Morrighan wrote on Apr 24th, 2018 at 6:14pm:What I wonder - and simply wondering out loud here - is why some feel it necessary to nearly check out (have a near death moment) to experience contact. And in wondering, I observe how popular NDEs are in the standard literature. It's almost like a necessary box to check on the curriculum vitae in the world of spiritual stuff.
I don't know why, in the bigger picture, I had my NDE. I mean, I know why in the little sense...my blood sugar dropped too quickly. But why in the sense of it being necessary? I have no idea. What I can say with certainly, though, is that when I got there I knew without any doubt that this was my home, it was where I had come from and where I would return after my death, and it even felt like I had visited there a few times before, perhaps during sleep/dreams/OBEs, getting a glimpse of that "area". However, I'm only saying that because it was so familiar. During my NDE I was only on the border, never went further than that.
My NDE however, was more distinct than dream-like state. This was more "serious" since my body was having a physical event going on, but in a sense I really think this was accidental, like I wasn't supposed to go there per se. I really felt like my guide was slapping his forehead going, "Oh man, what's she doing here?? How did this happen?" My reaction was that since I was there, I might as well just stay. It made sense to me! But that's not how it works
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Quote: None of which dismisses an NDE in any way, nor is intended to diminish the experience. Simply observing that it's probably a great deal easier to do afterlife exploration without putting one's own body in harm's way.
Exactly!
Quote: My own "not exactly an NDE" occurred well into last century when it appeared momentarily I was about to be mushed into Morrighan paste with a generous helping of windshield glass on the top. And in this moment
I knew I wasn't checking out that afternoon. But no visions of afterlife. Just a plain and straightforward knowing.
Takes more than that to take me out
What happened?? You had a knowing that you were going to be, or could be, hit by a car?