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Evolve, to open out gradually to the view or understanding, become known.
Everything, including yourself is unfolding before you. Who knows what the next fold will bring, maybe something expected and maybe not. Life is a mystery, don’t take things for granted. Assumptions have no place here. Our lot is to watch with loving care the evolution of ourselves. So many today leap to conclusions before the whole is known. Unfolding teaches us the whole can never be known, so move through life as a child in a toy factory. Laughing, playing and learning all about ourselves.
“Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.”
Ray Bradbury, American science-fiction,
short stories, and novels writer, 1920.
Near death experiences are unique to each person, as each person is unique. No two are exactly alike. However, there are many similarities in the experiences. One of these similarities is the Light, I believe it is the most common of all similarities.
Not all near death experiencers see the Light, but most do see it. It usually starts as a small light in the distance and grows into a “brighter than the sun” Light that doesn’t hurt the eyes. The Light surrounds and permeates the experiencer. It is not just a Light, it brings with it knowledge, understanding, and unconditional Love. The experiencer is surrounded by love and compassion. The Light conveys knowledge of all things, understanding of self, and the importance of meaning in life.
Some believe the Light to be God, others the presence of God. The Light may also be seen as Pure Consciousness, that contains all creation within its eternal endlessness. There are no words to adequately describe the Light. I believe the Light to be even more than all these thoughts. To me the Light is the Source of all things, and within it all things have their being. We are within the Source and the Source is within us. The Light is also a force, the life force, that enhances the life force of the experiencer after they return to the physical world. This force heals, loves, and removes all fear from the experiencer.
This Light/Source/Force can be called God, or any other name for Divinity. Though it is universal, it is also personal. I don’t think its important to worry about a name.
When the experiencer returns to physical life they bring with them an enhanced life force. This is the reason for the “crazy” things that happen around, and to them. Some can’t wear watches because they stop running shortly after they put them on their wrist. I had several things happen to me. The first thing I noticed was feeling an electric-like vibration through my body. I couldn’t sleep for the first three days I was so energized. I started to replace a light bulb and it came on without being connected to any electricity. But the main thing was the healing, I was told I had only six months to live, that was 21 years ago. When I touched or hugged others they remarked how their pains vanished. I was approached by strangers in public who asked questions as if I was someone they thought would know the answer. But the energy or life force does diminish as time goes by. Now I can still feel the energy but not anything like right after the experience.
I will never forget the Light, it is a part of me, and I of it. I will try to explain more about other parts of the experience in a later writing. If you wish to ask questions, please do so.
Pam was a musician, and has composed a CD with some of it relating to her near death experience. You can go to her site to purchase the music if you wish. One line of a song she wrote says: “I had to die in order to learn how to live.”
Most near death experiencers find they are totally changed by their experience. They don’t value material things as much, while putting emphasis on helping others.
Some of them go back to school to become counselors. Others write books and/or author web sites of their experience, and a few lecture about near death experiences. They have a need to tell others about the wonderful love and peace they found in their experience.
Unfortunately, they soon find out their wonderful experience is not believed, wanted, or may even be feared by the people they so much want to share it with. They learn to be careful who they share it with, and they feel isolated, alone in the midst of a crowd. Experiencers think differently than most and this can cause depression. They want to go back into the spirit world of their experience. They want to leave this physical world, but they know they must continue their life and fulfill their purpose.
So begins the period of integration, blending the knowledge of the spirit world with the physical world. In my case it took a little over three years with help from experiencers who had already integrated their experiences. It is sadly true that some never truly integrate and live a reclusive life until their time comes to pass into the spiritual world naturally.
Now I would like to write on the process of why we think so differently and the process of integration using my own experience combined with some of the experience of close friends of mine.
I want to start by showing you a recent letter I received from a person going through integration:
Leroy, Supposedly there are a lot of us around, but we seem pretty scarce to me. I do know one man not too far from me who had a much more in depth NDE than mine. We have been in touch occasionally and that is a help.
My NDE happened 9 years ago this April after heart surgery. It was brief as the nurse taking care of me had atropine close by and restarted my heart in about one or two minutes.
I have gotten advice and counsel from such as PMH Atwater who responds to emails. When I first got home from the hospital, the light bulbs in our house began to blow out and would blow again as quickly as we would replace them. She helped with that craziness.
Since then, I have had many other after effects. Dr. Greyson suggested that I choose carefully the people that I share these with. His explanation is that some people are more opened up to the NDE.
It’s these things that I have wanted to talk with other experiencers about. I am a RN but my first degree was in psychology. It sounds crazy even to me. I found a wonderful psychologist who was not scared by the NDE and has been such a help to me, mainly by telling me that I am sane.
I share my NDE with anyone who wants to hear about it, but I keep the rest to myself. Does any of this sound like what you have gone through?
Yes, and much more “craziness” I have seen and heard from other experiencers. I hope to talk about these things that you won’t read about in published near death experiences or in the research being done on them. Experiencers, like the person above, “keep the rest to themselves.”
You may believe, or not. This writing is intended to provide information for those that are curious and want to know more about near death experiences. They are important glimpses into the spirit world.
