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Conversations with the Divine by Neil Helm - presented at Atlantic University's Spring Convocation, April 26, 2013
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CONVERSATIONSWITHTHE
DIVINE
ATLANTIC UNIVERSITYCULMINATING PROJECT
NEIL R. HELMApril 26, 2013
EACH BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT,&
NDE IS UNIQUEBUT
WE ARE ALL EQUALIN THE EYES OF GOD
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE
DEFINITION—IANDS
“A LUCID EXPERIENCE ASSOCIATED WITHPERCEIVED CONSCIOUSNESS APART FROM
THE BODY, OCCCURING AT THE TIME OFACTUAL OR THREATENED IMMINENT
DEATH.”
NDE DEFINITION BRUCE GREYSON, MD
“PROFOUND PSYCHOLOGICALEVENTS WITH TRANSCENDAL ANDMYSTICAL ELEMENTS, ESPECIALLY
OCCURING TO INDIVIDUALS CLOSE TO DEATH OR IN SITUATIONS OF INTENSE
PHYSICALLY OR EMOTIONAL DANGER’’
DEFINITION– NDE PROCESSKENNETH RING Ph.D.
PEACE, SENSE OF WELL BEING, NO PAIN
CLUES OF DYING, OUT-OF-BODY, TRAVELSTHRU TUNNEL, HIGH LEVEL OF ALERTNESS,MEETS AND SPEAKS TO PRESENCE, OFTEN DIVINE IN NATURE, DECIDES OR IS TOLD TO RETURN TO YOUR BODY
“IT IS NOT YOUR TIME”
ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS BURIED THEIR DEAD FOR A JOURNEY
CLASSIC HINDU TEXTRIG VEDA1500 BC
EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD
EARLY CHRISTIAN TEXTS
St. AUGUSTINE
AND ORIGEN
INCLUDED THE
DOCTRINE OFREINCARNATION
---------------------------------WRITTEN OUT OF THE BIBLE
BY JUSTINIANCOUNCIL OF
CONSTANTINOPLE
553 AD
THE EUROPEAN PLAGUE GREATLY INCREASED
THE CONCEPT OF DEATH AND DYING
UNCERTAINTY
OF
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN
LIFE AFTER DEATH
TODAY’S DEATH & DYINGIS
DRIVEN BY FEAR AND GREED
ELIZABETH KUBLER-ROSS
RAYMOND MOODY Ph.D. MD
LIFE AFTER LIFE
FIRST CONTEMPORY BOOK
ON
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES
1975
MOODY’S 15 AFTER EFFECTS
1. INEFFABILITY -- WORDS CANNOT DEFINE
2. SENSING YOUR DYING OR DEATH
3. FEELINGS OF PEACE & QUIET
4. HEARING UNUSUAL NOISE
5. SEEING A DARK TUNNEL
APPROXIMATELY45 %
OF ALL NDEsEXPERIENCETRAVELLING
THROUGH THE
TUNNELTO THELIGHT
6. OUTSIDE OF YOUR BODY
7. MEETING “SPIRITUAL BEINGS”
8. BRIGHT LIGHT “BEING OF LIGHT”
9. A PANORAMIC LIFE REVIEW
10. SENSING A LIMIT TO WHERE TO GO
NEARLY
HALF
OF ALL
NDES
COMMUNICATE
WITH
DIVINE
BEINGS
NEARLY
HALF
OF ALL
NDEs
COMMUNICATE
WITH
DIVINE
BEINGS
11. RETURNING TO YOUR BODY
12. DIFFICULITY IN SHARING EXPERIENCE
13. YOUR LIFE IS PROFOUNDLY CHANGED
14. NO FEAR OF DEATH
15. VIVID MEMORY OF EXPERIENCE
11. RETURNING TO YOUR BODY
12. DIFFICULITY IN SHARING EXPERIENCE
13. YOUR LIFE IS PROFOUNDLY CHANGED
14. NO FEAR OF DEATH
15. VIVID MEMORY OF EXPERIENCE
VIVID MEMORY OF NDE
OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE
20. SERVICE TO OTHERS
KNOWING ALL (OR MORE) KNOWLEDGE
THEHEART IS ALSO
INVOLVED IN
GATHERINGINFORMATION
“INNERKNOWING””
OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE
20. SERVICE TO OTHERS
ONENESS WITH GOD
OTHERS—RING, GREYSON, ATWATER
16. ALL KNOWLEDGE EXISTS
17. ONENESS WITH GOD
18. >SPIRITUAL -- <RELIGIOUS
19. UNIVERSAL LOVE
20. SERVICE TO OTHERS
KUNDALINI UNLEASHING OF CHAKRA ENERGY
MY
NEAR-DEATH
EXPERIENCE
SUMMER 1944
AGE 5
AU CULMINATING PROJECT
QUESTIONER
STATISTICS
E-mail Questioners sent: 118
E-mail Questioners received: 45
QUESTIONNAIRE
NUMBER CURRENT AGE NDE AGE
1. ACCIDENT ILLNESS OTHER
2. NDE—MEEETING A DIVINITY
3. TOLD/CHOOSE TO RETURN
4. AFTER AFFECTS OF NDE
GENDER OF QUESTIONERS
Males 8 18%
Females 37 82%
AVERAGE AGE OF QUESTIONER 62
AGE SUMMARY:
0-19 0
20-29 1 2.2 %
30-39 0 0 %
40-49 2 4.4 %
50-59 10 22 %
60-69 28 62 %
70- 4 9 %
AVERAGE AGE OF NDE (FIRST) 26
AGE SUMMARY:
0-9 8 18% (EARLIEST AGE 3, ONE 4, AND TWO AGED 5) 10-19 10 22% 20-29 10 22% 30-39 5 11% 40-49 5 11% 50-59 5 11% 60- 2 4% MULTIPLE NDEs 9 20%
REASON FOR NDE
ILLNESS 20 44.4%
ACCIDENT 14 31%
OTHER 11 24.4%
OTHER -- (2) GIVING BIRTH, (2) SUICIDES, (2) OVERDOSE,
(2) STRANGLED, FROZE TO DEATH, ASSAULTED, UNKNOWN
COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, INNER FEELINGS, FROM:
LIGHT KNOWLEDGE GOD CHRIST ANGELS SPIRIT GUIDES
7 8 5 1 6 2
15.5% 17.7% 11.1% 2.2% 13.3% 4.4%
COMMUNICATIONS, MESSAGES, INNER FEELINGS, CONT.
COUNCIL OF ELDERS FAMILY FRIEND OLD SOLDERS UNKNOWN NONE
2 2 6 1 4 1
4.4% 4.4% 13.3% 2.2% 8.8% 2.2%
LIGHT KNOWLEDGE GOD CHRIST
7 8 5 1 15% 17% 11% 2%
n=45 21 QUESTIONNAIRS 47% *COMMUNICATE WITH THE DIVINE*
ANGELS SPIRITS CNCIL OF ELDERS 6 2 2
13.3% 4.4% 4.4%
n=45 10 Questioners 22%
COMMUNICATE WITH HIGHER BEINGS
FAMILY FRIEND(S) OLD SOLDERS
2 6 1 4.4% 13.3% 2.2%
n=45 9 QUESTIONNAIRES 20%
COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS
PASSED OVER
UNKNOWN 4
8.8%
n=45 QUESTIONNAIRES 8.8%
COMMUNICATED WITH
UNKNOWN BEINGS
NONE — NO COMMUNICATIONS 1
n=45 1 QUESTIONNAIRE 2.2%
ONLY 1 QUESTIONNAIRE
CHECKED NO BOX
NO COMMUNICATIONS
DURING NDE
QUESTIONNAIRES TOLD
TO RETURN TO THEIR BODY
n=45 Yes – 34 – 76%
No – 11 – 24%
QUESTIONNAIRES CHANGES AFTER NDE
CHOOSE TRANSPERSONAL JOBS, LIFESTYLES
n=45 YES -- 26 -- 58%
NO -- 19 -- 42%
(BASED ON VOLUTARY INFORMATION)
TRANSPERSONALLIFESTYLES