Told Not Ready To Die and the
Near-Death Experience
At
some point in every near-death experience, the person
returns to life. Otherwise, the person's body would
die and their soul would remain on the Other Side. In
such a case, instead of a NDE, the person would experience
death. But some people are given a choice as to whether
or not to return. For example, they might be asked, "Are
you ready?" Some people return because of a desire
to finish their earthly mission. Once they return to
life, they may say that God permitted them to return
because their life's work or mission was not complete.
Such people may also say that returning to life was
their choice. This choice to return may have been permitted
because it stemmed from some sense of responsibility
for others such as a mother's desire to raise their
children. On the other hand, some people are not given
the choice to stay in heaven or return to life. After
receiving a "taste" of heavenly bliss, experiencers
may be told that they must return and therefore are
forced to return to life. They may try to resist having
to return. They may even beg to not be sent back. They
may argue. But all attempts to resist are futile and
the experiencer returns to life often bitterly disappointed.
Some people are told of a specific task they must accomplish
such as building meditation centers, starting an organization
or writing a book.
Sometimes the experiencer
returns to life instantaneously. Sometimes their return
coincides with attempts to resuscitate their body such
as with a electrical shock to the heart. Some people
report of being pushed or forced back into their body.
Some people return automatically for no apparent reason.
But experiencers usually return from death convinced
of a mission they must complete - a job they must perform
for the greater good of humanity.
The experiencer may be given
a reason why the must return. Usually, they are told
by some heavenly being something like, "It is not
your time" or "You are not ready" or "Your
mission is not fulfilled" or "Your purpose
is not complete" or "Your life is not finished"
or "There has been a mistake" or "You
must go back" or some variation of these. Such
messages received by experiencers begs the following
questions: Isn't it strange that so many people
are being told basically the same thing? Why are do
many people report being given virtually the same message?
If NDEs are just hallucinations, as so many skeptics
claim, how can so many people be hallucinating the same
message? If NDEs are just hallucinations, then aren't
they "mass hallucinations?" Given the fact
that so many people are given this somewhat cryptic
message, doesn't this prove an objectivity to the
NDE which cannot be explained by brain chemicals? In
other words, suppose a large percentage of people are
told something just as cryptic such as "Where's
the beef?" or some variation of this. Doesn't
this show that such messages are not a product of the
brain? For many people, including myself, the answer
is an obvious "yes."
This web page focuses on the
aspect of the NDE where the experiencer learns that
they must return to life.
1. Being Told "It
Is Not Your Time"
 After
reading so many NDE testimonies on how experiencers
are told that they must go back and return
to life, one might wonder "Why must
they return? Do they have a choice?"
The best answer I have ever found to this
question appeared In the NDE documentary
video entitled
Shadows
which is one of the best NDE documentaries
I have ever seen. One of the experiencers
in the video is named Cindy Massey and she
describes a heart-wrenching conversation
she had with Jesus on why she had to return
to life. It is obviously very difficult
for Cindy to recount this conversation with
others. The following is the verbatim transcript
of her recounting her conversation with
Jesus.
|
Cindy: |
"I want to come home now." |
Jesus: |
"No, you can't." |
Cindy: |
"But I don't want to stay there anymore.
I don't like it." |
Jesus: |
"I know that." |
Cindy: |
"Well, I just want to come home. They are
very mean down there. I don't like it." |
Jesus: |
"I grieve for you and what they've done
to you. And I grieve for what they do to
each other. I grieve deeply. I hurt for
you and for all of you. You have to go back.
You have to return." |
Cindy: |
"Why?" |
Jesus: |
"Because you promised me." |
Cindy: |
"But I can do it another time and another
place." |
Jesus: |
"There is no other time. There is no other
place. You must do it this time. You promised." |
Cindy: |
"Well, you don't understand." Cindy states
that when see looked into Jesus' eyes, she
knew he did. |
Jesus: |
"You promised me, child, it would be this
time. You must return but I promise you
I will be back when it is time for you to
go." |
Cindy: |
"I don't know what I am supposed to do." |
Jesus: |
"You'll know.
You'll know when it's time and you'll know
what to do.'" (Cindy
Massey) |
"Gently,
he opened his arms and let me stand back far enough
to look into his eyes, and he said, 'Your death
was premature, it is not yet your
time.' No words ever spoken have penetrated
me more than these. Until then, I had felt no purpose
in life; I had simply ambled along looking for love
and goodness but never really knowing if my actions
were right. Now, within his works, I felt a mission,
a purpose; I didn't know what it was, but I knew
that my life on Earth had not been meaningless. It was
not yet my time. My time would come when my mission,
my purpose, my meaning in this life was accomplished.
I had a reason for existing on Earth. But even though
I understood this, my spirit rebelled. Did this mean
I would have to go back? I said to him, 'No, I can
never leave you now. He understood what I meant, and
his love and acceptance for me never wavered. My thoughts
raced on: 'Is this Jesus, God, the being I feared
all my life? He is nothing like what I had thought.
He is filled with love.'" (Betty
Eadie)
"And it seemed that I heard
this voice from heaven speak to me and say, 'Well done
my son.' Upon hearing this, I then believed that
I had been carried to heaven or before the Almighty
God. I was so filled with LOVE and JOY. I was content
and NEVER wanted to go back to Earth, ever. But I again
heard these words, 'It is not your
time - for you have much fruits to bring to me.'
But I did not want to return back to this Earth. Suddenly
I felt myself back on my bed and the cloud had left."
(Victor
Borras)
"I saw Jesus on the cross
taking his last breath. I saw my body in a heap on the
ground. I was above. There seemed to be no differentiation
of time. It was all one. And then I felt his pain and
loneliness as he took his last breath and he said without
using words, 'It is not your time
to go' and BAM I was back in my body wrenching
in pain strapped to a board bleeding all over." (Jeanne
Ciampa)
"I left the room of heat,
noise, and pain and lay upon a bed in this cool blue
mist and my 'uncle' came in and spoke to me.
We spoke telepathically for hours which in real time
must have been a very short time and when he rose from
my bedside to go I came up out of my body to join him
with peace and joy only to be told - No! 'But I
want to go with you, I want to go home!' I cried. And
again he said with such kindness - 'No, Jesus sent me
to tell you, now is not your time.' When
I mentally shrugged and gave up (who was I to deny Jesus)
everything came back ... the pain, the smells, the heat,
the noise and I wept." (Jean
Harmon)
"Now I've always told
Linda that when I get to heaven, the first thing I want
to do is walk the dusty road that Christ walked. As
I stood with my hand on the gate, I looked off toward
the right, and there was my dusty road. I couldn't
believe it. I could see it right there, just as I always
pictured it. I started to turn the lever to open the
gate when I heard this voice saying, 'M.L., go back.
It's not your time.'
I said, 'But I don't want to go back!' And all of
the sudden I heard Linda's voice calling me, saying,
'M.L., I love you, and I need you.' 'Please don't
do this to me,' I pleaded. 'Let me go.' Then there was
another voice, coming from beyond the fence saying,
'No son, it's time for you to go back.' And Linda's
daddy said the same thing, 'Not yet. Linda still needs
you.' I started moving back in the tunnel. It was so
black!" (M.L.
Gordon)
"Two elderly women came. I
recognized them as both my grandmothers. They had died
some five or six years previously. My father's mother
looked quiet and solemn. My mother's mother was
pleased to see me but, at the gate-keeper's
bidding, was quite firm in her tone. I had to promise
solemnly not to try to return. I agreed. 'Once more,
I stood in front of the great dark disk again. As the
stars and shapes slowly revolved, a deep voice said
slowly, 'Your time has not yet
come.' Then, once again I was in the long tunnel,
feeling the wind against my cheek as I looked away and
saw the long wall rushing past me. I awoke
prostrate on the floor ... I got up and walked thoughtfully
across to my bed and sat quietly on it for the remainder
of that evening, quietly reflecting on the experience.
Echoing in my mind were the faces and voices of the
disappointed young people, the revolving disc and the
Voice, 'Your time has not yet come.'
Twelve years later, my young son and daughter were playing
one evening and it was time for me to put them to bed.
My son turned and looked at me, smiling; my daughter
sighed. In the golden twilight I recognized his look and
her sigh immediately. They were two of the young people
I had seen in my near-death experience." (Robert
Coleman)
"I heard a voice say, 'Be
not afraid child. It is not your
time. You are not through on Earth. Everything
has a purpose and you will have to complete yours before
you return. Mankind is doing things the wrong way. Go
back and teach humankind that LOVE is what is important.
Love one another justly. Help those who cannot help
themselves. Teach one another compassion, undying love
and respect. My creatures on Earth, large and small,
are here for a purpose. They know everything here on
Earth. They know everything from the beginning of time
till the end of time. They have no fear of death. Mankind
needs to learn from my creatures. They are here to teach
us what is important in life. If you have no love and
respect for my creatures whom you have seen. How can
you respect me and love me whom you have not seen? Go
back and tell the four corners of the Earth what is
truly important, not which religion. You are but the
pure in heart. There will be many wars, poverty, storms
upon storms to rage the Earth, but will man ever listen?
My child go back and tell.' I awoke gasping
for air - screaming for someone to come to me. My daughter
said to mom, 'The air is on 70 degrees. It is cold in
here.' She sped up the ceiling fan a notch." (Beth
Hammond)
"Then I saw my Grandmother
who had died 15 years earlier of a long and cruel illness
and that I had loved very much. She had gangrene in
one leg and had to have it amputated. At the time of
her death, her illness had really taken a toll on her
appearance. But when I saw her she looked radiant. She
looked about 35 years old, healthy and had both of her
legs! I was SO happy to see her and I wanted to stay
with her. I asked her if she was OK and she told me
she was fine and then told me I had to go back. She
told me, 'It is not your time.
You have many things to do.' And with that I was slammed
back into my body - back was the pain and I felt sad."
(Karen
Floyd)
"Life here pales in comparison
to what awaits us. But I was told, 'It
is not your time!' ... and like a rebellious
child I rebuked this and wanted to remain in this realm
of 'completeness' but found that it was an effort in
vain ... and I can recall returning to my body like
a hand in a glove and bouncing on the floor beneath
my hospital bed and up back into my body." (William
Harris)
"I could hear the doctors
working on me, saying that they had lost my vital signs.
I was on the "All That Jazz" escalator with
a long tunnel and a lot of white light. Then I specifically
remember a dominant male voice saying, 'It's
not your time. Get off the escalator. You've
got shit to do.' I came to, and got sewed up." (William
Petersen)
"And I said to him, 'You must
wonder what I've been doing, or you must sometimes
feel angry with me.' And he said, 'No. Here, what
goes on in the world has no meaning.' He said,
'We're here to care for you, we're here to take
you on.' And then there was a sense of drawing
back, and I panicked and said, 'Dad, I don't want
to go!' He said, 'You have to go,
it's not your time yet,
you must go back. You're going to have a son, and
you'll have to bring this boy up, bring him up yourself.' Then
Dad told me my marriage was going to break up. (We'd
only been married just a year!) And I remember
saying, 'Dad, I don't want that to happen. I always
thought that when I got married, it wouldn't happen.' It
was a very intense feeling. I said, 'Dad, I don't
want to go - I want to stay with you. Let me stay with
you.' I was most distressed, I didn't want to go
back. He sent me back." (Grace)
Immediately, she [Vicki Umipeg]
recognizes this Being to be Jesus. He greets her tenderly,
while she conveys her excitement to him about her newfound
omniscience and her joy at being there with him. Telepathically,
he communicates to her, 'Isn't it wonderful? Everything
is beautiful here, and it fits together. And you'll
find that. But you can't stay here now.
It's not your time to be here
yet and you have to go back.' Vicki reacts, understandably
enough, with extreme disappointment and protests vehemently.
'No, I want to stay with you.' But the Being reassures
her that she will come back, but for now, she 'has to
go back and learn and teach more about loving and forgiving.'
Still resistant, however, Vicki then learns she also
needs to go back to have her children. With that, Vicki,
who was then childless but who 'desperately wanted'
to have children (and who has since given birth to three)
becomes almost eager to return and finally consents.
However, before Vicki can leave, the Being says to her,
in these exact words, 'But first, watch this.' And what
Vicki then sees is 'everything from my birth' in a complete
panoramic review of her life, and as she watches, the
being gently comments to help her understand the significance
of her actions and their repercussions. The last thing
Vicki remembers, once the life review has been completed,
are the words, 'You have to leave now.'" (Vicki
Umipeg)
"And the light communicated
with words. He said, 'You'll now believe in
me.' He also said, 'I made you a woman, I created
you. I know everything about you and I'm now going
to send you back, because it's
not your time to come over. You still have your
life's work to do.' I felt very humble, very
much in awe of such love. I could hardly believe that
someone could love me so much. At that time I remember
asking what my life's work was, and I was told,
'You'll not know at this time but you will be shown.' And
I think I was still asking questions like, 'When? (laughing) I
was always saying, 'When?' I was also told to come
back and tell my husband and children what had happened.
I was to share it with them. I think it was about then
that I regained consciousness. I don't recall coming
back. Strangely enough, I only recall waking up a day
and a half later, and by that time I was back in the
ward." (Janet)
"I saw an angel pass me. I
was ready go to the light. Suddenly, the voices said,
'It is not your time. Go
back. I've got work for you to do.' I went back.
(Patty)
"I looked forward and saw
a lighted tunnel and at the entrance were many people.
They saw me coming and alerted the person in charge.
This person came floating up to me. He reached me in
an instant. I immediately knew him as 'Uncle.' I remember
thinking, 'I don't have an uncle who looks like
him.' He was dressed in khaki pants, a white shirt and
a tan sweater vest. He carried a clipboard. I thought,
'How odd.' He had floated just a bit in front of my
path blocking me from going further. Then he telepathically
said, 'It is not your time.'
In the same manner I told him, 'I am going home!' (It
was sort of like saying, 'What are you talking about?')
Seeing how I willed to go forward, he talked to 'others'
who were somewhere else. They told him to show me something.
Then he came up beside me and we both looked down onto
the Earth. All over the U.S. and some other countries,
there were groups of people, some three, some one person,
some many people, etc, at work doing what looked like
triage work of mending hearts by putting their hands
over the hearts of others. It seemed at times they would
roll them into what looked like caves. Once they were
healed, they would be wheeled out again and set on their
way. Most of the healings worked but some failed. They
were working so fast to get as many healed as possible.
They also wore white. I asked if they were nurses? 'No,'
he said. I said almost in disbelief, 'But there are
only thousands of them!' And then he said, 'That is
all we need.' They would tip the balance. What they
did was all that was necessary to do to accomplish what
needed to be done. Then I saw this whole group of people
become one consciousness because of something 'they'
on the Other Side had activated within them. They became
ONE. At that moment, 'they' were able to send a bolt
of pure light into the world through their bodies. It
entered through their backs, behind their hearts, and
exited through their chest and out into the world and
into every nook and cranny of the world. Then the fog
of shadows and fear rolled back and a new age of Heaven
on Earth came. It wasn't going to last forever,
but it would for many thousands of years. Everything
would be different. I looked at him and he said, 'We
need you there.' Then I remembered it was my 'contract'
to be there and to do my part. It was my husband's
part to send me over to see this and experience what
I was seeing. It was just a role for which he had no
bad intentions. It was up to me to remember and not
play a victim. With that, I found myself back in my
body but there still were no sounds." (Anne
Horne)
"I didn't feel like I knew
anything; yet, there was a place in me that knew everything.
I asked Wills if I could stay. He said, 'It's
not your time yet. There's been a mistake. You
have to go back.'" (Laurelynn
Martin)
"The Hindu near-death experiences
profiled here are typical of the cases studied in India
by researchers Satwant Pasricha and Ian Stevenson. The
subject does not view his or her physical body, as do
many subjects of western near-death experience cases.
Instead the subject is taken in hand by 'messengers'
and brought before a man or woman who is often described
as having a book or papers that he or she consults.
A mistake is discovered. The wrong person has been 'sent
for,' and this person is then brought back by the messengers
to his or her terrestrial life; or the subject is 'pushed
down' and revives. The error supposedly made is often
a slight one, as a person of the same given name but
a different caste, or someone living in a different
but nearby village, should have died and been brought
instead of the subject of the near-death experience.
In six of their cases, the informants said that another
'correct' person (corresponding to the subject's
information from the 'next world') did, in fact, die
at about the time the subject revived; but the researchers
did not verify those deaths. In contrast, subjects of
western near-death experiences usually give no reason
(in psychological terms) for their recovery; if they
do give one they may say that they revived because they
decided to return of their own accord, often because
of love for living members of their family. Sometimes
they are 'sent back' by deceased persons who tell them
'their time has not yet come.'
Indian subjects sometimes report meeting relatives and
friends in the 'other realm' in which they find themselves,
but these persons have nothing to do or say about the
prematurity of the subject's death and a need for
him or her to continue living. The idea of prematurity
of death, or 'your time has not
yet come,' occurs in the cases of both cultures;
but the persons involved in sending the NDEr 'back to
life' differ." (Satwant
Pasricha's NDE research in India)
2. Being Told "You're
Not Ready To Die"
Randy Gehlng ran to his grandfather and felt his strong
arms close around him. Grandpa Hansen had been a farmer
all of his life in Minnesota. He had died, still a powerful
man, when Randy was six. Randy asked his beloved grandfather
if he would now be living with him in heaven. "One
day," Grandpa Hansen told him. "But
not just yet." When Randy questioned his
grandfather, he told him that he still had things to
learn on Earth. "You nearly bought the farm this
time, Randy-boy," Grandpa Hansen said with a chuckle. "But
you aren't ready to cash in
your chips yet." Aero seemed puzzled. "But
it seemed to me that I was doing the right thing. The
word that I received indicated that now was Randy's
time to return home." Grandpa Hansen shrugged. "I
was told to meet you at the bridge and tell you to take
him back home. He's got some lessons that he hasn't
learned yet - and lots of work that he hasn't even
started to fulfill." (Randy
Gehling)
A diabetic Mexican woman who
speaks no English (Steve is fluent in Spanish) and who,
Steve ascertained, was completely unfamiliar with NDEs
before her own experience. Here is her story: :Prior
to her experience, she had lost the ability to see.
Diabetes had taken away her retina, and her heart wasn't
supplying enough circulation to her brain to allow her
to speak. She was in very poor shape. They prepared
her for surgery. Open-heart surgery on a diabetic woman
of sixty-seven is full of risk. The doctors went outside
to discuss their strategy. While they were conferring,
she saw the wall open up and a brilliant light pour
out. A bearded man in white stepped up beside her. He
was made of white light. 'You're
not ready to follow me yet ... you're not
prepared. I'm going to give you back your eyesight.
You'll need it to finish your life. And I'm
going to heal the heart valve, so you can speak again.
You still have a few more things to do. Your grandchildren
need you to teach them.' According to the woman's
account, he placed his hand on her chest, and her eyesight
returned. [Later] she sat in a wheel chair, serene,
full of confidence, and smiling. Her legs were gone,
but her eyes were clear, and she was happy in a calm
way. Her cardiologist later told her, 'Something has
happened to change you body. We don't have an explanation
for it. I personally ascribe it to be the will of God.
You can go home now. We did nothing.'" (Dr.
Kenneth Ring's NDE research)
"He led me up through what
seemed like a tunnel. I seemed to be walking, but my
feet didn't touch a floor. Suddenly I heard what
sounded like a city-sized playground full of kids, laughing
and playing. Hearing them calmed me. Another man came
to meet us. I didn't see him either. He asked the
one leading me who I was, then he went away. When he
returned he told the man with me that I had to go back,
that they weren't ready for
me yet." (Clara)
"At first, when the light
came, I wasn't sure what was happening, but then,
it asked, it kind of asked me if
I was ready to die. It was like talking to a
person, but a person wasn't there. The light's
what was talking to me, but in a voice. Now, I think
that the voice that was talking to me actually realized
that I wasn't ready to die.
You know, it was just kind of testing me more than anything
else. Yet, from the moment the light spoke to me, I
felt really good - secure and loved. The love which
came from it is just unimaginable, indescribable. It
was a fun person to be with! And it had a sense of humor,
too - definitely!" (Dr.
Raymond Moody's NDE research)
3. Insights On Being Ready
To Die
"There is such tremendous
LOVE, PEACE and JOY there that you can think of no other
place you would rather be. There is no way to really
describe the high Heavens. It has to be experienced
by the individual. And all individuals will have this
experience when they are ready and it is time for them
... Contrary to what many of us were taught in our various
religions, 'Heaven' is not a reward for good behavior,
it is a 'higher plane of existence' that awaits those
who ready themselves to enter. The only way to enter
through the door ... is to hold the key of Love." (Christian
Andreason)
"The first city was like first
grade. People stayed there until they were ready to
go to the next city - your eternal progression, from
city to city." (Cecil)
"Since your arrival here,
you have been escorted through several different realms;
there are many more, and nothing is restricted. Each
person is free to experience fully, and the only governor
is the state of the conscious mind. Deeply held beliefs
are what come into visible expression here, just as
they do on the dimension from which you have just come.
Not everyone will have the same experience, for truly
we create our own. However, subtle energies gently press
on closed, restrictive minds, and like the rosebud's
petals, they slowly open and expand and are soon willing
to accept greater understanding. Then they are ready
to move from their limited concept of life to the eternal
adventure, for there is ever more to know, to do, to
be." (Jan
Price)
"We stay in heaven (and there
are many divisions to this vibratory level) for however
long best serves our development. There is a sense of
benefit here, as if one has found one's true home
and all is well (what some people call 'recess,' or
a time of rewards). In heaven, we have the opportunity
to assess our progress as a soul, to evaluate pros and
cons and outcomes, to remember all truths including
that of our real identity. We experience the glory of
love and the power of forgiveness. This is not
an end point, but, rather, the realization of our purpose
in creation's story, how we fit, and what possibilities
for future growth and learning exist. We do not leave
until we are ready for our next advancement either in
the world of form or beyond it." (P.M.H.
Atwater)
"I thanked this loving being
for explaining and showing me what he did. He told me
that there was more for him to show me if I was ready
to experience it. I told him I was ready. I did not
know why I was chosen but I was not about to question
why. It just seemed small to me then." (David
Oakford)
"Some people may want to hang
around their old surroundings on Earth rather than go
on to discover for themselves the beauty and wisdom
which is offered to them on the other side. This may
take a long time, but they are coaxed along slowly. Nothing
is forced on a soul, neither attitudes nor understandings. This
is why we are always counseled here on Earth never to
force our beliefs on another person until one is ready
to hear them. The free choice of every individual
should be acknowledged ... On the other side you see
things with a clearer, more objective nature, but you
are not given total knowledge because you would not
understand it or be ready to use it, any more than while
you are here on Earth. We are given knowledge only
as we are ready to receive it, whether we are in or
out of the body ... As you are ready, and as you choose,
you will be shown your past lives. If you do not believe
in reincarnation it may take a long time before you
are able to deal with this. Eventually, you must learn
to understand yourself in a continuity of growth over
many lifetimes." (Betty
Bethards)
"When your time comes ...
and the Light, the tunnel, Christ or your departed Loved
ones come for you to take you home ... go with them
and go to Heaven! That is where you really belong! Just
know that when you Love God or Christ ... you will just
naturally sense of feel where you need to go in Heaven
and arrive in that place automatically." (Christian
Andreason)
"There is much, much
work for you. You have to go back and tell them. Life
is a precious gift. Each moment is filled with great
opportunities. Don't waste your time on Earth. Spread
love and understanding. We will always be with you guiding
you, protecting you, awaiting the time when we will
be reunited when your work on Earth is over." (Josiane
Antonette)
"The NDEr may then receive
a telepathic message, 'It is not yet your time' or 'Your
mission is not completed' or 'You are not ready to die'
or some variant of this. The decision to return may
be voluntary or involuntary. If voluntary, it is usually
associated with unfinished responsibilities. (Kevin
Williams)
"We progress at our own
rate to reach the light. If you do things that take
you away from the light, then you are perpetuating your
time here." (Dr.
Kenneth Ring)
"Concerning the transcendent
experience (i.e., expansive revelations, alternate realities):
Exposure to otherworldly dimensions and scenes beyond
the individual's frame of reference; sometimes includes
revelations of greater truths. Seldom personal in content.
Usually experienced by those who are ready for a mind-stretching
challenge and/or individuals who are more apt to utilize
(to whatever degree) the truths that are revealed to
them. Incident rate: 2% with child experiencers, 18%
with adult experiencers." (P.M.H.
Atwater)
4. Being Told "Your Mission
Is Not Fulfilled"
"During this NDE I was
'told' I had to come back (from there)
because I had a mission."
(Darren
Corlett)
"Now, within his words,
I felt a mission,
a purpose; I didn't know what it was, but I knew that
my life on Earth had not been meaningless. It was not
yet my time. My time
would come when my mission,
my purpose, my meaning in this life was accomplished.
I had a reason for existing on Earth. But even though
I understood this, my spirit rebelled. Did this mean
I would have to go back?" (Betty
Eadie)
"'It's not just your
children, RaNelle. You have things to do - things that
aren't finished yet.' 'No, I'm better off here. I don't
want to go through all that.' I pointed to my body.
'I refuse. I want to stay here.' I sensed my grandmother's
awareness that time was growing short. 'You must go,'
she said. 'Your mission
isn't complete.'
(RaNelle
Wallace)
5. Being Told "Your
Life Is Not Complete"
Eventually realizing he was
in heaven, Dovel, a child with no religious training,
stood in the presence of Jesus and immediately understood
that his work on Earth
was not complete.
(Matthew
Dovel)
6. Being Told "Your
Life Is Not Yet Finished"
"However, I did not want to
come back but I was
told that my life had not finished
and that I must. I argued and lost. So I reluctantly
came back and got into my body and woke up." (Alise)
"In the inner world, Michael
and I were walking hand in hand towards the Pearly Gates.
It really was the Pearly Gates! I never knew the Pearly
Gates actually existed, but they did - at least, in
my experience. The wise guardian of the gate came. He
welcomed us and addressed Paul (Mike had changed his
name to Paul) in connection with joining the 'Children
of God.' This wise being said some things to Paul such
as, 'Off you go. Go in through the gates.' I was about
to follow and he said, 'Stop!
You're not finished yet.'
(Palden
Jenkins)
"These Beings knew what I
was thinking and I had to tell them I felt I could have
done a better job on Gaia. I knew what I had come to
Gaia to accomplish and was well on my way to doing that
but I knew I was not
finished yet. They
agreed and told me that I still had many things to do
and that I may want to go back and do them. I was told
it was understood how difficult it would be for me but
it was necessary for the universe for me to finish.
They said it may be wise to go back and live my life
how I had originally planned it. They said I had set
lofty goals for my life on Gaia and the events in my
life were achieving the goals I had set. They said I
originally came to Gaia to learn and share with others
using the gifts I have accumulated over several lifetimes.
They said I am needed on Gaia to help souls bring themselves
and Gaia back to harmony. They said I have great potential
to affect other souls, to help them grow and Gaia is
the best place to do that. I was told the events I had
experienced thus far were preparing me to make a large
contribution to the universe and my experiences were
not to be considered personal attacks in any way. I
did not want to accept it. I wanted to stay. I told
them that. I told them I was tired and wanted to stay
because life on Gaia is hard and unforgiving. I felt
going back would be dangerous for the universe because
I was not advanced enough in my spiritual evolution.
They said that was precisely why it would be in my best
interest to go back to Gaia. They said I was more advanced
than I give myself credit for. They said
it was possible for me to
stay but I would need to finish my work on Gaia sooner
or later. The type
of work I was destined for can only be done on Gaia.
I could stay if chose to but I would only be prolonging
the completion of what I needed to do for this universe.
They explained the fastest way to
finish my work
would be to go back to Gaia as soon as possible." (David
Oakford)
7. Being Told "It Is
Not Your Time To Die"
"I
didn't feel like I knew anything; yet, there was a place
in me that knew everything. I asked Wills if I could
stay. He said, 'It's
not your time yet.
There's been a mistake. You have to go back.'"
(Laurelynn
Martin)
"I heard a voice say, 'Be
not afraid child.
It is not your time.
You are not through on Earth. Everything has a purpose
and you will have to complete yours before you return...
My creatures on Earth, large and small, are here for
a purpose.'" (Beth
Hammond)
"Telepathically, he communicates
to her. 'Isn't it wonderful? Everything is beautiful
here, and it fits together. And you'll find that. But
you can't stay here now.
It's not your time
to be here yet and you have to go back.' Vicki reacts,
understandably enough, with extreme disappointment and
protests vehemently. 'No, I want to stay with you.'
But the being reassures her that she will come back,
but for now, she 'has to go back and learn and teach
more about loving and forgiving.'" (Vicki
Umipeg)
"'I know everything about
you and I'm now going to send you back, because
it's not your time
to come over.
You still have your life's work to do.' I felt very
humble, very much in awe of such love. I could hardly
believe that someone could love me so much. At that
time I remember asking what my life's work was, and
I was told, 'You'll not know at this time but you will
be shown.' And I think I was still asking questions
like, 'When?' (laughing) I was always saying, 'When?'
I was also told to come back and tell my husband and
children what had happened. I was to share it with them.
I think it was about then that I regained consciousness."
(Janet)
"And then there was a sense
of drawing back, and I panicked and said, 'Dad, I don't
want to go!' He said, 'You have to go,
it's not your time yet,
you must go back. You're going to have a son, and you'll
have to bring this boy up, bring him up yourself.' Then
Dad told me my marriage was going to break up. (We'd
only been married just a year!) And I remember saying,
'Dad, I don't want that to happen. I always thought
that when I got married, it wouldn't happen.' It was
a very intense feeling. I said, 'Dad, I don't want to
go - I want to stay with you. Let me stay with you.'
I was most distressed, I didn't want to go back. He
sent me back. He told me that he would be there, he
would be there again for me." (Grace)
"Upon hearing this, I then
believed that I had been carried to heaven or before
the Almighty God. I was so filled with LOVE and JOY.
I was content and NEVER wanted to go back to Earth,
ever. But I again heard these words, 'It
is not your time
for you have much fruits to bring to me.' But I did
not want to return back to this Earth. Suddenly I felt
myself back on my bed and the cloud had left. (Victor
Borras)
"I started to turn the lever
to open the gate when I heard this voice saying, 'M.L.,
go back. It's not
your time.'
I said, 'But I don't want to go back!' And all of the
sudden I heard Linda's voice calling me, saying 'M.L.,
I love you, and I need you.' 'Please don't do this to
me,' I pleaded. 'Let me go.' Then there was another
voice, coming from beyond the fence saying, 'No son,
it's time for you to go back.' And Linda's daddy said
the same thing, 'Not yet. Linda still needs you.'"
(M.L.
Gordon)
"We spoke telepathically for
hours which in real time must have been a very short
time and when he rose from my bedside to go I came up
out of my body to join him with peace and joy only to
be told - No! 'But I want to go with you, I want to
go home!' I cried. And again he said with such kindness
- 'No, Jesus sent me to tell you,
now is not your time.'
When I mentally shrugged and gave up (who was I to deny
Jesus) everything came back......the pain, the smells,
the heat, the noise and I wept." (Jean
Harmon)
8. Being Told "There
Has Been A Mistake"
"He kept
saying, 'All is known. You have simply forgotten.' I
didn't feel like I knew anything; yet, there was a place
in me that knew everything. I asked Wills if I could
stay. He said, 'It's not your time yet.
There's been a mistake.
You have to go back.'" (Laurelynn
Martin)
"I was totally aware that
God was there but I was also aware that
it was a mistake
I was there and He fixed it very quickly." (Kathleen
Young)
9. Being Told "You
Must Go Back"
"At that moment I asked God,
'What do you want me to do?' And the answer that came
to me was that I had
to go back
into my physical body in order to complete certain goals
that had already been set into motion." (Liz
Dale's NDE research)
"The light spoke and it said,
'Lynn, it is not time for you yet.
Go back,
child.' I put my hand up to touch the top of the light.
I knew then that I had touched the face of God. I told
God that I loved him, and I wanted to stay with him.
Again the light said, 'Lynn,
go back.
It is not time for you. You have work to do for me.
Go back.'"
(Lynn)
"I started to turn the lever
to open the gate when I heard this voice saying, 'M.L.,
go back.
It's not your time.' I said, 'But I don't want to
go back!'
And all of the sudden I heard Linda's voice calling
me, saying, 'M.L., I love you, and I need you.'"
(M.L.
Gordon)
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