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After
suffering from terminal brain cancer in 1982,
Mellen-Thomas Benedict "died" but miraculously lived
to tell about it. While showing no vital signs for 90
minutes, Benedict had perhaps the most transcendental
NDE ever documented. While on the Other Side, Benedict
journeyed through various afterlife realms and was given
access to Universal Intelligence by which he was allowed
to absorb a tremendous amount of spiritual and scientific
knowledge including the nature of reincarnation. Benedict's
enthusiastic curiosity during his NDE took him far into
the remote depths of existence - and even beyond - into
the energetic void of nothingness behind the Big Bang.
He was shown in holographic detail the evolution of
both Mother Earth ("Gaia")
and humanity and experienced the cosmology of our soul’s
connection with Gaia. He was given knowledge about humanity's
role in the Universe including a beautiful vision of
humanity’s future for the next 400 years.
Deepak Chopra, in his book "Life
after Death: The Burden of Proof," recounts Benedict's
journey at length and says,
"Mellen is an encyclopedia
of the afterlife." In the view of the
webmaster
of this site, on this web page you will read the most
inspirational NDE ever documented.
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Benedict
has been closely involved in the research area of
Quantum Biology - the quantum relationship between
light and life. Benedict has discovered how living cells
can respond very quickly to light stimulation resulting
in, among other things, high speed healing. His research
is providing dramatic new perspectives on how biological
systems work. He is also a technology and product consultant
and a popular lecturer on the subjects of longevity,
energy medicine, and phototherapy.
During his NDE, Benedict was given the names of several people whose discoveries would one day be seen as on a par with those of Newton or Einstein. One of the names given to him was "Cleve Backster." After having his NDE, Benedict tracked him down. Cleve Backster, see www.primaryperception.com, is best known for his experiments with biocommunication in plant and animal cells using a polygraph machine in the 1960s which led to his theory of "primary perception." Cleve Backster's study was partially replicated in 1973 by Dr. Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ of CIA remote-viewing "Stargate Project" fame at the Stanford Research Institute. Puthoff and Targ applied for and received a research grant to probe plant sensitivity. In 1973, they began to conduct plant and human consciousness research on the “Backster Effect." The product culminated in a final report called "Organic Biofield Sensor" by H. E. Puthoff and R. Fontes. Benedict says in about 200 years Cleve Backster will be seen as a kind of "saint" to the Gaia-based spirituality which will dominate society at that time. Cleve Backster's work is neither esoteric nor spiritual, but scientific. His book is entitled, "Primary Perception: Biocommunication with Plants, Living Foods, and Human Cells" and his original work is described in the book, "The Secret Life of Plants." See also Cleve Backster's Wikipedia page. |
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Concerning the
validity of Benedict's testimony, P.M.H.
Atwater has this to say:
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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 had been
an information freak in the 1970's, and I had become
increasingly despondent over the nuclear crisis, the
ecology crisis, and so forth. So, since I did not have
a spiritual basis, I began to believe that nature had
made a mistake, and that we were probably a cancerous
organism on the planet. I saw no way that we could get
out from all the problems we had created for ourselves
and the planet. I perceived all humans as cancer, and
that is what I got. That is what killed me. Be careful
what your world view is. It can feed back on you, especially
if it is a negative world view. I had a seriously negative
one. That is what led me into my death. I tried all
sorts of alternative healing methods, but nothing helped.
So I determined
that this was really just between me and God. I had
never really faced God before, or even dealt with God. I
was not into any kind of spirituality at the time, but
I began a journey into learning about spirituality and
alternative healing. I set out to do all the reading
I could and bone up on the subject, because I did not
want to be surprised on the other side. So I started
reading on various religions and philosophies. They
were all very interesting, and gave hope that there
was something on the other side.
On the other hand, as a self-employed stained-glass
artist at the time, I had no medical insurance
whatsoever. So my life savings went overnight in
testing. Then I was facing the medical profession
without any kind of insurance. I did not want to
have my family dragged down financially, so I
determined to handle this myself. There was not
constant pain, but there were black-outs. I got so
that I would not dare to drive, and eventually I
ended up in hospice care. I had my own personal
hospice caretaker. I was very blessed by this angel
who went through the last part of this with me. I
lasted about eighteen months. I did not want to take
a lot of drugs, since I wanted to be as conscious as
possible. Then I experienced such pain that I had
nothing but pain in my consciousness, luckily only
for a few days at a time.
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.
3. The Light
of God
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 indeed in control of your near-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,
mandalas, 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 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. The only thing
I can tell you is that it turned into a matrix, a mandala
of human souls, and what I saw was that what we call
our Higher Self in each of us is a matrix. It's also
a conduit to the Source; each one of us comes directly,
as a direct experience from the Source. 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 and every one of us has. We are directly
connected to the Source.
So the light
was showing me the Higher Self matrix. And it became
very clear to me that all the Higher Selves are connected
as one being, all humans are connected as one being,
we are actually the same being, different aspects of
the same being. It was not committed to one particular
religion. So that is what was being fed back to me.
And I saw this mandala of human souls. It was the most
beautiful thing I have ever seen. I just went into it
and, it was just overwhelming. It was like all the love
you've every wanted, and it was the kind of love that
cures, heals, regenerates.
As I asked the
light 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.
4. The River
of Life
Then the light
turned into the most beautiful thing that I have ever
seen: a mandala of human souls on this planet.
Now I came to
this with my negative view of what has happened on the
planet. So as I asked the light to keep clarifying for
me, I saw in this magnificent mandala 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, you are.
I was astonished
to find that there was no evil in any soul.
I said, "How
can this be?"
The answer was
that no soul was inherently evil. The terrible things
that happened to people might make them do evil things,
but their souls were not evil. What all people seek,
what sustains them, is love, the light told me. What
distorts people is a lack of love.
The
revelations coming from the light seemed to go on and
on, then I asked the light, "Does this mean that humankind
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."
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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 totally 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."
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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."
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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 all its 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 all of the 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!
I truly was a wonder child; a babe in Wonderland!
It seemed as
if all the creations in the universe soared by me and
vanished in a speck of light. Almost immediately, a
second light appeared. It came from all sides, and was
so different; a light made up of more than every frequency
in the universe.
5. The Void
I
felt and heard several velvety sonic booms again. My
consciousness, or being, was expanding to interface
with the entire holographic universe and more.
As
I passed into the second light, the awareness came to
me that I had just transcended the truth. Those are
the best words I have for it, but I will try to explain.
As I passed into the second light, I expanded beyond
the first light. 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. That's a mind-expanding
thought, isn't it? Scientists perceive the Big Bang
as a single event which created the universe. I saw
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 supercomputers using fractal
geometry equations.
The ancients
knew of this. They said Godhead periodically created
new universes by breathing out, and de-creating 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 de-creating
themselves. Instantly I entered into them all simultaneously.
I saw that each and every little piece of creation has
the power to create. It is very difficult to try to
explain this. I am still speechless about this.
It took me
years after I returned 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.
Where
is the void? I know. The void is inside and outside
everything. You, right now even while you live, are
always inside and outside the void simultaneously. You
don't have to go anywhere or die to get there. The void
is the vacuum or nothingness between all physical manifestations.
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 ongoing, infinite exploration through every one
of us. Through every piece of hair on your head, through
every leaf on every tree, through every atom, God is
exploring God's Self, the great "I am". I
began to see 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 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!
I was
in the void and I was aware of everything that had ever
been created. It was like I was looking out of God's
eyes. I had become God. Suddenly I wasn't me anymore.
The only thing I can say, I was looking out of God's
eyes. And suddenly I knew why every atom was, and I
could see everything.
The
interesting point was that I went into the void, I came
back with this understanding that God is not there.
God is here. That's what it is all about. So this constant
search of the human race to go out and find God ...
God gave everything to us, everything
is here - this is where it's at. And what we are into
now is God's exploration of God through us. People are
so busy trying to become God that they ought to realize
that we are already God and God is becoming us. That's
what it is really about.
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 superclusters 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.
6. The Light of Love
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 saw that
the solar system we live in is our larger, local
body. This is our local body and we are much bigger
than we imagine. I saw that the solar system is our
body. I am a part of this, and the Earth is this
great created being that we are, and we are the part
of it that knows that it is. But we are only that
part of it. We are not everything, but we are that
part of it that knows that it is.
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 child (human
beings) make an abundance of sound right now, like children
playing in the backyard of the universe.
I rode the stream
directly into the center of the light. I felt embraced
by the light as it took me in with its breath again,
followed by another soft sonic boom.
I was in this
great light of love with the stream of life flowing
through me. I have to say again, it is the most loving,
non-judgmental light. It is the ideal parent for this
wonder child.
"What now?"
I wondered.
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.
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.
And 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.
7. His Return to Earth
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 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. An atom. So to be the
human part of God ... this is the most fantastic blessing.
It is a blessing beyond our wildest estimation of what
blessing can be. For each and every one of us to be
the human part of this experience is awesome, and magnificent.
Each and every one of us, no matter where we are, screwed
up or not, is a blessing to the planet, right where
we are.
So 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. So I reincarnated back into
this body.
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. She was sure I was dead; all the signs of
death were there - I was getting stiff. We do not know
how long I was dead, but we do know that it was an hour
and a half since I was found. She honored my wish to
have my newly dead body left alone for a few hours as
much as she could. We had an amplified stethoscope and
many ways of checking out the vital functions of the
body to see what was happening. She can verify that
I really was dead.
It was not a
near-death experience. I experienced death itself for
at least an hour and a half. She found me dead and checked
the stethoscope, blood pressure and heart rate monitor
for an hour and a half. 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. 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 the journey
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 remission."
8. The Lessons He Learned
The
mystery of life has very little to do with intelligence.
The universe is not an intellectual process at all.
The intellect is helpful; it is brilliant, but right
now that is all we process with, instead of our hearts
and the wiser part of ourselves.
The center of
the Earth is this great transmuter of energy, just as
you see in pictures of our Earth's magnetic field. That's
our cycle, pulling reincarnated souls back in and through
it again. A sign that you are reaching human level is
that you are beginning to evolve an individual consciousness.
The animals have a group soul, and they reincarnate
in group souls. A deer is pretty much going to be a
deer forever. But just being born a human, whether deformed
or genius, shows that you are on the path to developing
an individual consciousness. That is in itself part
of the group consciousness called humanity.
I saw that
races are personality clusters. Nations like France,
Germany and China each have their own personality.
Cities have personalities, their local group souls
that attract certain people. Families have group
souls. Individual identity is evolving like branches
of a fractal; the group soul explores in our
individuality. The different questions that each of
us has are very, very important. This is how Godhead
is exploring God's Self - through you. So ask your
questions, do your searching. You will find your
Self and you will find God in that Self, because it
is only the Self.
More
than that, I began to see that each one of us humans
are soul mates. We are part of the same soul
fractaling out in many creative directions, but
still the same. Now I look at every human being that
I ever see, and I see a soul mate, my soul mate, the
one I have always been looking for. Beyond that, the
greatest soul mate that you will ever have is yourself.
We are each both male and female. We experience this
in the womb and we experience this in reincarnation
states. If you are looking for that ultimate soul mate
outside of yourself, you may never find it; it is not
there. Just as God is not "there." God is
here. Don't look "out there" for God. Look
here for God. Look through your Self. Start having the
greatest love affair you ever had ... with your Self.
You will love everything out of that.
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 an 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 that ... God. With
atomic colliders they are not only seeing what is in
here, but they are creating particles. Thank God most
of them are short-lived milliseconds and nanoseconds.
We are just beginning to understand that we are creating
too, as we go along.
As I saw forever,
I came to a realm 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 one of you can do this. You do not
have to die 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.
The mind is
like a child running around the universe, demanding
this and thinking it created the world. But I ask
the mind, "What did your
mother have to do with this?"
That is the
next level of spiritual awareness. Oh! My mother! All of a sudden you give up the ego, because you are
not the only soul in the universe.
9. What Is Heaven?
One of my questions
to the light was, "What is heaven?"
I was given
a tour of all the heavens that have been created:
the Nirvanas, the Happy Hunting Grounds, all of
them. I went through them. These are thought form
creations that we have created. We don't really go
to heaven; we are reprocessed. But whatever we
created, we leave a part of ourselves there. It is
real, but it is not all of the soul.
I
saw the Christian heaven. We expect it to be a beautiful
place, and you stand in front of the throne, worshipping
forever. I tried it. It is boring! This is all
we are going to do? It is childlike. I do not mean to
offend anyone. Some heavens are very interesting, and
some are very boring. I found the ancient ones to be
more interesting, like the Native American ones, the
Happy Hunting Grounds. The Egyptians have fantastic
ones. It goes on and on. There are so many of them.
In each of them there is a fractal that is your particular
interpretation, unless you are part of the group soul
that believes in only the God of a particular religion.
Then you are very close, in the same ball park together.
But even then, each is a little bit different. That
is a part of yourself that you leave there. Death is
about life, not about heaven.
I asked God,
"What is the best religion on the planet? Which
one is right?"
And Godhead
said, with great love:
"I
don't care."
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That was incredible
grace. What that meant was that we are the caring beings
here.
The Ultimate
Godhead of all the stars tells us:
"It
does not matter what religion you are."
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They come and
they go, they change. Buddhism has not been here forever,
Catholicism has not been here forever, and they are
all about to become more enlightened. More light is
coming into all systems now. There is going to be a
reformation in spirituality that is going to be just
as dramatic as the Protestant Reformation. There will
be lots of people fighting about it, one religion against
the next, believing that only they are right.
Everyone
thinks they own God, the religions and philosophies,
especially the religions, because they form big
organizations around their philosophy. When Godhead
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 with a lot of fears about
toxic waste, nuclear missiles, the population explosion,
the rainforest. I came back loving every single problem.
I love nuclear waste. I love the mushroom cloud; this
is the holiest mandala 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 loving
toxic waste, because it brought us together. These things
are so big. As
Peter Russell might say, these problems are now "soul
size." Do we have soul size answers?
YES!
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,
energy.
What happens
when we dream? We are multi-dimensional beings. We can
access that through lucid dreaming. In fact, this universe
is God's dream. One of the things that I saw is that
we humans are a speck on a planet that is a speck in
a galaxy that is a speck. Those are giant systems out
there, and we are in sort of an average system. But
human beings are already legendary throughout the cosmos
of consciousness. The little bitty human being of Earth/Gaia
is legendary. One of the things that we are legendary
for is dreaming. We are legendary dreamers. In fact,
the whole cosmos has been looking for the meaning of
life, the meaning of it all. And it was the little dreamer
who came up with the best answer ever. We dreamed it
up. So dreams are important.
After dying
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.
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