NDE Resource List by Deanna
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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
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 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—
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God is much bigger than any one religion.
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All creation is connected.
Separation is an illusion.
(Divinity and humanity are inextricably connected.)
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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.)
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The condition of one’s soul will determine where
you gravitate to in the next realm—dictating your next-realm destination.
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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.
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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.
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The Divine respects just where you’re at and
persuades you in ways that you can understand.
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We each judge ourselves (in company with our
unconditionally loving spirit guides) and no one else via the life review.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Many NDEers report that prayer (soul
communication) is very real and intrinsically important.
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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.
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Across the board, NDEers report that ‘the
experience’ freed them from any fear of death.
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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.
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In the world-to-come, time is circular rather
than linear. The majority of NDEers
report that time does not exist in the afterlife.
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Spoiler alert!
Reincarnation happens!! (I
know, mind-boggling for sure.)
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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.)
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‘Sin’ and ‘evil’ are not synonymous in the next
realm, and ‘evil’ is looked upon ‘there’ as an illness.
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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?)
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To the Divine, oftentimes we humans appear as a
bunch of beloved toddlers bonking each other with styrofoam bats and air guns.
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See the humor in life.
Be a little sac-relig from time-to-time.
Lighten up, and enjoy life!
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Duality is a necessary component for growth, and
“Satan” is not a being but a ‘role’ (a metaphor).
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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.
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The beggar on the street corner could, in fact,
be a powerful eternal being come down to teach ‘you’ compassion.
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Stronger souls choose tougher paths.
Never judge anyone.
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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.
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We are all spiritual beings having a human
experience here at ‘earth school’.
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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.
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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.
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The terms, ‘God’, ‘Source’, and ‘Universe’ are
synonymous, and Jesus was/is the ultimate human expression of God.
Noted Quotations –
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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
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See the
beauty and goodness to be found in a variety of religions, ideologies, and
philosophies. --Deanna
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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
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Religion:
a means, not an end.
–Deanna
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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
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I looked
in temples, churches, and mosques.
But I found the Divine within my own heart.
–Rumi
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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
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Religion
is superficial when compared to the true love of God.
–Howard Storm, NDEer
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Our world
views have been shaped by our communities.
–Thomas Butler, NDEer
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Wisdom can
run through any age, any gender, and any race.
–Tricia Barker, NDEer
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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
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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
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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)
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NDE accounts, as a whole, usurp religious
organizations’ authority. –Lee
Whiting
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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
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Love
drives creation as a universal force. –Roy
Hill
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Love is
the creative force of the universe.
Love creates, and fear destroys.
–Cherie Aimee, NDEer
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‘Create’
love around you. This is
abundance. –Lauren Antuofermo
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To learn
to love perfectly is the essence of spiritual growth, and may all of our
motivations be driven by love. –Roberta
Grimes
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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)