the ecstasy of god... by Jayne Smith, experiencer, from her video, "A Moment of Truth."

          I was totally aware. I was in blackness.  I couldn't see anything.  I was thinking to myself, "This isn't the way it is supposed to be.  I'm not supposed to know anything and I do. What on earth has happened?"

     At that point I felt something leave my body. It was a whoosh. It went up through the top of my head. I could feel it and I could hear it. Just a gentle whoosh. At that point I found myself standing in a kind of gray mist. Then I knew I had died.

     The memory of this experience is seared into my very soul. When I found myself standing in this gray mist with the realization that I had died I remembered feeling so overjoyed, so thrilled, because I knew that even though I was what we call "dead", I was still very much alive. Very much alive. I was totally aware. 
     
    I began to pour out these feelings of thanksgiving. I wasn't doing it verbally, but it seemed that the very essence of me was saying "Thank you, thank you, God for setting it up this way, that I really am immortal.  I was not annihilated."

    I was involved in this tremendous pouring forth of gratitude and joy and as that was going inside me, this white light began to infiltrate my consciousness.  It came into me.  It seemed I went out into it.  I expanded into it as it came into my field of consciousness.  There was nothing I was aware of except this brilliant white light.
    
     The light brought with it the most incredible feeling of total love, total safety, total protection.  I was just enveloped in it.  I remember feeling almost cradled by it.  It was so dynamic it was almost palpable.

     As I existed in this white light, in this incredible love, I began to be rapturous.  The rapture built.  The bliss built.  My consciousness began to expand with the bliss of it all.  Suddenly there came into my field of consciousness an entire field of knowledge.
    
     It was like a whole block of knowledge that just simply came in and settled itself on me.  I knew, what takes several sentences to tell, but it didn't come in several sentences - it came all in one piece.  What I knew was that I was immortal, that I was eternal, that I was indestructible, that I always had been, that I always will be, and that there was no way in this world I could ever be lost.

     It was impossible for me to fall into a crack in the universe somewhere and never be heard from again.  I just knew that I was utterly safe and I always had been forever and ever.
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beyond Vietnam... by Bill Vandenbush, experiencer/author http://home.earthlink.net/bill.v   (excerpt from book "If Morning Never Comes")
    
    Once I had accepted death and realized there was nothing else I could do, all the worry, fear, and pain faded away.  All that was left to do was relax and let it happen.  I took off my backpack, lay on the ground, and made myself as comfortable as possible.  I pulled up into a fetal position and calmly thought to myself, "I'm going to bleed to death, and there is no one who can help.  I better get ready to die.  I'll just curl up right here and die."
    

     As I curled up on the ground, I was struck by an incredible feeling of peace and tranquility.  I wasn't in the war zone anymore.  I felt as if I'd been totally removed from where my body was lying on the battlefield.  The war and my earthly life no longer existed.  I was suspended in time and space, between the here-and-now and the here-ever-after. 
    

      I still had the sensation of belonging to my body.  I was still wounded, but there was no bleeding and no pain. I felt no fear, worry or concern as the darkness enveloped me.  I was walking, no, not walking, gliding forward effortlessly at a slight incline, propelled by an unknown force.
    

      I was inside a dark tunnel, a corridor, but I had no sense of anything solid in any direction. It was completely dark all around me, yet I seemed to be aglow with a dim light that emanated from within my heart. I was bathed in this soft light as I continued to glide forward. As the light washed over me, I felt an incredible sense of calm. I thought for a moment that I was dreaming, but there was a far greater sense of being alive than any dream I had ever had. I was completely at ease, even in this highly unusual situation.
    

     Suddenly, I was thrust from the darkness into a bright white light.  The White Light surrounded me and at the same time, I was one with the Light.  The dim light within me burned brighter and stronger.  I no longer possessed my body. 

     I was now a being consisting entirely of Light.  This place of Light was filled with the brightest, purest White Light I had ever seen.  It was absolutely pure and clean.  It was incredibly warm and friendly.  I was in awe.  The Light was overwhelming and overshadowed everything else around me. This beautiful Light was filled with goodness and love.

     In this incredible bright White Light, everything was beautiful, everything within this Light was totally fulfilling.  This place was filled with wonderful love, beautiful unconditional love.  It was as though the essence of my being was filled to completion.  I had no worry, no fear, no stress, no pressure, and no concern about anything.  I felt no responsibility for anything.  The memory of my entire nineteen-year-old life was slowly fading, diminishing and being replaced by a great sense of universal oneness.
    

      I was a ball of energy... Light energy.  I was in a different dimension of existence than I had been on earth.  In this dimension, everything was energy based.  I'm not sure if the energy came from the Light, or the Light from the energy.  This dimension was very unlike the carbon-based dimension I knew on earth.  In this Light-based dimension, I was completely filled with a warm, gentle sense of Spirit.  I was awakened to the existence of my soul.
    

      I had only the slightest recollection of what had just happened to me on the battlefield.  However, my personality, and the essence of my worldly existence, was still intact.  Most of the memories of my life had been muted, and my soul and personality were all that was left. 

     I was full of knowledge of the universe.  It wasn't like an academic knowledge, it wasn't like one plus one equals two.  It was spiritual knowledge... the meaning of life, where we came from, and why we exist.  I felt a sense of having great wisdom.
    

     At one point, I was approached by another ball of Light energy, which communicated with me.  It wasn't a verbal conversation.  It was more like a telepathic exchange, an understanding of what was being communicated without using words or voice. 
    

     I recognized this Light being as my grandfather who had died several years before.  He told me "Everything is wonderful here.  Allow yourself to be one with the Light."  It was almost as if he put his arm around me, pointed to another part of the Light, and continued, saying, "Everything is even more beautiful beyond this point."

     We talked for a short time about faith and trusting the Light.  He reassured me, saying, "Things are going to be fine, but you must have faith no matter what happens." 

     I was beginning to see beyond this place of Light.  I could see that there was a place of great natural beauty beyond us.  It was vague, but I sensed that there were beautiful, vibrant colors.  For a brief moment, I had a picture in my mind of green trees lining a softly flowing crystal stream.  I could almost see a verdant meadow glistening with morning dew.  

     But it was not yet clear to me exactly where these things were or how I could get to them.  I thought that if I kept moving through this bright Light,  I would come to an even more beautiful place.  After all these years, it is still nearly impossible to find words that adequately describe what I saw in the Light.

     While I was conversing with my grandfather and having more heavenly visions, a third ball of energy, like a Spirit Being, came to me.  He told me in a stern but kind voice, "You can’t stay here.  You must return to your earthly place.  you have fulfilled your higher purpose you will again come to the Light."  Like my grandfather, this Spirit Being communicated telepathically.

     I was hesitant to go back, but He continued to inform me that I must go back to the earthly dimension, fulfill my higher purpose, and learn the lessons I would need to successfully journey through the Light.  He emphasized that when I had fulfilled my higher purpose and learned my lessons, then, and only then, would I be able to return to this dimension of Light.

     I had some concerns about time and space.  How was I going to go back where I came from when I no longer existed in that dimension?  The Spirit Being assured me in his kind voice, "time does not exist here, and there are no limitations of space."  He told me I would be able to return to this beautiful place and continue this spiritual journey when I had fulfilled my higher purpose.  Odd as it sounds, I was told that I would eventually return to this wonderful dimension of Light at precisely the same moment that I left it.

     I was still a little hesitant, but then I heard my grandfather's reassuring voice saying, "It's okay. Have faith in the Spirit."  He told me that there was no shame in going back.  Just because I hadn't achieved what I needed to achieve didn't mean that returning to earth was bad or punitive.  I was told it was important for me to return to my previous life and do what I was meant to do, to fulfill my higher purpose.

     At that moment, for just a moment, it was clear to me what I needed to do.  It faded away from me so quickly, though, that I couldn't fully grasp what it was.  However, the knowledge was now part of me and my purpose in life would later be very evident.
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what death is... by PMH Atwater, experiencer/researcher/author, http://www.cinemind.com/atwater/
    

     There is a step-up of energy at the moment of death, an increase in speed as if you are suddenly vibrating faster than before.

     Using radio as an analogy, this speed-up is comparable to having lived all your life at a certain radio frequency when all of a sudden someone or something comes along and flips the dial.  That flip shifts you to another, higher wavelength.

     The original frequency where you once existed is still there.  It did not change.  Everything is still just the same as it was.  Only you changed, only you speeded up to allow entry into the next radio frequency on the dial.

     As is true with all radios and radio stations, there can be bleedovers or distortions of transmission signals due to interference patterns. These can allow or force frequencies to coexist or commingle for indefinite periods of time.

     Normally, most shifts up the dial are fast and efficient; but occasionally one can run into interference, perhaps from a strong emotion, a sense of duty, or a need to fulfill a vow, or keep a promise.

     This interference could allow coexistence of frequencies for a few seconds, days, or even years (perhaps explaining hauntings); but, sooner or later, eventually, every given vibrational frequency will seek out or be nudged to where it belongs.

     You fit your particular spot on the dial by your speed of vibration. You cannot coexist forever where you do not belong.

     Who can say how many spots there are on the dial or how many frequencies there are to inhabit.  No one knows.

     You shift frequencies in dying.  You switch over to life on another wavelength.  You are still a spot on the dial but you move up or down a notch or two.  You don't die when you die.  You shift your consciousness and speed of vibration.

     That's all death is... a shift.
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