Q: In near-death experiences, what is the light that people talk about seeing?
It is the last stage the soul goes through before re-emerging with God Consciousness. It is the highway to God. In all beings, there is a cellular memory of this light. All have traveled the light highway many times on their return home. So there is always a feeling of excitement, peace, and joy when one sees the light. Words are overused and inadequate to describe the experience. Euphoria.
When people talk about the death experience and moving through the tunnel, they are not talking about the light. The tunnel is the release of the physical form. The light is infinite and the last thing one sees while in physical form. Once the physical form is completely dead, there are no more eyes to see the light. It becomes pure experience.
This is why most people who have near-death experiences don’t talk about traveling through the light themselves, but rather, how people from the other side come through the light to meet them. They feel a sense of relief and peace because they are experiencing a forever connection with everyone they have ever loved and cared about.
The light is comprised of the vibration of love of all those who have come and will come. This is why, when anyone sees the light, they want to go. Once this infinite love envelops them, there is nothing in the physical world powerful enough to hold them any longer. There is no person, place, drug, or money that can equal the experience of this pure love. This light is not God. It is still part of the transition from the physical to the non-physical. Traveling on this beacon of love is how one finds the way home.
The sad thing is that people aren’t aware that this light is around everyone all the time. There is never a moment when you are not in the light. You may or may not be able to sense this very delicate vibration depending on your own inner emotions.
One of the reasons why animals play such an important role for humans is that they are connected to this light all the time, so they don’t experience rationalization, and doubt in the way that humans do. This quality imbues animals with wonderful healing powers for humans. Studies show that when you pet an animal, your heart rate slows, and your physiological body changes. What they don’t tell you is that what you are petting is this field of pure love, this connection to God. Sensitive people seek animals in their lives for emotional and spiritual ballast. They may not know why they know this about animals, but they know.
Some people can use music to find the light. These people understand that light is nothing more than a vibration of a particular frequency. Mozart didn’t see the light, he heard the light. It played in his head all the time. There are many ways the light manifests here. If you are sensitive, there are many ways you can experience it on a daily basis.
We are taught to think of altruism as selfless. In fact, altruism and kindness are selfish acts by the giver; selfish in that this also connects the giver to the light. There is an illusion that the receiver is the beneficiary. Of course, in one sense, they are, but the greatest beneficiary is the giver because s/he experiences the light.
Each has been given a way from birth to find the light. There are a multitude of ways because there are a multitude of people.
Children are ready to begin learning modified meditation and yoga practices by the age of three. Giving them these skills early encourages them to retain their original innocent union with God by helping them stay connected to the Now. This will save them from the pain of losing this knowing and then having to search to find it again, as most humans do.
Being careful about what you allow yourselves to think, and training the mind are the keys. Practicing meditation will help you retrain the mind to let go of, rather than to cling to, thoughts. It is also a matter of sharing happy thoughts as quickly as you have them, regardless of how simplistic, because it reminds you out loud that you wish to have more happy thoughts. It also reminds others that there are happy thoughts to be had, simply by deciding to have them. The more joy and laughter you can bring into your life, the more you will experience the boundless presence of this light.
The nature of humanity is goodness. Through goodness we find the light. This is the primary drive in all humans and the answer to the question: “What is my purpose? What is the meaning of life?” The answer is to bask in the light of pure love.
Q: So the way we get to the light is by giving as much as we can?
The way to the light is by doing whatever opens the heart. Each has been given a way from birth to find the light. For some, it is through music, children, animals, giving, meditation, and so on. For others, it is through some other act of self-expression. There are multitudes of ways because there are multitudes of people.
The problems of the day would instantly dissolve if you could find a way to keep your heart open so that this vibration could settle into your being. But because the brain insists upon thinking and rethinking the stresses of the day, this causes stress to feed on itself.
Stress is a very dense energy with a low vibration, which acts like silt in a filter. It will eventually clog the filter. The light vibration is a higher, subtler frequency, so it’s not as easy to contain or maintain. It would be the difference between sitting in a mud bath versus standing naked in a light breeze. One can experience the mud quite thoroughly. There is a feeling of solidity and even a kind of security in sitting in it, whereas the breeze almost seems like an illusion. To become the light rather than just experience its fleeting sensation requires great desire, persistence, and practice.
It is especially important to teach small children how to shift their thoughts quickly from the mud bath to the breeze. When they learn how to move from sadness, worry, or frustration to positive problem-solving, kindness, and release of negativity through creative self-expression, they develop lifelong powerful tools to ensure happiness, peace, and a positive, resilient attitude.
Children are ready to begin learning modified meditation and yoga practices by the age of three. Giving them these skills early encourages them to retain their original innocent union with God by helping them stay connected to the Now. This will save them from the pain of losing this knowing and then having to search to find it again, as most humans do.
Being careful about what you allow yourselves to think, and training the mind are the keys. Practicing meditation will help you retrain the mind to let go of, rather than to cling to, thoughts. It is also a matter of sharing happy thoughts as quickly as you have them, regardless of how simplistic, because it reminds you out loud that you wish to have more happy thoughts. It also reminds others that there are happy thoughts to be had, simply by deciding to have them. The more joy and laughter you can bring into your life, the more you will experience the boundless presence of this light.