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Sylvia Browne
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Sylvia Browne
(www.sylvia.org)
is a near-death experiencer and has been
a working psychic for more than forty years.
Her books are New York Times bestsellers
and she has appeared on a long list of television
programs. This acclaimed psychic has introduced
millions of people to a world beyond our
own. She is the author of many books including,
Adventures of
a Psychic,
Blessings from
the Other Side,
and
The Other Side
and Back.
In another book of hers,
Life on the Other
Side,
she explains the process of leaving this
world for the next, and how we leave the
Other Side to continue our life's journey
on Earth. What follows is her near-death
account and a summary of what she knows
about life on the Other Side. Sylvia describes
this process more in-depth in her book which
I highly recommend, along with all of her
books.
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1. Sylvia
Browne's Near-Death Experience |
I was forty-two
and having routine surgery when I flatlined and
encountered the following common events:
The tunnel
that immediately appeared didn't come from up there
somewhere, it actually rose up from my body, seemingly
from my own etheric substance. Instead of leading
up toward the sky, it led across, at maybe a twenty-degree
angle, confirming that the Other Side isn't some
distant paradise beyond the clouds. It really exists
right here among us, only three fee above our ground
level, simply in another dimension with a much higher
vibration than ours.
I didn't
just feel completely alive as I moved through the
tunnel, I was completely alive. Only my body, the
vehicle I had traveled in during this lifetime;
had conked out. I felt weightless, free, and exhilarated,
filled with the peaceful certainty that everyone
and everything I had ever worried about would be
fine. With my newfound sense of timeless eternity,
I knew that my loved ones and I would be together
again in what would seem like almost no time at
all.
The legendary
white light appeared ahead of me, with sacred brilliance
and infinite knowledge.
The figure
of a loved one stepped into the large opening at
the end of the tunnel, in my case my cherished Grandma
Ada. The opening was wide enough that I could glimpse
a meadow beyond her, like any grassy, flower-filled
meadow on Earth with its colors enriched and magnified
a thousand times.
Obviously
mine was on a near-death experience, and two things
happened simultaneously to emphasize that point:
when I reached out my hand to Grandma Ada, she reached
out her hand as well, but her palm was facing me,
in a gesture that meant stop. And at that same moment,
I heard the faint, distant voice of a friend I'd
left standing beside my hospital bed pleading, "Sylvia,
don't go, you're so needed."
The sensation
of returning to Earth made me feel as if a huge
rubber band that had been wrapped around my waist
and stretched to its limit was now pulling me back.
One second my hand was just inches from Grandma
Ada's, and the next second I was snapped away from
her and slammed back into the confining heaviness
of my body.
Not only
was I not glad to be back, I felt angry, frustrated,
and depressed for days afterward.
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2. A
Brief Summary of Sylvia's View of Life on the Other
Side |
Upon death, most people
go through a heavenly process before entering into
heaven. Evil people, instead of experiencing the
tunnel and bright light upon death, are sent through
what Sylvia calls the left door and enter into an
abyss of empty, joyless, nothingness for a brief
period of time. After they have reflected upon their
actions, they are reincarnated back to Earth. People
who commit suicide are sent to a place Sylvia calls
the holding place. Here they must make a choice
to either proceed through the left door or embrace
God and move on to the light. People in the holding
place shuffle slowly around in despair in a gray
fog with their heads down until they make their
decision. According to Sylvia, this is purgatory.
It is interesting to note that many near-death experiencers,
including
George Ritchie,
have seen this place.
Most people,
who go through the heavenly process, go through
a tunnel and towards the light of God. They return
home to the place they came from on the other side.
Here, they have a reunion with family and friends
who have departed before them. After the reunion,
most of us are lead by our spirit guide to a building
on the other side called the Hall of Wisdom. In
a sacred room, we see our lives flash before us
on a device Sylvia calls the scanning machine. This
device is a domed screen where our lives are placed
out in three-dimensional holographic form. Once
we have fully evaluated our lives, we are debriefed
in an orientation process. This is when we discuss
the lifetime previously lived and reviewed in the
scanning machine. We meet with guides who are trained
orientators who discuss ways of amending for previous
mistakes. We receive help if we were unprepared
for our crossing over into the spirit realm. If
those whose transition is especially difficult,
the orientation process is preceded by another process
called cocooning. This is when the person is put
into a restful, healing sleep for as long as it
takes for them to feel healthy. In extreme cases,
people are taken to a structure called the Towers
where extremely confused people undergo a deprogramming
process.
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3.
The Seven Levels of Advancement |
Once a person
has adjusted to the transition, they can visit a
place called the Hall of Records where historical
data is stored such as the charts of everyone's
past lives. Another beautiful structure is the Hall
of Justice where people go before the Council of
Elders who are highly advanced spokespersons of
God who help us decide how we are to progress further
into the spirit realm. Sylvia describes seven levels
of advancement and they are:
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The
Seven Levels of Advancement
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Level 1 |
The reunion and homecoming previously
discussed |
Level 2 |
The orientation process previously
discussed |
Level 3 |
Becoming skilled in a particular
vocation |
Level 4 |
Becoming creative in the arts |
Level 5 |
Researching areas of progress and
passing the knowledge to Earth through
a process of infused knowledge |
Level 6 |
Becoming a teacher or leader |
Level 7 |
Forfeiting your identity as a personality
by willingly absorbing into the
light of God |
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As it is
on Earth, so it is in heaven in that life is what
we make of it. On the other side, we do what we
choose to do and advance as far as we choose to
and when we choose to.
At some point, people
recognize the need for even further advancement
and therefore choose to return to Earth to gain
this spiritual advancement. With the help of a spirit
guide, they write up a new chart, an incarnation
which will meet their goals. They then proceed to
the Hall of Justice where they meet once again with
the Council of Elders. Here, the council prepares
people for their next incarnation. When they are
ready to incarnate, their family and friends are
gathered together to bid farewell. Once they have
said their goodbyes, they can meet with a spiritual
teacher, such as Buddha or Jesus, to embrace them
in their divine light. People are then taken to
the Towers and are eased into a deep sleep. The
descent into the womb begins and a new life is born
on Earth.
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"It is God's
kiss, not of good-bye but only of a brief
farewell, knowing we're leaving paradise
not just for the sake of our own spiritual
potential but for him as well, and assuring
us, his children, that his perfect, unconditional,
eternal life will light our way through
all our days on Earth and right back through
the tunnel that will someday bring us safely
home again." - Sylvia Browne
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