| Is there really an afterlife? Does life truly continue after | | | | important....and other times can be trivial and |
| my physical body is no more? And is there any | | | | re-assuring) |
| scientific "proof" that we actually CAN (and do) | | | | 6. Mystical Experiences: The personal process of |
| survive our physical demise? In this article we tackle | | | | having something extraordinary happen that leaves |
| the tough terrain of the afterlife and see what many | | | | NO doubt in your mind that you are NOT your physical |
| different sorts of REAL phenomena may have to say | | | | body alone. Very powerful, very personal, and very |
| about where YOU are going when this life is over.....and | | | | transformational. (many religious leaders, icons, |
| it's NOT necessarily what our religious teachers or | | | | prophets and other figures throughout human history |
| textbooks tell us! | | | | have based their entire theology on the mystical |
| The Weight of The Evidence is Overwhelming That | | | | experience - Moses seeing the "burning bush" in the |
| Life Goes On....and On..... | | | | Old Testament being a textbook example of it's |
| Any individual story, anecdote or experience is really | | | | power to change lives) |
| proof of nothing. But the overwhelming evidence for | | | | 7. Reincarnation & Past Life Research: The |
| something, EVEN when science turns a blind eye, | | | | compelling cases of people who remember past lives |
| often is. | | | | in incredible and fascinating detail, speak foreign |
| What do I mean? Well....when you look at the individual | | | | languages they've never heard, play musical |
| elements of facts that "support" an afterlife, it's often | | | | instruments they've never seen, and do all sort of |
| easy to dismiss and fantasy....or wishful thinking. But | | | | other amazing things that science can NOT explain |
| when you ADD all of them up, and look at them as a | | | | under currently accepted "laws" of how things work |
| whole, they are amazingly evidential that something | | | | 8. Mediums and Psychics who Talk to the Dead: Yes, |
| truly extraordinary happens at the moment of, (and | | | | many are con's, charlatans and money making |
| after) physical death. | | | | scams....but MANY mediums are genuine, authentic and |
| Some examples? | | | | do AMAZING things that simply cannot be explained |
| | | | by conventional means. They SAY they are talking to |
| 1. Near Death Experiences: (people who have | | | | the dead....and some of the most amazing cases |
| extraordinary experiences while "clinically" dead, often | | | | would suggest that the dead most CERTAINTLY are |
| with no vital signs or brain activity for many minutes) | | | | talking back! |
| 2. Out of Body Experiences: (people who leave their | | | | 9. ITC and EVP: Basically, electronic voice |
| bodies, and see things happening many miles away | | | | phenomenon or communication from the other side |
| that are later validated - often called Astral Projection, | | | | that's "captured" using modern equipment like a basic |
| which is usually thought of as the INTENTIONAL | | | | voice recording from the "other side" or more |
| experience of learning to leave one's body, rather than | | | | sophisticated stuff like images and even phone calls |
| it happening spontaneously) | | | | from beyond. Don't laugh...they are MANY compelling |
| 3. Crisis Apparitions: People who appear to others in | | | | cases of this sort of thing, and some of the |
| "spiritual" form at the moment of death, or severe | | | | GREATEST scientific minds studied this with vigor, |
| trauma. Many of these cases have been reported in | | | | zeal and a FIRM belief that something truly |
| wars, or when someone is struck with a unexpected | | | | transcendent was happening. (including great scientific |
| trauma like a sudden heart attack or car accident....and | | | | luminaries like Tesla, and Thomas Edison, who was |
| "appears" to others many miles away to say goodbye | | | | working on a device to "talk" to the other side prior to |
| 4. Death Bed Visions: People who report seeing loved | | | | his death) |
| ones at their death beds, often "invisible" to others in | | | | The bottom line? |
| the room (although....NOT always..:-) who have come to | | | | In total, the evidence ALL supports that life is a |
| help them "transition" to the other side | | | | continuous affair...and your soul has a lot more to say |
| 5. After Death Communications: (or ADC's) Very | | | | after this life is over..:-) Is this GOOD news? I think so! |
| simply, these are more commonly thought of as | | | | And a good reason to live a life that you can be proud |
| "ghosts" - when someone who is LONG dead | | | | of, and focus on the sort of stuff that's TRULY |
| appears after their demise to you in physical, or | | | | forever. (the relationships you forge in this lifetime |
| energetic "form" to communicate something. (often is | | | | MAY last a lot longer than you believe.. |