Are you suffering from the death of a loved one? Has this loss taken all the meaning out of your life? Does the Universe seem profoundly unfair to you? Are you seriously ill and afraid of dying and losing your loved ones? Or is someone close to you in this situation and you’re afraid they’ll […]
NDEs: a message of joy and peace. Read More »
Penny Sartory and Kelly Walsh interviewed many people who had experienced an NDE about the changes it had brought to their lives. The short answer is: it changes everything! On the general conception of life, the meaning given to it, as well as on their most concrete daily lives. NDErs return transformed. After integrating their
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I’m a palliative care physician,” explains Christopher Kerr, “and all my patients are dying. Yet there is a strong light in this darkness of death. Indeed, many patients have end-of-life experiences: dreams or visions. They help them stay or reconnect with the love they have given and received, and with the relationships they cherished. End-of-life
End-of-life experiences: hope and meaning for those leaving. And for those who stay. Read More »
For 12 years, Dr Patrick Theillier was in charge of the Lourdes Medical Examinations Office. In his book “Lourdes, Terre de guérisons”, he testifies that healings do indeed take place at Lourdes, and in large numbers. The international medical committee responsible for examining healings reported by pilgrims has recognized that over 7,200 cases in total
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Are we judged after life? Will we be punished if the balance of our actions is not right? NDE testimonies are unanimous in answering “no, in no way”. We accept it quite easily for “ordinary” people. But it’s harder to believe when we think of those we consider to be “real” villains. Those who have
There is no judgment after our lives. Even for the ugly and the mean. Read More »
Mary C. Neal is a surgeon. She had an NDE while her body was drowning in a kayaking accident in Chile. She detailed her experience in her first book, To Heaven and Back. In her second book, 7 Lessons from Heaven, she explores the implications of NDEs for our daily lives. Here’s a selection. Mary
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In her book Spontaneous contacts with the deceased, Swiss psychiatrist Evelyn Elsaesser shares hundreds of accounts of after-dath communications, or ADC. For me, this is further proof that death is not the end of life, but the passage into another state. Here are a few extracts from his book. What is an ADC? An ADC
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Nancy Rynes had a particularly rich Near-Death Experience. She had many exchanges on the meaning of life – the present and the next – with the spiritual being who accompanied her throughout her NDE. Here are some extracts from his book Awakenings from the Light. Love is the very structure of the universe. I didn’t
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Finding inner Joy is not a matter of a few hours a week. This must be your deepest desire, and it must fill your whole life. So said Brother Anandamoy in 1996, a monk from the Self-Realization Fellowship, the community created by Paramahansa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi). Here are some extracts from
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Centuries ago, the Indian sage Patanjali wrote the “yoga sutras”. This book describes the purpose of yoga: to find inner joy through union with the divine. It also explains how to achieve it. In many ways, these teachings echo the lessons we can learn from Near-Death Experiences. There are countless commentaries on this fundamental work.
There’s only one joy, and that’s THE joy. It’s in all of us. Read More »
