A close friend's sharing of being in a coma for over a week from a critical illness and how she heard God/Spiritual voices has an impact on me. It sets me googling into NDE (near death experiences). Many who have such encounters described it as being with an immense light that emanates unconditional love and peace. The Christians among them thought of 'It' as God or Jesus. I also seek a scientific clinical explanation which speculates that when the brain is deprived of blood the mind begins to have illusions while the narrowing of the retina causes vision of brightness through a tunnel.
I can not conclude whether NDEs is biological or spiritual. However I begin to understand the message my friend wishes to impart ie. to contemplate the fragility of life. She being a Christian may be concerned about my after life. Indeed she is totally right. Shouldn't we be working towards the probable eternity instead of focusing on the desires of the short span of this earthly life.
One thing that strikes me when reading all the NDE accounts is the description of unconditional love and the realm beyond time and space. It brings to my mind that we do not have information about everything (the universe and beyond) and what we perceive of our world may be like how an ant views its own world. So certainly there could be a realm beyond this earthly life. What is good to remember is 'Unconditional Love' being described as the essence of this realm.
Be it felt as the Christian God's unconditional love or the Buddhist precept of loving kindness, love seems to be the overriding experience in the realm of NDEs. That perhaps should be our beacon while we walk this earthly journey.
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