NDE of a man clinically dead for 45 minutes

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I notice the blurb is by the "NYT bestseller" Richard Paul Evans. On Wiki I see he's known for a 1995 book called The Christmas Box, and I noticed Vincent Taylor's co-writer (the ex-pilot!) is a board member of "the Christmas Box International", so there's a connection that probably explains the blurb. (Or the choice of the co-writer.)

I have not yet watched this episode but I have watched several from the same host on that NLS Podcast channel. In fact I have subscribed to his YouTube channel because he does have some interesting guests. It can be a bit "American" for my tastes as a Brit but I expect that. God and Jesus are prominent in some of the cases which seems to be expected in the USA but which slightly puts me off. If we experience according to our beliefs then meetings with Jesus or Angels should not surprise anyone.

As for the host's film industry background, this seems to have enabled him to secure interviews with several big name celebrities. I like the fact that he is uncritical and lets the guest tell their own story. Some are admittedly more plausible than others but who am I to say which?

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I like the show a lot since I've started watching a month or so ago. It's not completely uncritical, but definitely open and focused on the experience. And there are others like it too of course, but IMO there's a sustained quality to the guests on here.

I listened to a recent show where someone had an experience of being a disciple of Jesus' (John the beloved), and I like the fact that he was really grounded in what he was saying (he realizes he may not actually be the reincarnation of John, and others may have had the same experience), and what he related went against several myths that would (and do) anger some traditional Christians.

I'm of the same opinion of some of the guests on there, like medium Suzanne Giesemann that I respect a lot, that shows like this (and the internet as such!) possibly represent a shift in our global consciousness, and are a remarkable thing in how it allows many people to be easily exposed to indications about a greater reality than was previously possible. Personally I feel really grateful to be living in this age for this reason.

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I'd add also, especially in the interview with channelers, that there's an experiential, IMO potentially spiritually beneficial quality to listening to these videos. It's more about the right brain than the left, so analytic, Skeptiko-style interviewing would defeat the purpose.

well I watched alot of it, but I did have to scroll forward in parts, because it became a bit fantastical in its scale, with little critical thinking that I could see, little corroboration,

I never accept any NDE as valid (or truthful or factual) unless I've looked at it very carefully with it's background information etc (corroboration). That doesn't mean that I think we should be suspicious all the time. I agree the scale of this one and the complete nature of his memory would seem unlikely from someone who laid (warm in Thailand) in a body bag for so long. But just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it didn't happen like that. 

I just don't know and can't know if it's completely or even slightly authentic but there are more than enough other similar cases to make it less important whether he's trying to dupe us (or not). I'm prepared to take his word for it, I can't see how anyone can (easily that is---they can of course if they really want to) lie so convincingly and remember he has to do this consistently (he didn't seem to trip up at all, did he). It seems unlikely he's lying, I would have thought. If he is, he's good at it.

This man drank something toxic in Thailand

That was a super video, and somehow very believable - at least to me.

However, he drank something from Thailand, and he accidentally drank 20 times too much.

David

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It was believable to me as well. He was also at IANDS last year.

Yes he explained that in Thailand the amount of the supplement took, which you're not supposed to go over, was 20 times more diluted in North America. Curious as to what that is.

I thought his spirit guide gave the neatest answer as to why there is evil in the world. He compared this world to a gym - training requires weights. This corresponds with the idea that we come here to learn, and therefore presumably with the idea of reincarnation (not mentioned on the video, I think) because you may not manage the whole lesson in one lifetime.

Of course, that still does not explain what were are supposed to do with all that knowledge at the end of it all - fire up our own universe?

David

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In regards to your last question David, one consistent answer I receive from all the readings and videos is that we come here for the contrast, to really know the opposite of love (loss or lack of love,, illusion of separation, fear, feeling unloveable, etc.) so we appreciate and know it that much more when we get back to it. Otherwise we (meaning who we really are outside the small or amnesiac portion of us that is undergoing the human experience) already are love, it's all we know, and we take it for granted. Earth is consistently referred to as the toughest school - only the most courageous choose to come here, because the rewards are that much greater from the other schools that exist. It's like the top university.

It's like our (and the) light will shine even greater, and I gather the bliss will be too.

In regards to your last question

It may well be so, Ian ! I (personally) tend to think that there is nothing else to do in the universe with existence other than to "play out" and see what happens (away from the perfection of paradise which surely would be too limiting if it wasn't interrupted).  In other words, I think life has to be what it is because it can't be anything else (great and terrible mostly mediocre but not boring) but then again, it can be (improved) if we want it to be, when we've had enough of what we alone have created that's bad. 

If that makes any sense....maybe it doesn't.