Posted on 08/18/2024 12:03:17 AM PDT by Lazamataz
I've been a fan of watching YouTube accounts of Near Death Experiences lately. There are certain common elements:
Various neuroscientists have stated that simple biological processes of death produce these effects. Maybe the tunnel and the light can be explained by this, but the rest? No way. I cannot think that mere biological processes could manifest such a detailed series of accounts. Nor is there any evolutionary benefit to these processes, obviously... you are dead, right? Evolution is highly unlikely to be a factor here.
So this, to me, seems like quasi-scientific proof of a God. Now, religions have added all sorts of nonsense around these concepts, since almost to a person, the subject of an NDE describes a God that is utterly nonjudgemental and loving. So, take the 10 Commandments: Seems like the 10 Commandments were written to make OUR lives better, and it is not some cosmic scorecard that God is judging us on.
One person I know personally that had an NDE, would not talk a lot about it, but the one thing he did relate is that 'all the nonsense religion spouts? The beings on the other side, they don't care. Just be loving.'
And that aligns with what Jesus said: To love God with all your heart, and to love your fellow man.
I want to hear about the other lives. I’ve seen a few of mine.
I'm not one who believes in out of the body experiences people claim. Though I do recognize the workings of the mind during illness and or under medication...let alone anesthetic.
My mom thought she was a hobbo - took all her things out of her beside stand, wrapped them up in a hankerchef and was going to catch a train.....another time she asked if there was fire truck or ambulance as she saw lights flashing.
The mind can produce seemingly reality which isn't really.
2 Corinthians 5:21
New King James Version
21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%205%3A21&version=NKJV
I think an interesting take would to be not the good things GOD has seen us do but what we are called to answer for. What do we not recognize, that we ignored. Do I be critical enough to see my transgressions. Is he concerned that I didn’t see those things and correct them. As I get older and lose friends. I wonder if they had these thoughts. A deep dive into my life leaves me feeling that I hope GOD has a wide loop in his rope, because I ain’t been the best. Be safe.
Not too long ago I woke up unable to breath.....it was a frighting ordeal as I deep breathed fighting for evn a little air....and hearing myself struggle was also frightening....made it to the phone 911. They knew I was in trouble just by the sound.
But I recall then, as i felt like I was going to black out, saying to the Lord in my mind...Is this how I’m going to go Lord?
What is was was my vocal cords were vibrating cutting off my air supply. It’s that happens and they do’t know the cause. But all who have been thru it say how frightning it is.....seems like they’re dying.
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I was provided proof of life after death at the tender age of 5.
My great grandfather was an incredible man and a very doting elder. When I started kindergarten, he went into the hospital. My three older brothers were able to see him but the staff said I was too young. Even my baby sister was able to go into the room in my mother’s arms.
My father had the unfortunate task of taking me away from the room. I remember reaching out to my great-grandfather and he reaching out to me, both of us calling for each other. I was so angry at my father at that time. I understand now he was only being a man, doing the tough thing like men do, when he picked me up and hauled me away.
A few days later, he passed away.
I broke down at the wake and was not allowed to attend the funeral.
About a month passed and my great-grandfather’s headstone arrived. My grandparents took me to his gravesite at Roslyn Cemetery in New York. I talked to him, sitting beside his grave. My grandparents planted flowers.
I spent the day with my grandparents and slept over that night. During the early morning hours, I woke up because there was a very bright light streaming into the room. I went into my grandfather’s room and looked out the window. The backyard was dark and empty but when I went back into the room, it was still lit with this beautiful white light.
I woke my grandmother. She also went into my grandfather’s room, thinking someone was playing a trick.
“Is the light still there?’ she asked from the other room.
“Yes,” I replied.
She came back to the bedroom and and stated sincerely,”Do you know who this is? It’s papa, coming to say goodbye.”
The light got a bit brighter with her words. It was warm and soft and it washed over me, then faded away.
I knew it was my papa.
In the years that followed, I began to wonder if it was a dream, my fanciful imagination, a coping mechanism for a grieving child.
Neither she nor I spoke of it again until almost 30 years later, when I had moved to Texas and had my first child. She mentioned it in passing on the phone and remembered it exactly as I did.
I know, without question, that we have a soul, that God exists, that we live beyond this world, that there is a Heaven, and Christ, through his sacrifice, gave me the ability to live forever.
This Earth is just a pit-stop on the way to eternity. God’s charge is to do good to others, for others, and to live honorably even when others are dishonorable around you.
That, my friend, is one of the reasons I am not afraid of dying.
This knowledge has been an amazing blessing my entire life.
Some people live their lives without ever really knowing their purpose in the world. I am not one of them.
How would someone who had an NDE know that God is non-judgmental or not? They seem like brief experiences, and not everything is explained.
I’ve survived prostate cancer, electrocution, heart attack, and a car wreck. Why? GOD, only knows but it is a fact. I damn near drowned once. Yet I’m still kicking. GOD has his schedule and I’m on mine. I get up and look at the weather and curse or enjoy it, the dogs, cats, and horse do their thing and my wife ask what’s up. GOD loves me, I know this because I’m still here. What scares me is why he’s keeping me around. I owe a debt and it will be difficult to pay. It’s mine. In my day a debt owed is a debt paid. It is what it is. Be safe.
Amazing. There is something to this.
That debt is paid by gratitude that He paid it - in full.
There is now therefore no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus - Romans 8:1
I believe that’s true. The people that do not know they are blessed aren’t looking.
When someone is telling the truth, there is no reason to argue with them.
I offer you this bit of theological wisdom.
God loves me. Not because I am good, but because God is good.
You see. Be blessed stay safe. Regards 🙂
We care. Some of us just don’t say anything.
Satan appears as an Angel of light.
I believe we’re told this for the very reason of these kinds of events and with modern medical procedures pulling people back from what had in times past been a certain outcome.
The generic ‘everything is love’ message always starts out not dissimilar but often with additional time the encounter becomes agitated and more abrasive.
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.” 1 John 4:1-3
For his last heart attack nine years later he had a DNR instruction because he was ready to go there. My Mother was able to tell him that my brother's daughter had just been born and my wife and I had just visited the day before with our nine month old daughter.
There are also people who go to Hell in NDE. Look those up if you want to see some interesting experiences
Amen!
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