Thanks for posting this, illusion. I've been planning to post one of the hellish experiences that NDErs sometimes have, although it's only about 2%, and this is a clear perception of what's going then.


More from Mellon-Thomas Benedict:

I had a descent into what you might call hell, and it was very surprising. I did not see Satan or evil. My descent into hell was a descent into each person's customized human misery, ignorance, and darkness of not-knowing. It seemed like a miserable eternity.

But each of the millions of souls around me had a little star of light always available. But no one seemed to pay attention to it. They were so consumed with their own grief, trauma and misery. But, after what seemed an eternity, I started calling out to that light, like a child calling to a parent for help.

Then the light opened up and formed a tunnel that came right to me an insulated me from all that fear and pain. That is what hell really is.


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Yep... chocolate or sex or kittens... :smile:

For me it's only love that makes this world livable, so I go into my heart and find Home there.


Xan

It`s in knowing the things as they are is what makes us a ZEN. Your parents Xan should have christened you Zenith or Zenaida. :hug3:

O CHRIST, BE RESURRECTED WITHIN US

by Paramahansa Yogananda

With great devotion envoke the spirit of Christ within you. Remember, you too have been crucified. Now you are risen in Christ. You have a new birth in his consciousness. Let every cell in your body be resurrected with Christ Consciousness. Let every thought in your mind be resurrected with Christ Consciousness. Let your soul be lifted and resurrected in Christ. Fill your mind with Christ-power and wisdom. Fill your soul with Christ-bliss. Fill your body with Christ-vitality. Fill your mind with Christ-intelligence.

Christ must be felt. I want you all with the utmost devotion, to feel his presence. Fill your entire body and brain with Chirst Consciousness. Fill your heart with Christ- bliss. Behold Christ Consciousness enveloping the hills and the stars. Behold Him in the devotion of all churches. Worship Christ with the spirit of Jesus. As the Christ Consciousness was manifested in the body of Jesus, may the Christ consciousness be manifested in us, resurrecting us from disease and ignorance.

My Life's History Exploded into Consciousness

I was sitting in my parked car. My heart stopped beating. This happened with an intense sensation that started near my heart and rushed up my spine into my brain, where it appeared to continue out of the top of my head. It was a chaotic moment. I didn't know what had happened.

Out of this chaos came a deep state of tranquility; I experienced this incredibly intense and calm state of awareness. There was no drifting of consciousness as in the normal living state. It was an all-consuming state of awareness. I remember first becoming aware of how quiet everything had become, how incredibly quiet my reality had become.

I panicked for a moment, attempting to get up. I could not move any part of my body. I knew my heart had stopped beating and that I was dying. I understood immediately that I had no recourse but to experience my death.

My attention was drawn upward, out the top of my head into a tunnel of sort that had a bright light up in there. I could feel myself beginning to go into the tunnel.

My life's history exploded into my consciousness. I thought I wasn't ready to go yet, I had more things to accomplish in this life, and I wanted another chance to do the things I needed to do. This light up in the tunnel turned into a lightning bolt that shot into my brain and down my spine into my heart, the most intense moment in my life.

My heart exploded with energy, beginning to beat again. The intense calm and quiet and the entire state of mind was gone with that flash of energy into my heart... I had cardiovascular problems for quite a few years afterward, but I have rebuilt my cardiovascular health in the years since.

My experience is unique in my life's memories. Nothing in my life approaches that experience. It stands alone for what it was to me. Those thoughts about more to do in my life before I go have been with me every step of the way in all the years since. If I ever doubt the reason I am here doing what I do, I think of that moment.


http://iands.org/experiences/nde-accounts/549-lifes-history-exploded-into-consciousness.html


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All is Everything, Everything is One

I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. [During the surgery] I entered a dark channel, a corridor, a tunnel, a canal... I saw my entry into the world, one memory after another as distinct and as clear as if each were really happening. Most things were pleasant to see, some things made me very embarrassed.

In fact, revulsion and guilt took away any good feelings, making me so very sorry for certain things I had said or done. I hadn't just seen what I had done, but I felt and knew the repercussions of my actions. I felt the injury or pain of those who suffered because of my selfish or inappropriate behavior.... I was being pounded with the fears, pain, injuries, and anger I had caused in others, and the repercussions that had been passed on and on. I literally turned inside myself and as if going through a cleansing, turned outright again. These things were all behind me now, but I would know them and be with this knowledge.


I knew that all knowledge was in a structure with an enormous stairwell that went on forever up and to my left.... As I waited, I remembered what I had forgotten, which was everything. I was astonished at the simplicity of why, what, who, where...all of it. I knew it all. I remember thinking that it is so weird that we don't remember any of it on the other side.

I got excited to return, and thought how much I wanted to remember the knowledge, so I could explain it to others, ease fears of death, and inspire goodness. I thought... I would think of some words that perfectly described the knowledge in it's simplest form, and then remember the words. Then I'd associate the words and remember the knowledge. I came up with perfect words, "all is everything, everything is one".


http://iands.org/experiences/nde-accounts/543-all-is-everything-everything-is-one.html

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Hi,
Just found this thread - since I think I have read every book and 100 NDE stories
and am an active member on an NDE Forum, plus read most books on reincarnation, past-life regressions, medium contacts with the Other Side, etc - to answer the topic question:
"What do we know about Death from Near Death Experiences?"

I'd say we could compare what we know from NDEs to knowing what a house is like by entering the foyer (and maybe peeking into the first room).
My opinion.
:smile:

You betcha! Imagine what could be beyond !
Wow!