Sandra Rogers' Suicide Near-Death
Experience
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On April 30,
1976, following an unsuccessful suicide
attempt by drug overdose the previous
night, Sandra Rogers placed a .38 caliber
pistol to her chest, aimed it at her
heart and pulled the trigger. At her
darkest hour, Sandra committed suicide.
She expected to die. Instead, she found
herself in the presence of a brilliant
light. Instead of the nothingness she
sought by committing suicide, Sandra
was given an amazing look at life beyond
death, and the infinite wisdom of the
Other Side. The Light gave her the choice
of remaining in the Light with the provision
that she reincarnate and experience
once again all that brought her to suicide;
or she could return to life and live
out the rest of her life. She chose
to return to life. What she learned
on the Other Side profoundly changed
her. On April 28, 2000, Sandra Rogers
finally made the transition back to
the Light due to complications resulting
from her suicide attempt in 1976. The
following article is an excerpt from
her excellent book,
Lessons from
the Light,
reprinted by permission, describing
her near-death experience and some of
the insights she learned while in the
light.
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1.
Sandra Rogers' Near-Death Experience |
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"Before
the ambulance arrived I had what is now commonly
called a near death experience.
"I came into
the presence of a brilliant, wonderfully warm
and loving Light. While I was in the presence
of this Light I was shown a review of my life
and all the events that brought me to that point.
"I was fascinated
as I watched my life unfold, that I was aware
not only of my own emotions, but also the feelings
of those around me as well as those whose lives
we touched. I experienced their pain or pleasure
and understood what motivated their actions
toward others and me.
"As my life review
continued, I encountered again all of the pain
and hopelessness of my next several years; a
series of bad relationships, pregnancies, miscarriages,
broken marriages and suicide attempts. I saw
myself as a young woman of twenty-five, married
and divorced three times and hospitalized for
drug overdoses six times. I felt how I hated
my existence and could not understand how a
loving God could allow these things to happen.
"I was aware as I
relieved each of these terribly painful events
in my life that the light, which was with me
as I watched, felt all of my pain and sorrow
and never judged me, but instead understood
and loved me.
"The love I felt
from the light was overwhelming and I never
wanted to leave it. While I was in Its presence
I had unlimited knowledge about anything I wanted
to know. I was given the choice of remaining
with the light, provided I return later to the
physical world and experience all that brought
me to the point of shooting myself, or I could
return now and pick up my life where it was.
I was told that I would eventually have the
family and love I so desperately yearned for.
I was also told that I could only take back
the knowledge I needed to sustain myself, although
I would be given insights to help others and
me along the way as I continued my life journey...
"During my NDE I
followed my angel guide into the light. The
angel was absorbed by the light and so was I.
While in the light I learned that everything
in existence was created from the essence of
God, the light."
"Lessons
from the Light is my attempt to provide
some of the understanding gained through other's
and my near-death experiences, as well as insights
I have received along the way."
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2.
Insights from Sandra Rogers' Near-Death Experience
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a.
Sandra's Insights About God |
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God is Love, Light, and energy in all.
God is the source of perfect Love and
all; life. |
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All you do and think is known to God,
and God understands everything perfectly,
and loves everyone just the same. |
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God loves and forgives you, and expects
you to love and forgive others. |
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All the pain we feel or cause is felt
by God. |
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Our soul is a part of God and God is
a part of us; therefore, our souls
are immortal and eternal. |
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Just as the smallest atom of your physical
body is part of you, you are a part
of God. |
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We are all one with God, and to hurt
even the smallest part of God hurts
us all. |
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Everything is a part of God. |
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Light is the single source through which
all are united. |
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God is love, light, and the energy in
all. God is the source of perfect love
and all life. |
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God does not
punish, He only loves. He has given
us free will to grow in knowledge and
find happiness. Every thought or action
causes a reaction by which we must live
with the consequences. As an example,
if I choose evil over good I suffer
the natural consequences which I may
perceive as God punishing me.
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God sends truth through many channels
to those who ask. |
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God is in all places at all times. |
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Listen to that small inner voice in
your thoughts; it is the voice of God. |
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Sandra's Insights About Love |
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Love, being God, is too immense and
profound to ever be fully understood
or experienced in the physical world. |
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The only thing that lives forever is
Love. |
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God's paradise for us is Love. We can
create paradise again if we learn to
Love one another as ourselves. |
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Life is a road full of lessons teaching
Love. When Love is learned, you will
forever be home. |
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To have an abundance, do what you do
with Love, and Love what you do. |
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In the search for truth and understanding,
all paths lead to Love. |
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Where Love dwells, God is there. |
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God transforms the results of man's
sins into opportunities to learn Love. |
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When we work for God, we create Love. |
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Every action of Love has a reaction
of joy. |
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The greatest joy is to share Love. |
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Love at its best is Love motivated to
action. |
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Indifference is the opposite of Love. |
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Forgiveness is the capacity to give
Love in the most difficult circumstances. |
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Forgiveness shows God's Love in action.
It is as close as we get to God's nature
in this physical world. |
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Love in the physical world is a reflection
of Love throughout eternity. |
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c.
Sandra's Insights About Spirituality |
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d.
Sandra's Insights About Religion |
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There is one God who is worshipped through
many different teachings of many different
religious faiths. |
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God is in all of us. God is male and
female, all races, and the reason for
all religions. |
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Even those who
say they do not believe in God believe
in energy and/or a life force; therefore,
they do actually believe in God, they
just have not figured out the name for
"God" yet.
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The gods of one faith are the angels,
saints, or supernatural beings of other
faiths. |
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Angels only need to be asked to intervene
in your life. |
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God created differences in religion
because of the different lessons we
all need to learn. |
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There are only two true religions -
the religion of love and the religion
of fear. |
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A wrathful and threatening god is a
god of man's creation. |
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The universe is God's cathedral. |
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The problem
with institutionalizing God's church
through religions is that each religion
tries to limit that which is limitless.
God created differences because there
are different ways to serve God, and
different lessons we all need to learn.
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The more spiritually evolved one is,
the more one sees truth in different
religions; one less spiritually evolved
sees only differences. |
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To be fixed in beliefs is to try to
make the infinite finite. |
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The belief that we are limited is an
illusion. We are limited only by our
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Cries, wishes, hopes, desires, and thoughts
are all forms of prayer. |
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Prayer is talking to God. Meditation
is listening to God. |
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I. Sandra's Own
Experience With Religion
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"During my
youth I grew up believing that God is
unfair. I was taught that when Jesus
said, 'I am the way, the truth and the
life. No one comes to the Father, but
by me,' this meant that only those who
publicly profess their faith in Christ
go to heaven. I felt if this were true,
God is unjust because not everyone wants,
or has the opportunity to be exposed
to, Christian teachings. I asked the
light, which I call Christ, how people
from other religions get to heaven.
I was shown that the group, or organization,
we profess alliance to is inconsequential.
What is important is how we show our
love for God by the way we treat each
other. This is because when we pass
to the spiritual realm we will all be
met by him, which substantiates the
passage, 'No one comes to the Father,
but by me.'
"The light
showed me that what is important is
that we love God and each other, and
that it isn't what a person says, but
the love in their being that is examined
in the afterlife. In reviewing and reliving
your life, your acts and thoughts of
love bring you and God great joy, and
your acts and thoughts of indifference,
selfishness, and anger bring you and
God deep remorse. We are all part of
God's family, and are all interconnected. Those
organizations, or religions, which claim
some singular relationship with God,
claim superiority over others, or exclude
people for various reasons, go against
God's law that we love one another as
we love ourselves."
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Sandra's Insights About Evil and Sin |
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f.
Sandra's Insights About the Physical World |
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g.
Sandra's Insights About Death and the Afterlife |
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