conversations with the divine

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