Chapter Three
THE STRANGERS
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He was told God sends us people to help us get to heaven. ―46e/Almost Heaven |
In more than half of the reports in the sample a stranger accompanies the n-d-experiencer. Many of them say they feel some connection to the stranger, or believe the stranger knows them well, even though the stranger is a stranger.
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Suddenly I found myself in darkness where something or someone was drawing me to them, and the closer I got the more comfortable I felt. 7a/4003 Through all of this I felt someone next to me. I think it was a woman because it had woman's voice, but she did not speak with her mouth. This woman (?) showed me things. I do not remember all. She said to me, "This is what it will be like when you come here." ... I felt her next to me at all times. She was so calm. 13a/4015When the person reached me we spoke through thought. He told me that it was not my time to enter into my heavenly home, that I had a mission to fulfill, and my life was going to be very hard. 18a/4009 At this point an unknown, but very clear voice, said to me: "No, you're not going to die, it's really not your time yet (with the implication 'you'll live to be very old'), and you're going to get out of this." THE ONLY QUESTION IS: Who is this voice which protects me, is it ANOTHER (unconscious) me? The spirit of a living person close to me? Or of a deceased loved one? GOD in person? 22a/3992 Suddenly I was flying, slowly following an angel who was only partly visible down my stairs. It felt very real. I felt wonderful and calm, and I wanted to keep following her for a long time. ... But then I realized that I wanted to be with my mom, and that I missed her. I wanted to go back to my normal life. Then, it felt like the angel was pulling me towards her, but at the same time I was being sucked backwards. She released me, and I flew through my house back into my room. 30a/3986I recall clear as if it had happened yesterday sitting up out of my body and looking at a man who was sitting on the chair close to where my body was. I recall laughing as if I was incredibly happy to see him. I felt like I had known him my entire life. He was sitting down, he had blondish brown hair and was wearing a white shirt with blue jeans. He had his face covered so I couldn't see it, and he was shaking his head from side to side as if he was disappointed in me. The next thing I remember was opening my eyes to see the paramedics and my mom standing over me. 31a/3985Then I heard a voice directly in my mind. I clearly perceived that it came to me from above-left side. This being I did not perceive as being "more" than myself. It was more like a "similar" to myself. A telepathic dialogue took place in which certain questions were asked and I was compelled to answer truthfully. At the end, I made a decision, and at that point the "void" stopped and, with difficulty, I made it back to the shore. 36a/3982Finally, the end of the tunnel is here, and I am enveloped in that same light, that without a word spoken, directed me here. Within a few seconds, a lady appeared, to tell me, that I had a choice, and that I was young. Looking at her was my new agenda, Who is she? I don't recognize her, but she seems to know me. I continue to do a checklist of her characteristics. She has shoulder length, strawberry reddish hair, and very pale skin. Her eyes were a stunning blue. At this point, it did not matter where I knew her from, or who she is. I had a choice to make, and she made me feel that time was of the essence. I wanted to stay, but had remembered her saying that I was young. What did that mean? Does that really have anything to do with my choice? She was about 50 years old, and looked extremely happy! What a decision to make. This is the best vacation ever! I needed more time, but she gave an insistent order to make my choice and said whatever I choose will be fine. At that time, I turned around, back to the direction I had so calmly came from, and was immediately pulled back through the dark tunnel. 39a/3897I got closer to the light, to the point where the darkness disappeared and I was preparing to join the light. It felt wonderful. Then a loving, caring voice said quite clearly, without words, "It's not your time. You must go back." It all disappeared, and at some point after that I regained consciousness. 41a/3292Suddenly, I saw this beautiful white light slowly coming towards me. A man who had a kind gentle face dressed in a white cloth was before me. He stood to the right side of this ever growing light. While I began to move in his direction, he was so welcoming and only spoke to me it seemed through his eyes. He asked me if I wanted to enter the light. I was overjoyed that he had come for me and loved me so much. I can't really describe the joy or calm I felt. I wanted to go with him so badly. It felt like home. Somehow it was decided for me not to go with him and I returned to my body. 43a/3968I had been aware of the tunnel of light with me for a while, but did not seem compelled to approach it. I was allowed to make the decision whether or not to return. 44a/3966I saw a figure of light come towards me out
of the light. This figure was very tall. I am guessing it was about 8 feet tall
or so. I am saying "it" because I could not tell if it was male or female. The
"being" spoke to me although the words were not heard with my ears. It was as if
someone was speaking in my head, although it was not my voice I heard.
Everything was so crystal clear and seemed to make perfect sense although
logically it was impossible. The figure told me "You must go back, we are not
ready for you yet." I remember feeling like I did not want to leave. I kept
saying "Why?" "I don't want to go." But I was already leaving.
[Did you meet or see any other beings?]
I could not tell if the figure was a male or a
female because it did not have a gender. I also could not tell by the voice
which seems to sound strange but it just did not seem as if gender were present.
47a/3961
I started to feel scared and it was
then that I saw a glow of light and a hand reach out to me. I grabbed the hand
and was pulled to the other side where I was greeted with the most handsome
spirit who guided me through this experience.
... and somehow
something or someone told me that I must go back.
A lady softly spoke that "it's okay,
everyone goes through this," but that did not calm me down.
50a/3957
When I got to the end the light turned
orange, and there was a very tall man dressed in tan work outfit (shirt & pants). I
looked past him and I could see yellow flowers and a large mountain and a blue
sky. His face was the color of light sand and his hair was golden tan. He had
the kindest look in his eyes. I could hear the silence and see the trees and I
wanted to run in, but he stopped me. He tilted me backwards and sent me back
through the tunnel with a gentle push, at which time I heard the doctor say "we
got her. "
Some power was also traveling along with me, beside, I
felt. I don't know whom it was.
A being of white light
appeared to me and took my hand and took me to a door that opened on its own.
There was an oval shape of a
cloud-like image surrounded in light that became larger and larger in size. I
heard a voice saying; "Tina, it is not your time yet, so don't worry or panic."
The voice repeated this statement two or three times and then told me to relax,
calm my body and concentrate on opening my eyes. I then remember thinking
(knowing) that it was my angel speaking and comforting me. I felt an extreme
sense of peace and stillness.
I hear a voice saying "look up."
At one point I became aware of a light that
was with me that I'll refer to as a presence. The presence was communicating
with me, and assuring me I was safe, and led me through a beautiful field with
flowers and trees and a creek. The presence was telling me I would no longer
have any worries or troubles, and was so calming. We got to a white bridge and I
was ready to go over when the presence said it was okay to go over but told me I
had three small children on this side, so I remained on this side.
Air brushed behind my neck as though
someone was behind me. Then all of a sudden I heard a voice coming toward me. A
man's voice which was in a different language. It was more of a whisper that
turned into English, telling me "It's almost time."
There was someone on my right holding my arm taking me. I could tell that
this person KNEW where we were going and it was their mission to bring me. I was
screaming no, no, no. I did not want to go. I could see objects going by me on
each side. I don't know what they were because we were flying so fast. It felt
like we were going down that dark hallway for a long time. I remember just
thinking "No. Where am I?" Where are we going? Then we stopped in front of a
door on the left. I don't know what color the door was, all I knew was it was a
door and I was not going through it! I kept saying NO! The next thing I remember
was my husband telling me I had a seizure.
I was aware of a presence that was at once familiar
and loving and kind and all powerful and so very immense that there will never
be any words appropriate to describe this thing. My first thought was, "It knows
my name!" I was in awe that this amazing force knew me! It was exciting and
exhilarating that something so immense and important took the effort to know
little me. I asked was very
impertinent. "Why is there so much pain down there?" (meaning on earth). The
answer was laughter. I knew that this presence was all powerful and knew
everything and that everything would always be alright no matter what happened
ever. I became aware that the presence was prompting me into a dialogue. I
remember bits and pieces of a "conversation" without words. I remember asking
questions and receiving answers. The first question I asked was very
impertinent. "Why is there so much pain down there?" (meaning on earth). So much
joyful laughter like a mother laughing at the amazing questions only a small
child can ask. The laughter was followed with something like: "Don't you know I
have the power to take away all the pain? I can rewind the universe and start
all over again with one simple wish. The pain is left behind on earth. It does
not travel with us, but the lessons we learn from it are eternal." Suddenly I was
given a choice. I could go back to earth and back to the human body
that I was living in or I could stay in these realms. I wanted to stay forever
and stated just that. I was shown once more the scene of the accident and I saw
my friend with blood pouring out of her nose and she was struggling to breathe
and the blood was making bubbles out of her nose as the air was forcing it's way
through. For the very first time of this event I experienced anxiety. I felt as
if I had to help her. I was shown once more the scene of the accident and I
saw my friend with blood pouring out of her nose and she was struggling to
breathe and the blood was making bubbles out of her nose as the air was forcing
it's way through. For the very first time of this event I experienced anxiety. I
felt as if I had to help her. The next thing I knew I was back in my body and my
body was saying, "Oh God. Oh God. Oh God" uncontrollably. That was the last
thing I remember before coming to in the hospital.
I then was in this beautiful glowing
place, white glowing background like clouds but illuminating bright clouds, and
a man in front of me. A man in a white dressy shirt and white dressy pants, his
hair so smooth black and short, beautifully comb to the back (very good looking
man). I was begging him to let me stay, but he insisted in telling me I have to
go back. I insisted in not coming back, I wanted to stay in this beautiful
place. ... Again he insisted in telling me that I have to come back.
And in the distance I saw a glowing point
light up. While I was watching it became bigger, like the sun rising and it came
through the closed window into the room and embraced me completely.
Until this very day I remember the meeting
with the incredibly kind figure who wore a long cloak or mantle. I think it was
a male figure, maybe an angel, but without visible wings. I clearly remember the
question he asked me: If I was ready to cross over. I knew somehow that there
wasn’t any return if I did that. I almost felt embarrassed and ungrateful to the
friendly figure when I said: “Mom and dad need me, besides we will go back to
Sweden in a few days.” I don’t remember if I said that in words or by telepathy.
Immediately after that I woke up.
It felt like a long time before I was spoken to. It was not verbally, nor did I
see anyone/anything else around me. I was being spoken from within my own
heart. It is hard to describe without sounding like I am making a conversation
with myself, but that's what it was. It was like my inner conscience was talking
to me. It asked, "Are you ready to come home?" [Did you meet or see any other beings?]
I was talked to from within. After it happened, and when I learned religion, I
thought it to be of God. I personally feel
it to be more of an inner conscience 'talking' to me. But I never saw
anyone/thing else.
... one of the others close to me said "No its too soon for
you."
I was given a choice as I was
traveling down this tunnel to live or
carry on through the tunnel. I was going
through a negotiation as to what would
happen if I died and how badly it would
affect my mother, husband, etc.
[Did you meet or see any other beings?]
Yes, like alien
beings but didn't see them. Definitely felt like aliens, two only,
but taking me to a higher place. They may have been angels, but I
always said felt more like aliens.
The most incredible of all was this woman came to me and
held my hand and stayed with me the entire time until the paramedics started to
treat me. I felt something or someone was there, it seemed I was given a choice to stay or go back. 89a/3905 A light appeared and there was someone, an entity, in two dimensions, without human features. I noticed other presences, as if they were accompanying me, but there was no one I knew. [Did you meet or see any other beings?] I saw a presence but did not know it, then I felt other presences but did not see them. I felt that they were behind the first being, and they told me I had to go back, as I still had things to do, that my moment had still not come. 95a/3896
Then a moment came when I was brought up short by a "wall"
of dense light, which gave off an unbelievable goodness, an indescribable
love. And I heard a voice filled with tenderness say to me, "It's not time, you must
go back, it's much too soon." [Did you meet or see any other beings?]
Yes, precisely this light, which was living.
97a/3891 There was someone close by, I can’t
say who it was. And I was fascinated by the “sun” that I saw shining overhead. It drew me towards it, it was irresistible. I wanted to go to the “sun” but
someone telepathically told me I couldn’t. 200 more . . . |
In a few reports they spoke of being guided, in others they referred to their unknown escort as a guide.
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The "person" at my side guided me in the other direction. 25a/3991 My guide spoke to me through my mind. 37a/3977I was greeted with the most handsome spirit who guided me through this experience. 48a/3959 There were various people milling about in grey hooded robes. One of them came up to me and introduced himself as my guide. 42b/922 A spirit guide told me to breathe deeply. 64b/3206 I believed that I was going to be there forever. I thought, "I'm dead, this is where I will be now." But I felt myself pulled back. No one was more surprised at this than my guide. I believe that she didn't know that I was going back. 11d/April 4, 2002 I felt a presence of my former guide meeting another entity in front of the beings of lights choir stand. They seemed to be having a disagreement about something; I had hoped that it was not about my being here. I couldn't tell exactly what the problem was but I sensed there was a very serious one. I had the sense that I was being brought back to life back on the earthly plane, and that this entity talking to my guide was not happy about this turn of events. I was indeed being brought back to life on the earthly plane, and I was to leave this wonderful place. I felt that this entity was not happy at all with the doctors who were saving my life, and neither was I. I wanted to stay, but I knew I would be going back. And back I went. 59d/Nov. 11, 2003 I asked him who he was and he told me that he was my guide. ... I asked him, "Am I dead?" Speaking to my mind he said, "You never die." I didn't understand and I asked him, "What do you mean I never die?" He said, "You never die," and soon I would understand everything. 42e/Guided |
The Strangers in Physical Life?
Apparently the strangers intervene in this life too.|
Accounts of experiencing a
supportive presence in extreme situations—sometimes called the "third-man
phenomenon"—are common in mountaineering literature. In 1933, Frank Smythe
made it to within a 1,000 feet of the summit of Mount Everest before
turning around. On the way down, he stopped to eat a mint cake, cutting it
in half to share with . . . someone who wasn't there but who had seemed to
be his partner all day. On Nanga Parbat, on a 1970 climb during which his
brother died, Reinhold Messner recalled being accompanied by a companion
who offered wordless comfort and encouragement. |
Similar events were described in some of the nde reports.
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On my way to work at 3:30am on Oct. 16, 2006. I fell Asleep on Highway 59. I remember to be the only car on the road. I do remember thinking about an experience I had around a month before that night when I was driving, I dosed off for a moment and when I opened my eyes, I seen a dark black puff of smoke hit my windshield and vanished. After thinking of that, I was almost half way to work. Then the next thing I remember was that I was moving in slow motion across an open field of green grass. And it was a sunny day. Bright and sunny day. (Remember I was on my way to work at 3:30 am in the morning. It was pitch dark and no grass.) And as I was driving through the field, all the tree was right in front of me. So I swerved to miss it. Then I was just there watching myself, bent over holding my stomach, asking for help softly. Then from there I was in a man's house, blood all over me, sitting on his chair, saying only, "Help, I hurt." Then from there, all I remember was being in the hospital. I was told after finally waking up after two days that no one knows how I was still alive. That I rolled my vehicle seven times going 60 mph. The car was totaled And then they told me that I walked a quarter of a mile up the highway to a man's house to get help. But no one knows how since I fractured my spine, broke three ribs, busted open my head and punctured my right lung. Everyone said there was no way I could have walked that far in my condition or even survived the whole accident. 61a/3944 I came onto the bridge, lost control of my car, thought I would die, saw my life pass in front of me. And at that same moment, something intervened to redirect my car and I glided safely to the other side. The next day, I took a walk near the bridge to study the icy effects and discover details. The bridge was closed. Someone else had gone over it after me, lost control and did not survive. 69a/3933 I felt something (what I know now was an angel) wrap around my arms and legs. I started being pulled back into my body when I was overwhelmed with the feeling of peace and calm. I knew that I was in an accident, that I was being protected, and that I would survive. 85a/3909 It was snowing big flakes around 8 at night. We were under way to tow two barges to Toronto. As we pulled up to the barges I jumped off to connect the batteries to the running lights and I heard a yell back at the tug. The engineer was looking down and that's when I saw Rick coming up to the surface. As the decks were slippery with snow as soon as I grabbed him I was in danger of being pulled in. So the first mate grabbed a hold of my legs. The tug was getting closer, and as Rick's head was going to get it, I couldn't let him go. I squared my shoulders and thought that maybe I'd just break a shoulder. Well the tug just kept on coming and I knew it had to stop soon, but by then I realized I couldn't get out if I tried. At first I thought my ribs were going to cave in, and then I said goodbye to my family and I thought my head was going to pop off. Then a friend from back home in Glen was right beside me. Bruce and he said, "It's okay relax, you’re welcome." He was guiding me towards the most brilliant light and a roaring tunnel. In my mind I asked what was happening? A voice came. A male voice just kind of matter-of-factly said, "You are drowning." Instantly, I saw my mother and my two little sisters Mary-Lou and Lorna crying at the kitchen table like I never want to see anybody like that again. I yelled out, "No!" And not knowing where I was I just started kicking. I don't know how but when I hit the surface of the water and took my first breath, I still didn't know where I was. As it was still snowing all was dark. I must have been facing south towards Lake Huron east towards Bush, north twenty miles up South Bay mouth, west, and I could make out a bit of light and I dog paddled toward the light. Getting near the stern of a tugboat, I read the name Flo Cooper. I swam up the side and could hear the engines. I realized I worked on it. Swimming around the bow I heard voices and the chief yelled out, "Mcrae," and my name came back. Rick was holding onto a ladder that was tied off to the barge but he couldn't get his feet up to the first rung. So I reached up to grab the ladder. First time I felt pain in my shoulders. Got hold of the ladder and with my head under Rick's butt end boosted him up to the barge. I climbed up after and just remember looking up into the snow coming down through the lights. The captain was giving me shit for going in the water, and we changed our gear and went back to work. As I was on shift till midnight the only thing I remember was how hard it was turn the big steering wheel. 92a/3892 I was doing around 70 - 80mph. I knew I was going to crash and that I was going to die. Even though I knew death was inevitable I remained remarkably calm, and time seemed to almost stop, as though everything was happening in slow motion. The next thing I knew I was in darkness watching a detailed review of my life up to that point in my life. It was like watching a huge cinema screen in 3D and it was incredibly detailed in that it literally covered every event in my life. I remembered events, people and places that I had long forgotten. It was as if I was effectively reliving my entire life although it was done at high speed. I sensed there were beings around me (although I did \not actually see them) and they made it clear that they were not judging any part of my life. I got the impression that this was my life, that I should observe it and then consider any aspects that I wished to discuss. Once I absorbed this information I was then informed that it was not my time and that I should return. I was loathe to do so as I had a feeling of such absolute calm, love and peace which is simply not possible to describe. The next thing I knew I was back in the car driving along as if nothing had happened and saying to myself that this was not possible. It seemed the passengers in the car were totally unaware of what had happened. It was as if any memory had been erased from their minds. 41b/3123 I was in an auto on an icy road. I went through frozen, unable to move. ... I was accompanied by a voice that repeated my own words and others in my past. I felt the car move under me and saw it from the sky, looking down. I saw and heard a strange vector of air and sound that wasn't from the event unfolding before my eyes, and right before I was put back in my auto with my friend who was riding in the passenger seat I was asked by a person whose image was blurred, "Do you want to return?" 43b/731 I looked again at my car traveling to the other side of the freeway. I puzzled why it was moving. Suddenly a man's voice in my right ear stated, "If you don't go back, someone will die." I remember not wanting that to happen. I woke up with my hands on the steering wheel and trying to gain control of the car and trying to turn it away from the oncoming traffic. I eventually came to a stop. 68b/3385 My car was on fire, and I couldn't get out of the door because my car was leaning sideways. A man who was about 5'4" and 140lbs came running to my side. He had a cleanly trimmed beard, a soft voice and strong hands. ... He lifted me out of the window as though I were a child and carried me away from the fire. He sat me down and said I would be alright now. Everything was going to be ok. He reminded me of my grandfather in a strange way. One I cannot describe. When the firemen and police arrived the man disappeared and I have never seen him since. There is no account of this man, no one saw him, and I don't even know if he was real. But to me he was very real. He pulled me from a burning wreckage, he saved my life. 69b/3837 I first fall in a kind of waterhole with my feet forward. Then I decide to take the path towards death, with the light at the end. I think of my life and my family. My son of five years old appears. He is an angel that smiles to me. How will he be doing without his father? I have to climb up. I cannot. But a hand grabs me. I don’t see a face. He helps me to turn my head upwards where life is and I climb up and get out. 85b/959 |
"I just knew it was Jesus."
Five percent of the sample said they met Jesus. One added, "It wasn't visual." Of course no one knows what Jesus looked like. Or sounded like. I offer this: those strangers they called "Jesus" were the same sort of stranger experiencers encounter. They just believed the stranger was Jesus. In the first excerpt below the stranger actually explained that he was an ancestor but the experiencer continued to refer to him as "Jesus." In no report in the sample did anyone identify himself as Jesus.|
I sensed/felt/saw people all around me and one of them walked up to me and said hello as if I knew him. Suddenly I did. I had met this man before, when I died when I was four. "Hello," I said, "Jesus?" I asked. He smiled. He explained that he was there as my father of my family tree, that I was his great x many grand daughter. He was not there as Jesus the Messiah, if that makes sense. There was a difference. Finally, Jesus told me that if I was going back I had to go now or I would be too damaged. I stepped backwards to re-enter 100%. 19a/4006 When I got to the light, there was Jesus. It wasn't visual but there was no disputing who it was. He took me by the hand. The profoundly incredible peace was beyond conception. We walked hand in hand. I also remember not wanting to come back. It was bliss. Jesus told me that only he got to chose, and it wasn't time for me. That's all I can recall before I came back into excruciating pain. 71a/3931 Amidst some commotion, through the back came Jesus Christ, and there was no mistake as to who he was; he looked like the artist's portraits, but not meek and mild, as often portrayed, he was healthy and robust. ... He said that there were many different religions on earth, as one faith would not take care of everyone's spiritual needs. ... I then asked Him if I could go back and tell everyone that He was real, and He said, "No, this is for others to come to know." 75a/3922 As I walked with a heavenly person, his countenance shone forth with such brightness. I can't even begin to describe it. I knew this heavenly being was Jesus because I recognized him as a familiar friend. He didn't announce who he was because this wasn't necessary. 41e/Communication A little further off from where I stood was a place where some people sat around a being. I immediately recognized them as the apostles, Elijah and David of the Old Testament. I was amazed to see them. It was like you knew everyone for a long time and just forget who they are. In the middle sat someone that seemed to emit such great light. It was so bright and powerful that you really couldn't look right at it. I just knew it was Jesus. 50e/Living Water I saw a hand reaching down to me. I could not see a face. I heard my mother say, "Grab the hand." I don’t know if I said it out loud or not but I knew it was the hand of Jesus. 58e/Hand I felt as if I was being embraced by Jesus. I cannot tell you what he looked like but I knew who I was with. 84e/Surrounded I then sensed a presence. I had the knowledge that this was Jesus, and he was assuring me that everything was fine. I felt total love from this presence. 7f/Rob |
"If this 'Being of Love' wasn't God then who or what was he?" Six percent of the sample spoke of an almighty god. In reply I offer the same idea as I did with "Jesus": "God" was the same sort of stranger
as all the above. They simply believed the stranger was God. Ironically they were partly right: the stranger is a god, just not the capital-G kind.|
... and the warm light was "God" or my idea of God. ... This presence didn't tell me it was god - that was my later determination. 21a/4001 The only question is: Who is this voice which protects me? Is it another (unconscious) me? The spirit of a living person close to me? Or of a deceased loved one? God in person? 22a/3992 At the end of the ladder there was a man, (for me, it was God) who met me. He was of medium build with white shoulder length hair, with a white shiny white beard like angel hair and had on a white robe with sash. He took me by my hand and we walked towards a marble bench where he sat me in his lap. I felt very weak and tired from the long climb. As he sat me on his lap and laid in his arms, I reached up and touched his beard with my right hand and felt the most immense sense of love and understanding, (until this day this feeling has never left me). 37a/3977 There was some sense of God being in control of the situation, however, I did not specifically see any Being. 72a/3929 I didn't "see God," but I felt as though I was sitting in the lap and wrapped in the arms of the most wonderful, loving, giant "parent." God told me―crappy earth translation ahead―to stay true, "follow the clues," and all would be well. The totality of God's love for me was the predominant feeling/understanding, at all times. Luckily that feeling has stayed with me, though I don't necessarily understand it any more ... 73a/3928 This was (when He talked to me) the most intense moment of my experience (God could read my thoughts), it is thus then that I had the highest level of consciousness and alertness. God’s voice was very clear, I could therefore clearly identify the source. His voice was low and deep, as if it filled all, even myself inside. At the same time, His voice was quiet, pondered and acute, but full of authority and love. I say authority because at the time when I wanted to speak, I felt that HIS VOICE PREVENTED me to do so. He read in my mind and answered the questions I had in my head. After talking, things went very, very, very fast: I came back into my body at high speed. 78a/3916 There was a third entity that I couldn't see, but was with me, everywhere. I could only assume it had to be God. 91a/641If this 'Being of love' wasn't God then who or what was he? 66b/2359 I did not experience this presence as God (I was too young to understand the concept), but I did experience this presence as that which made me. I knew without a doubt that I was a made creature, a being that owed its existence to this presence. 79b/3183 [Did you meet or see any other beings?] There was a third entity that I couldn't see, but was with me, everywhere. I could only assume it had to be God. 92b/641[Did you meet or see any other beings?] I did not see the being who I believe to have been God, but I definitely heard him, that's for sure! He told me in a stern voice that I must go back. 98b/3740I am a Christian, I have always believed in God, and now I have confirmation that something is waiting out there for me ... . 70d/March 4, 2004 Then, floating in a white robe shimmering in gold was my Mom. She passed away just six months before. There she was and I did not even believe this could happen. I guess there is a god then if she is with me. 82d/Aug. 20, 2004 I told the Being that I knew was there and had to be God, that I couldn't die. 51f/Saundra |
No God Is Almighty. I propose that we should be highly skeptical of the belief that there is an almighty god who causes absolutely every thing and every event at every moment during the entire past and future of the universe. Such a belief requires that every twist of every leaf in the wind be completely caused past and future by Him. There can be no exceptions. Within the leaf He causes all cell movements and all their positions during each of the leaf's swirls and twirls. And then there are all the movements and positions of the cell's molecules, and then the atoms and all their constituent electrons, protons, etc. And that is just one leaf on one tree; there are all the other leaves on that tree, and then all the other trees and every other living and nonliving system on this planet. And every thought in every mind, every letter of every text message. Then there is the rest of the universe, every atom, every subatomic particle, every force. He must be all-knowing too since He will need to keep track of absolutely everything till the last tick of time. All of the above is an awful lot to believe.
A Few of Us Gods Are Far More Advanced. Though none of us is almighty, at any point in time a few of us will be much farther along their paths than the rest of us. It is as if they are at the front of a long caravan.
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The development of the individual is an abbreviated reproduction of the evolution of the species. The stored-up experiences of the human race are condensed, foreshortened, and recapitulated in the child's life history. This process of "progressive precocity" has been going on subconsciously in the course of human evolution. We have reached a stage when man can be made conscious of this fundamental process, thus getting control over his own growth and development.—Boris Sidis |
Jesus may have been so advanced he gained control over the forces of nature at times. Less known is Passaconaway who witnesses said made trees dance and rocks move: "
Not untrue that tale of old! Now, as then, the wise and bold, all the powers of Nature hold subject to their kingly will."―Whittier, 1844"Yes but we can't access any godly powers." Yes but even though we are without these powers temporarily, still we reign supreme on earth. And we do have these powers before we enter physical life and after we leave it.
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