Transformation Through Dying – the Aftermath of Near-Death Experiences

Waking Times: A near-death experience is when a person appears to be clinically “dead” for a short period — when the heart stops beating, the brain registers no sign of activity and other vital signs indicate death — and yet they report a continuation of consciousness. This may happen following a cardiac arrest, for example. For a few seconds or minutes, a person may show no biological signs of life, and yet when they are resuscitated, report that a series of unusual experiences.

Typically, near-death experiences begin with a feeling of separation from the body (or out-of-body experience), sometimes with a humming or whistling sound. Then there is usually a journey through a dark passage or tunnel towards a place of light. There is a feeling of serenity and intense well-being, a sense of calmness and wholeness, which is often so pleasant that some people are reluctant to return to their bodies, and even feel disappointed when they regain consciousness. Often people meet deceased relatives or beings of light. In a smaller proportion of cases, there is a “life review,” in which the significant events of a person’s life are replayed....read more>>>>...

Mine began with a small strobe light beam of light coming down from the ceiling above my head. I was in intense pain, and barely conscious. The light grew bigger until it encompassed me. Suddenly I was out of pain; and it was light something changed the frequency of my awareness; as I was in a completely different place in an instance. All thoughts of this earth frequency was forgotten. I would not have returned if someone had not been so insistent on bringing me back to the earth plane with emergency medical procedures.