By Deanna M Kessler-Drinkar
AFTERLIFE & NEAR-DEATH STUDIES RESEARCH LIST (The New Frontier)
Noted researchers in the afterlife and near-death 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 and NDEr
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
Near-Death Experience Podcast - hosted by John Meser
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
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
God’s Fingerprints: Impressions of Near-Death
Experiences --Jody Long
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
Quotes - *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 historic eve in the Garden of Gethsemane when
Yeshua (Jesus) bled at every pore, ‘perhaps’ he was experiencing at that very
moment of linear earthly time, ‘H’umanity in its entirety on a cellular
level--both individually and collectively. (Ref.: 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
❖ God is much bigger than any one religion.
❖ All
creation is connected. Separation is an illusion. (Divinity and humanity are
inextricably connected.)
❖ 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.)
❖ The
condition of one’s soul will determine where you gravitate to in the next
realm—dictating your next-realm destination.
❖ 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.
❖ 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.
❖ The Divine respects just
where you’re at and persuades you in ways that you can understand.
❖ We each
judge ourselves (in company with our unconditionally loving spirit guides) and
no one else via the life review.
❖ 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.
❖ 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.
❖ 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.
❖ Many NDEers report that prayer (soul communication) is very real and
intrinsically important.
❖ 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.
❖ Across the board, NDEers report that ‘the
experience’ freed them from any fear of death.
❖ 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.
❖ In the
world-to-come, time is circular rather than linear. The majority of NDEers
report that time does not exist in the afterlife.
❖ Spoiler alert! Reincarnation
happens!! (I know, mind-boggling for sure.)
❖ 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.)
❖ ‘Sin’ and ‘evil’ are not synonymous
in the next realm, and ‘evil’ is looked upon ‘there’ as an illness.
❖ To the
Divine, oftentimes we humans appear as a bunch of beloved toddlers bonking each
other with styrofoam bats and air guns.
❖ See the humor in life. Be a little
sac-relig from time-to-time. Lighten up, and enjoy life!
❖ Duality is a
necessary component for growth, and “Satan” is not a being but a ‘role’ (a
metaphor).
❖ 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.
❖ The beggar on the street corner could,
in fact, be a powerful eternal being come down to teach ‘you’ compassion.
❖
Stronger souls choose tougher paths. Never judge anyone.
❖ 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.
❖ We are all spiritual beings having a human experience here at
‘earth school’.
❖ 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.
❖ 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.
❖ The terms, ‘God’, ‘Source’, and ‘Universe’ are synonymous, and Jesus was/is
the ultimate human expression of God.
Noted Quotations –
❖ 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
❖ See the beauty and goodness to be found in a variety of
religions, ideologies, and philosophies. --Deanna ❖ 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
❖ Religion: a means, not an end. –Deanna
❖ 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
❖ I looked in temples, churches, and mosques. But I
found the Divine within my own heart. –Rumi
❖ 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
❖ Religion is superficial when compared to the true love
of God. –Howard Storm, NDEer
❖ Our world views have been shaped by our
communities. –Thomas Butler, NDEer
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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)
❖ NDE accounts, as a whole, usurp religious organizations’
authority. –Lee Whiting
❖ 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
❖ Love drives creation as a universal force. –Roy Hill
❖ Love is the creative
force of the universe. Love creates, and fear destroys. –Cherie Aimee, NDEer
❖
‘Create’ love around you. This is abundance. –Lauren Antuofermo ❖ To learn to
love perfectly is the essence of spiritual growth, and may all of our
motivations be driven by love. –Roberta Grimes
❖ Wisdom can run through any age,
any gender, and any race. –Tricia Barker, NDEer
❖ 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.”)
❖ When
transitioning into the next realm, one might ask, “Who have I ‘be’come?”
--Deanna
❖ 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
❖ 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 ❖ We must unlearn what we have learned.
–Yoda
❖ 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
❖ 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 ❖ 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
❖ The Bible: a beautiful collection
of stories depicting how an ancient people made sense of life, divinity, the
cosmos, and deity. –Deanna
❖ 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
❖ An NDE, to a certain extent, is a co-created experience. –Jeffrey Long
❖ Your
beliefs shape the spiritual feedback that you’re getting. –Mellen-Thomas
Benedict
❖ It’s not about ‘be’lief. It’s simply about ‘be’ing. –Deanna
❖ Being
spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your
state of consciousness. –Eckhart Tolle
❖ 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 ❖ Life is a gift not a test, and you are
enough. –Jeffery Olsen, NDEer
❖ 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
❖ Whatever you think, whatever you say, whatever you do—always,
always come from a place of love. --Deanna
❖ Everything in life--every thought,
every feeling, every intention, every situation, and every moment is a 'call' to
Love. –Pamela/Deanna
❖ Even though it may not seem like it at times, life is a
totally safe, purposeful, and magnificent adventure amidst forever. –Mark Pitstick
❖ Your life’s plan is perfect for you as imperfect as it may seem.
–Jeffery Olsen ❖ You can better handle life’s inevitable challenges with the
knowledge of your eternal nature. –Mark Pitstick
❖ 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
❖ We’re not talking about religious
faith, we’re talking about empirical evidence and the physics of reality. –Peter
Fenwick
❖ 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
❖ Often
our greatest growth comes during the darkest hours of our lives. –Sandra
Champlain
❖ Life is an education for one’s soul, and your life is important.
--Sandra Champlain
❖ Each of us are an intricate, essential part of all of
creation. –Sharon Milliman
❖ Refining one’s nature is what it’s all about.
--Deanna ❖ Death is merely the doorway to the next level of soul growth and
evolution. –Kevin Williams
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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 ❖ 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)
❖ We are all connected to each other in a circle
in a hoop that never ends. –Lyrics, “Colors of the Wind”
❖ We are all appendages
of the Divine. –Anita Moorjani, NDEer
❖ We are each living, human expressions of
the Divine. –Susanne Wilson
❖ We are each individual expressions of God.
–Melanie Alberts, NDEer
❖ We are each, literally, co-creators with God. –Tony
Woody, NDEer
❖ God is the creative force of which everyone and everything is a
part of. --R Craig Hogan
❖ God is the unity of pure love and all that exists—the
highest vibration of unconditional love. –Mikey Morgan, channeled
❖ The image of
God is the emotion/energy of Love, and life is a constant work in progress.
–Ashley M, NDEer
❖ God is the conscious force of all that exists. –Sharon
Milliman, NDEer
❖ We are all brothers and sisters of God, within. –Pamela
Aaralyn
❖ Energy cannot be created nor destroyed. It simply shifts form and
vibration. –Albert Einstein
❖ 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)
❖ 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
❖ 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 as 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
❖ 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
❖ Life and love are forever, and we are immortal. Let us live accordingly.
--Mark Pitstick
❖ One must go without before going within. –Jenniffer Weigel
❖
For wisdom, enlightenment, and answers go within instead of without. –Pamela
Aaralyn
❖ Every human being has the perfection of God within them. –Lauren
Antuofermo
❖ Neither shall they say, Lo here! Or, lo there! For, behold, the
kingdom of God is within you. –Luke 17:21
❖ No ye not that ye are the temple of
God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? --1 Corinthians 3:18
❖ It is
entirely possible that behind the perception of our senses, worlds are hidden of
which we are unaware. –Albert Einstein
❖ 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
❖ Let us live as if we were immortal. –Aristotle
❖ The human brain is not
the source of consciousness but, instead, is a physical receptor to
allencompassing consciousness. –Alex Tsakiris
❖ Looking for consciousness in the
brain is like looking inside of a radio for an announcer. –Hassim Haramein
❖ If
you will, think of your mind as a television set, and your death as simply
changing channels. --Roberta Grimes
❖ The foundation of all existence is the
nature of consciousness. --Eben Alexander, NDEer
❖ 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
❖ Consciousness is God, and we are all a
part of that consciousness—each of us being a unique lens of divine awareness.
–Deanna
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ You do not have a soul. You are a
soul. You have a body. –C.S. Lewis
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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)
❖ 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)
❖ Everything is in utter chaos, yet, at the same time,
everything is exactly as it should be. –David Sunfellow
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ I love and care for you
from your point of view and not from my own. –the Infamous Anonymous
❖ 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
❖ 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
❖ Life is the dancer,
and you are the dance. –Eckhart Tolle
❖ We’re all dancing in
Christ-consciousness vibration. –Brandon Beachum
❖ …and when the earth has
claimed our limbs, then shall we truly dance. –Kahlil Gibran
❖ 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
❖
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.
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NDEs, STEs and LDS
(Notation: I come from the LDS/Mormon faith tradition)
❖ The Divine respects just where you’re at and persuades you in ways that you
can understand.
❖ 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.
❖ Each NDE is custom-made for the benefit of the experiencer. –Robert
Kopecky
❖ Your beliefs shape the spiritual feedback that you’re getting. –Mellen-Thomas
Benedict
❖ Our world views have been shaped by our communities. –Thomas Butler
❖
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 (30Sep19)