If you believe you've had more paranormal experiences then I have, thats fine.  This is not a contest.  However, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to spiritual experience.  During my experiences in higher realms, in realms more spiritual than anything I have ever imagined possible, my consciousness has been merged with a power so much greater than anything I have consciously known.  I experienced states of higher knowing, of absolute truth of my true existence, of my true spiritual nature.  I have experienced the bliss of my higher states of being- and it is within this bliss that true knowledge is found.  Only after first hand experience of this higher knowledge can one be truely sure of the nature of their inner being and the greater reality.    

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/2005/0115.html[b]Near-Death Experiencer Foresaw Cataclysmic Disaster in Asia
     (Jan. 15, 2005)
     

On April 16, 2002, Kevin Williams published on his website the near-death testimony of Alan McDougall which contained the following vision of the future:
       

"While this omnipotent being was speaking, I could see a panoramic view of planet Earth, as if I was a space man observing the Earth, all the time, from the window of a space vehicle. The voice that I took as God, was not pleased with what was happening on our planet, and kept referring to humanity in the terms of "mere mortal man, I am displeased with you" (I cannot remember why he was displeased). While this unseen being "God" was speaking, the Earth was revolving and stopping at intervals over each continent, in turn, where a warning message was given to each continent. What I can remember was that he was saying to humanity that he was displeased with their evil actions in some way. The frustrating part is that I could not retain all that was said to mere mortal man, by this being, while I was with him viewing the Earth. I do, however, clearly, remember two warning

s. One that a cataclysmic event would start from the Indian subcontinent. The other that the Middle East crises would not be solved by the peacekeeping efforts of man and that divine

direct intervention would eventually come to the Earth, sometime in the future, because of the unbelievable evil that some mere men were perpetuating and directly responsible for on Earth (rape of the planet)."... [Read more]

Below is a fuller version!!

blinkstar.gif (494 bytes) Alan McDougall

The reader might ask the question, "How true is this article"? My answer would be that they are absolutely subjectively true. It is a true reflection of what I experienced, while in a deep coma in altered state of consciousness when very ill. Are they true reflection of some of the mysteries on the other side of life? I cannot say with certainty.

I am going to attempt to describe my near-death experiences while very ill and in a deep coma. This is an almost impossible task, as one has to try and relate the strange alien multi-dimensions of the other side of life in a way that can be understood in our three dimensional material world.

Firstly I emphasize that my experiences where atypical in the sense that I had no life reviews. Also these experiences were partly brought on by my desire to know the enigma of the origin of evil. They were experienced between 1990 & 2001. My body was not in a near-death state but in a deep coma in an altered state of consciousness and very ill.

During a number of extremely deep comas, between 1990 and 2001, while very sick, and in altered states of consciousness, my soul, spirit, mind, call it what you will, left my body and I sometimes experienced the typical tunnel of NDEs then. There, I was sometimes met by a being of pure light, not a human form, but pure point of light, who communicated with me mind to mind, via some form of telepathy. I believe it was an angel! I could not see either end of the tunnel as we were in total darkness, except for the point of intelligent light. It was an out of-body experience.

It was explained to me, by this being of light, that this tunnel had two ends. One into the glorious light of God, and the other into the darkness of the evil void. I would like to interject here, due to your prime question relating to judgement in the afterlife. " Darkness (evil) cannot invade the light, (one candle dispels the darkness) but light (goodness) can impact into the darkness (evil)."

At first I was taken up through the tunnel into a place of learning (library) into the glorious light at the one end of this almost infinite tunnel. While in the light I experienced great feelings of elation, love and peace. Here I was shown great events that were to come to planet Earth, sometime in the future. There was a being with me all the time that I could not see, but hear. It spoke with a male voice. I believed it/he was what we mortals refer to as God.

While this omnipotent being was speaking, I could see a panoramic view of planet Earth, as if I was a space man observing the Earth, all the time, from the window of a space vehicle. The voice that I took as God, was not pleased with what was happening on our planet, and kept referring to humanity in the terms of "mere mortal man, I am displeased with you" (I cannot remember why he was displeased). While this unseen being "God" was speaking, the

Earth was revolving and stopping at intervals over each continent, in turn, where a warning message was given to each continent. What I can remember was that he was saying to humanity that he was displeased with their evil actions in some way.

The frustrating part is that I could not retain all that was said to mere mortal man, by this being, while I was with him viewing the Earth.



It was also shown to me that we are not really judged by God, but by our own actions in life, which dictate ones eternal destiny. If all our actions had become totally evil, by the end of our life, we would become a being of darkness and it would have simply become impossible for us to enter the light of God. (Darkness cannot penetrate the light!). To reach this point we would have to have become totally depraved being (like Hitler), with no redeemable qualities. The destiny of this type of person, by his own actions, would be eternal banishment down into the deepest darkness of this vast infinitely long evil end of the tunnel, remote from the love of God forever. I was also shown that there are degrees of punishment in the void. Ranging from a gray depressive atmosphere, progressively down into utter horror, terror, hopelessness, despair and desolation in black darkness. I did not see any lake of fire! I, however, got the clear impression that God will one day thrust all evil away from him into the infinite utter remote darkness of the deep and forget them there forever, where they could perform their awful perversions upon each other forever. Indeed reaping what they had sowed. They could call out to God for eternity, from this awful place, and never hear from God again. Separated and forgotten by him forever, by they're own evil actions. (Self-inflicted punishment). What an awful horrifying thought.

But enough of this gloom!

Anyone reading this article is not destined for the awful place depicted in the last paragraph. It is a fact that all of us do wrong and make mistakes in life! But in us are also light, great love, compassion, caring and consideration for others. Therefore we all have varying degrees of light in us that will allow us into the glorious light of almighty God in the light end of the tunnel, at the end of our earthly life. God can work with the light in us, make us pure and allow us to progress up the various levels of heaven into his eternal blissful presence of everlasting peace and joy! It is a progress of eternal learning. Then we become one with God, but retain our unique.

Getting off the point a bit, I would like to refer to something else that were shown me while on the other side.

Time, as we experience on Earth, it is an illusion, something like an infinitely stretchable or shrinkable string of elastic. (Perhaps that is why some days seem to take an eternity to pass and others mere moments)?  The end event (end of time) will not come at some set chronological time, but when a certain set of future events synchronizes.[/b]

Don

My suggestion to do more exploration(that of a nonphysical nature) arrises from my observation that you are too focused on physical verification to allow yourself to truly see the bigger picture.  I am not sure what the cause of your lack of faith in your own experience is, but I believe it is stunting your growth into larger realities.  Have you learned anything new or grew in any significant way over the last three years since I joined this forum?  Not meant as an attack, more from curiosity... you seem to be asking the same questions, stuck with the same ideas.  Personally, my beliefs have changed greatly, as well as the quality of my life and consciousness.  This progress has occurred because I trust in my experience and my inner nature, which has allowed me to access higher realities, both physical and nonphysical.

As to my experiences:  It is difficult to verify that which can have no true physical verification.  My experiences occurred while out of body in higher nonphysical levels.  What I have experienced in these levels is nearly impossible to accurately describe in physical terms due to their abstract nonphysical nature.  These experiences supersede the intellect and really require no verification, for they occurred during spiritual unison with my higher self in which I remembered everything- including who I truly am.  What I am saying is that when one has experienced their true nonphysical nature in higher dimensions, one realizes that physical proof is close to meaningless when it comes to issues of our greater reality and higher aspects of being.

<<The reason for Dons lack of progress is that he is basically a fundamental Christian Pastor trying to save our souls by surreptitiously winning our hearts to Christ and thereby save our very lost souls>>

Alan-  I would put it a different way.  To me, Don is like a serious medical practitioner.  Someone comes to him with a serious medical problem and he prescribes a tough, difficult regimen in order to get well.  Maybe not the kind of regimen the patient wants, but the one that has been demonstrated, via empirical evidence, to get the best results.

On the other hand, there are some "patients" who would rather turn to some sort of alternative medicine technique instead.  Maybe fly down to Mexico for the latest and greatest "in vogue" treatment being hyped by some Hollywood type or internet websites. 

Those types of folks are vulnerable to snake oil salesmen for a lot of different reasons.  Mainly they want a shortcut, whether it be in terms of curing their disease or learning about the afterlife.

Thing is, shortcuts don't always produce the kind of results that are the most beneficial.  Sometimes they lead to dead-end roads.  And then the person just has to learn the hard way.

R