Maria Virtual

God bless you! I had a near-death experience years ago when my heart stopped from what i believe was just "ecstasy" as I had a vision of Jesus - the vision continued for about twenty minutes during which time my breathing slowed down tremendously as my "rapture" deepened. Then, I believe my heart paused for a few seconds - and I left my body and took off in the dark tunnel up into the Land of the Living in the Light of Heaven, with the beautiful Music, the Beautiful, Blissful Beings, the Limitless Joy, etc., and then heard The Voice tell me, "you will return here" and i was pulled back into the black tunnel, and zoomed down, back into my body.

I later became a professor of religious studies, Catholic, although I also teach about the History of World Religions.

What I would like to add to your data base, is that there is a popular, yet false, belief engendered by reports of near-death experiences, that "everyone goes to Heaven" - "everyone enters the Light", etc.

Yes, everyone goes there for a few moments after they leave this body - but then they take their place in either Hell, Purgatory or remain in Heaven - depending on the state of their souls, which depends on what choices they made during their lives on earth.

Heaven is Only Love, Only Light. Selfishness has no place there. Souls stained with self-love must be purified, if they are only slightly stained, or habituated, to self-love. Those who are hopelessly attached to selfishness, where there is absolutely no will to change, they are cast out permanently into the regions of selfishness, Hell.

There are plenty of experiences of these among the writings of Catholics who have been shown these places, including when the Blessed Virgin Mary appears, and shows people by taking them there in spirit, for the purpose of telling the world that they should live very carefully, because forever is a long time to be in Hell, and Purgatory is also a difficult situation to be in - to be Purged.

People who read about near-death experiences often get the false picture that "everyone goes into the Happily Ever After", so we can "do whatever we want" on earth and it Doesn't Matter.

Oh, but, Yes it does matter - very much - eternally.

It reminds me of people thinking that "to drive a car" means to get in the car in the garage and sit there.

This is only the First Part of driving. It is not really driving.

Likewise, entering into The Light of Love is the First Part of dying - but those Who Come Back don't see beyond that, and report that "it's GREAT there!"

If they would stay there - then they would find that they will take their rightful place according to the state of their souls, according to the state of Love within themselves - have they become At One with LOVE while on earth?? Or have they only lived for False Love - Love of Self??? False Love has no place in Heaven - Heaven is for Lovers, so to speak, like the motto of Virginia says.

Our Blessed Mother also has said specifically - Reincarnation does not exist. We live Once. This is also why it is extremely important HOW we live. In the same way that it only takes one episode of drunk driving to kill or maim someone - we don't get "second chances" in life - it is Important to Live Well.

Experiences of "recollection of past lives" is explainable by referring to the morphogenetic fields which connect all biological beings - modern biology has know about these for many years - if a person lapses into a trance state, they can "see" the lives of other humans, "see" where they lived, who their spouses were, what their dog's name was, etc., it is not difficult. And because of the basic Unity of humankind, this can be misunderstood or misidentified as being "seeing one's own past life". Modern space-time physics also supports the existence of these fields of information, and that past events "still exist" and future events "already exist" in the Absolute Present - so people can "see" other people's live's details should they go into various trance states.

India is a good example of what tends to happen when people believe in reincarnation - which is a nice man-made philosophy generated by logic, when one has no idea of what the truth is about life - it makes sense that smaller things evolve into larger ones, and that one little being travels from body to body until perfection is reached. This is a nice story - but it is just a story. As India proves - when reincarnation is believed, people don't care very much about how they live or how others live - "everything will eventually attain perfection" - we can do what we want now, we won't be around to suffer for it, another "I" will reap what this ego sows. And as far as other people - let them rot in the streets - the sooner they die, the sooner they can be reborn into a better life.

Humankind has been visited for centuries by the Blessed Virgin Mary (see photos at http://zeitun-eg.org, also http://visionsofjesuschrist.com, and put Apparitions in any search engine) and She has shown many, many people Heaven, Hell and Purgatory. Thousands of Catholic saints have also been shown these places during their mystical experiences.

If we want to get True Information out about driving a car - then we should not just portray it as getting into the car which is still in the garage, and then getting out again, and saying, Wow! It's really cool to drive a car!

If you are not at a point where you can accept what I write about, then at least say, that there is information available which says that "Going into the Light" may just be the beginning of the After Death State, and that those who return indeed can only be said to have experienced the short interval immediately after leaving the body, and do not have experience of what happens permanently thereafter.

One Saint who was shown Hell, writes about what is well-known in this theological field - that part of the pain of Hell, is just exactly having Seen the Glory and Beauty of God after leaving one's body, and finding out that what you hated and what you swore did not exist, really does, but you will have no part in It. One Saint wrote: "The cries of the Damned rang out the words of despair: "Never! Never! Forever! Forever!"

Thank You for your Time and Thought,

God Bless You and Yours,

Maria Virtual voxmariae@yahoo.com

 

Kevin Williams' reply:  Maria, Thank you for sharing your wonderful NDE with me and your insights into life and death. With your permission, I would like to add what you have written me to my NDE Forum archive as a permanent fixture gracing my website. Although there are some things I disagree with you on, I know that we have far more in common than differences. While I was reading your insights, I felt like I was reading the words of Emanuel Swedenborg, the great 17th century spiritualist, whose journeys to the Other Side resulted in similar insights. If you haven't heard of Swedenborg (you probably already have) then you can read my page about him here.

When one compares the influence of reincarnation on India with the influence of Christianity on America, it certainly becomes crystal clear how focusing on any other life but the current one we are living may not be very wise. God forbade Paul to go to Asia for a good reason I believe. The influence of Judeo-Christianity as a spiritual and economic force in the world and in capitalism, is due in a large part, I believe, on the orthodox idea that this life is far more important than focusing on any other life in order to complete our missions. As for completing our missions in life, for the most part, the concept of reincarnation has about as much practical use and importance as the concept of imagining how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, in my opinion. I can take it or leave it. There are far more important things in life because time is merely an illusion anyway and there is only the "eternal now." Life is everlasting and we are transcendental pilgrims living moment by moment. If we become so heavenly minded, we might become no earthly good. The success of Christianity lies with Jesus' maxim that the kingdom of heaven is here already -- within. We must focus more on bringing the kingdom to this world rather than focusing on leaving this world for another kingdom. With more knowledge comes more suffering as Paul wrote. I am convinced this is one of the reasons why near-death experiencers often are forced to forget the higher knowledge they attained on the Other Side for the purpose of completing their missions better. So there is no advantage in believing in reincarnation. For me, reincarnation helps explain the apparent inequities in life and divine justice. That's about it. That's my two cents worth. Thanks again. Peace and Light, Kevin Williams

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