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    There are so many dimensions, we have the choice of any kind of beauty we wish to experience. Whatever we loved is there—how could it be paradise otherwise? If we liked baseball on this side, we might choose to spend most of our time in a big beautiful baseball park, watching or playing our favorite game. If we liked to fish we can choose to be on a gorgeous, sparkling lake. If we liked the mountains, we could go skiing for as long as we want. If we liked music, we might be in a wonderful music hall. These dimensions are all created by God.
    I was doing a reading for this woman once and I said, “Your husband is there with so-and-so and they are playing checkers.” She said, “No, they always played backgammon together.” Okay, I’m not perfect—I always say this—but the point is that the game they enjoyed on this side, they still were playing on that side. I’ve had spirits tell me they are still enjoying their weekly card games, whatever!

Can you explain what a near-death experience is about?
     
    In most cases a near-death experience (NDE) is precipitated by some traumatic event such as an accident or a serious illness, a situation in which the physical body could be permanently put out of commission. But there are some individuals, very deeply spiritual or mystical people, who through their spiritual practice of meditation can also have this experience, or one with very similar elements, without the body being harmed.
    What happens is that the soul lifts out of the physical body and travels through a tunnel of light that normally would be our “Last Exit to Brooklyn,” so to speak, our passage to the Other Side, where we’d stay until it’s time for us to reincarnate again. The same thing happens as would happen upon death—the person is greeted by loved ones who have already crossed, they will have a life review, they may get a tour of some kind or be given a class of some kind from a spiritual Master that they are told to remember. It’s so beautiful and peaceful there that very often, I’ve heard, the person does not want to return to the body, but somebody on the Other Side will tell them that it’s not their time. They have to go back.
    On this side, while the soul is out of the body, if the person is under medical care, it’s very common that he or she will actually be pronounced dead—there will be no vital signs. But when the soul reenters the body: “Surprise, surprise!”

Is an NDE just something that accidentally happens? Or is there a reason that certain people are chosen to “almost die”?
     
    I think that having a near-death experience is really a gift from God. The truth is that we are in constant contact with God. Always. But our awareness of this flits in and out. Having an NDE heightens that awareness. If a person is off the track in his life, it can be a wake-up call that he needs to get his wheels realigned and get back on the right road.
    Sometimes it’s not the case that the person was messing up. Maybe the Masters on the Other Side see him as someone with potential to facilitate a needed change over here. A person might be given messages that are for the larger world, or be given a specific mission that he is to accomplish with the time he has left in this world.

What about someone in a coma? Are they trying to cross? Can or do they stay here for us?
     
    A person in a coma is literally between heaven and earth. In some cases, it may really be their time to cross; in other cases, they may revive naturally. I do believe that initially when someone is in a coma she is in a deep sleep and doesn’t realize she could leave her body. However, if someone is in a coma for many months or years, I don’t believe that he just lies there sleeping. I believe that his soul can and does leave his body. How it does this, I really don’t know, but I equate it with the ability to experience astral travel. And, too, some are likely having NDEs.
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