People whose minds revolve within the customary cocoon of habitual thoughts remain unaware of the vastness of life and the immensity of consciousness. It is then inevitable that they are caught in the net of self-centered neurology, be it in the name of religion, politics or just plain down-to-earth desires. Those involvements are not entirely out of place; however, the poison sets in when they usurp all the hours of one’s waking consciousness. It is possible to have those involvements and yet move towards organizing one’s life based on the messages from the ‘Other Side’. This is because those messages can take us far beyond the little cocoon of thoughts within which most people spend most of their lives. Take for example the case of Dannion Brinkley [Ref. 1]. He had a NDE after lightning struck a power-line and hit him through the telephone. Fourteen years later, he had a second NDE due to heart attack. He says that as a result of those experiences, he has come to the following conclusions.
“Who we really are” does not die! We not only do not die, but there is a systematic process by which we leave this world. NDEs and the process of dying are not what religious fundamentalists or authoritarian institutions say they are. The system of leaving this world is built on Love. And once we have experienced that Love, our lives are changed forever.
Dannion also says that he was very self-centered and not nice to people before his first NDE. During the life review of that NDE, he felt all the pain, anguish and frustration that he caused to others. The message had made significant impact on him to the effect that he changed his ways in the years that followed and made people feel good in his presence. As a result, in the review of his second NDE, he got a chance to meet everyone he had ever helped and to feel all the joy, love and kindness he shared with them. This shows that we have a chance to correct ourselves and get an “A+” before we graduate to the other side!
Paying attention to the messages from yonder helps us understand the true purpose of life. We sense the fact that we have been There long before we came Here and that we will continue long after we leave our mortal coils. We would begin to understand that, as Dannion says, we are not poor, pitiful, stupid human beings but we are all great, awesome and mighty spiritual beings! It is good to know the long journey that we are on and enjoy every bit of it knowing that it is Divinely designed and that it is taking us sedulously back to the Source.
The above mental disposition would make us feel abundantly for those who are about to leave this world. We perceive our exalted responsibility of sitting and listening to them with our understanding of the messages from NDEs and Final Visions. They may have guilty feelings, anxiety about the ending of life and similar disquieting thoughts. We can provide the psychological balm by talking sensibly to them – even make them laugh by dwelling on their fun times, or anything for that matter. If they are eager to understand the afterlife, we may share with them our sincere feelings and perceptions along those lines. Their ending would certainly be so much the better.
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Ref. 1. Eliot J. Rosen. Ed. Experiencing The Soul. Motilal Banarasidass, New Delhi, 2006.