Visits to Heaven. Josie Varga
I need to recuperate. Crying is all I want to do! My body feels like a suit that is too tight; the room is confining; the smell of sickness surprises my senses; the human condition saddens me.
“Josiane, you’re back!” I recognize my sister’s voice. I see her careful gaze. “You’ve been in a coma for three days. We didn’t know if you were coming back.”
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About Josiane Antonette
The trade in which Josiane serves takes its roots in the shamanic tradition of her native country, Corsica, France. In 1964 she experienced a powerful shamanic initiation through a near-death experience when she became aware of her abilities to communicate with the world of the unseen.
In 2002 she received an award for her role between cultures and dimensions and was publicly recognized as a Corsican shaman in the country of her ancestors. For forty years she has worked with the living and dying, in hospitals as a chaplain, in universities as a teacher, and as a spiritual counselor, a healer, and ceremonial leader. Her compassionate nature and understanding of living, dying, and the spiritual realms has touched many lives. Josiane is the author of Whispers of the Soul and Matters of Spirit, both about her journey to the Other Side. For more information, please visit www.mattersofspirit.com.
Journey through the Light and Back
Mellen-Thomas Benedict
In 1982 I died from inoperable terminal cancer and found myself standing up looking down at my lifeless body in bed. Suddenly as I began to move toward this magnificent shining Light knowing that I would soon be dead, I pleaded asking if I could just pose a few questions before I went on. My request was honored, and I soon realized that what I was really seeing was our Higher Self matrix. The only way I can really describe it is that this Higher Self is more like a conduit. It did not look like that, but it is a direct connection to the Source that each and every one of us has.
There is a grid around the planet where all the Higher Selves are connected. This is like a great company or a next subtle level of energy around us—the spirit level. The human soul, the human matrix that we all make together is absolutely fantastic, elegant, exotic, everything. I just cannot say enough about how it changed my opinion of human beings in that instant. I said, “Oh God, I did not know how beautiful we are.” The revelations coming from the Light seemed to go on and on, and I asked to see the rest of the universe beyond our solar system, beyond all human illusion. At faster than the speed of light, I flew through the center of the galaxy, absorbing more knowledge as I went. I learned that this galaxy and the entire universe are bursting with many different varieties of LIFE. I saw many worlds. We are not alone! I was at one with absolute life and consciousness. When I say that I could see or perceive forever, I mean that I could experience all of creation generating itself. It was without beginning and without end.
The Light explained to me that there is no death; we are immortal beings. Everything is alive. Everything is made from the Light of God; everything is intelligent. We have already been alive forever! I realized that we are part of a natural living system that recycles itself endlessly. I don’t know how long I was with the Light in human time. But there came a moment when I realized that all my questions had been answered and that my return was near. We are literally God exploring God’s self in an infinite dance of life. Your uniqueness enhances all of life.
As I began my return to the life cycle, I asked never to forget the revelations and the feelings of what I had learned on the Other Side, and it was granted. The earth is a great processor of energy, and individual consciousness evolves out of that into each one of us. I was very surprised when I opened my eyes. I do not know why because I understood it, but it was still such a surprise to be back in this body, back in my room with someone looking over me crying her eyes out. It was my hospice caretaker.
When I recovered, I was very surprised and yet very awed about what had happened to me during my near-death experience. At first all the memory of the trip that I have now was not there. I kept slipping out of this world and kept asking, “Am I alive?” This world seemed more like a dream than that one. Within three days I was feeling normal again, clearer, yet different than I had ever felt in my life. About three months later, scans miraculously revealed that I was cancer free.
Soon our science will quantify spirit. One day they are going to come down to the little thing that holds it all together, and they are going to have to call that . . . God. We are just beginning to understand that we are creating too, as we go along. As I saw forever, I came to a realm during my near-death experience in which there is a point where we pass all knowledge and begin creating the next fractal, the next level. We have that power to create as we explore. And that is God expanding itself through us.
This body that you are in has been alive forever. It comes from an unending stream of life, going back to the Big Bang and beyond.
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About Mellen-Thomas Benedict
After suffering from a terminal illness in 1982, Mellen “died” and for an hour and a half was monitored showing no vital signs. He experienced one of the most inspirational and studied near-death experiences known to date and returned to his body with a complete remission of the disease. While on the Other Side, he journeyed through several realms of consciousness and was shown both the earth’s past and future for the next four hundred years. He was also gifted access to universal intelligence which he maintains today as he is now able to return to the Light at will, enabling him to bridge the gap between science and spirit.
Since his near-death experience, he has been involved in research programs on NDEs and has developed new technologies for health and wellness. He shares a message of hope and inspiration for humanity, delivered with a joy and clarity that is refreshing. His depth of feeling and passion for life is a gift to be shared.
Mellen is the author of several best-selling books including: Journey through The Light and Back and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Other Side. He discusses his NDE in full detail in his books and on his Web site at www.mellen-thomas.com.
One Man’s Journey through the Afterlife
David L. Oakford
Michigan
www.journeythroughtheworldofspirit.com
In 1979 I had a profound near-death experience after a drug overdose. I was just nineteen and took big risks at that point in my life. This time my risks nearly killed me, and I took an unforgettable journey through the afterlife. I really have no excuse for my actions, but the following is what happened to me. There is more to the story, but this is the lion’s share of my crossing through the world of spirit!
A DATE WITH DESTINY
I laid down to use the stability of the earth in an effort to maintain a hold on reality. I knew I