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Near-Death News

A researcher named Rozan Christian is exploring the effects of a potentially life-changing event on marriage, including a NDE, on one of the martial partners. If you are married or divorced, and during that marriage you or your spouse experienced a potentially life-changing event, your participation in this study is welcomed. Your involvement would require less than one hour in the comfort of your own home or other location of your choosing to complete several brief questionnaires regarding your experience and marriage. Your participation would remain confidential. The types of life-changing events of interest to the study include the following: a NDE, the birth of a child, a move to a new home, a career change, a significant change in financial status, or the death of a loved one. If any of these apply to you and your spouse, your participation in this study is welcomed. If you are interested in participating, please contact Rozan Christian via e-mail at rozanc@attg.net or telephone at 972-741-8387..... [Read more]

I had a near-death experience after my children were in college. (I had) a malignant growth on my parathyroid gland - which is right next to the vocal chords. (I was unconscious, and) there was a meadow, and a maypole surrounded by girls dancing, in long, white dresses. They stopped dancing, and one of them turned around to face me. It was my mother, and she was waving at me. It was glorious, and it was beautiful, and then I heard one of the doctors say, "She's comatose," and I came to..... [Read more]

After the 13-tonne bus he was working on fell on top of him, Mr. Culvert clinically died four times. Yesterday the 54-year-old wept as he remembered seeing a vision of his recently dead mother after the bus fell on him. "I saw my mum while I was under the bus," Mr. Calvert said. "I really knew something was wrong then. "She was standing there looking 20 years younger, wearing a floral dress, but the funny thing was she didn't have any legs and she was shaking her finger at me saying, "Not yet, not yet.".... [Read more]

How does a Yale-educated doctor trained in forensic psychiatry become convinced he was a Babylonian priest in a former life? By conducting research, evaluating data and approaching results with an open mind, says Dr. Brian Weiss, a Miami-based psychiatrist and the nation's foremost practitioner of past-life regression therapy ... Among Orthodox Jews, particularly the ultra-Orthodox Hasidic Jews who kept much of the mystical tradition alive while other sects modernized, belief in reincarnation has persisted, said Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, author of Jewish Tales of Reincarnation. ''The majority of Reform Jews are completely unaware that Judaism has teachings about reincarnation,'' he said. ``From the Hasidic standpoint, if you're back here on earth it's because you didn't do it right the first time.'' .... [Read more]

If we believe that consciousness is the result of patterns of neurons in the brain, our thoughts, emotions, and memories could be replicated in moving assemblies of Tinkertoys ... If our thoughts and consciousness do not depend on the actual substances in our brains but rather on the structures, patterns, and relationships between parts, then Tinkertoy minds could think. If you could make a copy of your brain with the same structure but using different materials, the copy would think it was you. This seemingly materialistic approach to mind does not diminish the hope of an afterlife, of transcendence, of communion with entities from parallel universes, or even of God. Even Tinkertoy minds can dream, seek salvation and bliss—and pray..... [Read more]

All life on Earth is nothing more than an elaborate facade created by super-intelligent beings. Humans now exist in a computerized version of the world – a simulation that keeps us happy, while our powers are drained by our creators for use as fuel in their campaign for dominance in the "real" world. This is the premise of the cult sci-fi thriller "The Matrix." "The simulation hypothesis, that we are currently living in a computer simulation, should be understood literally, it's not just in a metaphorical sense whereby one could view the universe as a simulation, but literally we would be living in a simulation created by some advanced civilization in a computer they built in their universe. And everything we see and our brains themselves would just be parts of this simulation." Oxford University philosopher Dr Nick Bostrom echoes the thoughts of sci-fi writers and scientists alike. The simulation hypothesis is not sci-fi, it's serious academic thought ... [Read more]

Brain research is beginning to produce concrete evidence for something that Buddhist practitioners of meditation have maintained for centuries: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow people to achieve different levels of awareness. Those transformed states have traditionally been understood in transcendent terms, as something outside the world of physical measurement and objective evaluation. But over the past few years, researchers at the University of Wisconsin working with Tibetan monks have been able to translate those mental experiences into the scientific language of high-frequency gamma waves and brain synchrony, or coordination.... [Read more]

Scientists in the US have shown that "electrocorticographic" signals from the brain can be used to manipulate an external device. The techniques developed by Daniel Moran of Washington University in St Louis, Eric Leuthardt from the Barnes-Jewish Hospital, also in St Louis, and colleagues could ultimately lead to artificial limbs that can be controlled by thought alone.... [Read more]

A new movie called "White Noise" shows the dead communicating through high frequency waves, and people with one San Antonio company say the voices from the dead are not a fabrication of Hollywood. In the movie, the dead try communicating through household recording devices. The process is called Electronic Voice Phenomenon, or EVP. Guillermo Fuentes, with San Antonio Paranormal Investigations, says he has captured the phenomenon ... [Read more]

Anthropologists believe that ancient knowledge of the movement of wind, sea and birds may have saved the five indigenous tribes on the Indian archipelago from the tsunami that hit the Asian coastline Dec. 26. A local environmentalist familiar with these reticent people was quoted as saying, "They can smell the wind. They gauge the depth of the sea with the sound of their oars. They have a sixth sense which we don't possess." It is the same sense that wild animals possess, the same sense that accounted for the survival of elephants, tigers, reptiles, sea birds and other creatures that found their way inland before the tsunami struck. John Muir spoke of a sixth sense, an intuitive understanding that alerted him to events affecting people close to him. Muir, a devout man of nature, had premonitions when each of his parents was close to death, and he was right both times. A thousand miles from home, he once had a sense that his daughter was deathly ill, and he was right again ... [Read more]

On April 16, 2002, Kevin Williams published on his website the near-death testimony of Alan McDougall which contained the following vision of the future:

Ned Dougherty, author "Fast Lane to Heaven", who foresaw the September 11 terrorist attack from his near-death experience vision, recently issued the following press release: "Warnings of U. S. East Coast Tsunami Resonate With Future Visions in 'Fast Lane To Heaven.' In the September 11, 2004 edition of "On Angels Wings," a newsletter I publish periodically, I warned that a devastating and deadly tsunami directed at the eastern seaboard of the United States was a not if, but when scenario. I became so concerned with the timing of this possible future event that I traveled to the Canary Islands in November 2004 to investigate for myself what has become known as the La Palma Threat. While I was living on the island of La Palma, I researched the scientific facts concerning the potential threat and hiked to the top of the volcanic mountains to personally observe and experience for myself what may become the next Ground Zero ... [Read more]

More earth changes are likely to be ahead, says Sharon Ritchie, a California woman who had a near-death experience in 1999. Like many who have had such an experience (she recounted an alleged discussion with the Lord as she tottered between the two realities), Sharon received revelations of future events, particularly that the earth's rotation around its axis would alter, affecting the entire planet. In fact, after the recent quake in Asia, the earth's rotation was affected in such a way that the North Pole moved about an inch and the day was shortened by 2.5 microseconds -- minuscule effects but ones that could have unknown long-term consequences ... [Read more]

A Tunisian astrologer who reportedly predicted the deaths of Princess Diana, Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and Yasser Arafat says President Bush will be killed by an assassin's bullet in 2005. So seriously are Hassan al-Sharibi's predictions taken in the Arab world that a similar prophecy about Palestinian Liberation Organization leader Mahmoud Abbas (Mabus?) has resulted in increased security around the candidate to replace Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority ... [Read more]

Someone recently emailed to me the following question: "Often times I wonder what am I supposed to do with my life. I'm talented, make good money but am very dissatisfied with my current results. How do we know what the "Being of Light" wants us to do? Can anyone help me? I'm not some crazy person, just a desperate man looking for meaning in my life."

My answer to this question is the following: Although we are all on a mission from God, we generally are not supposed to know what it is. There are many reasons for this but I suppose the main reason is that if we knew what our missions in life were, it would somehow not be as satisfying. It would be like receiving the answer to a test before you take it. For those people who have a near-death experience and are told they must return to life, it can be a miserable experience. After seeing the glory of heaven and the very throne of God, they are told to go back. They have to go back to scrubbing their toilets, taking out the trash, going to work, changing the diapers, etc.. It can be very devastating. About 4% of experiencers commit suicide because they can't take the apparent insignificance of physical existence. It is not uncommon for experiencers to become severely depressed. One man, in particular, discovered after his near-death experience that he couldn't watch TV anymore. He said that watching soap commercials especially irritated him because of how insignificant they were was. He also couldn't watch his boxing anymore because of the violence. Another example is a minister named Ken Martin who learned after his near-death experience that everything in life was insignificant. In his testimony, he said that even his family, his ministry, his church, his calling, was "insignificant" compared to what he experienced on the Other Side.

But there is also a "flip-side" to this. Kimberly Clark Sharp once shared an interesting near-death testimony of a woman who saw herself as a child during her life review. The major lesson she learned from her life review was that even the seemingly insignificant things we do in life can be far more important than we can possibly imagine on the Other Side. During her life review, she saw an incident from her childhood when she saw a tiny flower growing almost impossibly out of a crack in the sidewalk. She bent down and cupped the flower and gave it her full unconditional love and undivided attention. During her life review, she discovered that it was this incident with the flower, which she had long ago forgotten about, was the most important event of her entire life. The reason was because it was the moment in her life where she expressed unconditional love in the greatest manner.

So the big lesson that people receive during their near-death experience is the supremacy of expressing unconditional love. Even the apparent insignificant acts of love which we perform has the power to alter the entire course of history and change the world for the good. Unconditional acts of love are the greatest things we can do in life - even if it is directed at a tiny flower.

So love is the answer to the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Any other answer pals in comparison to the supremacy of love. When we have our life review after death, it will be our acts of unconditional love which will considered the greatest. It is how we are measured on the Other Side because love is the Almighty Universal Power connecting us all. Near-death experiences reveal that there is no other God but this love that is unconditional and pure. It is as simple and as profound as that.

While we must go about our daily routine -- clipping our toe nails and scrubbing our toilets -- it is how much we love others that matters. Everyone's mission has to do with love. We are all here to experience and learn the many aspects of love in a world where there is very little of it compared to the Other Side. I suppose that even the absence of love makes the heart grow fonder and gives us an education about love that we cannot learn anywhere else. One thing is clear to me: Love is too immense and profound to be fully understood in this world. But John Lennon was correct all along. All we need is love.

Peace and Light,
Kevin Williams

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The author takes you on an out-of-body journey into the worlds of the galactic heavens -- the worlds beyond death. Traveling the road of terminal illness, you'll follow the footsteps of a soul preparing for death, learn from those who have already crossed over, and witness the after-death experience of a soul as she leaves this world. Opening the door to the ancestors, you will meet those who have gone before, hear their stories, be amazed at their watchful care over the current generation, and see how they live in the world beyond.

In 1968, Russell had a NDE which changed his life. His life's purpose and potential were explained to him and he was told he would soon meet the woman who was to be his wife. Two weeks later he met Jane, his wife to be, and one month later, they were married. Over three decades later, they remain happily married. Since his NDE, Russell has researched the farther reaches of human potential and documented the truths he has discovered in his exploration of other realms. Russell has been told that now is the time to begin releasing what he learned. The Key to Self-Discovery, the first book in a series, presents a system of self-discovery and self-development created by Russell called "The Holistic Way." This book and system is the first realization of his research and life's purpose.

F. W. H. Myers (1843-1901) was a classics scholar turned scientist by his interest in psychic phenomena and mediumship. An after-death communication from his first wife confirmed Myers' belief in the survival of human consciousness. In 1882, he co-founded the Society for Psychical Research and was a major contributor to its success for the next twenty years. Myers wrote "Human Personality," the culmination of his research, at a time when scientific pioneering was proceeding toward materialism -- when simply expressing the belief that man possesses a soul was a very daring act. Risking even more, Myers declared the soul able to survive the death of the body. The object of his work was, in his mind, "to do what can be done to break down that artificial wall between science and superstition."

This book is the fruit of a lifetime of thought attempting to synthesize material from a number of diverse domains, including cosmology, theoretical biology, quantum physics, developmental psychoanalysis, attachment theory, anthropology, history, mysticism and theology, into a coherent, self-consistent, non-reductionistic whole. It takes the reader on an intellectual and spiritual journey through the whole of creation and dares to venture where language cannot go, into the "mind of God" prior to the creation, through to the "mind of the saint" who transcends the culturally conditioned ego, escapes history, and merges with the divine mind.

A celestial collection of inspirations, encounters and heavenly lore for which people have said: "Jacky Newcomb has compiled probably the most fascinating book on angels yet made available to the public." "Jacky's book is inspirational, as well as a fascinating source of information and wisdom." "This is a book I will keep on my shelf forever and refer to over and over. It really is the ultimate book on angels."

In counterpoint to "The Case against Assisted Suicide" by Foley and Hendin, medical ethicists Quill and Battin introduce 21 classic and new arguments for the US legalization of physician-assisted dying. They argue that pitting "Death with Dignity" laws against palliative care is a false framing of the debate. Scholars, legal experts, and advocates examine ethical issues, end-of-life options, the views of patients and people with disabilities, and the Dutch and Oregon experiences.

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