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 When
Dianne Morrissey, PhD, was twenty-eight years old, she was
electrocuted and had a very profound near-death experience. Her
experience transformed her entire life in a very big way. Today, she
is a certified hypnotherapist and has taught 25,000 people to see
and feel God's presence during the dream state. Her excellent book,
You Can See The Light, will train you to do this very thing
yourself. Her practical techniques will not only give you a
transformational mystical experience but can actually heal your
physical body.
The
following is an excerpt from her book,
You Can See the Light: How to Touch Eternity and Return Safely.
Her previous book on out-of-body experiences is entitled
Anyone Can See the Light. Also, I highly recommend her video
entitled
Soul Journeys Beyond the Light. It is one of the best NDE videos
I have ever seen.
Out of Her Body
I bent
over to pick up the plastic tubing. As I began to straighten up, I accidentally
bumped the tubing on the edge of the tank. The water suddenly squirted across my
face - the pain was so sharp, it felt as if a knife where slitting my cheek! I
screamed from the shock and pain, then felt a moment of temporary relief as the water
crossed over my molars. My reprieve was short-lived, however, as the electrified
water rushed into my mouth.
As my body bent over in shock, I had the most uncanny knowledge that death was ahead of
me. I began to mourn the loss of everything I'd known: the Earth, my home, my
friends - all that I'd been aware of, all that I loved. Everything I'd believed to
be true and lasting was slipping away from me. I was face to face with death, face
to face with the unknown.
My body was thrown
backwards and to one side by the current. My body crashed to the floor, thrown with
such force that my head went right through the drywall, about a foot above the
floor. I never felt the injuries, however, because I was no longer in my body.
I was actually watching my electrocution from above!
How could I be out
of my body and still be alive? I wondered, astonished.
Suddenly, I was
aware that I was inside a vast, seemingly infinite blackness. I wasn't sure where
this blackness was in relationship to the earth, but for some reason I was unafraid.
My blackout period was brief, for I now found myself back in my home, but in a new
form. I was transparent, yet I still looked like me.
How elated I
felt! Now, out of my body, I had no worries, no cares. Never had I felt like
this when I was "alive". My entire spirit body was transparent, and I was
inside a glowing white light that extended about three feet around me.
At
that moment, an awareness overtook me - I am not my physical body! This realization
made me feel so free, so wonderful! My spirit was glowing with a white light that
illuminated the entire room.
Then, I was up near the ceiling again. Everything still looked the same - the
furnishings, the walls - but there was a new awareness about the dimension to the scene -
it had become transparent. I could see everything more clearly than ever before, and
like a scientist, I found myself looking at life through a microscope, discovering
minuscule particles of matter normally invisible.
I was now aware of
the absence of physical sensations, yet I was feeling a heightened sense of awareness such
as I'd never felt while alive. I knew I was different from the "Dianne" I
had been, but I also knew I was "me". It was similar to looking at your
reflection in a mirror; you know you're not the reflection, but it does appear to be you.
Now, I saw that everything was shrouded by a mist.
Despite a lack of gravity, I could easily control my direction, and when I
moved into the living room, I noticed that I had just walked through the
glass coffee table. Wow! How did I do that? I marveled.
Tuffy (her dog)
suddenly entered the den and began nipping at my face and pawing at my arm, trying to get
my body to wake up. I knew that his relentless attempts to awaken my physical body
wouldn't work, yet I was proud of him for trying, and even hoped his efforts might
work. I wondered where his chum, Penny, was, and suddenly I was next to her in the
backyard. I opened my mouth to talk to her and felt my tongue moving, but no sounds
came out. I could distinctly hear my voice, and then realized it was coming from my
mind. I tried several times to get Penny's attention, yelling, "Penny, can you
see me? Penny, can you hear me?" Apparently she didn't, because there was
no response.
Next, I walked
around my backyard. As I looked through the walls of my house toward the front
sidewalk, I noticed a man walking down the street. Eagerly, I flew to him, right
through the walls, and tried to get his attention. Staring deeply into his eyes, I
said forcefully, "Can you help me? I need help." Then I tried to
shake his shoulders, but he still didn't notice me. Frustrated, I tried to touch his
shoulder to get him to look at me, and my hand went through his upper right shoulder blade
and out his back. This startled me.
What am I to
do? I wondered, becoming upset when I realized that the man could neither see nor
hear me. Instantly, I was back in my yard again, Penny beside me. I noticed
that whenever I felt any apprehension, I was instantly moved to a place of greater
comfort.
On the way back to
the den, I stopped right in the middle of the wall between rooms. I sensed that I
was to look down at something fantastic, and as I gazed downward, I saw a long silver cord
coming out of my spirit body, right through the cheesecloth-like fabric I was
wearing. The cord extended down and out in front of me, and as I turned around, I
saw that the silver cord draped around and behind me, like an umbilical cord. I
followed it through the two hallway walls and into my den, where I saw it attached to the
back of the head of my physical body. The cord was about an inch wide and sparkled
like Christmas tree tinsel!
As soon as I saw
that the silver cord was attached to my physical body, my spirit body was thrust into a
dark tunnel. I moved through it with great speed, traveling faster than I could
have imagined possible. Although the tunnel was filled with an all consuming
darkness, I felt peaceful and unafraid.
Her Life Review
When I
came to the end of the darkness, I stepped into a new dimension. Here, I could sense
the presence of a loving spirit, sent - I knew - by God to greet me. Then, I was
back at the site of my physical body. Back and forth I traveled through the tunnel,
several times in succession, moving from the Other Side to my electrocuted physical body
and back again.
Each time I emerged from the tunnel, I was met by a radiant angelic being who stood before
me, smiling. The being had no wings, and I sense it was female. She was
everything I'd ever dreamed an angel would be. As she moved toward me, I walked to
meet her. Her love surrounded me, and my spirit was filled with an almost unbearable
joy. The love this angelic being radiated towards me made me feel that she cared
more about me than anyone else ever had or could. Her love filled every particle of
my being, every thought, and every emotion within me. I felt completely comforted
and reassured.
She
"spoke" by sending words directly into my mind. How can I hear her
thoughts before she utters them, I wondered. Yet, at the same time I was hearing her
questions, I was answering them! This marvelous being seemed to know all my
thoughts instantly, just as I immediately knew hers. Although I was standing
directly before her, I could see her from every angle: front, back, top, bottom, and both
sides - like a cubist painting by Picasso.
She walked closer
and stood with me; then, we were both lifted about ten inches into the air, as if we were
on a platform moving upward. Extending her arm before her, she indicated that I was
to look to my left. I did so, my heart and soul completely open to her, for I knew
God had sent her to help me decide what I should do with my life.
As I turned my eyes left, the entire scene changed into a
life review, a vivid, three-dimensional color display of my entire life.
Every detail of every second, every feeling, every thought while I had been
alive on Earth was displayed before me in perfect chronological order, from
my birth until my electrocution.
At the
same time, to my amazement, I was re-living my entire twenty-eight years
simultaneously! The best experiences brought me feelings of great joy, as if God
were talking to me through the angelic being, sharing the highest moments of my
life. I felt as if every spirit in Heaven was watching with me, applauding me and
letting me know that God approved of my caring, unselfish deeds. It was then that I
asked myself, Am I dead? Am I really dead?
As the life review continued, I was shown
two very special deeds I had performed. As these scenes were displayed before me,
every emotion I had originally felt returned in full force. I also felt as if God
and the angelic being were honoring me for having performed those deeds.
I will never forget
the love that surrounded me at that moment, or the joy that ran through me. Can you
imagine being hugged by God and your angel? It's an experience that defies
description!
The first deed I
witnessed had occurred the day I stopped my car to help push a woman's stalled station
wagon out of mainstream traffic and into a supermarket driveway. The driver had been
struggling to push the car by herself, and I felt compelled to give her a helping
hand. After I had helped push her vehicle to safety, I rushed back to my car, afraid
of getting a ticket for being double-parked. In my haste, I hadn't given her a
chance to thank me. While reviewing this scene, I was filled with indescribable
feelings of love, which seemed to be directed to me from angelic beings high above me.
Then, my angel
showed me a second vision, a scene I'd forgotten. I now saw myself at seventeen,
when I'd worked at a convalescent hospital after school. I had grown fond of a
toothless old woman who was no longer able to speak clearly, and who never had
visitors. She liked to suck on graham crackers before going to bed, but no one
wanted to serve her because when she had finished, she would drool as she kissed the
entire length of the arm of the person feeding her. While others avoided her, I
willingly fed her the cookies she adored, seeing how happy this made her.
When that scene was
replayed for me, I felt as if every loving spirit in God's kingdom was thanking me in
unison. I was amazed that such an act could have meant so much to God - and to
me. I felt humbled and very honored.
A glow surrounded
the radiant being as she presented my life review, continuing to communicate with me
telepathically. As I viewed the scenes of my life, it felt as if I were absorbing
many books all at once with perfect clarity.
Finally, my life
review was finished, and I was whisked away from the angelic being and returned to the
tunnel. This time, I seemed to be falling through it, finally emerging in another
room, in another dimension. It was a world far more beautiful than any I could ever
have imagined, a place of awesome serenity. The peace and calm I felt surpassed any
previous notions I had had about Heaven, and I knew, in the deepest part of my soul, that
God was here.
Her Higher Self
In
this rapturous place, I recognized that there were two aspects of "me". My
soul was my consciousness, everything that had made me who I had been and what I had
become. My spirit, on the other hand, was the part of me that was now transparent
and glowing, dressed in white.
As I looked around me, I initially found everything dimly lit. Then, I clearly saw a
canopy bed resting in the center of an infinite vista stretched out before me. The
bed was actually glowing within a Heavenly radiance which enveloped me as well.
To my astonishment,
I saw a duplicate of myself lying on the bed. How can there be two of me? Or
three of me? I wondered. But I was instantly reassured by the loving
vibrations around me. The feeling reminded me of being reassured by a dear, trusted
friend saying, "Don't worry, all is well."
There were two
things I knew for certain: first, that I was Dianne, and second, that my physical body was
dead. I also knew that the duplicate of Dianne on the bed was another me, but I did
not know what she represented. Now, I was beginning to feel as if I were in three
places at once!
One part of me was
the transparent Dianne on the bed. The second was my physical body in the den, the
body that no longer had life. The third part of me was my spirit, now out of its
body. This part of me remained conscious and aware of all my experiences, both here
and back on Earth.
I knew beyond a
doubt that I wanted to stay in this magnificent place, where I felt so loved, so
accepted. How does one feel "accepted" by a place? Let me put it
this way: as I walked toward the bed, I could actually "feel" Heaven all
around me. The rapture and peace were beyond my wildest imaginings, and I wanted to
stay here forever and ever.
Do you remember how
it felt, long ago, to be held and rocked in your mother's loving arms? Take this to
the hundredth power and you're still light years away from the feeling of total peace and
comfort that surrounded me. I felt the love of every mother in the universe being
poured inside me for now and for all eternity.
Although the bed before me was not my bed, the sheets looked amazingly like my own.
I could hardly believe it when I realized that they were actually breathing, filled with
life! The canopy bed was also alive, not made of the dense physical matter as it
would have been created from on Earth.
As I walked closer to the bed, it radiated such love to me that I knew no earthly painter
or craftsman could have created it - not Leonardo da Vinci, not Rembrandt, not
Michelangelo, not Monet. This bed had been made by God.
Now, the Light was
welcoming me, inviting me to recline on this Heavenly creation. The transparent
"me" was gone, and as I lay down, I felt the lace caressing me with rapture,
peace, and love. I was moved to tears of joy.
At that moment, I
knew that nothing ever dies. Nothing ever dies!
I also knew that I
would never die. If I stayed in this place, I knew I would be alive, but in a
different way than I had been before my electrocution. I would still be Dianne, and
I would still have my memories, but I would also feel this unbelievable love around me
forever. How I longed to stay!
Then, I sense that I
must look to my right, through the lace. There, I could see a pinpoint of Light
coming from the next room, the next dimension, the infinity beyond. I knew I must
see more clearly, so with my right hand I lifted up the lace. I knew I had no choice
but to look.
One with the Light
The
pinpoint of Light became a brilliant white beam a trillion times brighter than the
brightest sun imaginable, and began to move toward me. At first, it appeared to be
bands of multifaceted light being stretched and pulled together. I knew this Light
was the presence of God.
I was awestruck, overwhelmed by the Light, the love, the love of God for me! I knew
I could go into this Light, which was part of a tremendous force. And, although the
Light was brighter than a thousand suns, it didn't hurt my eyes.
I was going to have
to choose between staying in the Light and going back to Earth. Somehow, I knew that
if I went into the next room, into the Light, I could never return to my body.
I felt torn between
two desires: wanting to go into the Light, and wanting to touch something tangible and
retain my connection with all that was physical. Both desires grew stronger.
The Light became more intense, more radiant, more loving. As I lifted the lace and
extended my hand toward the brilliance, wanting to touch the Light, it rushed under the
lace and touched the outstretched middle finger of my right hand.
As soon as the Light
touched me, I was transformed. The Light and my spirit merged - I had entered the
Light of God, and all sense of my spirit body was gone. My consciousness, fully
alive, was now totally connected to God.
Within the Light, I
knew that everyone and everything is connected to it. God is in everyone, always and
forever. Within the Light was the cure for all diseases; within the Light was all
the knowledge of every planet, every galaxy, every universe. Indeed, the Light was
Wisdom and Love beyond all comprehension.
Being one with the
Light was like suddenly knowing every grain of sand on every planet, in every galaxy, in
every universe, and at the same time knowing why God had put each grain of sand in its
particular place. The Light held within it the knowledge of every book in every language,
from the beginning of creation to the end of time. The Light knew why every author
had put every wood exactly where it was. The Light conveyed the message that each
gain of sand, each plant, rock, animal, and human being has a purpose and that nothing
ever dies because after death, there is a new life on the Other Side.
This Light and my
spirit mingled for what felt like an eternity, but eventually I began to sense with great
urgency that the time had come to choose whether I would stay here or return to physical
life. How could I decide?
Her Guardian Angel
Suddenly, my spirit body was back in the tunnel. Again, when
I emerged from the tunnel, the angelic being was waiting for me. Now, I noticed
that her hair was brown and turned under just above her heavenly shoulders.
Each of her features was now more clearly visible as I paid closer attention to
them. Breathing did not seem necessary for her or for me, yet we were both full
of life. She looked at me and asked telepathically, "What do you want, Dianne?"
I said, "I want to go
into the Light, and I want to touch things."
She asked me
thousands of questions all at the same time, and I responded to them, communicating
directly from my mind to hers.
Her angelic voice
asked, "Have you ever felt this much love?" I answered,
"No." "Have you ever felt this much joy?"
"No." "Have you ever felt this much peace?"
"No." "Have you ever felt this much rapture?"
"No." "Have you ever experienced this much bliss?"
"No." "Have you ever felt this much kindness?"
"No."
Thousands of
questions, one within the other, one on top of another, all of the questions at once, yet
separately.
I wanted desperately
to go into the Light again. Then, the radiant being asked, "Are you sure,
Dianne?"
"Yes," I
replied. Of course I was sure!
I was suddenly
thrust forward through the tunnel, and when I looked down, I was aghast to see my physical
body below me. It looked dead and lifeless, but this time I was disinterested
whether I saved it or not.
What mattered to me
was the Light. I wanted the Light. I was again thrust forward through the
tunnel. The angelic being was still there, waiting for me to truly decide about my
life, waiting for me to decide about my death, waiting for me to decide about my future.
This time she was
even more radiant, more loving. I had never imagined feeling such bliss, and I felt
boundless love for her. She asked, "Have you ever been in a world without
pain?"
I answered, "No."
She asked, "Have you ever been in a
world without war?"
I answered, "No."
"Have you ever been
in a world without anger, without rage, without grief, without sadness, without envy,
without poverty, without jealousy, without worry, without tears?"
Again,
thousands of questions, all at the same time. I answered them all the same way -
emphatically, "No." I knew that no other place in the universe could feel
as good, as loving, as peaceful as this Heavenly place.
For some reason,
however, the angelic being sent me into the tunnel again, back and forth through many
tunnels. I wondered why. I still wanted to "touch", but I wanted the
Light - both desires tugging at my spirit.
Her Return
I
finally found myself back in my house, once again looking down at my physical body.
This time, I realized that my physical body had the potential to live again. I had
begun to care less and less whether I returned to my physical body, but at this moment,
looking down at my body, my attitude underwent a change. I thought, How sad; she has
done so very little. I realized "Dianne" hadn't touched as many people as
she could have while alive. And I realized how life could be enriched by touching
others lives more deeply and meaningfully.
While alive, as Dianne, I had always known
that my life was full of certain pleasures: a beautiful home, a good job, a nice car, warm
friends, a wonderful family, a beloved best friend, and a musical career I loved.
But none of these matter any more, I thought, reversing myself again. Only the
Light mattered. Only God mattered.
To my surprise, I
began to feel a persistent pulling sensation from about four inches above my navel.
I tried to resist it, for I sensed a new process was beginning, one that might take me
from this place, from God. I didn't want to leave behind such feelings of
elation. Yes, I wanted to touch things, but I wanted the Light even more.
Suddenly, I was
rushing through the tunnel again. When I emerged, I was up near the ceiling in the
den, looking down at my physical body below me. Then, without warning, I was thrust
swiftly back into my body, entering through the back of my neck, with my spirit legs and
arms together, like a diver doing a jackknife.
As I re-entered my
body, I knew that the God within me could never die, and I knew that I could never
die. For a moment, I actually saw myself half in and half out of my body.
Then, with a jolt, I landed fully back in my body.
Oh, my God, I
thought, How could I have chosen to come back? I want to be in the Light
again. Tears ran down my cheeks and I wept, desolate about the choice that had been
made. Had it really been my choice? I couldn't believe that I had decided to
come back.
I now believe that
one reason I was sent back was to help people feel better about dying - and to learn that
death is not an end, but a new beginning.
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