Homecoming and the Near-Death
Experience
Examples
of Homecoming in the NDE
Betty Bethards' NDE Homecoming Experience:
"When you die you are greeted by loved ones first so
that you may understand what has happened. There is
a big celebration, like a birthday party, heralding
your arrival. Family and friends who have gone on before
you are there to celebrate your arrival. There is always
good at the time of your cross-over. Even people who
have lived lives of selfishness will know and understand
the rejoicing. Whatever you have sown you are going
to reap in terms of structuring your experiences and
lessons which continue on the other side. But the first
few days of cross-over (as you know time on the Earth
plane) you are allowed to be with your teachers, and
those who have loved you in the past. You are able to
see those you left behind and to hear their thoughts
and words. The first six weeks we stay very close to
our loved ones on the Earth plane ... After the first
six weeks the soul meets with what may be called a loving
board of directors. It is composed of teachers and other
higher beings who have walked with you. These beings
help you review your past life, to begin to look at
what was learned and not learned, and what you wish
to work on or do from this point." (Betty
Bethards)
Ned Dougherty's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"I turned to my right, realizing that a group of spiritual
beings had joined us on the celestial field. This event
was indeed a homecoming for me. Among the group of spiritual
beings, I recognized deceased friends and relatives
from my life. I also recognized other friends from my
spiritual life prior to my birth on Earth. I was filled
with joy when I recognized my grandparents, aunts, and
uncles who had died during my life. However, I was disappointed
because I did not see my Dad among the group. I then
recognized other friends from my life, including a girl
from high school. I did not know she had died. The feelings
of love and joy that I shared with these relatives and
friends were far beyond the emotions I had shared with
them during my life. As the child of an alcoholic and
broken home, I did not communicate feelings to relatives
or friends very well. In fact, I wasn't aware that I
had many feelings. Most of my feelings were hidden inside.
Now that I was at my homecoming as a spiritual being,
the greetings were the kind that I had imagined took
place in a healthy family. It seemed as if we were celebrating
every major holiday, every birth and birthday, every
wonderful event in all of our lives in a manner that
we could never celebrate as mortal human beings. I wanted
this celebration and homecoming to continue forever,
but a silence suddenly fell across the crowded amphitheater."
(Ned
Dougherty)
Sylvia Browne's
NDE Homecoming Experiences:
"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 ... 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:
(1) The reunion and homecoming previously discussed,
(2) The orientation process previously discussed, (3)
Becoming skilled in a particular vocation, (4) Becoming
creative in the arts, (5) Researching areas of progress
and passing the knowledge to Earth through a process
of infused knowledge, (6) Becoming a teacher or leader,
(7) Forfeiting your identity as a personality by willingly
absorbing into the light of God." (Sylvia
Browne)
Betty Eadie's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"Life does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into
a spirit world of light and love, a transition from
the physical to the spiritual that is no more frightening
or painful than passing between rooms through an open
doorway. It is a joyful homecoming to our natural home."
(Betty
Eadie)
George Anderson's Psychic Revelations:
"Well, according to what they say, go through the different
levels of consciousness. We're working our way up. It's
like, to go up to the twelfth grade, you've got to pass
the first through the eleventh. When we pass on, we
do go into the tunnel, we can go through these little
darker levels, which can represent a form of hell or
purgatory, because these are the two negative levels,
or the darker ones. But if we've been a good person,
we generally just seem to pass through them very quickly
and then we go on through the third and fourth levels
of consciousness, where average people such as ourselves
go - not everybody can be a Mother Teresa, who would
probably go higher up. When we go through these levels
we meet our relatives and friends greeting us at the
end of the tunnel, much as in the movie Resurrection,
where they're waiting and they lead us into the light.
And there's like a form of spiritual rejuvenation, like
a reunion, like a party, 'Hey, it's great to see you
again.' We recognize each other by personality. As we
all have individual, unique fingerprints, we each have
a very singular personality." (George
Anderson)
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' NDE Homecoming Research:
"His entire family had piled into a family van and were
on the way to pick him up when this tragic accident
occurred which burned his entire family to death. He
shared the shock and the numbness, the utter disbelief
of suddenly being a single man, of having had children
and suddenly becoming childless, of living without a
single close relative. He told of his total inability
to come to grips with it. He shared how he changed from
a money-earning, decent, middle-class husband and father
to a total bum, drunk every day from morning to night,
using every conceivable drug and trying to commit suicide
in every conceivable way, yet never able to succeed.
His last recollection was that after two years of literally
bumming around, he was lying on a dirt road at the edge
of a forest, drunk and stoned as he called it, trying
desperately to be reunited with his family. Not wanting
to live, not even having the energy to move out of the
road when he saw a big truck coming toward him and running
over him. It was at this moment that he watched himself
in the street [sic], critically injured, while he observed
the whole scene of the accident from a few feet above.
It was at this moment that his family appeared in front
of him, in a glow of light with an incredible sense
of love. They had happy smiles on their faces, and simply
made him aware of their presence, not communicating
in any verbal way but in the form of thought transference,
sharing with him the joy and happiness of their present
existence. This man was not able to tell us how long
this reunion lasted. He was so awed by his family's
health, their beauty, their radiance and their total
acceptance of this present situation, by their unconditional
love. He made a vow not to touch them, not to join them,
but to re-enter his physical body so that he could share
with the world what he had experienced. It would be
a form of redemption for his two years of trying to
throw his physical life away. It was after this vow
that he watched the truck driver carry his totally injured
body into the car. He saw an ambulance speeding to the
scene of the accident, he was taken to the hospital's
emergency room and he finally re-entered his physical
body, tore off the straps that were tied around him
and literally walked out of the emergency room. He never
had delirium tremens or any aftereffects from the heavy
abuse of drugs and alcohol. He felt healed and whole,
and made a commitment that he would not die until he
had the opportunity of sharing the existence of life
after death with as many people as would be willing
to listen. It was after reading a newspaper article
about my appearance in Santa Barbara that he sent a
message to the auditorium. By allowing him to share
with my audience he was able to keep the promise he
made at the time of his short, temporary, yet happy
reunion with his entire family. (Dr.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)
Aziz Khabirpour's NDE Homecoming Research:
"Meeting others during a NDE is not uncommon, and often
has great effect upon the person's being afterwards.
The people they meet are either family members or very
close friends. These people, in form of spiritual beings,
are usually there to either protect or guide the person.
It is not always common for the person to be seen, but
usually they are more felt'. One woman who met her family
when she died states, I felt that they had come to protect
or guide me. It was almost as if I was coming home,
and they were there to greet or welcome me. All this
time, I had the feeling of everything light and beautiful.
It was a beautiful and glorious moment (Moody 55). Accounts
have also been reported where the dead person is guided
around by his/her pet, that he/she used to have. The
people one encounters with are usually people that played
an important role in ones life. The people that were
seen could often be described as soul mates. So this
shows how only people that we have a special bond with
in this life, will we encounter in the next." (Aziz
Khabirpour)
Michelle Dillon's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"And then I was Home and I knew it was Home and I wasn't
afraid. I saw lots of people I knew, some of whom I've
since met, and a lot of whom I knew were 'related' but
that wasn't what mattered. What mattered was that I
KNEW them and they KNEW me and we hadn't said a word.
Or, well, we had, sort of, only not SAID. But I have
never since been involved in such a joyful welcome,
being loved, totally loved." (Michelle
Dillon)
Randy Gehling's NDE Homecoming Experience:
Randy could hear beautiful music playing somewhere off
in the distance. "Just a little ways off I could
see a bridge with someone standing on it. Beyond the
bridge, I saw a golden city with towers like European
castles. The whole city seemed to be shining with light
that shot up into the sky like a giant searchlight.
I could see that some of the domes of the city were
red, others were gold, and a few were blue. The gates
and walls of the city seemed to be made of bright blue,
red, and violet lights." Randy asked Areo if they
were going to visit the city. The angel nodded. "That's
to be your new home, Randy." They began walking toward
the bridge to the city, and Randy saw that the man standing
awaiting them was his Grandpa Hansen. Randy 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. (Randy
Gehling)
Laurelynn Martin's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"As I admired the beauty of the light, I was drawn closer,
feeling the radiant warmth, infinite love and lasting
peace. I felt as if I were home in the light. Before
I became further engulfed in the light, I became aware
of many spirits. They surrounded, embraced and supported
my journey with their gentleness, knowledge and guidance.
I felt one of them approach from my right upper side.
This familiar presence came forward and my feelings
changed to sheer joy when I discovered my thirty year
old brother-in-law, the one who had died seven months
earlier from cancer. My essence moved to meet his essence.
I couldn't see with my eyes or hear with my ears, yet
I instinctively knew that it was 'Wills.' I heard his
smile, saw his laughter and felt his humor. It didn't
make sense, but it made complete sense. We were separate
but we were also one. It was as if I had come home and
my brother-in-law was here to greet me. I instantly
thought how glad I was to be with him, because now I
could make up for the last time I had seen him before
his death. I felt sad and a bit guilty for not taking
the time out of my busy schedule to have a heart-to-heart
talk with him when he had asked me to. I realized I
was not being judged by him but by myself. I was in
his position dying, wanting to say goodbye to those
I loved, and then meeting people like myself not 'getting
it' not getting that all the achievement, money or recognition
in the world cannot be taken with you when you die.
The only thing you take with you is the love you give
away." (Laurelynn
Martin)
Karen Schaeffer's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"Immediately I was in the most beautiful serene place
I had ever been. My grandfather, another person whom
I had known in a previous life, and a guardian were
ready to help me with the transition. They told me of
the accident, showed me the site. It was my time to
come home they said. The overwhelming love and happiness
of that place was so inviting." (Karen
Schaeffer)
Dr. Michael Newton's Regression Research:
"After physical death, a soul's journey back home ends
with debarkation into the space reserved for their own
colony, as long as they are not a very young soul or
isolated for other reasons. The souls represented in
these cluster groups are intimate old friends who have
the same awareness level. Members of the same cluster
group are closely united for all eternity. These tightly-knit
clusters are often composed of like-minded souls with
common objectives which they continually work out with
each other. Usually they choose lives together as relatives
and close friends during their incarnations on Earth."
(Dr.
Michael Newton)
Barbara Springer's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"I then became aware of a bright heavenly being. I felt
as if I was in the presence of God. This being had light
radiating from him and he embraced me. And when he embraced
me, I could feel the most powerful love. It is the greatest
love that there is in the universe. There is no greater
love. It was absolute, total, real, great, engulfing
love. I felt the love surrounding me. I felt it flowing
through me. There really are no words. I can't find
words to explain how I felt. The amount of joy I felt.
The amount of love I knew I was being given. I felt
as if I had come home. I knew this is where I actually
belonged. Even though I love Earth and I love living
here. But when I was encountered by that being, I knew
I had come home." (Barbara
Springer)
Barbara Marie's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"And then there was a period of being embraced by this
love and peace and serenity and knowing I had reached
my final destination, that this was truly a home. It
gave new meaning to the word "home." This,
she realized, was where she actually belonged. This
is where she wanted to permanently be." (Barbara
Marie)
Arthur Yensen's NDE Homecoming Experience:
"As the heaven-people gathered around, the oldest, largest
and strongest-looking man announced pleasantly, 'You
are in the land of the dead. We lived on Earth, just
like you, till we came here.' With unbounded enthusiasm
I shouted, 'This is wonderful!' 'It's marvelous!' they
answered. Then with delight they told me how I could
swim around in the lake as long as I pleased and when
I came out, I'd be dry! Another one said, 'You can run,
jump, dance, sing and play as much as you want to and
you'll never get tired!' Then I noticed that the landscape
was gradually becoming familiar. It seemed as if I had
been here before. I remembered what was on the other
side of the mountains. Then with a sudden burst of joy,
I realized that this was my real home! Back on Earth
I had been a visitor, a misfit, and a homesick stranger.
With a sigh of relief, I said to myself, "Thank
God I'm back again. This time I'll stay!" (Arthur
Yensen)
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