toddlers bonking each other with styrofoam bats and air guns.

v  See the humor in life.  Be a little sac-relig from time-to-time.  Lighten up, and enjoy life!

v  Duality is a necessary component for growth, and “Satan” is not a being but a ‘role’ (a metaphor).

v  Earthly baptism as well as other human-made rites of passage are not necessary for one’s own spiritual growth although such confirmations of commitment are beautiful to the Divine.

v  The beggar on the street corner could, in fact, be a powerful eternal being come down to teach ‘you’ compassion.

v  Stronger souls choose tougher paths.  Never judge anyone.

v  Every soul that exists or that will ever exist is loved and cherished beyond human comprehension—no matter where you are at in regard to your own spiritual evolution.

v  We are all spiritual beings having a human experience here at ‘earth school’.

v  Suicide:  The Divine looks upon suicide like a loving parent would look upon his/her child dropping out of school.  The soul who chooses this path will be met by compassionate, loving spirit guides to offer spiritual healing and rejuvenation for the struggling soul to prepare him/her to get back into the game of eternal life to accomplish the schooling needed for this soul’s spiritual development and evolution.

v  Earth school is indeed just that, a school—a grand experiment, a spiritual boot camp, a play, a movie, and a game all wrapped up into one magnificent experience.  And each of us are indeed its students, teachers, actors, dreamers, coaches, and players.

v  The terms, ‘God’, ‘Source’, and ‘Universe’ are synonymous, and Jesus was/is the ultimate human expression of God.

Noted Quotations –

v  Although of manmade construct, the religions of this world are precious to the Divine and needed within societies for the purpose of providing and promoting civility, values, and community.  (There are many folds.)  –Bettie Eadie, NDEer

v  See the beauty and goodness to be found in a variety of religions, ideologies, and philosophies.    --Deanna

v  I grew up as a Catholic, so I suppose it was natural for me to meet Jesus in Heaven.  Did God choose Jesus to be my guide and teacher because Jesus is an important part of my faith?  I remember Jesus saying [to me in my NDE]:  “Faith should not separate people, but instead should bind them together to God.  Belief systems, however diverse they may seem, are all rooted in God’s love.  All faiths should be respected and honored.”  His answer now makes sense to me.  Perhaps people of different faiths who experience near-death might meet a different teacher who aligns with their belief systems.  They might meet Mother Mary, angels, Moses, Abraham, Buddha, Muhammad, Krishna, or other messengers of God’s choosing.  This is extraordinary insight.  –Tommy Rosa, NDEer

v  Religion:  a means, not an end.   –Deanna

v  This is my simple religion:  There is no need for temples or complicated philosophy.  The brain and the heart comprise the temple and the ultimate philosophy is, simply, kindness.  –The Dalai Lama

v  I looked in temples, churches, and mosques.  But I found the Divine within my own heart.  –Rumi

v  For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.   –1 Samuel 16:7

v  Religion is superficial when compared to the true love of God.  –Howard Storm, NDEer

v  Our world views have been shaped by our communities.   –Thomas Butler, NDEer

v  There are as many pathways to God as there are people.  Never judge another’s path.  Consequently, the same spiritual path cannot be recommended for all.   –Pamela Aaralyn

v  More than teaching us what happens when we die, the NDE teaches how to live, day-to-day. ... The study of the NDE transcends religion and culture.  –Kenneth Ring

v  A truth that we learn from, from the NDE is that God is not limited to any one religion or even religion at all.  God cares only about a person’s heart, not a person’s religious affiliation or church membership.  The NDE reveals that the way to heaven is through love because love is God.  Love is not limited to only one religion or culture because love is universal.  This truth is too immense and profound to be fully understood or embodied in any one religion. … This world is part of a divine university of higher learning where learning to love is what life is all about. … Love is the law of the universe.  –Kevin Williams, NDEer

v  On the other side, there is no Christian; there is no Muslim; there is no 'ism'; there is no gay; there is no black; there is no wealthy; there is no poor.  There is only spirit and unconditional love.  All these categories that we've been taught century after century after century are not what you see on the other side.  What you see is spirit, and what you feel is the essence of love.  –Peter Anthony, NDEer

v  Wisdom can run through any age, any gender, and any race.  –Tricia Barker, NDEer

v  In truth, I’m not my body, my race, religion or other beliefs, and neither is anyone else.  The real self is infinite and much more powerful—a complete and whole entity that is One with Universal energy.  In fact, I am Universal energy.  –Anita Moorjani, NDEer

v  I have no need of creeds nor use for faiths.  Positive knowledge has displaced them both, and I have come to know there is no death; there are no dead.  That change is one step only in life’s progression, in the unceasing march of evolution, in which neither identity nor individuality is lost.  --Edward C Randall, NDEer

v  Authority figures are really authority 'figurines', animated by the power you have attributed to them. Just as you have invested that power, you can withdraw it. No one and no thing has power over your soul, and neither do they deserve it. It is tempting to complain about how greedy corporations are taking over the world or how the corrupt government is ruining your life. You will find plenty of people to agree with you which only reinforces the projection and deepens the suffering it generates. Take back the power you have given to authority figurines, and claim the authority of your creations. Then your projections of evil and salvation will wither, and you will not need saving because you already stand on holy ground."  --Alan Cohen (takeaways on A Course in Miracles)

v  NDE accounts, as a whole, usurp religious organizations’ authority.  –Lee Whiting

v  Once you know who you really are, ‘being’ is enough.  You feel neither superior to anyone nor inferior to anyone, and you have no need for approval because you’ve awakened to your own infinite worth.  –Deepak Chopra

v  Love drives creation as a universal force.   –Roy Hill

v  Love is the creative force of the universe.  Love creates, and fear destroys.  –Cherie Aimee, NDEer

v  ‘Create’ love around you.  This is abundance.   –Lauren Antuofermo

v  To learn to love perfectly is the essence of spiritual growth, and may all of our motivations be driven by love.   –Roberta Grimes

v  It’s not about religion.  It’s about ‘be’coming and then ‘be’ing.  –Amy Call, NDEer  (“Teach me all that I must ‘be’* to raise my vibration and dwell with the Divine once again.”)

v  When transitioning into the next realm, one might ask, “Who have I ‘be’come?”  --Deanna

v  Let go of old beliefs and concepts that no longer serve you regarding your own spiritual growth.  I’m not so much concerned about one’s beliefs.  I’m more concerned about how those beliefs shape one’s behavior and character.  –Zoe Toussaint-Winchcomb, NDEer

v  Refining one’s nature is what it’s all about.  --Deanna

v  I could see how I had naively accepted the beliefs handed to me as I was growing up, and I also understood that until we actually believe in religious myth, they have no power.  Our belief in them is what makes them true for us.  –Anita Moorjani, NDEer

v  We must unlearn what we have learned.  –Yoda

v  I comprehended the natural laws of the universe and was shown how every individual, through his own free will, chooses a path that takes him to circumstances of what continues.  Nothing happens at random as we, in a way, create our own world.  –Amy Call, NDEer

v  When we realize that we are the creators of this experience, we will finally accept responsibility for this experience and with this knowledge, transform it into the reality we want it to become.   –Wade C Wilson

v  Surely, a myriad of spiritual truths are taught within the pages of our civilizations’ spiritual texts although many of these truths are taught via allegory and/or metaphor.  –Deanna

v  The Bible:  a beautiful collection of stories depicting how an ancient people made sense of life, divinity, the cosmos, and deity.  –Deanna

v  Most of us were never taught that there’s no judgment, or that the most important thing we can focus on is love, not fear of retribution.  All we know is what our culture or religious tenets teach--tenets written thousands of years ago by men in a completely different era.  –Anita Moorjani, NDEer

v  An NDE, to a certain extent, is a co-created experience.  –Jeffrey Long

v  Your beliefs shape the spiritual feedback that you’re getting.  –Mellen-Thomas Benedict,NDEer

v  It’s not about ‘be’lief.  It’s simply about ‘be’ing.  –Deanna

v  Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.  –Eckhart Tolle

v  My big wish is that you can step forth now from the doubts and fears that both science and religion have sown in us, and enter with joy the abundant and glorious truth that you are a powerful, eternal being—an infinitely precious part of ‘Source’—and that you are forever perfectly loved!  --Robert Grimes

v  Life is a gift not a test, and you are enough.  –Jeffery Olsen, NDEer

v  You are in charge of ‘you’ and no one or nothing else—your body, your mind, your thoughts.  And ‘to love’ is your purpose.   –Lauren Antuofermo

v  Whatever you think, whatever you say, whatever you do—always, always come from a place of love.  --Deanna

v  Everything in life--every thought, every feeling, every intention, every situation, and every moment is a 'call' to Love.  –Pamela/Deanna

v  Even though it may not seem like it at times, life is a totally safe, purposeful, and magnificent adventure amidst forever.  –Mark Pitstick

v  Your life’s path is perfect for you as imperfect as it may seem.  –Jeffery Olsen

v  You can better handle life’s inevitable challenges with the knowledge of your eternal nature.

 –Mark Pitstick

v  One of my goals as a scientist is to make the unknown more known and the invisible more visible.  Understanding more of the greater reality is a major key to personal and planetary transformation.  –Gary Schwartz

v  We’re not talking about religious faith, we’re talking about empirical evidence and the physics of reality.  –Peter Fenwick

v  We now have replicated university-based scientific studies that demonstrate life does not end when the earthly body dies.  I encourage you to let this great news transform every aspect of your life.  -- Mark Pitstick 

v  Often our greatest growth comes during the darkest hours of our lives.  –Sandra Champlain

v  Life is an education for one’s soul, and your life is important.  --Sandra Champlain

v  Each of us are an intricate, essential part of all of creation.  –Sharon Milliman

v  Death is merely the doorway to the next level of soul growth and evolution.  –Kevin Williams

v  Because of my NDE, I am closer to God and realize now that life is not a series of consequences but of parallels and choices.  My choices directly affect those around me, and we are all interconnected.  –Laurie L, NDEer

v  Did your experience include features consistent with your earthly beliefs? Content that was both consistent and not consistent with the beliefs I had at the time of my experience. I believed in God and His Son, Jesus. That was consistent. I was brought up to believe that there was only one true religion, and we needed to find it. The one thing I have been allowed to remember was the answer to my question about which is the true church on earth. He [Jesus] told me it didn't matter, the name on the church door--the only thing that mattered was my personal relationship with Him. That was something inconsistent with my raising.  –Babett W, NDEer

v  It had been impressed upon me that ‘love’ is really the only thing that matters. We shouldn't hate anyone. God doesn't care about sexual preferences or whatever kind of sin we have done. He truly loves us no matter what. Yes, I know Jesus loves my imperfect self and the requirements that most people think make you a Christian (church, tithes, perfect behavior) are not important as the human mind would think.  --Sarah S, NDEer

v  Although I’m 'practicing' [Chrisitianity], I don't grant a central place to religion, as our life is dependent on our connection with God and not on the obedience of rules and codes of practice.  –Frederic, NDEer

v   I still try to emulate Jesus who has always been my example of how to live.  But now I am less concerned with the technicalities of His story.  I no longer care whether certain details are fact or fiction.  Nor do I care whether or not He is real or myth.  I know now that it doesn’t matter.  All that matters are His teachings.  I’ve embraced Jesus’ core teaching to ‘treat others as you’d want to be treated.’  --Amy Call, NDEer

v  Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.  –Matthew 25:40

v  I let my life unfold each day, making decisions from a place of love, not fear.  I feel liberated from cultural beliefs and patterns and do my own thing.  I, uncharacteristically, challenge authority and the status quo and am outspoken.  I've become very creative, surrounding myself with beauty--even writing poetry.  I am strongly drawn to help raise the collective consciousness of the physical world.  –NDEer (name withheld)

v  We are all connected to each other in a circle in a hoop that never ends.  –Lyrics, “Colors of the Wind”

v  We are all appendages of the Divine.  –Anita Moorjani, NDEer

v  We are each living, human expressions of the Divine.  –Susanne Wilson

v  We are each individual expressions of God.  –Melanie Alberts, NDEer

v  We are each, literally, co-creators with God.  –Tony Woody, NDEer

v  God is the creative force of which everyone and everything is a part of.  --R Craig Hogan

v  God is the unity of pure love and all that exists—the highest vibration of unconditional love.        –Mikey Morgan, channeled

v  The image of God is the emotion/energy of Love, and life is a constant work in progress.  –Ashley M, NDEer

v  God is the conscious force of all that exists.   –Sharon Milliman, NDEer

v  We are all brothers and sisters of God, within.  –Pamela Aaralyn

v  Energy cannot be created nor destroyed.  It simply shifts form and vibration.  –Albert Einstein

v  Treat others as you would want to be treated.  It’s how it works.  –Kenneth Ring  (Ref.:  the ripple or domino effect, and the law of reciprocity/karma)

v  Every action you put out creates a ripple effect, for good or for bad—like the ripple made from a stone being tossed into a pond.  –Erica McKenzie/Renee Pasarow, NDEers

v  The being who led me into my life review showed me three different perspectives:  (1) through my own eyes, (2) through the eyes of everyone who I had ever interacted with, and (3) was sort of an omniscient view. … With each interaction, I got to feel what it was like to be on the receiving end of whatever I was dishing out.  Whenever I gave someone pleasure, I felt it too, and whenever I caused someone pain, I felt that too.  I remember things I hadn’t thought about since my NDE had occurred when I was a very young child. … There were things that I was profoundly ashamed of, and as I witnessed these moments, I turned my attention to the being who I thought I was going to get a lot of judgment from.  All I got, in fact, was this huge outpouring of unconditional love.  The communication was that no one was going to judge me; I would judge myself. … There was no such thing as right or wrong, only cause and effect  And I would determine what I had done well and what I needed to work on and choose a course from there.  –David Beckman, NDEer

v  The most important message I’ve learned from the study of near-death experiences:  the little things in life (i.e., those small acts of kindness, compassion, and service) are the big things.           –David Sunfellow

v  Life and love are forever, and we are immortal.  Let us live accordingly.  --Mark Pitstick

v  For wisdom, enlightenment, and answers go within instead of without.  –Pamela Aaralyn

v  Every human being has the perfection of God within them.  –Lauren Antuofermo

v  Neither shall they say, Lo here!  Or, lo there!  For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.         –Luke 17:21

v  No ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?                        --1 Corinthians 3:18

v  It is entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of which we are unaware.   –Albert Einstein

v  The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence.  To understand the true nature of the universe, one must think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.  –Niloka Tesla

v  Let us live as if we were immortal.  –Aristotle

v  The human brain is not the source of consciousness but, instead, is a physical receptor to all-encompassing consciousness.  –Alex Tsakiris

v  Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking inside of a radio for an announcer.  –Hassim Haramein

v  If you will, think of your mind as a television set, and your death as simply changing channels.        --Roberta Grimes

v  The foundation of all existence is the nature of consciousness.  --Eben Alexander, NDEer

v  The science of consciousness talks about how the most synchronized energy possible is love.  There is no incoherence in it.  There is no separation in it.  Every wave of energy is absolutely coherent.  –Jane Katra, NDEer

v  Consciousness is God, and we are all a part of that consciousness—each of us being a unique lens of divine awareness.   –Deanna

v  If we find the answer to why the universe exists, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason.  For then, we would know the mind of God.   –Stephen Hawking

v  Your life on earth is merely a thread in the fabric of your soul, and to “treat others as you’d want to be treated” is written within the very fabric of the Universe.  –Eben Alexander, NDEer

v  In my experience, I saw that everything is almost like this fabric, this web that is connecting us all together.  It was more than just a cord; it was more like a web, like a fabric.  We are all interconnected with each other.  I am trying to describe it in our three dimensions, and it’s so much more.  We don’t have such a vocabulary, so it’s hard to describe.  –David Bennett, NDEer

v  You do not have a soul.  You are a soul.  You have a body.  –C.S. Lewis

v  Mistakes are simply lessons needed to motivate growth, and sins are merely learning experiences--not stagnating operations in shame.  Like it or not, we all have to suffer through difficult growing pains together in our winding journey toward unity.  Herein lies our salvation down this winding path back toward the Source.  –Roy Hill

v  God does not see behavior, including sin, in isolation, but rather developmentally and holistically.  Evil is not viewed as a static state but as a fluid means toward a perfectly evolving future.  For this reason, God’s expression of sin differs radically from the emotionally-based judgments made by humans living in linear time.  –Roy Hill

v  The Divine looks upon our mistakes as errors, not sin. … Punishment is the consciousness of man (the ego); enlightenment and correction is the consciousness of the Divine (Source) … God/Source does not forgive because [he] never condemned. … It is not what you’re saved from but what you’re saved for.  –Alan Cohen (takeaways from A Course in Miracles)

v  Adolph Hitler:  a beloved soul of the Divine, as we all are, who was so profoundly and severely spiritually retarded (in spite of intellect) at that point of his soul’s evolution which led him to do what he did.  –Kevin Williams  (~Oftentimes, atrocities of this magnitude ignite a profound spiritual awakening—a wake-up call for change and growth--across the human conscious collective.  –Deanna)

v  Everything is in utter chaos, yet, at the same time, everything is exactly as it should be.  –David Sunfellow

v  I know I am experiencing true oneness when delightful synchronicities unfold, reminding me that what may seem random and coincidental is really part of a much larger plan that I am being guided to follow.  –Anita Moorjani

v  Humanity is expanding, consciously, at ever-increasing rates with due credit given to the development of the global internet.  And, this is the nature of spiritual evolution.  –Robert Kopecky, NDEer

v  In our day and age of the study of verifiable history, NDEs, and afterlife research—as well as the dawning of the internet—we find humanity entering into a whole new era of awakening.

 --Deanna

v  I love and care for you from your point of view and not from my own.  –the Infamous Anonymous

v  It is true that we are all fractals of the Divine and that we are all on varying spiritual levels of development.  Therefore, what can I do today to help?  --Deanna

v  Life is forever and continues on, seamlessly, no matter whether a being appears to have a physical body or not.  It’s all life—a dance of energy that is never-ending, but often changing.  –Mark Pitstick

v  Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.  –Eckhart Tolle

v  We’re all dancing in Christ-consciousness vibration.   –Brandon Beachum

v  …and when the earth has claimed our limbs, then shall we truly dance.  –Kahlil Gibran

v  We are slowed down sound and light waves--a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the cosmos.  We are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments, and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.  –Albert Einstein

v  Oh hummingbird, mankind’s been waiting for you to come flying along.  Heavenly songbird, we were so wrong, we’ve harmed you.  Oh hummingbird, lend us your wings to let us soar through the atmosphere of Abba.  Lift us up to the Heaven[s] of Holiness, oh Source of our Being, oh hummingbird…  –Seals and Crofts

*’Be’ benevolent, caring, cheerful, compassionate, cooperative, courteous, conscientious, constructive, decent, devoted, diplomatic, ethical, even-tempered, forgiving, friendly, generous, gentle, genuine, giving, happy, healthful, helpful, honest, hopeful, involved, joyful, kind, light-hearted, loving, loyal, moral, nonjudgmental, open-minded, optimistic, patient, peaceful, polite, present, respectful, resilient, responsible, self-controlled, sincere, tactful, teachable, thankful, thoughtful, tolerant, unassuming, understanding, etc., etc., etc.  --to the point that these qualities define who ‘you are’ as a ‘be’ing.    

“Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.”  –1 Corinthians 9:25

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     Whatever your ideology or religion may be (even if ‘it’ may be a literal belief in Tinkerbell), if that ideology or religion aids you in ‘be’coming’, then your ideology or religion has succeeded for you. (Take into account, of course, that one man’s medicine is another man’s poison).  Indeed, pure undefiled unconditional love transcends ideology.  For God is Love.   --Deanna

Love is my religion, and humanity is my race.

Kindness … has no Church.

Peace … has no Religion.

Compassion … has no Temple.

Love … has no Borders.

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NDEs, STEs and LDS

(Notation: I come from the LDS/Mormon faith tradition)

v  The Divine respects just where you’re at and persuades you in ways that you can understand.

v  Our beliefs shape our realities, and our belief systems will affect our transitions into the next realm.  Spirit does not want to shock your system.

v  Each NDE is custom-made for the benefit of the experiencer.  –Robert Kopecky

v  Your beliefs shape the spiritual feedback that you’re getting.  –Mellen-Thomas Benedict

v  Our world views have been shaped by our communities.   –Thomas Butler

v  An NDE, to a certain extent, is a co-created experience.  –Jeffrey Long

Pamela Aaralyn   (Because of her STEs, Pamela had to leave Mormonism.)

Amy Call   (Because of her NDE, Amy felt the need to leave Mormonism.)

Duane Crowther   Life Everlasting   (Multiple NDE stories validate, to a certain extent, Mormon theology.)

Betty Eadie   Closer to the Light   (Betty’s NDE led her to Mormonism, however, is no longer actively practicing the religion.)

Claudia Edge   Gifts from the Edge:  Stories from the Other Side  (Because of her NDE, Claudia felt the need to leave Mormonism.)

Sarah Hinze   Memories of Heaven  (Sarah’s STEs led her to Mormonism.)

Ralph Jensen   Taught by Christ   (Ralph’s NDE affirms the Mormon story.)

Jane Moe   Visions of Heaven   (Jane’s NDE led her to Mormonism.)

Jeffery Olsen   I Knew Their Hearts   (Because of his NDE, Jeff now views his Mormon faith tradition in a metaphoric light.)

Ryan Rampton   (Ryan acknowledges the affirming metaphor of Mormonism because of his NDE.)

Russell Ricks   Remember:  A Little Boy’s NDE   (Russell’s NDE affirms the Mormon story.)

Kim Rives   My Walk Thru Heaven   (Kim acknowledges the affirming metaphor of Mormonism because of her NDE.)

Julie Rowe   A Greater Tomorrow   (Julie’s NDE affirms both the Biblical and Mormon Story.)

Spencer (last name withheld)  Visions of Glory, written by John Pontius   (Spencer’s NDE parallels the Mormon Story and confirms the validity of the evolution and authority of the LDS Church.)

In other words, a Catholic most likely might experience an NDE with a Catholic spin, a Muslim most likely might experience an NDE with a Muslim spin, a Mormon most likely might experience an NDE with a Mormon spin, a Hindu most likely might experience an NDE with a Hindu spin, a Buddhist most likely might experience an NDE with Buddhist spin, etc., etc., etc. …   And if the respective faith tradition is helping the individual *grow spiritually, then, consequently, in the NDE, that person may be told that their faith tradition is ‘true’ or ‘correct’.  Conversely, however, if the individual is being hampered, spiritually, from their respective faith tradition (whatever it may be), they may be inspired to leave the faith tradition from whence they’ve been following.  This is what I am finding, anyway, from all the research that I’ve done thus far.

*Definition, ‘Spiritual Growth’ – the process of ‘be’coming

**I've had the opportunity to visit, one-on-one, with both Betty Eadie and Pamela Aaralyn and would love to share my experience with each of them.  I, also, test-read one of Roberta Grimes’ books for her as well as have collaborated with Dr. Mark Pitstick.

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One near death experience, in particular, which especially has had a significant impact on me would have to be that of Amy Call's NDE, posted September 2014 along with numerous others including that of Eben Alexander’s, Tricia Barker’s, John Davis’s, Betty Eadies’, Krista Gorman’s, Alan Hugenot’s, Raymond Kinman’s, Melinda Lyons’, Erica McKenzie’s, Sharon Milliman’s, Anita Moorjani’s, Mary Neal’s, Jeff Olsen’s, Rajiv Parti’s, Renee Pasarow’s, Pamela Reynold’s, George Ritchie’s, Tommy Rosa’s, Nancy Rynes’, Martha St. Claire’s, Jayne Smith’s, and Howard Storm’s--just to name a mere few. 

~Deanna M Kessler-Drinkar (2Oct19)