People who had a NDE often start to meditate - but in their own way

 Nowadays you watch a lot of films with people who have had a near-death-experince 

At least in the west they all have a similar pattern: They come to a beautiful place and feel unconditional love and so on (but its always hard to describe the sensations with words). 

But when they come back to this world they may feel trapped both in the body and in the environment. 

There is where mindfulness comes in. 

I sometimes silently say to my self while a meditate - I´m (inbreath) perfect (outbreath ) or I´m (in) light (out). This is influenced by the NDE that people have told.

There is also another  message from the after-life: All is one. 

When I meditate on that theme I use to visualize the Earth and say I´m (in) thankful (out). Then I visualize, in turn, the solarsystem with the planets, the moon and of course the sun, our galaxy and then the whole Universe and send, in turn thankfulness to all of  then.

When I try to visualize the Universe a smile always spreads o my face. 

I even sometimes say to the Universe ; I'm (in) you (out). 

You can improvise while meditating and find a way that is good for you...

Here a woman, Nancy Rynes, who have had an NDE, speaks ( after about 20 minutes) how to behave after such an experience. And here are, for instance, awareness and mindfulness a big help. She use the word "transition" for the life after the NDE (even if some people warns for to go to far in this transition - we all have to go on in this sometimes cruel material world, do mistakes and so on)




One important thing that people learn in a NDE, is that kindness and gratitude spreads like ripples in the water if we show it towards other people. 

We all know that we cannot control much in life, how much we try. But if we try to be kind, even to strangers, we will probably have a big chance for a brighter future for our selves. But first of all; be kind to yourself too - you are already perfect...


Bonus: Here Nancy speak more in detail on what happened during her NDE.






 

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