What Happens When You Die? Here’s What We Learned From Those Who Crossed Over and Somehow Came Back to Life
They’re called Near Death Experiencers (people who were pronounced dead and then miraculously revived after a period ranging from 5-20 minutes of clinical death.)
They not only revived but also surfaced with little or no brain damage. Needless to say, the experience changed their lives and instructs us about the nature of life and death.
I’ve long been fascinated by this topic and also teach and conduct past life and inter life regressions. So, when I noticed the International Association for Near-Death Studies was having its annual conference two hours from my home, I asked them if I could write about it.
(I believe this was 10 years ago or in that range. Will look further to find the date. Though the information hasn’t changed the acceptance of near-death studies has.)
The Conference
The Sacred Music of Emiliano Campobello opened the conference. From center stage, he eased us into a meditative state with the healing vibrations of the shamanic flute. Emiliano Campobello Flute
Then the renowned P.M.H. Atwater took the platform. Resplendent in an orange tunic and African necklace, her long gray hair was like a light of its own.
Atwater is an expressive speaker who appears to care deeply for others. This makes sense since love for humanity is often one of the after-effects of a Near Death Experience (NDE). Atwater has had three NDEs herself.
Forty years ago, she was one of the first to research near-death experiences and has since conducted over 4,000 interviews with “experiencers.”
“People come back with a mission,” she said. “And they want to talk about what happened.” In past decades, those people might have been committed to mental asylums for utterances, such as, ‘God is, death isn’t.’
The first rule of discipleship, she cautioned, is don’t freak out the natives. In other words, be careful about speaking so openly in places that are hostile to these spiritual ideas.
Further, she stated, “Ninety-ninety percent of experiencers come back knowing God, not believing in some deity, but knowing God. Atheists may still be atheists, but now with a pervasive experience of an underlying force that leaves them with a new sense of compassion.”
Children who have had near-death experiences tend to call God Father, He, or Him, though their descriptions challenge what you might think the divine looks like. Their God may have appeared as a wall of light, or a ball or sky of light, more powerful than 10,000 suns.
You can’t fool this light, which is all-knowing. You’re never the same, the children say. You know you’re an extension of that one force. This echoes what the adults report: God is presence, intelligence, a radiating principle.
The earth plane is where we develop our muscles, Dr. Atwater declared, her eyes sparkling. We fulfill our learning curriculum. Here, prayer and meditation are the quickest ways you can connect with your soul.
Dr. Atwater featured NDEers’ drawings and discussed their case histories. One story she called Hotshots From Hell: Twenty firefighters, plus their chief, were trapped in a collapsed building. When they were finally rescued, all twenty-one were pronounced dead, but somehow through extensive resuscitation, each one was brought back to life.
Astounded, investigators went room-to-room and interviewed each survivor individually. Though none of the survivors had waking access to each other, all twenty-one related the same story. Each saw the others rise up out of their bodies, and all communicated telepathically while in that out-of-body state.
To read the whole story and more: The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences:
The Ultimate Guide to What Happens When We Die
We’re energetic light particles,” Dr. Atwater reminded us, her arms outstretched. Remember, the root of Holy Spirit means the breath of God.
How consciously and kindly you live enhances or diminishes what you have to learn. Experiencers say that when you die, you’re asked: Whom have you loved? Whom have you served?
You can ask yourself those questions and use them as a way to guide your choices.
Overwhelmingly, Experiencers return with the conviction that all life is connected and all life has value.
Typical NDEs Include:
- The Light that knows your name, knows all about you and is loving beyond any sense you’ve had on earth.
- One force (many call God) is the same for all.
- People are met by a greeter; this might be a pet, religious figure, light being, or some other person already deceased.
- Life reviews: Reliving your past and feeling the effects of your actions. Some are painful but many are not.
- Only 9% of those interviewed experienced the tunnel of light. Average time without vital signs: 5-20 minutes.
- The signature feature of NDEs: Little or no brain damage, often brain enhanced, especially with children.
Atwater believes skeptics have looked at the data in a piecemeal fashion. None has done full research with adults and children over time in an appreciable study (300+). She stresses that her findings are verified.
My later research revealed Dr. Atwater has been criticized by some scientists for lack of rigid protocols. However, accepted scientific studies conducted by Dr. Jeffrey Long, among others, corroborate her findings. (Evidence of the Afterlife: The Science of Near-Death)
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