Not in a spiritulist church per se, but I'm a spiritualist minister and I've heard lots of descriptions while doing past life work. The one thing that stands out to me is that everybody describes it differently.

dave

The spiritworld is beautiful it is full of love it is neither night nor day it is a perpetual light all the time ,as juitha says the colours are lovely and the flowers do bow there heads when you walk bye i was also told this by a medium love deanna

Well, I've left it for a week, so I guess nobody has.
Ken, the ministers husband at my church, thinks that they are forbidden to tell.

A punitive heaven?

merlin

Hey SoulMerlin,

There was once an experience that I had which I know not to be a dream, and the only way I can describe it is as an extremely brief glimpse into some sort of heavenly realm... This actually happened to me on two separate occasions. The first was when I was lying on my bed under a tremendous amount of stress. I wasn't attempting to fall asleep, I was just exhausted and lying there. After about 20 min. of lying there with my eyes closed, my consciousness became fully aware, (beyond even the waking state), and I instantaneously found myself in what appeared to be a garden... This "garden" was nothing like a garden you may find on earth, but that's as close of a word as I can find. From the brief moment that I was there, I was in a peace beyond description. I could've stayed in that state for all of eternity, and not have had a care or want in the world... (If that can come even close to describing it.) I was aware of some sort of "gate" to this garden that was enveloped with flowers, the color of which I have never seen before on this planet. The intensity and clarity of colors in that "experience" was simply unparalled to anything in this world. The light source seemed to emenate from the very fiber of everything that was there. -- A translucent type of white glow. (It was ALIVE.) It felt as if the light had it's own consciousness. Quite strange to me now, but natural and normal to me then... It almost felt as if I've been there before. Not sure how to describe it. .. It's like a really faint childhood memory that's been lost in the annuals of time.

After the brief moment that I found myself there, I was aware of my "physical" surroundings again. For about 2 weeks after that, I had a "natural" high that I've never been able to replicate again. There was no reason for it, but I know it to be as a direct result of the "experience".

The second time this happened to me was 2 days after a car accident that I had been it, (which would've killed me, if I hadn't been wearing my
seatbelt). I again was lying down, but this time on my couch. About 5 min. had passed with my eyes closed, and again, I found myself in the same state as before, but this time I was aware of a huge valley with surrounding mountains before me. The mountains had snowcaps on their tops, and the crispness/outlines of the mountains were unbelievable. I saw what appeared to be BRIGHTLY internally lit red roses lining the base of the mountain range, and rolling green hills that were so lushisly green that you almost wanted to eat them! They were SO green and full of life. I've seen a lot of well kept lawns in my day, and nothing has even come close to what I saw that day. I was also aware of a spiritual being sitting down on the grass, that to me, felt like some sort of oracle/guarding. However, before I could investigate further, I was back to this physical world again. After this experience, I had that same "natural high" feeling again, but not for nearly as long as the first time.

I only became fully aware of what had happened to me after I had accidently (or had been guided) to this site some 3 years ago. It gave me a clarity that I was in desperate need of, and it helped me tremendously... I also, came across 2 other sites that helped me a lot as well. -- One being the "Near-death-Experience-Research-Foundation" website, and the other being the "Near-Death.com" website. Both of which have been very useful to me.

If I could summarize these 2 experiences into as few words as possible I would say that they were, to me, as close as I could ever get to jumping into the best painting, by the best artist, found amidst this entire universe... In all sincerity, it was hard for me to come back to this world after experiencing such beauty. This world feels to me like the negative of the picture that I saw "There". (Wherever "There" actually was.)

I hope that helps a little bit,

PUL,
Cosmic_Ambitions

Hey Cosmic_Ambitions, I have a question: In your visions you told of, can you remember if you had a sort of body over there or would you say you were just "awareness"? It's not important, sure, but for me it would be interesting to know concerning my imagination experiments.

Spooky

I recommend listening to the Leslie Flint tapes.. read about him first at www.leslieflint.com ; ... I hate to recommend things because I realize that everyone believes a little differently and it is very hard to get someone to believe in your take on it.. But here is a little of what I believe on this subject..

I do believe that we all experience heaven a little differently.. Just depends on what will make your journey most comfortable to the other side. Whether it is seeing your long lost relatives, best friend, or husband.. for me it will surely be my cats that I see first..lol...  But also, your surroundings... if you love nature then I'm sure when you cross you will probably see the beautiful meadows, ocean or whatever you love.. It's whatever will make you feel most at peace.. If your heart is with your family who is still on earth then for a while after your body dies you will probably stick around for a little while.  But It's really hard to say that because it is different for everyone. Even different for people who believe and feel the same.  Nothing really controls us.. we have free will.. The Leslie flint tapes are in the hundreds.. Hundreds of different descriptions of what it's like.   What really blew my mind was the description  that there are billions of heavens/spheres/levels.. and although we will come to know a lot when we cross, we will not know all.. there is still eternal growth and  learning over there.  There's things happening on different heavenly spheres that we will know nothing of.  At one point not to long ago I believed when we crossed we would know everything about the otherside, but now I don't believe this.. if we did  then there wouldn't be much to learn I guess.  I don't know though..just my conclusions.. ???

.. thanks for your input to my reply Cosmic... I agree with you on the Light.. I believe there are some things that we will all experience similarly as well.. the light being one of them..  WE are all part of the same, so that is only natural. 

I'm happy you are familar with Leslie Flint.  Finding him really has opened up so much awareness for me.  I wish everyone could experience it.

Have a good evening..