Experiencing
Heaven
Near Death Experiences
Ever wonder what exists after we leave this life? Could it be better or at least easier than what we experience here? A Near Death Experience (NDE), is an event where someone dies and later recovers, or goes into a deep coma and their spirit leaves this life behind. These events provide an important glimpse of the next life and allow a better understanding of both this life and what happens after we die. We have all heard of people having their life pass before them after an injury or the “light” that appears that draws one up to heaven. Most of us have also thought about “heaven” as being a place to go to after leaving this earth. Has it also occurred to you that this is where we came from before appearing in this life? As medicine has advanced and people are being resuscitated in larger numbers there are greater numbers of people reporting experiences with the afterlife. A number of physicians and scientists who discounted the possibility of a life after this one have had near death experiences of their own and recounted their own experiences in the afterlife and became believers in a life beyond this life. I have also heard accounts from atheists who were dismissive of the existence of God or the idea of a life after death who were completely changed by their experience.
It is important to note that everyone has a different experience in their near-death experience, some of it depending on the length of time they were unconscious, their spiritual experience on earth and for lack of a better explanation, what they were given to see in the next life.
Although each person has a somewhat different NDE there were some events that were consistent with many who underwent these experiences:
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1. People spoke about being in pain and suffering in their body. Many had been in accidents and their bodies were broken. They were able to rise out of their body leaving the heaviness and pain of their body behind. They often hovered in the room and could identify what people wore, or conversations that were happening in the room. They could see what procedures were done to their body from above even though they were unconscious. Their spirit was even able to travel to other locations to see family members and friends.
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2. People also spoke of being able to see in 360 degrees which enabled them to be aware of everything around them. They saw what was happening but with an all-encompassing vision.
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3. Others spoke of going through a dark tunnel, and dark here does not mean fearful or evil, but just a path to go to somewhere else. They would come out of that tunnel to encounter an experience in a “heavenly realm” or something that was to be given to them. Some spoke of talking directly to God or Jesus or seeing a spiritual messenger.
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4. For some people it becomes an opportunity to examine their life and they returned ready to change their lives. When you have seen the eternal, the mundane desires of this life lose their importance. Careers and financial success become unimportant compared to being of service and sharing love.
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5. There are no religions in heaven. All religions are made by humans and are on this earth to explain our relationship with the Creator and the world around us. When you are in the next life you are experiencing the eternal and no religion is needed or adequate. We see “face to face”.
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6. There are no negative emotions in the afterlife. Some people spoke of meeting family members that they had had a very difficult life with who met them with love and forgiveness.
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7. Many who had a near death experience did not want to return to this world but it was made clear that they were needed for families or communities back on earth or that they had other things to finish. They did not want to leave the joy and love that they were experiencing. Some were given the choice to return or stay
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8. One of the biggest things is seeing and coming into the light. As one person said, “how beautiful and resplendent the light was. It was love and so powerful beyond anything on earth. God said I could come into the light. It was like drinking out of a cup that never emptied and was filled with never-ending love.”
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9. The people who spoke of their NDE experiences all said that afterward they lost all fear of death. They knew that they are loved and taken care of. Some spoke that life was a continuum. Many were reluctant to come back to this earth. One person said that God told him that, “everything on earth is connected to each other.”
Know that physical death in this world just leads us to life in the next world. Our lives continue for all eternity, they do not end at the time of our death here. There is no place of eternal punishment that we would be condemned to, no matter what we have done here. There is only love and forgiveness in the next world and the experiences there are filled with wonder and life beyond anything we can imagine. We are reunited with those who love us. So, abandon all fear and look to the time when we return to the life of the spirit and the one who sent us. It is not death but simply the transition to the next life.
Below are some of the most noteworthy accounts of people just like you and I. Hearing them will change your perspective on the life we have been given here.
Skeptical? Listen to the Ted Talk by Dr Mary Neale and see if it doesn’t expand your perspective. All of these videos are available on YouTube.
Below are others that have made an impact on me. If you are interested in others I would suggest going on YouTube and looking up the Next Level Soul channel by CLICKING HERE.
his Soul Family (NDE)