These are the main elements of my Near Death Experience (NDE) after leaving my body:

I was suddenly no longer observing what was happening from inside my body. I now found myself outside my body in the air above where we were sitting. My awareness was moved to a place outside my body, maybe ten or fifteen yards in the air. From here, I could look down and observe both her and my body sitting on the beach. I was looking down from a bird’s eye view as a third person and it were as if I were a point of space of infinite awareness.

The sensation of being pulled from my body was overwhelmingly powerful. I felt a deep explosion, like a volcanic eruption, pull my body apart and dissolve the essence of what I once knew as myself. I was suddenly naked, exposed to everything in the entire universe, but at the same time I was bathed in the transparent light of something so powerful, so indescribable, all words fade and disappear.

It was love. I melted together with a feeling of love a hundred or maybe a thousand times stronger than anything I have ever felt in this dimension: “This is truth—this is what it is!” In that moment I knew the universe, “This is who I am—this is all there is!”

What I experienced was my true nature as absolute and unbound consciousness. In this state there was nothing that I did not know—all knowledge was there. It was as if I had come home to my self—home to the ultimate nature of reality—home to love. It was all love. As I consumed all the love gathered from all the stars in the universe, I broke out in awe, “Wow! I did not know!”

My heart was now thrown into a black hole by the consequence of this realization. It is all love—but I did not know. Through this revelation, I now also realized what was not love. The separation between what I had known in my life to be true and this unimaginable profound revelation created a pain within me. In the chasm of this separation arose a great torment; I had lived my whole life against my own true nature—against love. Out of this separation a deep regret was born and I now started to see my life in review.

In my review I saw all the people that I had hurt throughout my time on Earth. It was like a movie being played out right in front of my eyes, and it showed me all the pain and suffering that I had caused others. First, I saw my mother crying and broken as I shouted at her in anger. I saw how the pain cut deep into her, and I saw myself doing the cutting.

Then I saw an ex-girlfriend. I had cheated on her. Now her whole world was shattered, and her heart was broken by my selfish action. In fulfilling my own desires, I had not cared about her feelings. All the trust and hope that she had placed in me, I had turned to dust and disillusionment. As I felt her agony, I felt disgusted by my actions.

Then I saw an episode in school which I had long forgotten. A small girl was standing against the wall in the schoolyard and I was teasing her. She was lost in her tears and wanted to disappear forever. I was calling her names, telling her she was worth nothing. I felt how the shame I caused that day would expand throughout her life and consume her happiness. She would be less outgoing and less able to love herself as an adult. I felt the full effects this would have on her family and the loved ones around her.

I was horrified. An overpowering feeling of torment crushed my heart on behalf of all the people I had hurt in my life. Having realized the true nature of existence to be infinite love and now seeing myself causing all this pain was devastating. The essence and purpose of life was love, but I had gone against love and therefore my own true nature. It was as if I had been doing all this to myself—by hurting others I had hurt myself. We are all connected—we are all one. From the deepest part of my heart, I cried, “How could I do anything other than love?”

Then I saw the world. I saw all the pain and suffering in it. I saw all the poor people, and all the people living in misery. I saw all the conflict and all the wars in our world. This was far too much for me to bear. My heart could not contain all the world’s grief. In an extremely intense sensation, I felt my heart literally tear in two, and the pain was so strong I could not bear it. We live in a world with so much agony, all against the nature of love. How could we accept all this? How could we live the way we do, not seeing the sorrow, not feeling the pain?

At that moment, I knew that I had to do something to change this. I could no longer be an innocent bystander, a mere witness to this unending misery. I had to do something to help all these tormented souls.

Then the feeling of pain changed back into the feeling of love again. I again recognized this almost uncontainable powerful sensation of love as my essence. This was who I am—this was all that there is. With this feeling in me, I now looked to the future in front of me. It was a clear bright light, and I knew that this was the direction in which I would go. I saw myself loving people around me, having compassion for others, and devoting my life to helping the world. At the end of my life, I saw myself entering this light to return to where I came from, and I knew that this was where I would go when my life was over. After this look into the future, I now came back into my body.


To read the full story you can go here: http://www.awakeningafterlife.com/Speaking.htm

Or watch a video of my testimony here: http://www.ndelight.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88:rene-jorgensens-nde&catid=44:video-testimonies&Itemid=2

Beautiful experience, you are truly blessed.

The path that I try to follow calls this type of experience a "wake-up call".

We all have them at various times in our lives, but its the blessed ones that have the awareness to recognize them.

NDEr wrote:These are the main elements of my Near Death Experience (NDE) after leaving my body:

I was suddenly no longer observing what was happening from inside my body. I now found myself outside my body in the air above where we were sitting. My awareness was moved to a place outside my body, maybe ten or fifteen yards in the air. From here, I could look down and observe both her and my body sitting on the beach. I was looking down from a bird’s eye view as a third person and it were as if I were a point of space of infinite awareness.

I'm curious, was this a spontaneous NDE or OBE?

The sensation of being pulled from my body was overwhelmingly powerful. I felt a deep explosion, like a volcanic eruption, pull my body apart and dissolve the essence of what I once knew as myself. I was suddenly naked, exposed to everything in the entire universe, but at the same time I was bathed in the transparent light of something so powerful, so indescribable, all words fade and disappear.

Most describe being pulled out through the head. But they also describe the light and words not being sufficient to explain the experience.

It was love. I melted together with a feeling of love a hundred or maybe a thousand times stronger than anything I have ever felt in this dimension: “This is truth—this is what it is!” In that moment I knew the universe, “This is who I am—this is all there is!”

This is similar to what most describe. All is love!

What I experienced was my true nature as absolute and unbound consciousness. In this state there was nothing that I did not know—all knowledge was there. It was as if I had come home to my self—home to the ultimate nature of reality—home to love. It was all love. As I consumed all the love gathered from all the stars in the universe, I broke out in awe, “Wow! I did not know!”

Many claim the same, that we are pure consciousness. And some claim that their consciousness encompassed the entire universe! But I'm curious, when you state that all knowledge was there, what knowledge? Knowledge of this universe or ALL knowledge. If ALL, please clarify. Actually, please clarify regardless!

My heart was now thrown into a black hole by the consequence of this realization. It is all love—but I did not know. Through this revelation, I now also realized what was not love. The separation between what I had known in my life to be true and this unimaginable profound revelation created a pain within me. In the chasm of this separation arose a great torment; I had lived my whole life against my own true nature—against love. Out of this separation a deep regret was born and I now started to see my life in review.

While many come to the same realization, regret is not very common. But awe is. And this realization has a very profound affect on their life when they return to the body.

In my review I saw all the people that I had hurt throughout my time on Earth. It was like a movie being played out right in front of my eyes, and it showed me all the pain and suffering that I had caused others. First, I saw my mother crying and broken as I shouted at her in anger. I saw how the pain cut deep into her, and I saw myself doing the cutting.

Then I saw an ex-girlfriend. I had cheated on her. Now her whole world was shattered, and her heart was broken by my selfish action. In fulfilling my own desires, I had not cared about her feelings. All the trust and hope that she had placed in me, I had turned to dust and disillusionment. As I felt her agony, I felt disgusted by my actions.

Then I saw an episode in school which I had long forgotten. A small girl was standing against the wall in the schoolyard and I was teasing her. She was lost in her tears and wanted to disappear forever. I was calling her names, telling her she was worth nothing. I felt how the shame I caused that day would expand throughout her life and consume her happiness. She would be less outgoing and less able to love herself as an adult. I felt the full effects this would have on her family and the loved ones around her.

This is VERY common! During the life review we not only see our actions, but we feel the consequences. All the pain and joy we caused others tears through us as if we were the one doing the experiencing. It can be a very devastating experience. However, it is ourselves doing the judging, not some wrathful god. And all come through the experience unscathed with an intense desire to never cause harm again.

I was horrified. An overpowering feeling of torment crushed my heart on behalf of all the people I had hurt in my life. Having realized the true nature of existence to be infinite love and now seeing myself causing all this pain was devastating. The essence and purpose of life was love, but I had gone against love and therefore my own true nature. It was as if I had been doing all this to myself—by hurting others I had hurt myself. We are all connected—we are all one. From the deepest part of my heart, I cried, “How could I do anything other than love?”

You are correct! Since we are all connected...ONE, it is impossible to hurt another without harming ourselves.

Then I saw the world. I saw all the pain and suffering in it. I saw all the poor people, and all the people living in misery. I saw all the conflict and all the wars in our world. This was far too much for me to bear. My heart could not contain all the world’s grief. In an extremely intense sensation, I felt my heart literally tear in two, and the pain was so strong I could not bear it. We live in a world with so much agony, all against the nature of love. How could we accept all this? How could we live the way we do, not seeing the sorrow, not feeling the pain?

Well, if much of the literature I've read is true, there is a purpose behind all the pain and suffering we experience and project. What this purpose could possibly be is beyond me! But suffice to say it is of our own doing, not Gods.

At that moment, I knew that I had to do something to change this. I could no longer be an innocent bystander, a mere witness to this unending misery. I had to do something to help all these tormented souls.

While I applaud your change of heart and desire to spread love, you can only help those who want to be helped. And since we do not know why each of us return to this life, we do not know if the misery someone is experiencing is something that person chose to experience. However, this does not mean we should ever stop trying and it's quite possible this is your life path. So with that being said, I wish you nothing but success in your endeavor.

Then the feeling of pain changed back into the feeling of love again. I again recognized this almost uncontainable powerful sensation of love as my essence. This was who I am—this was all that there is. With this feeling in me, I now looked to the future in front of me. It was a clear bright light, and I knew that this was the direction in which I would go. I saw myself loving people around me, having compassion for others, and devoting my life to helping the world. At the end of my life, I saw myself entering this light to return to where I came from, and I knew that this was where I would go when my life was over. After this look into the future, I now came back into my body.

Most every NDEr that has had a vision of the future sees the same, a bright future for humanity living in peace. But they also describe some rough patches to get through first.

To read the full story you can go here: http://www.awakeningafterlife.com/Speaking.htm

Or watch a video of my testimony here: http://www.ndelight.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=88:rene-jorgensens-nde&catid=44:video-testimonies&Itemid=2

I already have. And it is a very beautiful and articulate experience. Thank you for sharing!

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