|
Many of my clients have an exorbitant fear of death
and dying. Now everyone, I think, has some fear of death
and except for some special mystics, and people in great
depression or pain, no one really wants to die, but
it is an inevitable part of life and we have to deal
with it. Even deeply religious people, on some levels
of consciousness, fear death even though they may not
admit this fear openly.
Sometimes this fear of death comes from foreign energy
attachments and they can be dealt with using Spirit
Releasement Therapy (SRT). However, the fear of death
is very real and scary to many people and there are
ways using hypnotherapy that can help alleviate much
of the fear energy. For instance, using Past Life Regression
Therapy (PLT), the hypnotherapist can take the client
back through many past lives and have the client go
through his death in these lifetimes and this seems
to help greatly because the client usually experiences
peace and freedom after going through the transition.
However, lots of clients are not relieved of their fear
using PLT and other techniques must be used.
One of the most effective techniques have found is
to have the client read about experiences of people
who have died clinically and then came back to life
… the so called "Near Death Experience"
or NDE. When I wrote my book I interviewed a number
of people who had been through the NDE encounter and
read about many others who had experienced the phenomenon.
One story in particular really impressed me and I excerpted
much of this story to present to you in hope that it
will help any of you in whom this death fear is particularly
debilitating. The name of this story is "A JOURNEY
THROUGH THE LIGHT AND BACK", the Near-Death Experience
Story of Mellen-Thomas Benedict. The following are from
his story:
"In 1982 I died from terminal cancer. The condition
I had was inoperable, and any kind of chemotherapy they
could give me would just have made me more of a vegetable.
I was given six to eight months to live. . I tried all
sorts of alternative healing methods, but nothing helped.
I ended up in hospice care.
I remember waking up one morning at home about 4:30
AM, and I just knew that this was it. This was the day
I was going to die. So I called a few friends and said
goodbye. I woke up my hospice caretaker and told her.
I had a private agreement with her that she would leave
my dead body alone for six hours, since I had read that
all kinds of interesting things happen when you die.
I went back to sleep.
The next thing I remember is the beginning of a
typical near-death experience. Suddenly I was fully
aware-and I was standing up but my body was in the bed.
There was this darkness around me. Being out of my body
was even more vivid than ordinary experience. It was
so vivid that I could see every room in the house. I
could see the top of the house, I could see around the
house, I could see under the house.
There was this Light shining. I turned toward the
Light. The Light was very similar to what many other
people have described in their near-death experiences.
It was so magnificent. It is tangible; you can feel
it. It is alluring; you want to go to it like you would
want to go to your ideal mother's or father's arms.
As I began to move toward the Light, I knew intuitively
that if I went to the Light, I would be dead. So as
I was moving toward the Light I said, "Please wait
a minute; just hold on a second here. I want to think
about this. I would like to talk to you before I go."
To my surprise, the entire experience halted at that
point. You are in control of your life-after-death experience.
You are not on a roller coaster ride.
So my request was honored, and I had some conversations
with the Light. The Light kept changing into different
figures, like Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Mandelas, archetypal
images and signs. I asked the Light, "What is going
on here? Please, Light, clarify yourself for me. I really
want to know the reality of the situation." I cannot
really say the exact words, because it was sort of telepathy.
The Light responded. The information transferred
to me was that during your life-after- death experience
your beliefs shape the kind of feedback you are getting
before the Light. If you were a Buddhist or Catholic
or Fundamentalist, you get a feedback loop of your own
stuff. You have a chance to look at it and examine it,
but most people do not. As the Light revealed itself
to me, I became aware that what I was really seeing
was our Higher Self matrix.
We all have a Higher Self, or an oversoul part of
our being. It revealed itself to me in its truest energy
form. The only way I can really describe it is that
the Being of the Higher Self is more like a conduit.
It did not look like that, but it is a direct connection
to the Source that each one of us has. We are directly
connected to the Source. So the Light was showing me
the Higher Self matrix. I was not committed to one particular
religion. So that is what was being fed back to me during
my life-after-death experience.
As I asked the Light to keep clearing for me, to
keep explaining, I understood what the Higher Self matrix
is. We have a grid around the planet where all the Higher
Selves are connected.
This is like a great company, a next subtle level
of energy around us, the spirit level, you might say.
Then, after a couple of minutes, I asked for more clarification.
I really wanted to know what the Universe is about,
and I was ready to go at that time. I said, "I
am ready, take me."
Then the Light turned into the most beautiful thing
that I have ever seen: a Mandela of human souls on this
planet. Now I came to this with my negative view of
what was happening on the planet. So as I asked the
Light to keep clarifying for me, I saw in this magnificent
Mandela how beautiful we all are in our essence, our
core. We are the most beautiful creations.
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."
At any level, high or low, in whatever shape you are
in, you are the most beautiful creation.
The revelations coming from the Light seemed to
go on and on. Then I asked the Light, "Does this
mean that Mankind will be saved?" Then, like a
trumpet blast with a shower of spiraling lights, the
Great Light spoke, saying, "Remember this and never
forget; you save, redeem and heal yourself. You always
have. You always will. You were created with the power
to do so from before the beginning of the world."
In that instant I realized even more. I realized
that WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAVED, and we saved ourselves
because we were designed to self- correct like the rest
of God's Universe. This is what the second coming is
about. I thanked the Light of God with all my heart.
The best thing I could come up with was these simple
words of total appreciation: "Oh dear God, dear
Universe, dear Great Self, I Love My Life."
The Light seemed to breathe me in even more deeply.
It was as if the Light was completely absorbing me.
The Love Light is, to this day, indescribable. I entered
into another realm, more profound than the last and
became aware of something more, much more. It was an
enormous stream of Light, vast and full, deep in the
Heart of Life. I asked what this was.
The Light responded, "This is the RIVER OF
LIFE. Drink of this manna water to your heart's content."
So I did. I took one big drink and then another. To
drink of Life Itself! I was in ecstasy.
Then the Light said, "You have a desire."
The Light knew all about me, everything past, present
and future. "Yes!" I whispered.
I asked to see the rest of the Universe, beyond
our solar system, beyond all human illusion. The Light
then told me that I could go with the Stream. I did,
and was carried through the Light at the end of the
tunnel. I felt and heard a series of very soft sonic
booms. What a rush!
Suddenly I seemed to be rocketing away from the
planet on this stream of Life. I saw the Earth fly away.
The solar system, in its entire splendor, whizzed by
and disappeared. At faster than light speed, I flew
through the center of the Galaxy, absorbing more knowledge
as I went. I learned that this Galaxy, and the entire
Universe, is bursting with many different varieties
of LIFE. I saw many worlds. The good news is that we
are not alone in this Universe!
As I rode this stream of consciousness through the
center of the Galaxy, the stream was expanding in awesome
fractal waves of energy. The super clusters of Galaxies
with all their ancient wisdom flew by. At first I thought
I was going somewhere, actually traveling. But then
I realized that as the stream was expanding, my own
consciousness was also expanding to take in everything
in the Universe! All creation passed by me. It was an
unimaginable wonder! At this point, I found myself in
a profound stillness, beyond all silence. I could see
or perceive FOREVER, beyond Infinity.
I was in the Void.
I was in pre-creation, before the Big Bang. I had
crossed over the beginning of time/the First Word/the
First Vibration. I was in the Eye of Creation. I felt
as if I was touching the Face of God. It was not a religious
feeling. Simply, 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. Scientists
perceive the Big Bang as a single event which created
the Universe. I saw during my life-after- death experience
that the Big Bang is only one of an infinite number
of Big Bangs creating Universes endlessly and simultaneously.
The only images that even come close in human terms
would be those created by super computers using fractal
geometry equations.
The ancients knew of this. They said God had periodically
created new Universes by breathing out and recreated
other Universes by breathing in. These epochs were called
Yugas. Modern science called this the Big Bang. I was
in absolute, pure consciousness. I could see or perceive
all the Big Bangs or Yugas creating and recreating themselves.
Instantly I entered into them all simultaneously. I
saw that each little piece of creation has the power
to create.
It took me years after I returned from my near-death
experience to assimilate any words at all for the Void
experience. I can tell you this now: the Void is less
than nothing, yet more than everything that is! The
Void is absolute zero, chaos forming all possibilities.
It is Absolute Consciousness, much more than even Universal
Intelligence.
The Void is the vacuum or nothingness between all
physical manifestations. It is the SPACE between atoms
and their components. Modern science has begun to study
this space between everything. They call it Zero point.
Whenever they try to measure it, their instruments go
off the scale, or to infinity, so to speak. They have
no way, as of yet, to measure infinity accurately. There
is more of the zero space in your own body and the Universe
than anything else!
What mystics call the Void is not a void. It is
so full of energy, a different kind of energy that has
created everything that we are. Everything since the
Big Bang is vibration, from the first Word, which is
the first vibration. The biblical "I AM" really
has a question mark after it. "I AM-What am I?"
So creation is God exploring God's Self through every
way imaginable, in an on-going, infinite exploration
through every one of us. I began to see during my near-death
experience that everything that is, is the Self, literally
your Self, my Self. Everything is the great Self. That
is why God knows even when a leaf falls. That is possible
because wherever you are is the center of the Universe.
Wherever any atom is, that is the center of the Universe.
There is God in that, and God in the Void.
As I was exploring the Void during my life-after-
death experience and all the Yugas or creations, I was
completely out of time and space, as we know it. In
this expanded state, I discovered that creation is about
Absolute Pure Consciousness, or God, coming into the
Experience of Life, as we know it. The Void itself is
devoid of experience. It is pre life, before the first
vibration. Godhead is about more than Life and Death.
Therefore there is even more than Life and Death to
experience in the Universe!
When I realized this, I was finished with the Void
and wanted to return to this creation, or Yuga. It just
seemed like the natural thing to do. Then I suddenly
came back through the second Light, or the Big Bang,
hearing several more velvet booms. I rode the stream
of consciousness back through all of creation, and what
a ride it was! The super clusters of Galaxies came through
me with even more insights. I passed through the center
of our Galaxy, which is a black hole. Black holes are
the great processors or recyclers of the Universe.
Do you know what is on the other side of a black
hole? We are; our Galaxy, which has been reprocessed
from another Universe. In its total energy configuration,
the Galaxy looked like a fantastic city of lights. All
energy this side of the Big Bang is Light. Every sub
atom, atom, star, planet, even consciousness itself
is made of Light and has a frequency and/or particle.
Light is living stuff. Everything is made of Light,
even stones. So everything is alive. Everything is made
from the Light of God; everything is very intelligent.
As I rode the stream on and on, I could eventually
see a huge Light coming. I knew it was the First Light;
the Higher Self Light Matrix of our Solar System. Then
the entire Solar System appeared in the Light, accompanied
by one of those velvet booms.
I could see all the energy that this Solar System
generates, and it is an incredible Light show! I could
hear the Music of the Spheres. Our Solar System, as
do all celestial bodies, generates a unique matrix of
light, sound and vibratory energies. Advanced civilizations
from other star systems can spot Life, as we know it
in the Universe by the vibratory or energy matrix imprint.
It is child's play. The Earth's wonder children (Human
Beings) make an abundance of sound right now, like children
playing in the backyard of the Universe.
The Light explained to me that there is no death;
we are immortal Beings. We have already been alive forever!
I realized that we are part of a natural living system
that recycles itself endlessly. I was never told that
I had to come back. I just knew that I would. It was
only natural, from what I had seen during my life-after-death
experience.
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 my return was near.
When I say that all my questions were answered on the
other side, I mean to say just that. All my questions
have been answered. Every human has a different life
and set of questions to explore. Some of our questions
are universal, but each of us is exploring this thing
we call Life in our own unique way. So is every other
form of life, from mountains to every leaf on every
tree.
That is very important to the rest of us in this
Universe. Because it all contributes to the Big Picture,
the fullness of Life. 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, it never
crossed my mind, nor was I told, that I would return
to the same body. It just did not matter. I had complete
trust in the Light and the Life process. As the stream
merged with the great Light, I asked never to forget
the revelations and the feelings of what I had learned
on the other side.
There was a "Yes." It felt like a kiss
to my soul.
Then I was taken back through the Light into the
vibratory realm again. The whole process reversed, with
even more information being given to me. I came back
home, and I was given lessons from my near-death experience
on the mechanics of reincarnation. I was given answers
to all those little questions I had: "How does
this work? How does that work?" I knew that I would
be reincarnated.
The Earth is a great processor of energy, and individual
consciousness evolves out of that into each one of us.
I thought of myself as a human for the first time, and
I was happy to be that. From what I have seen, I would
be happy to be an atom in this Universe. So to be the
human part of God-this is the most fantastic blessing.
It is a blessing beyond our wildest estimation of what
a blessing can be. For each one of us to be the human
part of this experience is awesome and magnificent.
Each one of us, no matter where we are, screwed up or
not, is a blessing to the planet, right where we are.
I went through the reincarnation process expecting
to be a baby somewhere. But I was given a lesson on
how individual identity and consciousness evolve. I
was so 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. She had given up an hour and
a half after finding me dead. My body was stiff and
inflexible. She went into the other room. Then I awakened
and saw the light outside. I tried to get up to go to
it, but I fell out of the bed. She heard a loud "clunk,"
ran in and found me on the floor.
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. My memory
of my near-death experience came back later. I could
see nothing wrong with any human Being I had ever seen.
Before that I was really judgmental. I thought a lot
of people were really screwed up. In fact, I thought
that everybody was screwed up but me. But I got clear
on all that.
About three months later a friend said I should
get tested, so I went and got the scans and so forth.
I really felt good, so I was afraid of getting bad news.
I remember the doctor at the clinic looking at the before
and after scans, saying, "Well, there is nothing
here now." I said, "Really, it must be a miracle"'
He said "No, these things happen; they are called
spontaneous remissions." He acted very unimpressed.
But here was a miracle, and I was impressed, even if
no one else was.
During my near-death experience I had a descent
into what you might call Hell, and it was very surprising.
I did not see Satan or evil. My descent into Hell was
a descent into each person's customized human misery,
ignorance, and darkness of not knowing. It seemed like
a miserable eternity. But each of the millions of souls
around me had a little star of Light always available.
But no one seemed to pay attention to it. They were
so consumed with their own grief, trauma and misery.
But, after what seemed an eternity, I started calling
out to that Light, like a child calling to a parent
for help.
Then the Light opened up and formed a tunnel that
came right to me and insulated me from all that fear
and pain. That is what Hell really is. So what we are
doing is learning to hold hands, to come together. The
doors of Hell are open now. We are going to link up,
hold hands and walk out of Hell together. The Light
came to me and turned into a huge golden Angel. I said,
"Are you the Angel of Death?" It expressed
to me that it was my oversoul, my Higher Self matrix,
a super ancient part of ourselves. Then I was taken
to the Light.
Soon our science will quantify spirit. Isn't that
going to be wonderful? We are coming up with devices
now that are sensitive to subtle energy or spirit energy.
Physicists use these atomic colliders to smash atoms
to see what they are made of. They have got it down
to quarks and charm, and all that. Well, 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
it...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.
Since my return I have experienced the Light spontaneously,
and I have learned how to get to that space almost any
time in my meditation. Each of us can do this. You do
not have to die or have a near-death experience to do
this. It is within your equipment; you are wired for
it already. The body is the most magnificent Light Being
there is. The body is a Universe of incredible Light.
Spirit is not pushing us to dissolve this body. That
is not what is happening. Stop trying to become God;
God is becoming you. Here.
I asked God: "What is the best religion on
the planet? Which one is right?" And God said,
with great love: "I don't care." That was
incredible grace. When God said, "I don't care,"
I immediately understood that it is for us to care about.
It is important, because we are the caring Beings. It
matters to us and that is where it is important. What
you have is the energy equation in spirituality. Ultimate
Godhead does not care if you are Protestant, Buddhist
or whatever. It is all a blooming facet of the whole.
I wish that all religions would realize it and let each
other be. It is not the end of each religion, but we
are talking about the same God. Live and let live. Each
has a different view. And it all adds up to the big
picture; it is all-important.
I went over to the other side during my near-death
experience with a lot of fears about toxic waste, nuclear
missiles, the population explosion, and the rainforest.
I came back loving every single problem. I love nuclear
waste. I love the mushroom cloud; this is the holiest
Mandela that we have manifested to date, as an archetype.
It, more than any religion or philosophy on Earth, brought
us together all of a sudden, to a new level of consciousness.
Knowing that maybe we can blow up the planet fifty times,
or 500 times, we finally realize that maybe we are all
here together, now.
For a period they had to keep setting off more bombs
to get it in to us. Then we started saying, "we
do not need this any more." Now we are actually
in a safer world than we have ever been in, and it is
going to get safer. So I came back from my near-death
experience loving toxic waste because it brought us
together. These things are so big. The clearing of the
rain forest will slow down, and in fifty years there
will be more trees on the planet than in a long time.
If you are into ecology, go for it; you are that part
of the system that is becoming aware. Go for it with
all your might, but do not be depressed. It is part
of a larger thing.
Earth is in the process of domesticating itself.
It is never again going to be as wild a place as it
once was. There will be great wild places, reserves
where nature thrives. Gardening and reserves will be
the thing in the future. Population increase is getting
very close to the optimal range of energy to cause a
shift in consciousness. That shift in consciousness
will change politics, money, and energy.
After dying, going through my near-death experience
and coming back, I really respect life and death. In
our DNA experiments we may have opened the door to a
great secret. Soon we will be able to live as long as
we want to live in this body.
After living 150 years or so, there will be an intuitive
soul sense that you will want to change channels. Living
forever in one body is not as creative as reincarnation,
as transferring energy in this fantastic vortex of energy
that we are in. We are actually going to see the wisdom
of Life and death, and enjoy it. As it is now, we have
already been alive forever.
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.
This body gives life to the next life, in dense
and subtle energy.
This body has been alive forever already."
I think this says it all very beautifully. Maybe it
will help someone handle the fear of death. It did for
me.
|
