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 Sylvia
Browne is a near-death experiencer and has been a working psychic for more than forty years. Her
books are New York Times bestsellers and she has appeared on
a long list of television programs. This acclaimed psychic has
introduced millions of people to a world beyond our own. You can also send
her a message. She is the author of many books including, Adventures
of a Psychic, Blessings
from the Other Side, and The
Other Side and Back. In another book of hers, Life on the Other Side, she explains the process of
leaving this world for the next, and how we leave the Other Side to
continue our life's journey on Earth. What follows is
her near-death account and a summary of what she knows about life on
the Other Side. Sylvia describes this process more in-depth
in her book which I highly recommend, along with all of her books.
Sylvia's
Near-Death Experience
I was forty-two and
having routine surgery when I flatlined and encountered the following
common events:
The tunnel that
immediately appeared didn't come from up there somewhere, it actually rose up from my body, seemingly from my
own etheric substance. Instead of leading up toward the sky, it led across, at maybe a twenty-degree angle, confirming that
the Other Side isn't some distant paradise beyond the clouds. It
really exists right here among us, only three fee above our ground
level, simply in another dimension with a much higher vibration than
ours.
I didn't just feel
completely alive as I moved through the tunnel, I was completely
alive. Only my body, the vehicle I had traveled in during this
lifetime; had conked out. I felt weightless, free, and exhilarated,
filled with the peaceful certainty that everyone and everything I had
ever worried about would be fine. With my newfound sense of timeless
eternity, I knew that my loved ones and I would be together again in
what would seem like almost no time at all.
The legendary white
light appeared ahead of me, with sacred brilliance and infinite
knowledge.
The figure of a
loved one stepped into the large opening at the end of the tunnel, in
my case my cherished Grandma Ada. The opening was wide enough that I
could glimpse a meadow beyond her, like any grassy, flower-filled
meadow on Earth with its colors enriched and magnified a thousand
times.
Obviously mine was
on a near-death experience, and two things happened
simultaneously to emphasize that point: when I reached out my hand to
Grandma Ada, she reached out her hand as well, but her palm was facing
me, in a gesture that meant stop. And at that same moment, I heard the
faint, distant voice of a friend I'd left standing beside my hospital
bed pleading, "Sylvia, don't go, you're so needed."
The
sensation of returning to Earth made me feel as if a huge rubber band
that had been wrapped around my waist and stretched to its limit was
now pulling me back. One second my hand was just inches from Grandma
Ada's, and the next second I was snapped away from her and slammed
back into the confining heaviness of my body.
Not only was I not
glad to be back, I felt angry, frustrated, and depressed for days
afterward.
A Brief
Summary of Sylvia's View of Life on the Other Side
Upon death, most people go
through a heavenly process before entering into heaven. Evil
people, instead of experiencing the tunnel and bright light upon
death, are sent through what Sylvia calls the left door
and enter into an abyss of empty, joyless, nothingness for a brief
period of time. After they have reflected upon their actions,
they are reincarnated back to Earth. People who commit suicide are sent to a place Sylvia calls the
holding place. Here they must make a choice to
either proceed through the left door or embrace God and
move on to the light. People in the holding place shuffle slowly
around in despair in a gray fog with their heads down until they make
their decision. According to Sylvia, this is purgatory. It
is interesting to note that many near-death experiencers, including
George Ritchie, have seen this place.
Most people, who go
through the heavenly process, go through a tunnel and towards the
light of God. They return home to the place they came from on
the other side. Here, they have a reunion with family and
friends who have departed before them. After the reunion, most
of us are lead by our spirit guide to a building on the other side
called the Hall of Wisdom. In a sacred room, we see
our lives flash before us on a device Sylvia calls the scanning
machine. This device is a domed screen where our lives are
placed out in three-dimensional holographic form. Once we have
fully evaluated our lives, we are debriefed in an orientation process. This is when we discuss the
lifetime previously lived and reviewed in the scanning machine.
We meet with guides who are trained orientators who discuss ways of
amending for previous mistakes. We receive help if we were
unprepared for our crossing over into the spirit realm. If those
whose transition is especially difficult, the orientation process is
preceded by another process called cocooning. This
is when the person is put into a restful, healing sleep for as long as
it takes for them to feel healthy. In extreme cases, people are
taken to a structure called the Towers where extremely
confused people undergo a deprogramming process.
Once a person has adjusted
to the transition, they can visit a place called the Hall of
Records where historical data is stored such as the charts of
everyone's past lives. Another beautiful structure is the Hall of Justice where people go before the
Council of
Elders who are highly advanced spokespersons of God who help us
decide how we are to progress further into the spirit realm.
Sylvia describes seven levels of advancement and they are:
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The Seven
Levels of Advancement |
| 1. |
The reunion and
homecoming previously discussed |
| 2. |
The orientation
process previously discussed |
| 3. |
Becoming skilled in
a particular vocation |
| 4. |
Becoming creative in
the arts |
| 5. |
Researching areas of
progress and passing the knowledge to Earth through a process
of infused knowledge |
| 6. |
Becoming a teacher
or leader |
| 7. |
Forfeiting your
identity as a personality by willingly absorbing into the
light of God |
As it is on Earth, so it
is in heaven in that life is what we make of it. On the other side, we do what we choose to do and advance as far as we choose to
and when we choose to.
At some point, people
recognize the need for even further advancement and therefore choose
to return to Earth to gain this spiritual advancement. With the
help of a spirit guide, they write up a new chart, an incarnation
which will meet their goals. They then proceed to the Hall of
Justice where they meet once again with the Council of Elders.
Here, the council prepares people for their next incarnation.
When they are ready to incarnate, their family and friends are gathered
together to bid farewell. Once they have said their goodbyes, they can
meet with a spiritual teacher, such as Buddha or Jesus, to embrace
them in their divine light. People are then taken to the Towers and
are eased into a deep sleep. The descent into the womb begins
and a new life is born on Earth.
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