Man dies, reveals GOD and RELIGION are NOT What you Believe (NDE)

[@LifeAfterLifeNDE-is1kh]

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[@littlefish9670]

You helped me a lot with your nde.,👍🐟🐟🐟👋👋👋👋

[@jacksonmartin8899]

What you describe as Christianity and being a Christian is not what those terms actually mean. Christianity is not a religion; it is in fact anti-religion. You described one of the religions claiming to be based on Christianity. You describe Christianism and being Christianist. Christianity does not teach hell and eternal damnation, but teaches the universal salvation of all. It does not teach man's free will, but instead teaches the sovereignty of God (kingdom of God) - i.e. an Almighty God. Such an understanding of God logically precludes the idea of free will and sin as commonly conceived. Promoting free will and sin are two or the pillars of all religions, which support a foundation for gaining control over people.

[@jeffr2916]

​@@jacksonmartin8899 I understand exactly what you mean. You have defined what Christ like is and yes, that's what being a Christian is supposed to be. Unfortunately humanity has wrapped systems of fear around what should simply mean being loving regardless of creed, color, etc. I think people like you are helping clear the fog.

[@timlinator]

@@jacksonmartin8899 just your opinion

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

Obviously hell exist.... 4.0 spiritual dimension. most need not stay there too long... good place for christions and Catholics tho...

[@timlinator]

After my experience I left religion for spirituality and never looked back. God is love not religion. God has no religion but love.

[@shadowbody]

If we love the wrong thing though, we can go down a pretty dark hole.

[@jeffr2916]

I agree 😊

[@jeffr2916]

​@@shadowbody I guess it depends on how one would define love. There really isn't a single way to define what love really is. Attachment and addiction can seem like love especially when it becomes habit. Those things can certainly spin one down a very dark hole.

[@BW9971]

I love animals, I don't trust humans.

[@timlinator]

@@shadowbody Out creator gave us an inner moral compass to discern that because our creators knows man will lie to us. Religion is BS control through fear.

[@meta_noia]

Thanks for sharing, and welcome to the club of unconditional love believers.

[@jeffr2916]

Glad you enjoyed it. It's kinda hard to ignore it completely. After my experience that love was always in the background. Now that I've accepted it I see it everywhere and understand a lot of things. Thanks for your comment 😊

[@wayneelliott1180]

Religion is about bondage, spirituality is about freedom.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

Freedom to do sins?

[@wayneelliott1180]

@@NikosNikos-dr7wv ‘Sin’ is a subjective human construct invented by a business called religion which uses threat, fear, shame and guilt to manipulate. This realm is a physical school and each soul has challenges to master. Every outcome from any situation has already been agreed to by all concerned in the dynamic.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

@@wayneelliott1180 You're just justifying your sin. It's very clear what sin is.

[@wayneelliott1180]

@@NikosNikos-dr7wv you run with that if it makes you feel better.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

@@wayneelliott1180 Everyone goes in heaven?

[@doloresfarr7633]

When I was a kid my school required me to go to church every Sunday, I was around 8 years old standing looking around the church and a knowing said, This is not the Way. It isn’t the Way, Every Thing is Within Us. Never throw the baby out with the bathwater. ❤

[@krisano1prsn]

Same, agree 💯

[@joyandpeacefullaughter5307]

Jesus is the way, the truth and the light.

[@jennygriesbaum068]

That Knowing is the truth.

[@Ulysses.S.Grant.For.The.Union.]

@@joyandpeacefullaughter5307 Jesus is the sun. The sun walks on water, ocean sunsets. Is the most high. Gives life everlasting. Dies on the southern cross constellation (summer solstice) wearing a corona (crown of thorns). The sun stops moving for three days per a sun dial, and three days later the sun resurrects and the days begin getting shorter. Shorter until the winter solctice December 22nd and again, sundial, three days later is born again on Christmas. The sun is born of a virgin, Virgo constellation. Sun has twelve apostles, zodiac signs, months in a year. We worship the sun on SUNday - SUN-day. Ancient Roman’s order Christianity and paganism be combined, therefore they hung the human Jesus on a cross during pagan holy days, Easter. And the two were combined. And now people worship the sun, thinking it’s a man or messiah.

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

The enemy loves to try to trick us! The Bible says to always test the spirits. A feeling that you have cannot always be trusted, which is why we must test them and ask. The Bible is the only book with 100% accurate, prophecy, and therefore it is where we must find our truth. God bless!

[@wadewitzlsteiner1993]

"Religion" is man-made with rules.

[@TorahisthetruthPsalms]

No rules huh? And that’s why the world is as it is. The Creator gave us a blueprint to follow on his creation and most do not follow it.

[@wadewitzlsteiner1993]

@@TorahisthetruthPsalms I do not disagree with you. Most denominations/churches have rules that are not Creator/bible driven. Many of the rules are written by man. It takes away from the true God.

[@TorahisthetruthPsalms]

@@wadewitzlsteiner1993 ..the noahide laws are the laws for mankind.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

​@@wadewitzlsteiner1993 example?

[@nihiqallam5616]

@@wadewitzlsteiner1993Ten Commandments doesn’t count as rule???

[@420Bassist]

Thank you Jeff. I want you to know that I was a Christian for years myself, but just like you, a lot just didn't make sense. It's easy to get caught up in Christian hype. Also, just like you, I discovered Emanuel Swedenborg and that discovery brought forth so much joy. Emanuel also had a gift where he could just tap into the afterlife.I think he had what's called OBE's (Out of Body Experiences). What I've found is that we're all going to the same place in different ways. an old expression that comes to mind is "different strokes for different folks." God loves us all EQUALLY. Again Jeff, thank you very much for your story.

[@jeffr2916]

Thank you for your comment. Swedenborg certainly shows that it's all about love in the end. I don't agree with everything he wrote but I think he's pretty much the authority on what actually is outside this physical experience. All the best to you and yours! 😊

[@anosplayhouse1532]

So I’m confused you’re going to the same place that a child rapist is going to? Just a different level?

[@andre1987eph]

"Christian Hype". Jesus is a personal Messiah.

[@MrErock7]

I don’t want to come back here. I want to be somewhere eternally beautiful and peaceful

[@jeffr2916]

I can understand that and I also think it often. This is a hard experience. Bear with it friend, you will soon see that it was all worth it!

[@ShadowFungus]

A lot of near death experience people don’t wanna go back here on earth after being with God for a bit. Makes sense.

[@MrGunwitch]

Well said.

[@4ymedia]

@@jeffr2916 sounds like copium made hopenosis.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

haha - its not what you want - its more about what your soul does really need - the afterlife for sure is no lala land, dude.🤣😂😅😇

[@sandyshealingjourney]

So agree with you. I couldnt truly, deeply heal until I left Christianity and the Christian God. Now i truly feel connected to spirit, my neighbor, myself and at peace in the world and with whatever comes now. Within religion i was living mental health hell. Always paranoid about an angry god and his enemy satan. Now i am at peace in my mind.

[@jeffr2916]

Very glad to hear you found your peace 😊 It's definitely surprising to find out just how much something that is supposed to bring comfort and teach love actually does the opposite. Though there are some who benefit from it and I say more power to them, but I certainly don't. Anyways, I wish you all the best!

[@canskasapaemanon708]

there is hope for humanity.

[@lydiamoore142]

Satan is alive and well. The only Way, is through Jesus. Satan is having a ball with you.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

You're possessed by a demon

[@jasongarza5766]

Here’s the thing dude . There are evil spirits out there . And what you believe in doesn’t make sense , because if it were true then does the god that you believe in send the very bad people to hell ? And who created these spirits you believe in ???

[@macbeavers6938]

"When myth becomes fact, it becomes organized religion." --Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch

[@cringebinge-xe1ox]

And when mental illness becomes a hallucination, you get a "NDE".

[@Born2Fly89]

❤❤❤

[@singatakberpura]

Thank god i am a hindu and for Krishna

[@happyluffy249]

To everyone who reads this, You are always loved. You will be blessed with abundant happiness, good health, prosperity, success and inner peace. Love and joy to all of us.

[@adriancastillo1957]

I’m not sure the promise of health, prosperity, and success has anything to do with it. Those are material. I think the point is to have inner peace and love in all situations even in the face of suffering.

[@ladyhamiltonscottage]

Amen

[@Lansolot]

Statements like this turn people away from religion. This is simply untrue, even if you follow god. Have you read the bible? Why are you promising people more than the bible promises?

[@claudiaschneider5744]

@@adriancastillo1957 : Yes indeed - well said - inner peace and love in face of suffering is very important while being here on that terrible planet earth. Merci.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

@@Lansolot : People have free choice to believe or not believe in whatever they want - as long they don´t bother each other with their dogma and religion - and dude - I don´t believe in your all fairy tale book at all - fact. Amen.

[@gabbypage6929]

I never connected with christianity but always believed in God.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

Hypocrizy in Christianity is mind blowing - leave me alone with your all faith, religion/doctrines - I am sick and tired about all that crap - its mind control nothing else.

[@AGNOSTIC_incomprehensibleXIV]

12:49 Non-Christian NDEs have always been around but the church doesn't want people knowing about them.

[@braxtonoertwig9191]

I always felt that GOD runs his business differently than the bible depicts.

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

@Braxton, The Bible is the only book with 100% accurate prophecy. Therefore, we can trust it, and it is a wonderful way to get to know God himself! ❤

[@armiesep8710]

He this higher power, searches the soul, of each one of us. I choose to call God.

[@BarryYarbough]

If u read the bible jesus entire point was for us to have clean spirit love thy neighbor and praise the mighty GOD where is not the love in that? All he preach was love in a wicked world

[@PeaceIsYeshua]

@@BarryYarbough And to accept Jesus’ gift of salvation. He died on the cross and shed His blood to pay the price for our sins. ❤️

[@ShadowFungus]

Of course He does. The bible is like our introdcution leading to knowing God but i’m 100% it’s not entirely. Since the we can’t really comprehend the Father.

[@tsarodavid9730]

Ndes always spending so much time saying nothing. Go straight to the point.

[@claudiaschneider5744]

Don´t be so ungrateful about other people´s NDE - If you should ever have a very own NDE - I guess you will not judge others like you do judge them right now, dude.

[@mariaherradi8732]

Religion constructed by Rome ,that says it all . I believe in Yeshuas teaching of love and the light source of everything thing created by vibration .He called it Abba ,father ! More than enough for me . His teachings are written in my heart .❤

[@gracekavanagh9198]

I wish everyone taught like you and didn’t push the bible in to people

[@christopherrhead9274]

Lord Jesus is the only one for me steadfast love

[@domini1331]

Any religion is a set of rituals. The heads of the religion use God to scare the believers so that they will practice the rituals without questioning.

[@5000NATE]

The Bible was brought on to the Earth by the Catholic Church hope Damascus and Constantine approved it so there's nothing you can do about not being religious

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@5000NATE the bible is obviously fake...

[@laurab9867]

According to Christianity someone who commits suicide goes to Hell. This NDE experience is a clear testimony that there NO Hell. Other NDE experiencers who took their own life have described crossing over as being in "total bliss"... "in the light"... surrounded by warmth and love... "NO judgement" or punishment. God doesn't need a name, a religion, a dogma or construct. On the other side, WE are ONE with God and the Universe. ❤

[@jeffr2916]

You got it 😊

[@christopherrhead9274]

lies from Satan's mouth Jesus is beauty and life and love he died for us

[@JuliaGulia310]

Not every denomination or every Christian believes that people who commit suicide go to hell. Fortunately there is generally more understanding of mental illness and depression today.

[@Onelovej]

Hell is actually a metaphorical place they used to burn trash 24 hours a day

[@Onelovej]

@@christopherrhead9274 for sure he did and he is love

[@razony]

You sound much like me 37 years ago. It's not about any organized religion or faith. In my opinion and experience, its all about love and humanity needs to realize this. I believe one takes away the quality of life when they feel they 'have to follow' a certain doctrine/faith in order to be saved. Humanity can be so evil to think we sinned against some evil, abusive, egotistical, narcissistic... God. We limit ourselves when we think this way. Believe or ELSE is such a sad way to live. Thanks Jeff and L.A.L for letting me post.

[@jeffr2916]

Definitely 😊

[@mangot589]

However, no matter how much we dislike it, us that don’t care as long as people are decent people, no matter what faith, don’t matter. None of the leaders of any of the three Judaic Christian Muslim religions ever said anything but peace. Neither did any of the other religions. I’m not familiar enough with them, but I know they all preached peace too. So, what the heck? The ALL preached be kind. I don’t GET it. What is the matter with us?

[@razony]

@mangot589 Because 'they' don't always teach peace. They talk peace and love while showing prejudice, judgment, Indifference... they lied and deceived humanity, while humanity just shrugs its shoulders. Humanity refuses to evolve because of the fear they been taught. Humanity is literally held at ransom because of sin and salvation. Believe or ELSE. About time humanity wakes up from this delusion of lies. Time to evolve!

[@v4v777]

@@mangot589 ..its the Mind that messes it all... The Biggest Enemy of a Human.

[@vloggingwithtony]

"Believe or ELSE is such a sad way to live" - So true. Faith because of threat isn't really worth anything at all. I left Christianity for Spirituality several years ago. Universal Consciousness is Love. Love is everything & everything is Love. That which isn't love is illusion.

[@jeanjki8186]

Just because you didn’t see Jesus doesn’t mean it’s not the truth.

[@mirihope2018]

I'm a Christian and I do believe that other people go to heaven, even if they don't believe in God. Hell is for spirits who love to torture others. It's their own decision to be in that hateful state. My opinion 😊. God bless.

[@jeffr2916]

Falls in line with Swedenborg. Have a great life 😊

[@christopherrhead9274]

My brother or sister Jesus clearly states iam the way the truth and the life Jesus allso stated spirits will come to lie. And to test the spirits to see if they are from God.

[@shellt2390]

You can't say unequivocally that you know this. This is selective "religious " dogma. It is rhetoric. What defines a "bad" person to you? Someone who doesn't like you. That's called judgmentalism. Cast you not the first stone, it's a biblical quote. You must know it! So, Jesus put them in Hell, they were bad.

[@ProjectMoff]

@@christopherrhead9274give it a rest, your lies are gross

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@christopherrhead9274 your fake jesus says what?

[@blkohlman]

I see things the same way. I also was a Christian for a number of years, and then couldn’t reconcile the old Testament and hell and am now have more of a spiritualistic viewpoint.

[@jeffr2916]

Conventional belief systems really are mostly about business. If you can take out the parts that hold meaning for you, that's where it's useful. I think humanity is moving towards not needing something to tell them this is really all about love. We'll see 😊

[@progressthroughpain]

Buddhism is fascinating

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

The book of Enoch helped explain a lot of things to me🙏♥️

[@red2thebone]

Agree! 🤍

[@Straingelove]

What is it about?

[@Joyisthething]

Where do we get this book?

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

@@Joyisthething I listen to it audio with my headphones and get it from KZbin

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

@@Joyisthething audiobook KZbin

[@dogdooish]

Hi Jeff, I've researched many NDEs and I have to say that you are the first person to put into words My Belief. I've never believed there could be an eternal Hell, not if we are the children of the Master of the Universe, because love could not condone it! I did have an out of body experience, brief but enough to convince me that we are eternal beings, as most people report. I wish you well and a Happy reunion with the next world when your time is up. May your passing be painless, Cheers Mike in Tasmania.

[@jeffr2916]

It is simply ridiculous isn't it? I guess I can understand somewhat how this belief benefited human kind about a thousand years ago but it's time for some changes. In all my digging I have yet to find a hellish experience I can't explain. Thanks for your comment, wishing you all the best in your life!

[@sheepythegamer]

I don't agree with the idea of hell either, but have u heard negative NDEs of people who went to some sort of hell? What do u think about that?

[@kaliisakaita5831]

It has to be there how will the murderers be punished ?

[@jeffr2916]

@@kaliisakaita5831 it kind of fascinates me but is also understandable how we as humans have been conditioned to always look at the consequence instead of the solution. That must be a part of all of this. Now that I've gone way off into left field, I can only tell you what I think from my own NDE research and how I felt there. Many NDE's talk about a life review where they experience their life in that heightened state of awareness. There is only love there and I can well assume that experiencing how horrible one was to another life here from that perspective, as well as actually experiencing that impact, can't be at all comfortable in the case of what we see as heinous crime. That in itself shouldn't change anything any one person does here but it shows me how an eternity in torment makes no sense. That way of forcing the murderer to be the victim as well as experiencing all the tragedy of the victim's family/friends and beyond... well, what do you think that feels like? The only thing that goes off into eternity is the love and life that is us. How one chooses to see and acknowledge that or not is all a part of this.

[@jeffr2916]

@@kaliisakaita5831 I tried to reply but KZbin didn't post my reply. Sorry. KZbin has been doing that a lot lately.

[@imax3d539]

I recently had a chain of experiences that ultimately led me to abandon the concept of a god as an external being or entity, but instead as infinite awareness and existence itself interacting and perceiving itself from infinite perspectives.

[@jeffr2916]

That's one great way of seeing it in our limited capacity. 😊

[@addodeb]

You are on the right track . Keep going .

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

Possessed by the demon

[@happyartie]

Hell is not a place in the afterlife. Hell is going back to a planet( reincarnation) to a life of suffering. And when someone is not learning or growing, that process will repeat. That can be an eternal hell if someone does not want to change or keep on hurting others in numerous lives. ☯️ That's what I believe in this point of time.

[@shadowbody]

this makes a lot of sense to me

[@jeffr2916]

That certainly has something to do with it. I do think we are constantly balancing out in each existence. It may just be that some have a very hard time with that. I do however believe we will all balance out one day and that only one thing is actually eternal.

[@v4v777]

Heaven and Hell are not places... but states of Being.. Living in Fear, is Hell..or can bring a Hellish experience... while Living in Love can keep you in a heavenly State... both on this Earth.. and Beyond this Life.

[@christopherrhead9274]

Unfortunately hell is real and only Jesus loving sacrifice can heal us their is only Jesus up their not budda Allah or pagan false gods 🙏 iam happy to say.

[@Gjaku]

Ok but what is with all the hell testemonies ? All liears ?

[@leightamati126]

Thanks for sharing your experience. Im glad we get more access to these topics these days. with each era new things are discovered in good time

[@a.michelleridley-franklin2005]

I'm so thankful and glad that you survived your suicide attempt. I hope you never experience those kind of lows ever again. Life is a blessing. And your life is important. You are important. And I'm thankful for you still being here and sharing your life experiences with us. I'm appreciative of the essence of your existence.

[@jeffr2916]

Thank you very much for such a heart filled response 😊 I truly believe my NDE changed me so that I would never fall that deep again.

[@progressthroughpain]

How much of this do you actually believe? It sounds nice, obviously you know that.

[@BradfordtheEclectic]

Jeff, thanks so much for sharing your carefully considered remarks about your exeriences! Also, for promoting investigation into life and works of Emanuel Swedenborg (née Swedberg). He's a fascinating man with much to offer those curious enough to study his writings.

[@jeffr2916]

Thanks for your comment 😊 I really appreciate what Swedenborg wrote. I think it has a lot of merit and should be taken more seriously. His writings are evidence that the vast majority of NDE's are very real as far as I'm concerned. Furthermore, since his writings are so Christian based, I think many many people would be able to connect to it. Unfortunately though, his writings are not a very good business model. Love and compassion... that's about it really though he details pretty much everything out. I don't agree completely with him but that's the beauty of free will 😊 I wish you all the best!

[@bluegill633]

Isn’t it interesting how when people have hellish NDEs they become born again Christians and it completely changes their lives, but when people have vague shiny light experiences the only change they make is abandoning Christianity?

[@joshc7865]

I think people are slowly waking up from religion and taking them less seriously… the fact that we are all ONE is a more fundamental truth

[@jeffr2916]

I also think there is a shift in thinking happening. 100 years ago I would have been put to death for making the claims I did. But now I'm just one of many.

[@canskasapaemanon708]

@@jeffr2916 im 60. i was a 30 year christian, many sects. sought GOD elsewhere in many paths for 10 years. was atheist for 10 years.. and then humbled myself and had an encounter with a divinity from a west african faith i had no prior knowledge of in any great detail. i found my truth. i get mental downloads from divinities, spirits, ancestors. i communicate with my dead wife via an online scrabble game.. and i have had a living nde where i was not sick, or dying... yet was 'taken up ' and shown a vision. as late as 1990s i would have been institutionalized , given shock therapy, drugged, and likely lobotomized... and the sad thing would be most likely the ones that did it to me would be 'christian'. you are not alone. in the last 5 years i have been waking up too. ive been shown so much personal truth. trouble is, few are ready to receive it.

[@jeffr2916]

​@@canskasapaemanon708 due alone to how much information is available these days people are more open to folks like us. I really think humans in general are slowly coming around for the most part. Your experiences certainly sound interesting. Have you thought about doing one of these on KZbin? I know a few folks who may be happy to have you, though I can't talk for them.

[@joshc7865]

@@jeffr2916 very true

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

if we were all one...which we are not, then why would we even need to be here?

[@art3miy]

Bible doesn't teach hell as a place of eternal torment. It is sad that religions interpreted these things into text to scary people. But a careful reader will know that eventually. Jesus is real, his presence is with people and he helps at the times of troubles. Always keep that in mind.

[@christopherrhead9274]

Jesus says clearly that its outer darkness and their will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.and the fire 🔥 is unquenchable.

[@art3miy]

@@christopherrhead9274 he always spoke in parables.

[@Thetruthisstrangerthanfiction]

Thank you Jeff for your testimony on your experience and about religion. Totally resonated for me. Was a religious person for a long time and then finally saw the hypocrisy of it all. Now when I read the Bible I see a story of a "God" who when looked at from the perspective of a detached investigator appears to be more like an alien overlord telling his followers to go on search and destroy missions throughout the "holy land" killing those who don't submit. Even telling them to kill all their livestock along with every man woman and child. And then the bible says this God is a loving God but he is a "jealous" God and a wrathful God and a God you must fear .

[@jeffr2916]

That's pretty much where I got as well. I like the way Swedenborg puts things; that the bible is more like stories that have correspondences. Still, there hasn't been one singular religion that really spoke to me since. I think as long as you're trying your best to live a life of love and trying to let others live in their experience, you're doing exactly what you were born to do. Have a great one! 😊

[@Thetruthisstrangerthanfiction]

@@jeffr2916 Thanks for the kind reply Jeff. Enjoyed your articulate description of your experience.

[@oslo1234561]

The book is structured as a collection of questions regarding the origin of spirits, the purpose of life, the order of the universe, good and evil, and the afterlife. Its answers, according to Kardec, were given to him by a group of spirits who identified themselves as "The Spirit of Truth", with whom he communicated in several Spiritist sessions during the 1850s. Kardec, who considered himself an "organizer" rather than an author, grouped the questions and their answers by theme, occasionally including lengthier digressions the spirits had dictated to him on specific subjects, some signed by philosophers such as Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas and writers including Voltair

[@Donna-vh5ym]

Right on Jeff. Hell is a man made dogma made up by man. If man can instill fear that equals to $$$$. Great video.❤❤

[@jeffr2916]

Thanks for the comment 😊 I have to agree and have not found anything that tells me otherwise.

[@kojowilson9996]

hell is real, Yesgua talked about it most and its not even in the scriptures alone buh other writers of him other than the Bible and there are atheists who have had out of baby experiences of the place too

[@Donna-vh5ym]

@@kojowilson9996 // do what? All I understood was that you were saying Hell is real and Yeshua talked about it.....?? Where is it written? And those that had an OBE, Jeff talked about that and I 100% agree with him. I DO understand most people are brainwashed and it's so ingrained in them. It took me a long time and a long journey to find the truth for myself.

[@jeffr2916]

​@@Donna-vh5ym I saw you commented somewhere that you're a preacher's daughter so I know you know exactly what I went through. If it weren't for my experience I think it would have been so much harder. I think all this hell stuff strikes a chord with people because they need to believe that the "bad" things that happen to them is resolved. Nothing in our possible existence justifies hell though and if I didn't go there the way I was, it doesn't exist.

[@Donna-vh5ym]

@jeffr2916 // You're so right, and boy do I. Yes, I was a preacher's daughter and knew that even as a child, it never made sense. I've always been a logical, deep thinker. I don't understand why people have the "need" or they really "want" there to be a hell. They always ask me about Hitler. I respond by telling them if Hitler is in this hell they believe in, that would mean the Jews he killed were in the same place because they don't believe in Jesus. They're not using common sense. I always ask them... "If you were standing there and saw your son/ daughter (any loved one) being pushed into this eternal hell, would they be okay with it?" I know I wouldn't, but the problem is people never think it will happen to them, so therefore, they stay in their little box and believe what their told because of the FEAR. I was extremely happy that you shared your experience. I couldn't or wouldn't worship a God that could even "think" of that kind of torment. That would be a monster. But we both share the good news, and that's... there is NO HELL. Keep spreading the truth, Jeff. I really enjoyed listening to you. I could write so much more that they have all wrong, but that would be way too long. With much love, stay in touch. I've already shared your video with a lot of people who refuse to see the truth. I just don't get it, but when it's our time, we can look at each other and crack a smile without saying, "we told them so." ❤️❤️❤️

[@somayayousefi9621]

very intelligent and reasonable man

[@blase7733]

Church/religion never felt right to me. Never identified with any religion and did the best I could to escape it as a child.

[@Moonshine1138]

God is love (: just learn how to love!

[@steveshumaker728]

I think hell is about control - one can threaten a person's property, safety, well-being, even their life, and still fail to control them. But if one can successfully threaten somebody's SOUL, then they are controlled forever. It also is of some weird comfort to people that those who have done evil to others are suffering eternally - sounds like vengeance. But if the afterlife is about forgiveness (leaving all attachments to this world behind), why wouldn't that apply to everyone? I've seen others say what I'm about to - if hell is suffering, we're in it right now, on earth. Why does God allow such suffering on Earth? He doesn't - this is 100% on us.

[@jeffr2916]

That's a thought I've also heard many times and indeed, if we're burning off some karma... that sounds like hell so to say. I like the way Swedenborg defines hell, though it's still within Christian systems, he describes it as a kind of poetic justice. I'm not 100% on board with his writing as I am fairly sure we stay nowhere for eternity. I think we're more like constantly moving and living through many existences.

[@CaptainSkyHigh95]

it is not up to us to "understand" god. God is. God allows all things to occur. peace be upon you brother. Your story was very impactful

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

so you choose to be ignorant?

[@CaptainSkyHigh95]

@@gothboschincarnate3931 what are you insinuating?

[@jeffr2916]

I appreciate that 😊

[@LightDragonx]

Listo eso quiere decir que el infierno no existe, todo se basa en el EGO del ser humano. Entonces la idea de atormentar a las personas con el infierno, son gente religiosa que le desea el mal a unos xq no les creen en lo que ellos esperan que el resto de la gente crea, solo siembran miedo.

[@fuertechileno2]

hello I am deaf from Australia, some NDErs said they experienced that Hell doesn't exist during NDE, and other NDErs said Hell existed, whats going on?

[@jeffr2916]

I like the way Eben Alexander puts it. A hellish NDE is an incomplete NDE. I think as he does that there are layers we move through. Close to our present existence is a layer that is what we would see as horror. I'm not going to try and explain what and why it is but I do know it is not where we belong. We move through it on our way to waking up though. I hope I could help bring you some peace of mind. All the best for you and yours 😊

[@genyatusamaki1219]

Heaven and Hell is a state of mind. So be careful what you thinking otherwise it will be your reality.

[@jeffr2916]

@@genyatusamaki1219 everyone gets what they want and what they think is real. One never stays that way forever though because as you grow and change so do your thoughts. You have it backwards which is common for us. It's the spirit that makes the human more human so how could the human dictate where the spirit is?

[@marineothmonk]

When you mature then you have a mature understanding of religion.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

...and that its false.

[@Mrbookworm-k4v]

@@gothboschincarnate3931born again sounds so childish like you never grow up

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@Mrbookworm-k4v not sure how your comment refers to me. Are you talking about reincarnation?

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

@@Mrbookworm-k4v I guess you probably are. My mentors are illustrating it. What do you want to know about it? Sara reincarnated more then a year ago.

[@EllieM_Travels]

I wish there were a different way to say I like what Jesus stood for rather than to say “I’m a Christian.” A disciple of Christ maybe? Christians have destroyed their own faith, turning it into an anti Christ religion.Jesus is spiritual.

[@jeffr2916]

I hear a lot of people talk about being a part of Christ consciousness. Maybe that would be a way to describe it? I do appreciate your view and find it can be difficult for someone to claim to be Christian due to how much it's been dragged through mud.

[@NikosNikos-dr7wv]

​@jeffr2916 you're possessed by the devil

[@themerote]

Amazing video, I kind of had an NDE but it was more like I astro projected out of this reality through dream, kind of like in the film Inception where they dream inside a dream and another dream and another dream but for me that was my way back to this reality but the place I went was more real then here, more hightened and all I felt there was pure love and goodness, I spke to my dead brother and he told me he was not the one who is dead and told me future events that came true. He didnt seem worried or bothered about anything. After that I bounced back through 2 or three dreams until I work up. I dont think I died but was definately taken somewhere amazing and beautiful.

[@JohnnyBoy7763]

Could not connect with Christianity anymore = Decided to leave Jesus and follow my own way of life that suited me best. It's sad how easily people can be deceived. Just as the bible says, many shall depart from the faith and they will no longer endure sound doctrine but have itching ears to hear what they want to hear. This strengthens my faith even more as I see the scriptures being fulfilled before my very eyes! As for people saying in the comments, that God is Love, well, there is one thing in the scriptures that is mentioned about God the most than God's love. And that is the word Holy. God is holy, and he is also a consuming fire. If you don't repent and believe the Gospel, and do the will of God the Father, (Your sanctification), you won't see nor experience God's love when you die, but rather his righteous wrath as you will be cast into outer darkness. I don't know about you, but I'm maintaining my faith in Christ Jesus, rather than all these sinful people on YT making these NDE nonsense stuff.

[@moonchildluvsbobcrane]

Fascinating I am spiritual and no longer religious too many man made rules.

[@Swill106]

You know, too many times people blame God or Jesus for religious teachings. We have to remember that God is not human nor superhuman. God is an energy source of nothing but positive. Jesus according to the Bible is basically part God in human form with limited Godhood if you will, but we as humans cannot see anything more than what is physically here already. The bible was inspired of God, but was written by men who had their own opinions and takes of how God works and teachings of Jesus. According to the Bible, you can only have one death, and after that, you do not come back. With all the NDEs I have heard about, I know that God is real, I know Jesus is real, but I know that religions depict them to the degree that it drives spirituality away, and replaces it with orders and rules. The Bible is a good thing to read as long as it's within context, but you can literally make something bad be good or good be bad depending on your agenda. Biblically speaking, the Bibles description of hell according to Revelations it says that death and hell will be cast into an eternal lake of fire and be destroyed. Well, first of all, hell being preached on so much, cannot be destroyed with fire if it is fire itself. Secondly, the Bible says when you are dead, you are in the grave waiting for Jesus to return to judge every soul and no one has entered into heaven even to this day. We know that is not true again because NDE experiences have living testimonies to the contrary. I think it's time people stop worrying about saving their own souls and recognize that religion divides the soul, and spirituality heals the soul. We need to connect soul to soul with other people, not person to person. Take every teaching in the bible that teaches you to be positive and start rejecting any that divides the soul from another soul. It would be wise to remember that not every person is good though, because there are truly some really evil people in the world, but just like God or the most positive energy exists, so does negative energy and people can embody one or the other or both. We all have purpose in what we are here for, and how we live works together with each other. I truly think that is why in a life review you replay the lows and highs in life for perspective to know that life is a balance like everything else. The soul knows love in raw form, but how to be able to give and receive it as humans is nearly impossible for most. I am 42 and it took me a really long time to stop listening to everyone's opinion and to start researching myself. I left God when I was 19 because I was taught to be gay was a sin and I was going to hell. I came back to God with a different perspective and understanding that God is always a creator and how that creator is taught is dependent from a human perspective. I no longer listen to someone else's beliefs and take it as truth, but I do respect all people's beliefs as I believe that we are all walking the paths we were born to walk anyway. Religion would not exist without reason, just like the soul would not leave a great and loving source without a reason. In the end, we must all learn to accept and love each other for who we are and also for who we are not. I am sending this to help anyone who may struggle with finding meaning in life, but I truly believe that my life is the result now of a previous life I lived that was very nasty to anyone different than myself in that past life. I do believe we experience our lives now to reflect the previous life that we did not connect with before. Had I not been through the whole judgements throughout my life here, I would have believed the Christian fundamental beliefs like everyone else, but because I can see a different outlook, I can honestly say I feel more connected to God than I ever did before and I never have experienced an NDE. Much love to you all.

[@ic5761]

Dr. Jeffrey Long has studied 4,000 NDEs, and not everybody sees Jesus when they go to the after life, to be greeted. There are billions of people on this planet that have a different belief system. So they see somebody different up there that greets them. For example some of these Amazon Tribes, Aborigines . . . what they see are not buildings like the western civilization sees, but rather trees and a path (for example), and they don't have somebody that looks like Jesus greeting them, something or somebody that looks completely different greets them. The Aborigines, may, for example, worship Baiame, known as the Creator God, which played a significant role in Aboriginal Australian mythology. The entity or individual that greets people is typically someone that they are familiar with, it gives them a comfort level. So you're not going to have an image of Jesus greeting an Amazonian tribal member. Ahhh you didn't think about this one did you?

[@brianpan6453]

I dismiss no religion because all men need a way to God.

[@canskasapaemanon708]

all paths lead to GOD..even atheism.

[@brandonterzic]

“A christian” What does that even mean? Catholic, Evangelical, orthodox, coptic, protestent, gnostic, ????

[@philhensley5986]

My experience with the churches I attended were all like social clubs with a hierarchy of sanctimonious people who made a show of being superior to other people. Not everyone was like that, but for those who weren't, they seem to follow without question, and it was too difficult for me to accept this, so I questioned a lot of it and it ultimately affected my ability to form nurturing relationships.

[@siggyt7625]

Sounds like a glimpse...a peak into the beginning of the afterlife. Most people go through this first before they meet God.

[@PJGRAND]

When I was a small child I was musical and had a great love of God then I was forced to go to the Catholic church and then the Evangelical Church and they destroyed my pure love of God with other judgments and their talk about hell if they don't like somebody they write their own version take out reincarnation and put hell in it to scare people I love Jesus with all my heart but I'm not religious at all I never was and I don't expect Jesus to save me I have to do that myself because I take responsibility for my actions

[@jeffr2916]

I can understand that. Religion can really be harmful but I'm glad you found a way that works for you. I wish you all the best! 😊

[@PJGRAND]

@@jeffr2916 yes I agree with you I think that religion is often the enemy of spirituality I don't want religious dogma at all I was talking about Jesus as a philosopher Jesus was a great teacher in my opinion and I've always tried to live by the words of Jesus in my actions in my life

[@interstellargalactic5959]

I've very similar thoughts, they just came..

[@wesleyjakesta4095]

Thank you Jesus for showing this man your Glory. Continue to reveal yourself to him. That Jesus is the only way to heaven and hell does exist. Christianity is following Jesus, a relationship with him.

[@Brett_Nebraska]

The being described at the first sounds like an alien description. Which to me is kind of cool in a way because I do sometimes think that "aliens" and "angels" could be one in the same in some sense.

[@jeffr2916]

I have thought that once or twice but it more resembled what we would know as the grim reaper.

[@jobie7830]

very powerful NDE, i very much can relate to your way of thinking. Thank you so much for sharing

[@normalutz1618]

I LOVE MY jesus. Many places in the old testament where is predicted in detail.

[@FergusonKaren]

Wow. Thank you for sharing. I needed to hear your experience to remind me....what I think may not e "all that." I venture to guess you have smoothed ruffle feathers and calmed others; minds. Its naive to think this planet reality is the only one. There is a UNIVERSE out there and I've read for years we are one. Sweet. Thanks again.

[@mrjim3806]

It's not about religion, it's about relationship!

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

Obviously hell exist.... 4.0 spiritual dimension. most need not stay there too long... good place for christions and Catholics tho...

[@FergusonKaren]

ps. For the record, I've somehow always believed what you're saying, but I don't call it NDE..it was just a "known.' It would be kinda scary but still, you come across with peace and love and want people to know the truth,

[@Mark_Linford]

Thanks for sharing Jeff 🙂

[@rise4rumtheeashes987]

Sounds like in the beginning he saw a demon. He said the demon was like an old friend. Then Christ was standing next to him, but he could not see his blurry face. He did not recognize God. But God was with him. Suicide is not necessarily a ticket to hell according to the Orthodox Church. Gods mercy and salvation is a mystery. I was curious about the near death experiences of atheists and agnostics. Sounds like what he saw falls in line with Christianity to me. 🤷 It’s not about a religion. It’s about finding the truth of God. Religion just teaches these truths. Leads people to help them know God. God is in our hearts. If you are outside the church it doesn’t mean you go to hell. God will meet you where you are at. But God is love and justice. Hell is for evil souls. The land of the dead is for lost ones, and those attached to the world. I have heard so many near death experiences. God is always love. But I have also heard those who see hell. They are equally valid in my eyes. To presume we have no hell to fear is not only foolish, but narcissistic. To dismiss the church is also foolish. You may not agree with it. But the church teaches all about the place he decides. It makes me sad that this man doesn’t even recognize the demon in the beginning of his experience. So many people befriend them. Later they betray you.

[@stormtraders]

Yeah this was not an nde imo, he was just tripping out. Anything with drugs you can’t rule out certain things and isn’t trustworthy imo

[@jeffr2916]

I did chalk this up to hallucinating for many years. What changed my mind were a number of things such as: being able to still recall how I felt in the experience many many year later, recalling details as if it happened yesterday and finally, an unshakable feeling that it was real. I've delved in some hallucinogens since and absolutely none of those experiences offered the crisp reality of my NDE. Still, it's no problem for me if people see it as a hallucination. I just hope to help some folks who dearly need it.

[@stormtraders]

@@jeffr2916 you could very well be right brother! Just my opinion ☺️

[@davidkruck6692]

Jesus isn't religious he came so we could just have a relationship with him jesus is god in flesh he is my best friend brother and leader and say he serves me i follow the way I'm not a christian I'm a follower of the way i.e. the word read John John the bible don't follow churches it's ok to go to churches for fellowship and that's it if you want to learn about jesus and how to live your live read the new testament not the old one that don't count no more its obsolete oh and just say to Jesus God can i have the holy ghost in me please and that's it sit back and wait you'll be helped

[@haikeaintiaani9183]

Evil and hell are such ancient thing being here from the beginning of time its my opinion very surface level knowledge about it

[@strawberrysangria1474]

Interesting, this is not the first time I've heard of "the bubble taxi" in NDEs. I wonder what it's for. Besides the NDE person, nobody else seems to need one.

[@brookstorm9789]

Very well articulated. Thanks for sharing

[@belj5610]

Thanks for sharing. I believe this was a NDE of sorts. But it just seems a bit empty, like he was given a holiday from his distress. Like he may have been so down in spirit even the smallest lesson or interaction was too much. There doesn't appear to be any divine knowledge that people tend to describe like lessons on love or about suffering they caused or forgiveness or experiences with loved ones, angels, God, or Jesus or a purpose to come home to. I hope there's more for this man as he seems still in a place of confusion, trapped in his mind, trying to decipher things from poor logic and rationalisations. There's a whole lot of generalisations from what is a narrow experience even if it is in the afterlife, its still a narrow experience. A bunch of parties and bubbles is probably what he needed. I take this NDE as a holiday from suffering only. Extending that narrow NDE into a knowledge base around spirituality and religion and humanity and divine is too far reaching.

[@jeffr2916]

Let's put it this way, since my young childhood I had suicidal idealization. I would teeder and rock on the ledge of my 2nd story open window looking down at the concrete wondering if I did a header if it would be enough. This experience gave me divine intervention since that's what you are getting at. Since then I've never been THAT far again. It's extremely difficult to explain an experience like mine clearly. This is the third time I've ever opened up about it in my life so that's where the not so clearness comes from 😊 I don't practice these talks and I don't memorize a story, I re-live it every time I tell it. I'm actually quite clear in my life and I wish you peace 😊

[@Sherry-qp9mm]

There are actual hell ndes too.

[@drb1963able]

Good account to reinforce the fact that you get what you believe you'll get. Be very very careful what you believe because YOU ARE the Universe and you create everything whether you're here in the body or relieved of it.

[@jeffr2916]

While I do agree, I tend to think what we as NDE'ers experience isn't all of it. I think it can change as we change. It's one of the reasons we choose this very very secluded life I think.

[@stuartsmith5308]

Many people have died for several minutes and returned to life and told their story. If all the stories were the same i could believe it. But, each story is unique, no two stories are the same. The fact of the matter is no two people have met God, angels, been to heaven, it is only the lack of blood and oxygen and day dreaming, that's why each experience is different. If there was a god, angels, heaven, at least some of the stories would be the same. I do think each person believes what they saw was true, they are not lying or trying to scam us.

[@paulbirkbeck1790]

A lot of these stories are similar also everyone gets the 360 degree vision, also the people who see things on top of cupboards etc what they couldn't have seen because they were laid out flat lined

[@kennethprice5628]

There has been verified experiance

[@Stefan_Doz]

Day dreaming? 😂

[@stuartsmith5308]

@@kennethprice5628 can you name 10 people in the world who had an identical experience to yours , or even two people, thank you

[@stephensheppard-s3b]

You are wrong my friend. God himself appeared to me one night and let me tell you the fear I had when he appeared was unexplainable. If he wouldn’t have said fear not I just want to show you something my body would have been destroyed. I saw the fear leave my body and then he commanded my spirit to rise out of my body and sit in the figure of his hand. He then took me up and showed me some things that would happen to me in the near future and just like God showed me it indeed happened. After he showed me these things we had an awesome experience together and then he took me above the Heavens and let me look down on my Kingdom. He said he would bless me because of my faithfulness. Please listen to me Gid is real and ever present. Don’t let the world deceive you into believing he doesn’t exist because there will be a day of Judgement. God is a God of love but he will turn his back on you if you reject him in the end.

[@high16200]

Thank you Sir for sharing your amazing experience 🙏🙏

[@calebmurdock2028]

Not the most remarkable NDE, but I like his anti-Christian point of view. I don't think everything he said came from his NDE.

[@macioluko9484]

Thank you for your fascinating account. I’ve never been in a state like you described but I am pretty sure that when we pass on we basically go back home. Hopefully with tons of lessons and new experiences.

[@jeffr2916]

Glad you enjoyed it! My experience pulled me out of a hole basically. I agree with you. I think we're constantly growing and learning with the aim of taking it with us.

[@tierralloyd5594]

Loved it

[@krisbest6405]

Church does help lonliness,l,m lonely . But when l get a like its like a hug.

[@geofreymashala6305]

LORD JESUS didn’t bring any religious HE was spiritual rabbi and messiah, everything HE taught was spiritual making ways to the source so called GOD. That’s why people called HIS followers the way, the west changed it to religious for money…. But Christianity isn’t religious it’s deep teachings to the source GOD HIMSELF

[@adriaan2802]

What i don’t understand is that there are so many different stories, dots who ar not connected at all. Some of them really talked with Christ and where told he is coming soon. Just looking at the current state of this world has also been written down in many parts of the Bible like revelation. And why are Christians being hunted down and killed for their belief. What is see is that a lot of things who are written down are currently actual… is that a coincidence?

[@jeffr2916]

That's understandable. Do you really think, when you look at everything that we know of in the universe, that whoever made that would have just one way for everything possible to experience things? Just like people are individuals and everyone is different, that moment of death is custom made for their situation. As far as things lining up with religious text... those books have been translated, added to, taken away from and shaped to fit. They are written so that anything can be explained. Thousands of years ago people were saying the end of the earth is neigh. I find that very sad because it's an existence that concentrates on death and not the life we have. Simply put, there is no easy or one way to explain what we don't yet understand. What resonates with you and brings you peace... that's important. I wish you all the best!😊

[@strawberrysangria1474]

It's not just Christians hunted for their beliefs. No matter who you are and what you believe, someone will want you gone for it. I've yet to hear an NDE story of a Hindu seeing Jesus, or a Christian meeting Vishnu. It sounds like you meet the spirit that you're most comfortable with during this.

[@6figureetal]

my christian faith is not religion, it is a personal relationship with christ

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

🤡

[@kathleenmacfarland1817]

Not everybody who has an NDE took a bunch of pills and was hallucinating so you can’t compare your experience with everyone and say that it’s all a holding place.

[@andre1987eph]

No. BTW, how do you know what we believe?

[@richardfireone]

Super data..consciousness can simulate "Reality" in any way..can give you a lucid unity experience or alienate us till we feel dead. Truth is we are not consciousness..nor are we the mind..bare awareness is what we are..untouched forever

[@andreaaufmuth351]

This was awesome!!!!

[@jeffr2916]

Glad you liked it 😊

[@robertg786]

The being that came toward him sounds like an Alien.

[@Pepsi7l]

I like this Guy !

[@EmunahNo1]

Hell was not originally created for human. God is infinite beyond anyone’s understanding.

[@michellelufrano5084]

It doesn’t make sense that bc we say no God will send us to HeLL. How petty for a Divine Being, really give a God more credit. God is not human, thankfully.

[@hcoustal]

That sounds very much like a LSD or mushroom trip. These substances have similar effects like the ones you experienced , amongst other not so curious things like telepathy, inner connection to nature and the cosmos, "being one with the universe", seing the Unity in all things. Im not sure you experienced a NDE ( neither did I ) but you definitely experienced things that very few people do in the "normal" life. It is an eye opener really

[@miguelplays2921]

exaclty

[@jeffr2916]

I understand exactly what you mean after tripping on shrooms many years after my NDE. What keeps me coming back to NDE is the reality of it. Coming off a tripp recollection is always foggy. The better the trip, the further away it seems. I really don't mind if people say I was tripping though. It's love in the end for all of us and that's really the only important part.

[@keitharguelles2225]

Why do you think certain people see hell and satanic stuff and others see jesus or just mello things

[@annelewis7435]

What about Jesus saying to believe in him or you can’t get to god?

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

belief is for those that lack experience. just go their yourself.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

5.0 spritual dimension...up. 4.0 is hell, also up...dont need a gate. just walk across the border.

[@MasterSophiaChrist]

17:00 i guess its because he is a master alchemist, the highest embodied consciousness in the universe, life's protector, the balance of the universe. Without him, there is no universe because it would collapse over and over again. Jesus is a master at erasing bio memory, negative shit stored in the body. He helps you mutate your body out of hell. He is everyone's higher self. One with the Father (universe) so one with everyone. Understands all and loves all.

[@pagen5219]

I died was told JESUS CHOSES THE FAMILY, I knew no bible verses, was saved by belief in him alone, of course and,,,relgion is def not good,

[@gracekavanagh9198]

Why are we expected to believe and worship some man we have never met - why do we have to be brainwashed by others beliefs

[@pagen5219]

You do not have to,,,,,,,,if you do not believe in him,,,,,,,,,then dont@@gracekavanagh9198

[@qeteshwadjet.1186]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 stop doing drugs

[@richardfireone]

every is perfectly seen to as they become more and more aware of the role the mind plays in making us each gradually totally fed up with its antics and divorced of any hope happiness lies in the illusion of existence.non existence is the permanent ground.

[@texantony2410]

Bro, you didn't have an NDE! You were abducted by aliens 👽 🤔

[@danielmorais8745]

Hell is real ..God is love ..but he he is perfect..we are sinners..we cannot be on the God presence...hell was created to Fallen angels..you Will know .hell is very real

[@servantofchrist2378]

Your not supposed to connect with Christianity but with GOD through JESUS and his HOLY SPIRIT. Christianity comes in many forms and 90% if not more are not the true teachings of CHRIST nor do they follow them. I have watched hundreds of ndes. The majority have pointed to JESUS, Devil, heaven and hell and then there are the others. None of the other ones have even been closely similar to the others. But the heaven and hell one's relate in soo many ways. And they are mostly not from Christians! But muslims, Buddhists, witches, atheists and people from every continent who claim to have these encounters and then became Christians after their experiences. I am also one who had one and i tell you that i wanted my own gods in my culture to be real and im a maori in New Zealand who hated Christians. But it was the KING of Kings of Israel who showed up on this day and showed me that he died for me and loved me with a passionate love i cannot even explain with words. I will proclaim that untill i leave this place... You were probably christian as the world sees them but not a follower of CHRIST!!! Days before i had my encounter i was telling people to not believe in the bible because i also thought ut was a book to control us so i know what you are talking about. I wanted it to be so wrong but what happened to me was no hallucination. It was a real event that changed everything i new. I was wrong then and so are you. I pray you get the chance to meet him. He is beautiful beyond imagination and incase anyone asks. I had my encounter before ever seeing a nde