For the past few weeks, I have been participating in a class discussing life after death. Although the class is called Immortality, most of us are sharing experiences and stories about near-death experiences.
I decided to take this class (actually, I am the teaching assistant) for two reasons:
- Because I am still reconciling what I witnessed when my mother was dying. She seemed to be seeing and talking to people whom I could not see.
- Because I had a very vivid dream a few months ago, where I witnessed my own death (or that is what it appeared to be).
There are a few people in the class who have experienced NDE or near-death experiences. I was surprised to find how much my ‘dream’ followed their experiences … at least to a limited extent.
Here is what I recollect from my dream:
It appears I had an abrupt and violent death, possibly by a car accident. I felt it could be a car accident because, for a few seconds, I could see my body tumbling around in a small space where I had no control of my movement. In the dream, I felt nothing (the scene alone would have been painful to experience). I was just watching my body tumble.
Then, within an instant, I am ‘floating’ in nothingness — with no body or no physical anchor. All I perceived at that point was similar to a beautiful sunset. But there was no sun, and the colors were the most beautiful array of colors that I had ever seen. Slowly, I felt a peace enveloping me. Not just a peaceful feeling, but the most peaceful feelings I have ever felt times 100. Even though the feeling lasted only a few short seconds, I felt I was in something far beyond this world or my body.
Then the dream was over.
Obviously, I did not die, nor did I connect with anyone ‘on the other side’ or see the extension of the experiences that most people who have NDE. However, the whole dream has me thinking about life beyond the current world we live in.
Even though the class was very interesting, I still have no firm insights into my mother’s visions of people I could not see. But I do feel, for some reason, I was given a glimpse of the world beyond my current feelings and perceptions.
Have you had any similar experiences of life after death, or what you think is life after death? Please feel free to share with us.