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Life
does not end when we die. Death is a rebirth into a spirit world of light
and love, a transition from the physical to the spiritual that is no more
frightening or painful than passing between rooms through as open doorway.
It is also a joyful homecoming to our natural home, a return to the Creator
who sent us here and who welcomes us back with loving arms. I know this,
because on November 18, 1973, I experienced death after hemorrhaging from
surgery. The events that followed changed my life, and sent me on a journey
that continues today.
 At the time of my death, I left
my body and traveled through a tunnel that stretches between earth and
our heavenly home. I was drawn toward a figure of brilliant, radiant light,
whom I recognized as my saciour, Jesus Christ. I was reunited with loved
ones who had passed on before me, and I saw the spirit of my daughter
who was yet to be born. I experienced a taste of the life beyond . . .
visiting beautiful gardens and the library of knowledge, reliving the
Creation and glimpsing the futyre, watching spirits prepare to come to
earth, and witnessing prayers as they were received by angels and answered
through the loving care of our Father in heaven.
Most precious of all, I felt
the indescribable joy of being embraced by the Savior, who enveloped me
with unconditional love and answered the questions I had asked for years.
I learned that there are so many religions on earth because we are all
at different levels of spiritual development, and that each religion teaches
some truth. I saw that there are very few coincidences, and that angels
and the spirits of loved ones surround us to help us on earth. I was told
that spiritual laws govern our existence, and that each and every part
of God's wonderful creation is intimately connected with every other part.
I was shown that everything we do has a ripple effect for good or ill
on the rest of the world, and I was given a life review before the Council
of Men, during which I experienced the effect of all my own thoughts and
actions. And I learned that God loves all of us unconditionally, that
we are aternal spirits who have come here to grow and to learn to love,
and that we are received back in heaven with great joy and celebration.
The essence of what I learned is that love is supreme, because God is
love, and the only way to be like him is to love as he does . . . unconditionally.
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