DennisPTate
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I have been studying near death experience accounts since 1990 and I personally feel that I am totally unqualified to debate or argue vehemently with any of these people who had one of these brushes with death. Often it seems that they have been sent back into four dimensional space - time with a message for all of us.
For example former Atheist and near death experiencer Mellen Thomas Benedict, [who has now passed on into the afterlife again], had his brush with death in 1982 and he left all of us with a message that has off the scale artistic value, diplomatic value, educational value and yes, even economic value, because if we religious people will stop fighting each other and ask each other some relevant questions, and then listen to each other, we may just find out that what we were fighting about in the past may not be something that should produce a lot of theological conflict.
It is my belief that these people who have a brush with death have mostly all became like King Solomon in comparison to the rest of us who have not had one of these transcendent experiences.
I admit that the background that each of these near death experiencers take into their NDE can have an effect on how their trip into the higher dimensions tends to go. For example former Atheist Mellen Benedict is shocked to find his consciousness somehow separated from his physical body. Essentially he sees a glimmer of light and he assumes that this would be a good place to get some of his questions answered. As Mellen meets with the Being of Light of near death experience fame all of his questions about this life receive an off the scale brilliant answer that does not cause Mellen Benedict to specifically pick one religion but instead he gave a message that has the power to begin a positive shift in all religious systems toward finding common ground so that we can begin to work together.
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I have to admit that this statement by near death experiencer Mellen Thomas Benedict kind of offended me at first because I personally cared so much about spirituality that at first I could not visualize a Creator Who had figured out a way to judge us and review our lives with us in spite of our differences in religion.
I took me a lot of research into many near death experience accounts as well as into several major religions, before I could get my head around this idea.
For example former Atheist and near death experiencer Mellen Thomas Benedict, [who has now passed on into the afterlife again], had his brush with death in 1982 and he left all of us with a message that has off the scale artistic value, diplomatic value, educational value and yes, even economic value, because if we religious people will stop fighting each other and ask each other some relevant questions, and then listen to each other, we may just find out that what we were fighting about in the past may not be something that should produce a lot of theological conflict.
It is my belief that these people who have a brush with death have mostly all became like King Solomon in comparison to the rest of us who have not had one of these transcendent experiences.
I admit that the background that each of these near death experiencers take into their NDE can have an effect on how their trip into the higher dimensions tends to go. For example former Atheist Mellen Benedict is shocked to find his consciousness somehow separated from his physical body. Essentially he sees a glimmer of light and he assumes that this would be a good place to get some of his questions answered. As Mellen meets with the Being of Light of near death experience fame all of his questions about this life receive an off the scale brilliant answer that does not cause Mellen Benedict to specifically pick one religion but instead he gave a message that has the power to begin a positive shift in all religious systems toward finding common ground so that we can begin to work together.
Mellen-Thomas Benedict's Near-Death Experience - Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife profiles Mellen-Thomas Benedict's Near-Death Experience . Did you enjoy reading this post, we have more!
[Mellen Thomas Benedict] :
10. What Is the Best Religion?
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.” That was incredible grace.
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." [Mellen Thomas Benedict ]
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Mellen-Thomas Benedict's Near-Death Experience - Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife profiles Mellen-Thomas Benedict's Near-Death Experience . Did you enjoy reading this post, we have more!near-death.com
I have to admit that this statement by near death experiencer Mellen Thomas Benedict kind of offended me at first because I personally cared so much about spirituality that at first I could not visualize a Creator Who had figured out a way to judge us and review our lives with us in spite of our differences in religion.
I took me a lot of research into many near death experience accounts as well as into several major religions, before I could get my head around this idea.
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