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Hi. 11 00:00:51,960 --> 00:00:56,000 Speaker 3: I'm Sandra Champlain. For over twenty five years, I've been 12 00:00:56,040 --> 00:00:59,640 Speaker 3: on a journey to prove the existence of life after death. 13 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 3: On each episode, we'll discuss the reasons we now know 14 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:07,760 Speaker 3: that our loved ones have survived physical death, and so 15 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 3: will we. Welcome to Shades of the Afterlife. Today is 16 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: a day of celebration, and you know why. This is 17 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 3: episode number two hundred and fifty. Hard to believe. I've 18 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 3: been talking about the afterlife for so many hours with you, 19 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,280 Speaker 3: but it is time for celebration. So on this episode 20 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 3: today we're going to do a few things. One, I 21 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: had an amazing conversation with a man about his near 22 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:36,119 Speaker 3: death experience. I want to tell you about that. It's 23 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,040 Speaker 3: got some good verifiable evidence in it. Also, there's a 24 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 3: teenager who had a skateboarding accident and coming out of anesthesia, 25 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,680 Speaker 3: it's as if he was looking into the afterlife and 26 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 3: talking to the afterlife. The veil between the two worlds 27 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 3: is very thin. In fact, I believe our world is 28 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 3: a part of their world. So I want to talk 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 3: about the architecture of the afterlife and the veil between 30 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 3: two worlds. We are going to celebrate two hundred and 31 00:02:09,080 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 3: fifty episodes, of course, but also before we end, I 32 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 3: learned a new technique this week about how to slow 33 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: down the busy mind if we're experiencing grief or worry, 34 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 3: how to return to the present moment. Remember that present 35 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,720 Speaker 3: moment is a gift. Not only does it help our 36 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,239 Speaker 3: neurotransmitters get back to normal and help that healing process 37 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 3: through grief, but it's also the access way to our abilities, 38 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 3: those natural psychic mediumistic and to perceive the love from 39 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: the afterlife. So first, let me tell you the story 40 00:02:47,639 --> 00:02:52,720 Speaker 3: that's making headlines. It's a teenage boy named Cason, who, 41 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 3: after a serious skateboarding accident, required surgery and then had 42 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:02,040 Speaker 3: this remarkable experience coming just out of anesthesia. What makes 43 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 3: this event so compelling is not just what Cason says, 44 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 3: but his physical state. His mother filmed him staring intently 45 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 3: upwards with glassy eyes, seemingly looking at a point far 46 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 3: beyond the hospital room ceiling, and this video she has 47 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 3: shared has now captured and touched the lives of millions. 48 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 3: He was filmed staring intently upwards with glassy eyes. His 49 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: expression and focus are strikingly similar to what many hospice 50 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 3: workers have reported for years, the look of patients who 51 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 3: in their final hours begin seeing and interacting with deceased 52 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 3: loved ones at their bedside, as if a welcoming party 53 00:03:46,040 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 3: is already gathering. Now, Cason is on his road to recovery, 54 00:03:50,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 3: which is a good thing, but this video begins with 55 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,119 Speaker 3: him in a state of apology and guilt, the way 56 00:03:57,200 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 3: many of us feel about our human imperfection. I'm sorry, 57 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 3: he whispers, I'm a bad kid. I cause trouble, But 58 00:04:06,480 --> 00:04:10,360 Speaker 3: his focus quickly shifted from his earthly worries to something, 59 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 3: in fact, someone else. He says, hi Jesus with a 60 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 3: sense of awe, you're so beautiful, Oh, my gosh. As 61 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:23,960 Speaker 3: he continues to gaze into the space above him, another 62 00:04:24,080 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 3: visitor arrives. Dad. I miss you, Dad, You're so pretty, 63 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 3: Cason says, with a peaceful tone, Hi Dad. 64 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:35,520 Speaker 4: Now. 65 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:39,680 Speaker 3: It's important to note that Cason's father passed away a 66 00:04:39,800 --> 00:04:44,080 Speaker 3: year before, yet here was his son, not only seeing him, 67 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 3: but interacting with him as if he were right there 68 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,960 Speaker 3: in the room, asking Dad, do you see me skateboarding? 69 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:55,800 Speaker 3: What follows is a beautiful, heartfelt conversation that seems to 70 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,440 Speaker 3: bridge the two worlds. Cason becomes a messenger of love, 71 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:04,400 Speaker 3: reassuring his father Mom loves you, Dad, she tells you 72 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: all the time. He then makes a solemn promise, his 73 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:13,119 Speaker 3: voice full of a teenager's earnest vow, I'll treat mom better. 74 00:05:13,720 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 3: I'll listen, I promise. His description of where his father 75 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 3: is paints a picture familiar to many who have had 76 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 3: near death experiences. He says, I wish I was with you, Dad. 77 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 3: It's so pretty up here. There's so many flowers and butterflies. 78 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 3: He sees not only his father, but perhaps his grandfather 79 00:05:36,120 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 3: as well, calling out, Hi, Papa, I miss you. Give 80 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 3: me a hug please. He even described his dad's appearance, saying, Dad, 81 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:50,800 Speaker 3: you have such big muscles. You're so strong. Throughout the experience, 82 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,359 Speaker 3: Casin's love for his family on earth is a constant theme. 83 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:59,240 Speaker 3: He tells Jesus, you should see my mom. Jesus, She's 84 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 3: so pretty. She works so hard to provide for us, 85 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,760 Speaker 3: and I love her so much. The experience seems to 86 00:06:05,760 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 3: fill him with a renewed sense of purpose and a 87 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 3: profound sense of love, not just for his family, but 88 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 3: for everyone. In a moment of pure grace, he thinks 89 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 3: of his caretakers, saying, I'll pray for my nurses. Make 90 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:22,400 Speaker 3: sure you make the nurses go to heaven. They're so 91 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 3: nice to me. While skeptics might attribute this entire event 92 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 3: to the effects of anesthesia, for millions who have watched, 93 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 3: and for anyone who has studied these profound phenomena, Cason's 94 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:41,000 Speaker 3: heartfelt and detailed conversation is not a rambling dream. It's 95 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:44,279 Speaker 3: a stunning glimpse of a reality that awaits us all. 96 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: A place where our loved ones are healthy, strong and beautiful, 97 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 3: a place so pretty, filled with flowers and butterflies, and 98 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 3: a place where the love we share in this life 99 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 3: continues on echoing through eternity. It's a powerful testament that 100 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:04,680 Speaker 3: those we love and for ourselves we simply do not 101 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: die Now, just for kicks. I was looking on YouTube 102 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 3: to tell you what to search for, and there's been 103 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:16,280 Speaker 3: an update. There's another video and it's the story from 104 00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: the mother's perspective. So I want to tell you about that. 105 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 3: The mother's name is Caylin, and she came forward to 106 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 3: share that that video was actually taken one year ago. 107 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,880 Speaker 3: So she provides an extra layer of context and I 108 00:07:31,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: think it confirms the reality of what her son was experiencing. 109 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,720 Speaker 3: She says, to truly understand what was happening in the 110 00:07:38,760 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: hospital room, we have to go back a year before 111 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:47,200 Speaker 3: Cason's accident. The family had just endured the unimaginable. Casin's 112 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 3: father had been diagnosed with stage four cancer and had 113 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 3: passed away in September of twenty twenty two after a 114 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 3: long and difficult battle. Cayln shared that her faith in 115 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 3: Jesus was her lifeline through that immense pain, and she 116 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 3: came to understand a deep truth that she so powerfully 117 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 3: articulated in the video. She says the presence of pain 118 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 3: does not equal the absence of God. Pain is the 119 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 3: very thing that can wake us up to his presence. 120 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,840 Speaker 3: So this is the sacred ground upon which the events 121 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 3: in the hospital unfold. Calan was in the waiting room 122 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 3: praying for her son as he underwent the procedure to 123 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 3: reset his badly broken arm. When the nurse finally came 124 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:36,840 Speaker 3: to get her, she walked into the recovery room, and 125 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 3: what happened next is the detail that changes everything. Before 126 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 3: she started recording, the very first words her son said 127 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:50,120 Speaker 3: were I can't see it's too bright for mom, Caylen, 128 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:54,400 Speaker 3: time stopped. She said that immediately it triggered so many 129 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 3: emotions because those words were almost a perfect echo of 130 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 3: the last world words her husband spoke as he was 131 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 3: passing away. He too was looking straight up, unaware of 132 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 3: his surroundings, and told her I can't see it's too bright, 133 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 3: It's so beautiful. In that instant, she knew her son 134 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 3: was not just coming out of anesthesia, he was having 135 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 3: a sacred experience. In her own words, she said, there 136 00:09:24,440 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 3: was not one minute that I did not think he 137 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 3: was seeing what he was seeing. I knew he was 138 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: seeing what he was seeing. The feeling in that room 139 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,319 Speaker 3: was so powerful that one of the nurses actually whispered 140 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 3: in her ear that she should be recording it. Calin 141 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 3: confirmed that Casin had no memory of the event itself. 142 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 3: The only thing he remembers is that it was really 143 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 3: bright before being wheeled out to the car. This detail 144 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:57,160 Speaker 3: is significant as it rules out the possibility that he 145 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:02,760 Speaker 3: was consciously creating the story just a vessel for the experience. Now, 146 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 3: the mother said that Cason said his new name was Brian, 147 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,320 Speaker 3: and she believes he was referencing the new name we 148 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: are given in heaven, as the Bible says, and that 149 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: the name Brian means high and noble. So this update 150 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 3: transforms the teenager Casin's story from a fascinating viral video 151 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 3: into a profound testament of a family's enduring bond through 152 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 3: tragedy and also their faith. It's a story of a 153 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,880 Speaker 3: father reaching across the veil to connect with the son 154 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 3: he had to leave behind, using the very same words 155 00:10:40,320 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 3: to describe the beauty of his new home. And it's 156 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,680 Speaker 3: the story of a mother whose faith, forged in the 157 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 3: fire of grief, allowed her to recognize the miracle that 158 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 3: was unfolding right before her eyes. I'm so glad I 159 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 3: just found that new video. No matter what religious belief 160 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 3: people have, there are so many similarities between all the 161 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 3: near death experiences, that bright light, that feeling of love 162 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:11,840 Speaker 3: seeing loved ones. In fact, in our next segment together, 163 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 3: I'll tell you about a profound near death experience where 164 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,360 Speaker 3: a father meets up with his little daughter. I don't 165 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 3: get into religion in this show, as I respect everybody's 166 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:27,080 Speaker 3: religious beliefs, but I do like to say that religions 167 00:11:27,160 --> 00:11:30,720 Speaker 3: are like lamps. There can be many different ones, right, 168 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 3: but the light remains the same. So whatever that light 169 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,160 Speaker 3: is for you, I believe, is that light that both 170 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:45,920 Speaker 3: Casin and his dad saw. Well it is our two 171 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:49,480 Speaker 3: hundred and fiftieth episode celebration, after all. So here's some 172 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 3: great quotes about the afterlife. This one from Helen Keller. 173 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:58,040 Speaker 3: Death is no more than passing from one room into another. 174 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 3: But there's a difference from me, you know, because in 175 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 3: that other room I shall be able to see. And 176 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 3: John Taylor says, while we are mourning the loss of 177 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 3: our friend, others are rejoicing to meet them behind the veil. 178 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 3: And Rumy said death is a coming together. The tomb 179 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:22,480 Speaker 3: looks like a prison, but it's really a release into union. 180 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 3: Your mouth closes here and immediately opens with a shout 181 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 3: of joy over there, and let us not forget. Albert 182 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 3: Einstein said there are only two ways to live your life. 183 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 3: One as if nothing is a miracle. The other is 184 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 3: as though everything is a miracle. Author JK. Rowling says, 185 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: to the well organized mind, death is nothing but the 186 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 3: next great adventure. Let's head off to the break and 187 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:58,319 Speaker 3: we'll be back with Omar Perez's near death experience. We'll 188 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 3: be right back. 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All the 208 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: info is waiting for you now at Coast tocoastam dot com. 209 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: That's Coast tocoastam dot com. 210 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandras Champlain 211 00:14:48,520 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 3: and this is our two hundred and fiftieth celebration episode. Now, 212 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 3: of all the stories I've had the honor of sharing, 213 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,880 Speaker 3: some are so profound, so filled with evidence and a 214 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 3: motion that they have the power to change the way 215 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 3: we see the world. Just recently, I recorded episode five 216 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:12,760 Speaker 3: hundred of my We Don't Die Radio podcast, which you 217 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 3: can find on YouTube, and from time to time I 218 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: like to share clips or stories from those episodes. Now, 219 00:15:21,080 --> 00:15:24,000 Speaker 3: there is a big difference between We Don't Die Radio 220 00:15:24,440 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 3: and Shades of the Afterlife. If you think of the 221 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:32,360 Speaker 3: Olympics and someone getting a silver medal. That is my 222 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:38,720 Speaker 3: We Don't Die. Those are full length interviews with extraordinary 223 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 3: people about why they believe in the afterlife. Shades of 224 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 3: the Afterlife is my gold medal podcast which I try 225 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 3: to bring you the best of the best of all 226 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 3: things afterlife. The sound quality isn't great on the YouTube video, 227 00:15:55,400 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 3: and you can certainly go to YouTube and watch episode 228 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:01,640 Speaker 3: five hundred and meet Omar, But I want to tell 229 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 3: you his story now. Omar Perez, a father who journeyed 230 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 3: through the deepest valley of grief and skepticism, was brought 231 00:16:10,760 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 3: to the brink of death himself and had an experience 232 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 3: that transformed his understanding of life and the afterlife. Omar's 233 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 3: story begins with a life that felt perfect. He and 234 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 3: his loving wife had a son, and in twenty seventeen 235 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 3: were blessed with fraternal twin daughters. Life was good, their 236 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:37,040 Speaker 3: careers were thriving, and their family was complete. But in 237 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 3: late twenty twenty, their world shattered. One of their twin daughters, Chloe, 238 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 3: became suddenly and unexplainably ill over a few short days. 239 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 3: Despite multiple trips to the hospital, they were told it 240 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:55,840 Speaker 3: was a virus, but her condition worsened. The final day 241 00:16:56,200 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 3: was terrifying. Chloe's temperature shot to one hundred and sixty. 242 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,639 Speaker 3: She became lethargic and unresponsive, and was rushed to the 243 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 3: children's hospital. Due to COVID protocols, only one parent was 244 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 3: allowed in, and Omar selflessly let his wife go to 245 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:18,960 Speaker 3: their daughter's side. Events snowballed with terrifying speed. Chloe began 246 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,720 Speaker 3: to have seizures and went into cardiac arrest. By the 247 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 3: time Omar arrived at the hospital, he only had minutes 248 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 3: with her before the doctors delivered the devastating news her 249 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 3: little heart was just too weak, barely beating at twenty 250 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 3: two beats per minute. There was nothing more they could do. 251 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 3: In the sterile quiet of the hospital room, Omar held 252 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 3: his daughter as her heart beat one last time, and 253 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 3: she was gone. And this was all within a span 254 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 3: of six hours. To this day, nearly five years later, 255 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 3: there's still no medical explanation for what took Chloe's life. 256 00:17:57,080 --> 00:18:00,119 Speaker 3: The loss was absolute, and for Omar it was the 257 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 3: end of everything he thought he might believe. While his 258 00:18:04,440 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 3: wife had always been a deeply spiritual person, Omar was 259 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 3: a skeptic he'd tried everything, Catholicism, Baptist churches, even atheism, 260 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 3: but nothing ever felt right. He admitted, when Chloe passed, 261 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 3: I lost all my faith in God, all my faith 262 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 3: in anything after life. It just completely destroyed even an 263 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 3: inkling of faith or hope that I had. This is 264 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 3: a man whose foundation was utterly destroyed, left with nothing 265 00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 3: but grief and doubt. So life moved on as it does. 266 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 3: The family moved to South Carolina, unable to bear living 267 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 3: in the same house where they had lost their daughter, 268 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: and then in December of twenty twenty four, the universe 269 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,800 Speaker 3: intervened in the most dramatic way possible. Omar came down 270 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 3: with what he thought was a simple case of pneumonia, 271 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 3: but it progressed rapidly, and on December twelfth, he woke 272 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,439 Speaker 3: up unable to breathe. He was rushed to the hospital 273 00:19:09,800 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 3: with a high fever and sepsis. His lungs collapsed back 274 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:18,120 Speaker 3: to back. He was intubated and put on life support 275 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 3: with only a ten percent chance of survival. His wife 276 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 3: had already signed that do not resuscitate paperwork, but Omar 277 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:33,000 Speaker 3: wasn't in the hospital. He was somewhere else entirely. All 278 00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:35,639 Speaker 3: I remember was waking up, and I was on a 279 00:19:35,680 --> 00:19:40,879 Speaker 3: beautiful pathway, just a winding, beautiful pathway. It wasn't the 280 00:19:40,920 --> 00:19:44,960 Speaker 3: bright light so many describe, but a bluish, grayish, foggy 281 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 3: space that was somehow calming and beautiful. He felt no confusion, 282 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 3: only a gentle curiosity to walk the path before him. 283 00:19:56,119 --> 00:20:00,639 Speaker 3: To his right, his most cherished core memories began to 284 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 3: play out like visions in the fog, his wedding day, 285 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: the birth of his children, the moments of his life 286 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 3: that defined him. To his left, a group of people 287 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:17,159 Speaker 3: came into view, smiling and conversing peacefully. He felt an 288 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:22,480 Speaker 3: overwhelming sense of fulfillment. The constant worry he carried since 289 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 3: Chloe's passing was gone. I know they're gonna hurt, but 290 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 3: they're gonna be fine, he realized about his family. I 291 00:20:31,320 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 3: didn't have this yearning. It's just a knowing that they 292 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 3: were going to be okay. Then he saw a vision 293 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,719 Speaker 3: of the present, his wife crying on their living room couch, 294 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,400 Speaker 3: consoling their son. On the coffee table was the butterfly 295 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 3: shaped urn with Chloe's ashes, and next to it another urn. 296 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,119 Speaker 3: The sight of that second urn saddened him deeply. He 297 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 3: blinked and the scene vanished. She was now sitting in 298 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 3: a vast open space, and out of the fog came 299 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 3: his little Chloe. She was everything he remembered, but as 300 00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,040 Speaker 3: she would have been at six years old, her dark 301 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 3: curly hair longer, wearing a favorite red shirt with two 302 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 3: gold hearts and the little gold sandals he himself had 303 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 3: put on her for her funeral. She came to him 304 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 3: and they had the most beautiful conversation. Later, he realized 305 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 3: they never moved their lips. They were speaking telepathically, but 306 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 3: he heard her voice as clear as day. Daddy, I 307 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 3: miss you. I love you so much, she told him, 308 00:21:41,040 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 3: explaining that she was okay. Then she gave him the 309 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,080 Speaker 3: gift of what he had been aching for since the 310 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 3: day she passed. She told him, Daddy, you were right. 311 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:54,919 Speaker 3: My job was done and I did a good job. Dad, 312 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:59,119 Speaker 3: I did a very good job. Omar explained he always 313 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,400 Speaker 3: felt Chloe had an old soul, but that she had 314 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:07,199 Speaker 3: been here to guide her twin sister, Sophia. Chloe's words 315 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: were a direct validation of that private joke. It meant 316 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 3: everything to me, Omar. Wept everything. I wanted to hear 317 00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,080 Speaker 3: everything I wanted to feel. He was able to hold her, 318 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:22,000 Speaker 3: smelled the unique scent of her hair, and felt a 319 00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:25,639 Speaker 3: peace that had been absent for years. As their time 320 00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 3: came to an end, Chloe told him she had to go, 321 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 3: but that she was always with him and his family. 322 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 3: As she walked away, he didn't feel the panic of loss. 323 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:41,919 Speaker 3: He felt peace, knowing she was okay. But right before 324 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 3: she disappeared, something incredible happened. My dog, which is at home, 325 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,719 Speaker 3: comes bolting in from the right hand side. It was Leyla, 326 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 3: their family dog, who had an especially strong bond with Chloe. 327 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 3: The two of them walked away together, and Omar was 328 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:03,800 Speaker 3: left with the feeling that he needed to take good 329 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 3: care of their dog back home. Omar's next memory was 330 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 3: waking up in the hospital on Christmas Day, unable to 331 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 3: speak because of the tubes in his throat. He was 332 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,199 Speaker 3: overcome with the need to tell his family about what 333 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 3: he had seen, so he gestured for a pen. His 334 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 3: son handed him aboard and a marker. Omar frantically began 335 00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:29,720 Speaker 3: to write out every detail of his experience, including the 336 00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 3: reunion of Chloe and their dog, Layla. He was sent 337 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:38,680 Speaker 3: home from the hospital about a week later, his recovery 338 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:42,879 Speaker 3: shocking everyone. When he walked in the door, he looked 339 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:46,560 Speaker 3: for the dog. That's when his wife sat him down, 340 00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 3: tears in her eyes, and gave him the validation that 341 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:55,959 Speaker 3: would change everything. She explained that while he was in 342 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,320 Speaker 3: the induced coma, the dog had suddenly become very ill 343 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 3: with seizures. There was nothing they could do. They had 344 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 3: put Leylah down on Christmas Eve, the day before Omar 345 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,120 Speaker 3: woke up. The family broke down in tears. The detail 346 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:17,359 Speaker 3: about the dog, which Omar couldn't possibly have known, was 347 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,360 Speaker 3: undeniable proof. It's what they call a verritical nd, an 348 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:27,439 Speaker 3: experience where one obtains information that is later verified and 349 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 3: could not have been known through normal means. Omar's vision 350 00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 3: wasn't the dream. It was real. Chloe was real, and 351 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:40,240 Speaker 3: she was with their dog. Today, Omar is a changed man. 352 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,400 Speaker 3: The skeptic is gone, replaced by a man who has 353 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 3: an unshakeable knowing. He knows that our souls are amazing, 354 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,880 Speaker 3: and that this life is not the end, and that 355 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 3: feeling of fulfillment he experienced on the other side is 356 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:02,560 Speaker 3: what awaits us all. He longer fears death his purpose. 357 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 3: He now believes is to share his story and plant 358 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:09,840 Speaker 3: a small seat of hope in others who are grieving. 359 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 3: They are there, They are with us, he says, with 360 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 3: absolute certainty. They send us so many signs, little things 361 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:24,800 Speaker 3: that we bypass as a coincidence. There's no coincidences. That 362 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:28,080 Speaker 3: fulfillment that I felt. We are all going to feel that. 363 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 3: Omar's incredible journey reminds us that even in the face 364 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 3: of unimaginable loss and doubt, there is a reality far 365 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 3: greater than the one we see. It affirms that our 366 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 3: loved ones are not gone, but are waiting for us, 367 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 3: living in a state of peace and wholeness. It's a 368 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:51,360 Speaker 3: testament to the idea that life is indeed an education 369 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 3: for the soul, and that every moment here matters. And 370 00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:59,199 Speaker 3: it is powerful, verifiable proof that we, along with our pets, 371 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 3: simply do not die. As we continue our two hundred 372 00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:09,720 Speaker 3: and fiftieth episode celebration, a couple bits of trivia about 373 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:14,639 Speaker 3: near death experiences. Did you know near death experiencers remember 374 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:19,320 Speaker 3: clearer than any vision they've ever had in their life, 375 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 3: even if it was during childhood. Also, many people who 376 00:26:24,119 --> 00:26:28,919 Speaker 3: were blind from birth can see during near death experiences 377 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 3: for the very first time, including giving accurate accounts of 378 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 3: what was happening in an operating room or what the 379 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,639 Speaker 3: doctors were wearing. Time for our break and we'll be 380 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,080 Speaker 3: right back looking at how thin the veil is and 381 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:48,160 Speaker 3: the architecture of the afterlife. Will be right back. You're 382 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,919 Speaker 3: listening to Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and 383 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,720 Speaker 3: Coast to Coast a M Paranormal podcast Network. 384 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:12,000 Speaker 5: Stay there, Sandra will be right back. Hey, the Coast 385 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 5: to Coast dam Chu Channel Champa. Go to Coast to 386 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 5: ghostdam dot com for more information. 387 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 1: Hey, this is George Nori and you're listening to the 388 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio and Coast to Ghost Damn Paranormal Podcast Network. Thanks 389 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: for being here. Now let's get back to more with Sandra. 390 00:27:44,359 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 3: Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife. I'm Sandra Champlain 391 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:51,600 Speaker 3: and this is our two hundred and fiftieth episode celebration. 392 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 3: Some people believe there is meaning in numbers, So just 393 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 3: for fun, I looked up the number two fifty and 394 00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:03,399 Speaker 3: did you know it is considered symbolic of new beginnings, 395 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:08,719 Speaker 3: positive changes, and the importance of trusting your intuition on 396 00:28:08,760 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 3: your spiritual path. How perfect is that for today? We 397 00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 3: often talk about the veil between the two worlds, that 398 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 3: invisible boundary that separates us from the world of spirit. 399 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 3: It's not a wall, but more like a difference in frequency, 400 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 3: a divine filter that allows us to focus on our 401 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:34,479 Speaker 3: human journey. But sometimes, in moments of great love, deep grief, 402 00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:39,720 Speaker 3: or sudden crisis, that veil becomes incredibly thin. It's in 403 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: these sacred moments that our loved ones prove that a 404 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:47,160 Speaker 3: difference in vibration is no barrier to the love that 405 00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 3: needs to be felt, or a message that needs to 406 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 3: be delivered, or a final goodbye or an apology that 407 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:56,680 Speaker 3: needs to be shared. This brings us to our first story. 408 00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 3: A classic example of what researchers call at isis apparition. 409 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,760 Speaker 3: It's the story of a young college student named Jessica. 410 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 3: Jessica and her older brother, Michael, weren't just siblings. They 411 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,840 Speaker 3: were best friends who shared everything. One night, Jessica was 412 00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 3: in her dorm room, hundreds of miles away from her 413 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 3: family home, forcing herself to study for a final exam. 414 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 3: It was late, around two in the morning, and the 415 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 3: silence of the library quiet dorm was making her feel 416 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 3: isolated and exhausted. As she was reading the same paragraph 417 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 3: for the tenth time, a strange, sudden chill swept through 418 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 3: the room, making the hairs on her arms stand up. 419 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,239 Speaker 3: She looked up from her textbook toward the doorway, and 420 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:51,800 Speaker 3: her heart stopped standing. There was her brother, Michael. He 421 00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:57,480 Speaker 3: wasn't transparent or ghostly. He looked completely real, solid, healthy, 422 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,680 Speaker 3: wearing the comfortable green flannel shirt and the jeans he 423 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 3: loved wearing. He didn't speak, but his presence filled the room. 424 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:10,520 Speaker 3: He looked directly at her, and in his eyes she 425 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:14,520 Speaker 3: saw an ocean of love and a hint of sadness. 426 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,719 Speaker 3: He offered her a small, gentle smile, a smile of 427 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 3: reassurance and farewell. Then, as quickly and as silently as 428 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 3: he had appeared, he simply faded away into nothing. Jessica 429 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:32,240 Speaker 3: sat there frozen for a moment, her mind racing. Had 430 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,960 Speaker 3: she fallen asleep? Was it a waking dream? No, it 431 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 3: felt too real, too profound to just be a product 432 00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 3: of her tired mind. She grabbed her phone and tried 433 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 3: to call Michael's cell phone, but it went straight to voicemail. 434 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,479 Speaker 3: A not of worry tightened in her stomach. She tried 435 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 3: to call her parents' house, but there was no answer. Finally, 436 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 3: after pacing her small room, she convinced herself she was 437 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,840 Speaker 3: just overtied and emotionally exhausted from the stress of the exams. 438 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 3: She crawled into bed. The vision of her brother with 439 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 3: his sad but loving smile burned into her mind. The 440 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 3: next morning, she was jolted awake by a phone call 441 00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 3: from her mother. Through gut wrenching sobs, her mother told 442 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 3: her the terrible news. Michael had been killed in a 443 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:27,560 Speaker 3: car accident the night before. When Jessica, her voice shaking, 444 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 3: asked what time the accident had happened, her mother confirmed 445 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 3: their worst fears. The police had estimated the time of 446 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,320 Speaker 3: his death was around two in the morning. It was 447 00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 3: the exact moment Michael had appeared in his green flannel 448 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,200 Speaker 3: shirt in her dorm room doorway, hundreds of miles away, 449 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 3: to say a loving goodbye. In that moment of crisis, 450 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:58,600 Speaker 3: his love tore through the veil, allowing him to be 451 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 3: in two places at one, offering one last moment of 452 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 3: earthly connection before crossing over. This thinning of a veil 453 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,360 Speaker 3: is also profoundly evident at the bedside of the dying. 454 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 3: Hospice nurses and doctors have long reported the phenomena known 455 00:32:17,480 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 3: as deathbed visions, where a dying person begins to see 456 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:26,800 Speaker 3: and interact with deceased loved ones as if a welcoming 457 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 3: party is gathering to escort them home. Take the story 458 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 3: of hospice nurse Margaret, who was caring for an elderly 459 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 3: man named Arthur. He was in his nineties, a kind 460 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:41,960 Speaker 3: man who had lived a full life, but he had 461 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 3: been non responsive for several days, lost in the space 462 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,600 Speaker 3: between the worlds. His family was gathered around his bed, 463 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 3: speaking in hushed tones, keeping a quiet, loving vigil. Suddenly, 464 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 3: Arthur's eyes, which had been closed for so long, they 465 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 3: opened wide, but they weren't looking at his family. They 466 00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:07,480 Speaker 3: were focused on the corner of the room, and a beautiful, 467 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:13,040 Speaker 3: radiant smile spread across his entire face, erasing years of 468 00:33:13,080 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 3: pain and worry. He lifted his frail hand a gesture 469 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 3: full of joy, and said, in a voice clearer and 470 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:27,200 Speaker 3: stronger than he'd used in weeks, Eleanor, you came. You 471 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 3: look so beautiful. Eleanor was the name of his beloved wife, 472 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 3: who had passed away ten years earlier. Arthur continued to 473 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 3: have a one sided conversation with his wife, his face 474 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:43,920 Speaker 3: full of a light his family hadn't seen in years. 475 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:49,960 Speaker 3: He would nod, smile, and sometimes laugh softly, as if 476 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,560 Speaker 3: sharing a private joke with her. At one point he said, yes, yes, 477 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,400 Speaker 3: I'm ready, Just let me say goodbye. He then turned 478 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:02,280 Speaker 3: his head, his eyes out clear and present, and looked 479 00:34:02,320 --> 00:34:06,160 Speaker 3: directly at his crying daughter. He took her hand and said, 480 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 3: don't you worry, sweetheart. Eleanor is here to take me home, 481 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 3: and it's beautiful. Those were his last words. He closed 482 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:19,240 Speaker 3: his eyes, a peaceful smile on his lips, and passed 483 00:34:19,520 --> 00:34:23,360 Speaker 3: just moments later. For his family, it was a moment 484 00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:27,759 Speaker 3: that transformed their grief into a certainty that Arthur was 485 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 3: not alone, that death is not an end but a reunion, 486 00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 3: and that his wife had come through the veil to 487 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 3: take his hand and lead him home. These experiences show 488 00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,399 Speaker 3: us that the veil is not a barrier to love. 489 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 3: It is merely a difference in perception and sometimes the 490 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:52,360 Speaker 3: proof that love can part. That veil is not just 491 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 3: a vision or a feeling, but something undeniably physical. Here 492 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,040 Speaker 3: is the incredible story of a man named Ben, whose 493 00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 3: father was a watchmaker. His father's most prized possession was 494 00:35:06,120 --> 00:35:10,080 Speaker 3: an old silver pocket watch that belonged to his father. 495 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,320 Speaker 3: It was a family heirloom, a symbol of time and legacy. 496 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 3: When he was dying, he told Ben, when I'm gone, 497 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 3: this watch is yours. As long as it's ticking, you'll 498 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:27,799 Speaker 3: know I'm with you. After his father passed, Ben cherished 499 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,240 Speaker 3: the watch. It was a wind up watch, and every 500 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,520 Speaker 3: single morning, without fail, he would perform the small ritual 501 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:39,719 Speaker 3: of winding it, a quiet moment to connect with the 502 00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 3: memory of his dad. Years later, Ben was on a 503 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 3: family vacation boating on a large, deep lake. He was 504 00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,640 Speaker 3: leaning over the side of the boat to help his 505 00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 3: daughter when he felt a sickening slip. The pocket watch, 506 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,600 Speaker 3: which had been securely in his shirt pocket, fell out, 507 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:03,080 Speaker 3: hit the side of the boat, and then plunged into 508 00:36:03,080 --> 00:36:08,160 Speaker 3: the deep, dark water. He was, of course devastated. It 509 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,800 Speaker 3: felt like a physical severing of his connection to his father. 510 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,799 Speaker 3: He even hired professional divers, but the lake was too 511 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,880 Speaker 3: deep and too murky. The watch and the promise it 512 00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 3: held was gone forever. For months, Ben felt a profound 513 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:30,280 Speaker 3: sense of loss, as if he had let his father 514 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:35,280 Speaker 3: down all over again. About a year later, on the 515 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 3: very anniversary of his father's death, Ben was walking along 516 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 3: the lake shore, many miles from where the watch was lost. 517 00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:48,840 Speaker 3: He was feeling particularly sad, walking with his head down, 518 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 3: talking to his dad in his mind, telling him how 519 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:57,600 Speaker 3: sorry he was for being so careless. As he walked, 520 00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 3: he kicked at a pile of dark, wet sand. There, 521 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 3: half buried in the wet sand was a silver pocket watch. 522 00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 3: His heart pounded in his chest. He picked it up. 523 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:16,120 Speaker 3: It was caked with sand and corroded from what must 524 00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:19,160 Speaker 3: have been years in water, but he could just make 525 00:37:19,200 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 3: out the intricate, familiar engravings on the back. It was 526 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,520 Speaker 3: his father's watch. It was impossible. He held it up 527 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:33,359 Speaker 3: to his ear, his hands shaking, and then he heard it, 528 00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 3: faintly but clearly, the watch was ticking. This is what 529 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:45,120 Speaker 3: some call a physical apport, an impossible gift from across 530 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:48,759 Speaker 3: the veil. It was a father's promise kept in the 531 00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:53,520 Speaker 3: most miraculous way, proving that the veil isn't just thin. 532 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 3: Sometimes it seems it can be parted completely by a 533 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 3: love that defies all earthly logic. Time and distance. The 534 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:07,400 Speaker 3: journey from this life to the next is not a 535 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 3: journey into silence, but into a different kind of communication. 536 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,600 Speaker 3: Our loved ones are not gone, They are simply speaking 537 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:21,040 Speaker 3: in a different language, a language of signs, symbols, and 538 00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:25,000 Speaker 3: love that pierces the veil in the most personal and 539 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 3: goosebump inducing ways. And our next segment will journey deeper 540 00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:34,879 Speaker 3: into what lies beyond this veil, exploring the very landscape 541 00:38:34,880 --> 00:38:37,759 Speaker 3: of the afterlife, and discuss what we can do right 542 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:41,080 Speaker 3: here and now to get in the present when the 543 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:45,359 Speaker 3: storms of life feel overwhelming, and don't forget. Be in 544 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:48,560 Speaker 3: that present moment as much as you can, and sometimes 545 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:53,719 Speaker 3: unexpected memories will just come into your mind. Those are 546 00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,800 Speaker 3: little calling cards from our loved ones, piercing the veil, 547 00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:02,759 Speaker 3: letting you know their right here with you. I'd like 548 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:06,360 Speaker 3: to tell you an apport of my own. I was 549 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:11,560 Speaker 3: traveling wearing my favorite pair of gold ear rings, and 550 00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:15,239 Speaker 3: in the bathroom I dropped one of the earrings. I 551 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:19,680 Speaker 3: looked everywhere, and I believed it went down the sink. 552 00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 3: So I put the one remaining earring in a little 553 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 3: pocket in my suitcase. In desperation, I did say a 554 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,000 Speaker 3: little prayer to any relatives or guides or God, anyone 555 00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:37,240 Speaker 3: who is listening, because I felt terrible losing that single earring. 556 00:39:37,640 --> 00:39:40,640 Speaker 3: When I got home from the trip and unpacked my bag, 557 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 3: I looked in the little pocket where I placed the 558 00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:48,000 Speaker 3: one earring, and both earrings were there. 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I'm Sandra Champlain. 586 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:35,600 Speaker 3: Today we've journeyed through the unseen world. We've heard stories 587 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:39,440 Speaker 3: of the thin veil that separates us from spirit. So 588 00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:43,239 Speaker 3: the big question is what lies beyond it. The thousands 589 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:47,600 Speaker 3: and thousands of consistent accounts from near death experiences paint 590 00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:52,359 Speaker 3: of vivid and spectacular picture. The key to understanding these 591 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:57,919 Speaker 3: landscapes is the concept of vibration or frequency. The afterlife 592 00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:02,160 Speaker 3: seems to have its own amazing architecture, but it's built 593 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:07,759 Speaker 3: from something very different than physical matter. It's often described 594 00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:12,400 Speaker 3: as being made from light, love, and from thought. Itself. 595 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:16,640 Speaker 3: Intention is the hammer and nails of the spirit world. 596 00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 3: What you think, you create, what you feel you attract. 597 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,480 Speaker 3: Let me share a few stories that give us some 598 00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 3: incredible glimpses. A woman named Mary who had a profound 599 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:35,880 Speaker 3: nd after a serious car accident, She was drawn into 600 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:41,680 Speaker 3: an incredibly beautiful, expansive landscape. She described it as a vast, 601 00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,920 Speaker 3: shimmering meadow filled with flowers whose colors she had never 602 00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:50,600 Speaker 3: seen on earth. They seemed to glow with their own 603 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:57,160 Speaker 3: internal light. She felt an overwhelming sense of peace and belonging, 604 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:03,000 Speaker 3: and she realized she could move by thinking, appearing instantly 605 00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:07,200 Speaker 3: wherever she intended to be. Another man after a heart 606 00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:11,800 Speaker 3: attack described finding himself in a forest where the trees 607 00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:16,760 Speaker 3: were ancient and wise, and he could feel their consciousness. 608 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:22,040 Speaker 3: Their leaves were like millions of tiny, green stained glass windows, 609 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:26,640 Speaker 3: and the sunlight filtering through them created a symphony of 610 00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,320 Speaker 3: light on the forest floor. He could hear a soft, 611 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:34,920 Speaker 3: harmonious hum that he knew was the life force of 612 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:40,360 Speaker 3: the forest itself, a sound of pure peace. He understood 613 00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:45,399 Speaker 3: that in the afterlife, nature isn't something just to look at. 614 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:49,240 Speaker 3: It is something you are a part of, a living 615 00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:55,359 Speaker 3: conscious and loving system. Others describe incredible structures. A man 616 00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:59,840 Speaker 3: named Thomas experienced an nd and found himself in what 617 00:43:59,880 --> 00:44:04,000 Speaker 3: he he called a city of light. These weren't buildings 618 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:07,960 Speaker 3: made from stone or steel, but massive structures made of 619 00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:13,440 Speaker 3: pure radiant energy, glowing with different hues that pulsed with 620 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:17,759 Speaker 3: a quiet, powerful life. He saw beautiful bridges made of 621 00:44:17,880 --> 00:44:22,280 Speaker 3: woven light, and towers that reached into a sky filled 622 00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:27,240 Speaker 3: with multiple moons and soft nebula like clouds of color. 623 00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:30,640 Speaker 3: The beings there also seemed to be made of light, 624 00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:35,280 Speaker 3: and they communicated not with words, but through a direct 625 00:44:35,320 --> 00:44:40,560 Speaker 3: transfer of thoughts and feelings. He felt a profound sense 626 00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:45,360 Speaker 3: of love and recognition, as if this city was more 627 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:49,120 Speaker 3: real and more like home than any place he had 628 00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:55,080 Speaker 3: ever lived on Earth. This realization that consciousness shapes experience 629 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:59,600 Speaker 3: is where the true creative power of the soul comes in. 630 00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,839 Speaker 3: This is perfectly illustrated by the story of an architect 631 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:10,160 Speaker 3: named Arthur. On Earth. Arthur was brilliant but frustrated. His 632 00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:14,840 Speaker 3: grandest designs were always limited by budgets, clients, and the 633 00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 3: laws of physics. His greatest dream was to build a 634 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:23,520 Speaker 3: cathedral not made of stone, but a computerized cathedral of 635 00:45:23,640 --> 00:45:27,240 Speaker 3: pure light and sound. He died of a heart attack 636 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:32,400 Speaker 3: in his office. Arthur found himself in a peaceful, dark void. 637 00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:38,319 Speaker 3: He wasn't scared. He simply thought about his cathedral. Instantly 638 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:42,360 Speaker 3: the structure began to form around him. He described walls 639 00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:47,160 Speaker 3: made of solid harmonious music and pillars of shimmering warm light. 640 00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:51,520 Speaker 3: The stained glass windows weren't glass at all, They were 641 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:56,360 Speaker 3: living portals that showed beautiful memories from across the universe. 642 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,319 Speaker 3: The Great Dome wasn't a ceiling, but an opening into 643 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:04,880 Speaker 3: the cosmos itself. He realized he could change any detail 644 00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:09,560 Speaker 3: with a single focused thought. He wasn't just building his 645 00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:14,920 Speaker 3: creation in a way, he was his creation. These stories 646 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:20,279 Speaker 3: of expanded senses and peaceful landscapes are our ultimate destination. 647 00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:25,239 Speaker 3: But what if, as souls having a human experience, we 648 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:29,200 Speaker 3: can use them here too. So many people talk about 649 00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:34,359 Speaker 3: visualization and the power of gratitude. If you feel like 650 00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:38,000 Speaker 3: playing with this sometime, think about some things you desire 651 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:42,080 Speaker 3: and feel the gratitude as if they've already happened. Now, 652 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:46,240 Speaker 3: really soak in that gratitude, put it out to the universe. 653 00:46:46,719 --> 00:46:49,120 Speaker 3: On the other side, there is no time and here 654 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:52,200 Speaker 3: there is time. So don't sit around waiting for things 655 00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:56,480 Speaker 3: to happen. Instead, be amazed at that thought or picture 656 00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,640 Speaker 3: that you created in your mind that eventually it did 657 00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,640 Speaker 3: show up up in time and space. I want to 658 00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:06,600 Speaker 3: share a powerful tool that I just learned this past week. 659 00:47:06,880 --> 00:47:09,319 Speaker 3: So many of us are drawn to shades of the 660 00:47:09,360 --> 00:47:15,160 Speaker 3: afterlife because we are navigating grief, stress, worry. If you've 661 00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,840 Speaker 3: ever felt a wave of grief so strong that it 662 00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:20,359 Speaker 3: feels like it's going to pull you under, you know 663 00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:24,600 Speaker 3: how disorienting it can be. In those moments, our minds 664 00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:29,000 Speaker 3: are lost in the past with our memories and sometimes regrets. 665 00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:33,440 Speaker 3: We're spiraling into the future with fears. The one place 666 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,680 Speaker 3: we are not is right here and the safety of 667 00:47:36,719 --> 00:47:40,160 Speaker 3: the present moment. So I want to offer you an anchor. 668 00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:44,279 Speaker 3: It's a technique used by therapists and counselors all over 669 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:49,560 Speaker 3: the world to help people who are feeling grief, feeling stressed, worried, 670 00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:53,640 Speaker 3: or overwhelmed. It's called the five four three two one 671 00:47:53,960 --> 00:47:58,239 Speaker 3: grounding technique. You can do it anywhere, anytime. You can 672 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,440 Speaker 3: even do it with me. First, just pause wherever you 673 00:48:02,480 --> 00:48:07,360 Speaker 3: are and take one slow, deep breath. Now look around 674 00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:12,160 Speaker 3: and silently name five things you can see. Could be 675 00:48:12,200 --> 00:48:15,920 Speaker 3: a lamp, a book on the table, picture frame, the 676 00:48:15,920 --> 00:48:20,080 Speaker 3: color of the wall, your shoes or your toes. Just 677 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:24,480 Speaker 3: name five separate things. Next, bring your awareness to your 678 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:29,800 Speaker 3: sense of touch. Silently, name four things you can physically feel. 679 00:48:30,520 --> 00:48:34,560 Speaker 3: Maybe it's the solid chair beneath you, the texture of 680 00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:38,240 Speaker 3: your skin, your feet resting on the floor, the touch 681 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:40,839 Speaker 3: of the cat on your lap, or the cool air 682 00:48:40,920 --> 00:48:45,920 Speaker 3: on your skin. Now listen, quiet your mind and just listen. 683 00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:49,520 Speaker 3: What are three things you can hear? It might be 684 00:48:49,640 --> 00:48:52,880 Speaker 3: the hum of a refrigerator, a clock ticking on the wall, 685 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,880 Speaker 3: a car driving by outside, or even the sound of 686 00:48:56,880 --> 00:49:01,440 Speaker 3: your own breathing. Then notice what you can smell. This 687 00:49:01,480 --> 00:49:04,120 Speaker 3: one can be subtle. What are two things that you 688 00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:07,399 Speaker 3: can smell right now? Perhaps it's the scent of your 689 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:11,400 Speaker 3: coffee or a nearby flower, or even just the neutral 690 00:49:11,560 --> 00:49:14,359 Speaker 3: scent of the air in your room. Or you can 691 00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:18,399 Speaker 3: smell your skin and smell the perfume or shampoo or 692 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:22,239 Speaker 3: aftershave you have on. And finally, bring your awareness to 693 00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:26,360 Speaker 3: your sense of taste. Name one thing you can taste. 694 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,080 Speaker 3: It could be the lingering taste of your last meal. 695 00:49:29,160 --> 00:49:32,720 Speaker 3: Or drink, or simply the natural taste of your own mouth. 696 00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,880 Speaker 3: You know what you just did. You brought all of 697 00:49:35,920 --> 00:49:39,879 Speaker 3: your focus, all of your awareness, right back here into 698 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:44,080 Speaker 3: the present moment, into this exact second. You just threw 699 00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:48,280 Speaker 3: out an anchor. Grief is real and it deserves our respect, 700 00:49:49,040 --> 00:49:52,960 Speaker 3: but you also deserve moments of peace. This little tool 701 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:56,120 Speaker 3: doesn't erase your feelings, but it can give you a 702 00:49:56,120 --> 00:50:00,560 Speaker 3: precious moment of stability to catch your breath and that 703 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:04,799 Speaker 3: you are safe right here, right now. It can be 704 00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:08,920 Speaker 3: your anchor in any storm. Knowing about the other side 705 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:13,040 Speaker 3: isn't just about our future comfort. It's about changing how 706 00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:16,680 Speaker 3: we live on this side right now. It calls us 707 00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:20,839 Speaker 3: to live differently. The stories of near death experiences are 708 00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:24,880 Speaker 3: filled with people who are not just shown a beautiful reality, 709 00:50:25,360 --> 00:50:28,160 Speaker 3: but were given a new mission. Do you remember my 710 00:50:28,280 --> 00:50:32,719 Speaker 3: episode with Daniel Brinkley in nineteen seventy five. He was 711 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:37,160 Speaker 3: one tough, cynical, skeptical guy who didn't believe in the afterlife. 712 00:50:37,560 --> 00:50:40,160 Speaker 3: One day, while on the phone during a thunderstorm, a 713 00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:43,440 Speaker 3: bolt of lightning struck the phone line and hit him 714 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:46,920 Speaker 3: directly in the head. He was even pronounced dead. He 715 00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,520 Speaker 3: traveled through a tunnel and was met by a being 716 00:50:49,560 --> 00:50:53,279 Speaker 3: of light who showed him a panoramic life review. But 717 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,520 Speaker 3: like many others, his review was shown from the perspective 718 00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:00,799 Speaker 3: of every person that he had ever interacted with. He 719 00:51:00,880 --> 00:51:04,120 Speaker 3: was forced to feel the fear of the people he 720 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:07,600 Speaker 3: had bullied and the emotional pain he had caused his family. 721 00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:12,000 Speaker 3: After this difficult but profound lesson, he came back into 722 00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:15,920 Speaker 3: his body, waking up in a morgue, but a completely 723 00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:19,640 Speaker 3: changed man. The bully was gone, replaced by a man 724 00:51:19,719 --> 00:51:23,480 Speaker 3: filled with compassion. Daniel went on to dedicate his life 725 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:27,200 Speaker 3: to service, founding a program called the Twilight Brigade to 726 00:51:27,280 --> 00:51:30,840 Speaker 3: sit with dying veterans and hospice care. He still uses 727 00:51:30,840 --> 00:51:34,680 Speaker 3: his experience to bring peace to thousands of people at 728 00:51:34,680 --> 00:51:37,600 Speaker 3: the edge of the veil, ensuring that they will not 729 00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:41,640 Speaker 3: die alone. His life is a testament to how these 730 00:51:41,680 --> 00:51:45,520 Speaker 3: glimpses of the unseen world can inspire a mission of 731 00:51:45,640 --> 00:51:48,880 Speaker 3: love back here in the physical world. The journey of 732 00:51:48,960 --> 00:51:52,720 Speaker 3: understanding is not about leaving this life behind. It's about 733 00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:56,960 Speaker 3: living this life more powerfully. It's about knowing your eternal 734 00:51:57,040 --> 00:52:00,640 Speaker 3: nature and stepping into your power as a fine soul. 735 00:52:00,760 --> 00:52:03,960 Speaker 3: Having a human experience. It is about knowing that you, 736 00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:09,160 Speaker 3: my friend, are never ever alone. Few announcements as we 737 00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:13,480 Speaker 3: close out our two hundred and fiftieth episode, Remember our 738 00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:19,440 Speaker 3: friends at IMS dot org are having the fiftieth celebration 739 00:52:19,560 --> 00:52:23,400 Speaker 3: of doctor Raymond Moody coining the term and near death experience. 740 00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:27,880 Speaker 3: It's a huge conference with over one hundred speakers out 741 00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,279 Speaker 3: in Chicago, or you can live stream it from your 742 00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:35,319 Speaker 3: own house. Also, remember We Don't Die dot com. That's 743 00:52:35,360 --> 00:52:37,880 Speaker 3: my home base. At the bottom of the page you 744 00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:40,319 Speaker 3: can enter your name and email address. You get a 745 00:52:40,320 --> 00:52:43,120 Speaker 3: whole bunch of free goodies, including a copy of my 746 00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,960 Speaker 3: book We Don't Die. Please join us for one of 747 00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:51,480 Speaker 3: our free Sunday gathering inspirational services with medium demonstration included. 748 00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:55,160 Speaker 3: What part of today's episode made a difference for you today? 749 00:52:55,440 --> 00:52:57,799 Speaker 3: If you feel so inclined, I would love to hear 750 00:52:57,800 --> 00:53:01,799 Speaker 3: your comments on Apple podcast Us or Spotify wherever you 751 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:04,880 Speaker 3: listen to your podcasts. I read everyone. I want to 752 00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:08,840 Speaker 3: leave you with this powerful quote from brilliant inventor Nikola Tesla. 753 00:53:09,160 --> 00:53:13,400 Speaker 3: He said, the day science begins to study non physical phenomena, 754 00:53:14,040 --> 00:53:17,200 Speaker 3: it will make more progress in one decade than in 755 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:22,080 Speaker 3: all the previous centuries of its existence. My friends, today 756 00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:26,200 Speaker 3: is that day we are living in a most exciting time. 757 00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,799 Speaker 3: I'm Xander Champlain. Thank you so much for listening to 758 00:53:30,520 --> 00:53:34,080 Speaker 3: Shades of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio and Coast to 759 00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:37,640 Speaker 3: Coast AM Paranormal podcast Network. 760 00:53:44,719 --> 00:53:47,239 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the iHeartRadio and Coast to Ghost 761 00:53:47,320 --> 00:53:50,319 Speaker 1: Day and Paranormal Podcast Network. Make sure and check out 762 00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:53,600 Speaker 1: all our shows on the iHeartRadio app or by going 763 00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:59,800 Speaker 1: to iHeartRadio dot com.