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(Faith, NDE’s, Connection and the life-review


markdohle

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Going deeper in and higher up
(Faith, NDE’s, Connection and the life-review)

We are all, truly, in this together. But we have fooled ourselves into a false sense of separation, whether from secularist and deterministic Newtonian science or the competitive dogma spewed to the masses from religious zealots of diverse beliefs that run counter to the original unifying principles in the mystical traditions of all of the great faiths. The fundaments and birthright of this universe are based in love, compassion and forgiveness. --- (Dr. Eben Alexander; taken from his article “Confronting Evil”).

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If Jesus is truly the “Word” who brought the universe into existence, then Eben’s contention that “the fundaments and birthright of this universe are based in love, compassion and forgiveness”; is manifestly true.  For Christ is truly the revelation of the Father to the world.  I believe that when Jesus stated that “whatever you do to the least, you do to me”, brings this out concisely.  This is a lesson very difficult to learn since we are often controlled by such powerful emotions and fears.  Our emotions are important as well as our fears, yet when they become overwhelming they often lead to isolation and violence. 

I have yet to learn this lesson.  I pray for a loving heart, for a compassionate sense of ‘the other’, yet when push comes to shove, I find myself at odds with my instinctive impulse towards security and survival  and the other desire to seek deeper insight into our connection with one another.  The only way I found that can help to heal this inner conflict is through prayer and God’s mercy and grace. 

I do believe that all through history people have had NDE’s as well as the ‘life-review’ and have brought back and told others of their experience.  In Eben’s article he makes this statement about the importance of the ‘life-review’. 

 

“The life review of someone who has killed others will be a hellish experience that involves feeling the pain and suffering not only of each of the victims, but also of all the other souls who felt pain when coming to know of their act of killing. This reality comes not from the dogmatic preaching of ideologues, but from the empirical evidence of human experience–from those who have been there, as revealed by the increasing number of stories of NDEs and similar STEs liberally annotated over the internet in recent decades. Much of the absolute tsunami of such evidence comes as a result of enhanced techniques of cardiac resuscitation available to physicians worldwide over the last half century or so. The world is populated with literally millions of souls alive today who have been to the other side and returned to share their experiences. And, the increased number of incidents and expanded reporting through books, media and the internet are not by accident or coincidence. Ignoring such evidence is a choice we should not make.”

This experience truly shows us the connection we have with ‘all’, even if not consciously experienced or felt.  Yet we seem able to be one with the very people that we kill, hate, abuse, as well as those with whom we love and cherish, help and heal.  So I guess the way we has a species tends to deal with problems is not only self-defeating, but causing deep suffering for all at a level that we may not understand or experience until we have our life-review.  Not a pleasant thought.  Yet the truth, even if unsavory will set us free if we allow it to sink in and let it make a difference in our lives.

Jesus seemed to understand this union we have with one another, by the way he ‘saw’ others, spoke to them, healed and simply loved them…and in the end died and still forgave us.  I think this is astounding and is often forgotten by our over exposure to simple faith statements (which sad to say can become a cliché) about this heart wrenching reality of God’s love for all.

To be mindful of our faith as well as to take seriously the experience of millions of people who have an NDE I believe is very important for us today.  To ignore our faith and this experience I believe will be to our determent. 


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Silent Sunbeam

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WOW!  A lot of wisdom and food for thought.  Thanks to you Br. Mark and Dr. Eben Alexander.

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Thank you my friend.  I really love your prayer shawl, so beautifully done.....I will never give it away....thank you again!!!!!!

 

Peace
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