People who have had a NDE (near death experience) will tell you life doesn’t end at death. Many of them return with incredible insight after their bodies were clinically dead and their souls continued on to another place.
Skepticism about NDEs is understandable. The International Association for Near Death Studies, an informational and networking center, address popular questions about the concept on their site.
A common part of a NDE is the life review. With their guide or guides, the soul reviews all situations from the lifetime they just left. However, unlike while incarnated, they also experience all the emotions of the people they affected by their actions, along with everyone’s point of view. The worse they behaved, the more difficult the review; they aren’t judged, but on the other side they aren’t able to justify or make excuses for their behavior, some of which may have created negative karma.
In one case from the site, a woman bled to death after the birth of her second child. During her life review, she saw herself back in college when a man fell in love with her quickly. “His passion and intensity frightened me, so I ran away without an explanation. I felt his pain. I’d broken his heart. During this review of my life I saw another theme. By not telling the truth when I was clear about how I felt, I kidded myself about sparing the other person or I avoided a confrontation by pretending confusion. I was shown how damaging this was. It is like a stone dropped into the middle of a still pond. The ripples go on till they meet the shore, then bounce and travel some more, acting and inter-acting. The consequences are felt in ways we can’t even imagine.”
Everyone tells white lies occasionally to save face or protect loved ones. Often they’re harmless, and sometimes you can’t say what you feel because you’d be fired from your job, for example. But other times, like with the woman described above, it can do more harm than good. About what are you not telling the truth (in a compassionate way, if possible) when you are clear about how you feel?
Copyright © 2018 Stephen Petullo
