Typically, at its first appearance this light is dim, but it rapidly gets brighter until it reaches an unearthly brilliance. What is perhaps the most incredible common element in the accounts I have studied, and is certainly the element which has the most profound effect upon the individual, is the encounter with a very bright light. The following is an excerpt from Moody’s excellent book Life After Life concerning the “Being of Light.” The people who choose to return do so only because of loved ones they do not wish to leave behind. In either case, they are reluctant to return. Other times, they are given a choice of staying or returning. Reluctance to Return: The Being of Light sometimes tells the dying that they must return to life. That is, they relive every act they have ever done to other people and come away feeling that love is the most important thing in life. The Life Review: The Being of Light presents the dying with a panoramic review of everything they have ever done. The Being of Light: After meeting the people of light, the dying often meet a powerful spiritual being whom some have identified as God, Jesus, or some religious figure. Often they find that friends and relatives who have already died are there to greet them. People of Light: Once on the other side of the tunnel, or after they have risen into the heavens, the dying meet people who glow with an inner light. Rising Rapidly into the Heavens: Instead of a tunnel, some people report rising suddenly into the heavens and seeing the Earth and the celestial sphere as they would be seen by astronauts in space.į. Also, although they sometimes report feeling scared, they do not sense that they were on the way to hell or that they fell into it.Į. The Tunnel Experience: The next experience is that of being drawn into darkness through a tunnel, at an extremely high speed, until reaching a realm of radiant golden-white light. They experience the feeling of being in a spiritual body that appears to be a sort of living energy field.ĭ. Out-of-Body Experience: The dying often have the sensation of rising up and floating above their own body while it is surrounded by a medical team, and watching it down below, while feeling comfortable. Peace and Painlessness: While people are dying, they may be in intense pain, but as soon as they leave the body the pain vanishes and they experience peace.Ĭ. A Strange Sound: A buzzing, or ringing noise, while having a sense of being dead.ī. Raymond Moody’s Nine Elements of the NDEĪ. He outlines nine elements that generally occur during NDEs. His research describes the results of decades of inquiry into the NDE phenomenon. Moody recorded and compared the experiences of 150 persons who died, or almost died, and then recovered. It was Moody who actually coined the term “near-death experience.” Moody is also the author of the following books, Reflections on Life After Life (1978), The Light Beyond (1989), Reunions (1994), The Last Laugh (1999), Life After Loss (2002), Paranormal (2013), Glimpses of Eternity (2016), Coming Back (2017), Making Sense of Nonsense (2020). Raymond Moody released his best-selling book, Life After Life (1975) which focused public attention on the near-death experience like never before. Originally published in 1975, it is the groundbreaking study of one hundred people who experienced “clinical death” and were revived, and who tell, in their own words, what lies beyond death.Ī smash bestseller that has sold more than thirteen million copies around the globe, Life After Life introduced us to concepts-including the bright light, the tunnel, the presence of loved ones waiting on the other side-that have become cultural memes today, and paved the way for modern bestsellers by Eben Alexander, Todd Burpo, Mary Neal, and Betty Eadie that have shaped countless readers notions about the end life and the meaning of death.Dr. Raymond Moody is the “father” of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) movement, and his pioneering work Life After Life transformed the world, revolutionizing the way we think about death and what lies beyond. The groundbreaking, bestselling classic, now available in a special fortieth-anniversary edition that includes a new Foreword from Eben Alexander, M.D., author of Proof of Heaven, and a new Afterword by the author.
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