Stories - My Personal Proof of an Afterlife
90Death, Peace and Comfort
Several of our good friends have recently lost near and treasured loved ones to death and I am hoping that this story of our personal proof of an afterlife brings them some peace and comfort in their time of grief.
While it will never be easy to say goodbye to someone we love because obviously we can no longer see them, smell them, kiss them, hug them, converse with them and share the smallest as well as momentous of life experiences with them, our goodbyes are temporary.
That is not to say that we will not be grieving. Grief for our loved ones who have preceded us in death is both natural and necessary.
And grief takes time.
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And another fellow hubber's story...
Hospice did not yet exist in San Antonio, Texas when my Dad was dying.
We carried out the idea of hospice on our own with the help of a few family members and some wonderful friends.
My parents had moved from McAllen up to San Antonio hoping to find better doctors and better care. They succeeded in that goal, however it was too late to help save my Dad from dying.
Had he received better medical care, he would probably be alive today...but that is another subject entirely.
When we were told that my Dad was terminal, it was hard to believe...especially since at times he would seem to rally and be a bit better. But in the end, the diagnosis was correct. The long term hepatitis and pernicious anemia had taken its toll on my Dad's liver and kidneys which was his ultimate cause of death.
Being a registered nurse and having had experience in not only the operating room, but an ophthalmology clinic; intensive care and some floor duty, the doctor agreed to release my Dad into our care so that he could be at home surrounded by the people and things he loved.
My husband and I had been living in Central Wisconsin for 4 years (and I had not worked in nursing during that time) but I was still close enough to those past experiences to be entrusted with my Dad's care.
Of course, without the help of our small family and friends , it would have been impossible.
My parents had not lived in San Antonio long enough to develop friendships up there at the time...the kind of friends who would sacrifice time and effort to help another person ...so the friends that I am referring to are ones that came all the way up from McAllen to spend time with us...and another good friend who had retired in New Braunfels (from McAllen) and who would come and spend time to give us breaks for needed things like sleep.
Yes... sleep became a luxury and an all too infrequent companion during the times as we progressed to the end of my Dad's life.
Were it not for my dear husband who would leave work every Friday and drive to San Antonio to monitor my Dad...waking us if needed...my mother and I would not have made it.
We knew we could sleep soundly with my hubby taking his turn monitoring my Dad because we also knew that if he needed us he would awaken us. Other friends saw how tired we were and thinking that they were helping, they would let us sleep. Once we realized that, we could only sleep with "one ear open" and it was not as restful.
As my Dad weakened, it would take two of us to support him so that he could walk to the restroom and back. He complained about some of our friends...and even one of my brothers who attempted it by themselves...as hurting him. Of course this was not what we wanted.
Thus, my husband was our knight in shining armor...and we could count on his full support every Friday evening until late on Sunday when he would have to return to Houston to go back to work.
As the end became more imminent, he spent more time with us in San Antonio.
At the end, my Dad was fully bedridden and needed total care.
My dad and his mother
Near death experiences
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What does all of this have to do with proof of an afterlife ?
My Dad's mother (my grandmother) who normally spent the winters in the south (wherever my parent's lived) by renting a year round apartment came down from her residence in Wisconsin when she heard that my Dad was dying. She wanted to help out and also spend some of the remaining time with her son, which she did.
She did quite a bit of the cooking and really pleased my Dad. Grandma cooked and baked things that my Dad had liked and even though he might only be able to swallow a spoonful or two, he always told her that it was the best that he had ever tasted.
We had placed the rented hospital bed in the living room so that my Dad could be a part of the normal family life and see more of what was going on within the home as opposed to being shut away in a bedroom. He had been a very sociable fellow and seemed to like this arrangement.
One day he acted so happy!
He told us that a friend of his was on a motorcycle and had come to visit him.
Hospice nurses will tell you that when a person's death is near, often the patient starts seeing others that have already passed on to the next life. They are half-way between this life and the next.
In effect they are being welcomed by the ones who have preceded us in death (which in reality is merely a re-birth into the next plane of life).
My grandmother was convinced that my Dad was merely hallucinating because that person was one she knew from the area in Wisconsin and she told us that she knew that he was alive.
She found out after returning to Wisconsin (after my Dad had died ) that the person my Dad was so happy to see....had INDEED died some time before my Dad's death.
Near Death Experiences - Scientific evidence
- Near death experience - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some proof that this is universal despite different cultural and religious beliefs.
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Books like Life After Life and Embraced by the Light address subjects such as this experience.
From what the case histories in studying people who have had near death experiences and who have been revived and can relate what has happened shows is that no one dies alone.
Most everyone goes through a tunnel of light as it is described and beloved friends or family members are there to help guide one.
Those who are religious describe it as being drawn closer to God.
Others who may not practice religion or have different beliefs also describe it as a warm and loving feeling. Pets have been described as being seen in that tunnel of which I am happy!
At times (unless irreparable body damage has been done) occasionally as the person who is floating between this life and the next...there is a choice to be made...to return and stay...or move on to the next life.
Most have said that they wanted to proceed through that tunnel. And those that did return were never again afraid of dying.
From what we have learned, loved ones can actually give their dying person permission to move on to the next life assuring them that all will be fine until they are once again reunited.
We did this with my Dad.
My grandpa and me
My husband and his mother
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Additional occurrences...
It was reported to me that my grandfather who had suffered a stroke and could barely speak rose up in bed just before expiring...smiled! and said "Mama."
When my husband's grandma was dying under hospice care at the home of his mother, I spent much time over in San Antonio helping out. She had Alzheimers and could not speak or do anything for herself at the end and was bedridden.
When my mother-in-law was in hospice care in a nursing home here in Houston due to several severe strokes, we spent many hours a day there with her. My husband would spend time before and after work and I took many of the hours in between his visits.
She was aphasic and could not intelligibly make herself understood for the most part. Towards the end of her life most days she would be looking up from her bed as though she were really seeing other people almost looking through or past us.
One day my mother-in-law turned to me and clearly said after staring up in a certain direction..."My mother told me to tell you that she loves you." She could not speak clearly before or after that statement!
This was my husband's grandma that I had spent so much time with in San Antonio!
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One friend who recently lost her mother told me that hearing about these personal experiences really helped her deal with her feelings about her dying mother.
I am hoping that some other dear friends who recently lost their husbands also draw some comfort from this in addition to their religious beliefs.
Perhaps some hubpage readers will also find peace in hearing the story of my personal experiences with people I have known when they were approaching death and why I am convinced of the Proof of an Afterlife.
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Oh Peggy. This is my favorite topic ESP when my dad passed away. I have read so much about death and deepak copra is my favorite author concerning it.
Afterlife exists although every individual will define it differently but it is there.
Beautiful topic and loved reading it.
Many many votes and sharing it across.
Hello lyndapringle,
As you can tell from my personal stories, I firmly believe that there is an afterlife. Glad that you drew comfort from this. Thanks for your comment.
This was a very comforting hub about the after life. It is good to know that many see their loved ones and see "the light" during near death experiences. This is the sort of hub that strengthens my faith and gives me hope that we end up more than worm food. Thank you for such an informative and thorough hub.
Hello Carole Anzolletti,
I have read that book and others and totally agree with you as to their offering comfort regarding an afterlife. I believe that I will see my loved ones again someday. Glad that you liked this hub and thanks for your comment. Hope your dad's death was an easy one.
I began reading that book "Embraced by the Light" when my father was dying and watching John Edward. All of it is very compelling and wonderfully comforting. I truly enjoyed this hub! Well done!
Hi JamaGenee,
At least that explanation seems reasonable until proven otherwise. :)
That's one theory. It really is the only explanation for how some children simply "know" things or exhibit talents they haven't learned or been exposed to in the current life.
Hi JamaGenee,
Amazing! Wonder as that child ages if he will recall such things as easily? Wonder if he will have a love of traveling again? This opens up so many questions! Perhaps the child prodigys of this world really just have magnificent recall from the afterlife?
At the age of 3, a friend's son began identifying cities the family drove or flew into by their skylines while they were 10-15 miles away, both in Europe and the U.S. At 4, they went to an exhibit of WWII aircraft and on entering the cockpit of one, he began pointing to the different instruments and calling out not only the correct name of each, but it's purpose. They decided he must've been a pilot in a previous life, which explained being able to identify cities from many miles out and his impressive knowledge of aircraft instruments.
Hi JamaGenee,
When we asked her later how she knew what it was, she just said that she knew and did not offer any more of an explanation. Of course we had more of the tour and the day was filled with many more things to see and do so the momentary memory may have gotten blurred.
Am certain that if you write some hubs on the subject, many people would be interested! :)
Peggy, did your niece have any idea how she knew it was a curtain stretcher? As in, where she'd seen (or used) one before your visit to Biltmore? Children can often recall memories from past lives much more easily than adults, either because the memories are more "fresh" or because society hasn't yet indoctrinated them that such things are "weird".
Yes, when a person has learned all his/her lessons - finally got it "right" - they no longer have to return again in yet another earthly life. Some Eastern religions incorporate this into their teachings, but I've forgotten which ones. It's given, though, that those who claim to one and all that they're perfect will be back again many, many times!
Yes, I'd love to have this discussion over coffee (or iced sweet tea)...or offline via email. ;D
No, I haven't written a hub about it yet, but the subject has been popping up a lot lately, so perhaps the time is right to do so. ;D
Hi JamaGenee,
Very interesting. An odd thing happened to us when my mother, young niece and I were visiting the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina. We were touring and happened to be in the basement and saw this odd contraption and wondered what it was. My niece spoke up stating very matter of fact that it was a stretcher for drying drapes and curtains, and that is precisely what it turned out to be! She was very young (about 8 years or so) and obviously could not have known this in any other way. My mother and I had never seen anything quite like it. Curious!
Is it true that when a person gets it right, (in other words learned all they could and perfected it to some degree) that they no longer have to come back as a reincarnation?
If the latter is true...guess most of us will be coming back over and over again except for the Mother Teresa's of this world. Wonder where this fits in to the teachings of most major world religions?
Interesting subject! Wish we could talk about it at length over cups of coffee, tea or other beverage sitting at our kitchen table or out on the patio. Would be fun.
Have you written any hubs about this? If so, feel free to leave a link.
I can't be 100% sure until he's a little older, but think my grandson was most previously the Love of My Life. But that doesn't mean I intend to become an incestuous "cougar"! Quite the contrary! LOML and I have been close in several past lives, but not always as lovers. If I'm right about my grandson, this time around I'll be nothing more than his guide and mentor - precisely what a grandma is supposed to be.
Until 15 years or so ago, "reincarnation" was just a word. Then I came across a book by psychiatrist Brian Weiss about a patient (American) who turned out to be the reincarnation of a young mother (Irish, I think) who died much too young. All of her children were still alive. Weiss's patient eventually met them and knew things about them that no one but their mother could possibly know. Gives me goose bumps just typing this.
Anyway, I started reading everything I could find on reincarnation, and certain "odd" things in my own life suddenly made sense. Space doesn't permit me to tell you all I've learned since, but I can't help but laugh when someone is adamant that a person only lives one life and this is it! I have quite vivid memories of at least a dozen previous lives, and know (or knew) several people in this life who were in most of them. ;D
Hi JamaGenee,
That's interesting. Who does your youngest grandson resemble or rather who do you think he was? Reincarnaton is an interesting subject of which I know little. On a physical level everything is reborn. Things die and return to the earth eventually nourishing new life in some form. On a spiritual level...something different, of course.
Yes, believing that we'll be reunited with loved ones in the afterlife does make finishing our own time in this one without them easier. Well, at least as we knew them in this life. I had a friend who believed her grandson was the reincarnation of someone she'd known in a previous life. There was an instant bond that was she said was different...more special...than the normal grandmother-grandchild relationship. The same thing seems to be true with my youngest grandson, except that I'm pretty sure I know who he was in his most recent life, a life that ended in 2003.
Hello ctbrown7,
Agreed! Nice to believe in an afterlife and eternity. Makes this one easier to bear when we lose loved ones knowing that we will be reunited in the future. Thanks for the comment.
The veil between mortality and the spirit world becomes very thin. Very cool hub.
Hi again JamaGenee,
I also do not think that these dreams are just wish fulfillment. Most often the dreams have no reference to what had been going on that day or even previous days.
You have certainly had some striking experiences. That candle incident is certainly an interesting one! Thanks for coming back and sharing that and more for the skeptics who may be reading this.
Pretty convincing videos in this hub also.
Genealogy is certainly not boring! The daughter of a first cousin of mine has been contacting me for information about the family as she is assembling an online geneology. I have seen photos and learned much from her. I am happy to be able to add some photos and information to it as well. Nice!
Peggy, the visits with my father WERE comforting, as well as a total delight because they were so unexpected. For that reason, I personally don't believe such dreams are "wish fulfillment". Since I hadn't had a real relationship with my dad, I didn't miss him the same way one would who'd been extremely close to a now-deceased parent. Knowing you and your mother were close, sounds like SHE isn't ready to sever the earthly ties with YOU yet.
To those who don't believe in the afterlife, I'd like them to explain the message from the Love of My Life received by and passed on to me by a cousin who couldn't stand the man, and who had NO knowledge of the events referenced in it. In fact, she was quite angry that he had used her as the messenger!
Or the night before the funeral of her mother, a professional candle maker. We were gathered at the mother's home after the viewing and the lights went out. (We found out later this was the ONLY house in town that lost power...) Naturally we scurried around for candles - candles she had made - and as soon as each of us was holding one, the lights came back on.
And then there are the long-dead ancestors who've led me straight to their graves in out-of-the-way places when I wouldn't have found them by any other means, or to key pieces of information about their lives. The latter usually brings some long-buried secret to light! These, btw, are rather common experiences for many family historians. (Who says genealogy is boring!) ;D
Hi JamaGenee,
That must have been very comforting to you when you were regularly getting visits from your Dad. My mother is still visiting me in my dreams including just last night. For those that don't believe in an afterlife and think that these dreams are just "wish fulfillment" they are nice in any case. It is wonderful to think that we WILL see our loved ones again...and soon. The older I get, the more time really does seem to fly! :))
Starting several months after he died, my dad would come to me in dreams. (That was after he woke me up twice, hovering at the end of my bed...neither of which frightened me in the least. I just said "Oh hi, Dad" and turned over and went back to sleep...)
In the first dream, I was out with friends at some sort of private party, and when I turned to say something to the friend who'd been sitting next to me, I found my dad in her seat instead. I was so shocked that I blurted out "What are you doing here?!! You're DEAD!". To which he replied, with a smile: "Do I LOOK dead?"! (He didn't.)
Keep in mind that while he was alive, I'd NEVER EVER been "out" with my dad, so there's no way I was trying to recreate such events in dreams. That dream lasted quite awhile but never felt like a dream, nor were there any tearful declarations by either of us of missing the other. He was just THERE, as "alive" as you please, and we had a really great time. After that, for about a year he'd pop up in my dreams once a month or so - a different situation each time - and then I never saw him again.
The back story on this is that my mother was extremely jealous of ANY attention he paid me from the day I was born, so to keep the peace he barely ever said more than "Pass the salt" to me, and we never had a normal father-daughter relationship. In every dream he seemed quite pleased with himself, as if after arriving on the Other Side, he quickly figured out Mother could no longer keep us from having the relationship we should've had while he was alive!
Hi Martie,
I'm glad that this hub about belief in an afterlife was meaningful to you. As Billy said, we all have our personal beliefs. What makes this especially meaningful to me (in addition to my own experiences) is the reading that I have done on the subject. People of all (or no) religious beliefs all report the same experiences with NDE's. To me that makes it even more real.
Peggy, I tend to believe that NDE is projections of the brain, or at least due to the incredible abilities of the mind, but when I read hubs like this I have no choice but to believe in life after death. After all, believing this fills us with hope and peace we all direly need. And it makes this life meaningful.
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed your pictures. Take care.
Hi Billy,
I found some wonderful videos to add to this hub about proof of an afterlife. Hope you come back to view them! You are correct in that faith is a personal thing.
Peggy a story beautifully told - both uplifting and reassuring. No doubt people will call it hogwash but at the end of the day it is what you believe . Faith is personal.
The New York Times bestseller...HEAVEN IS FOR REAL would be interesting to read! I saw the young boy and his parents interviewed on the Today Show. The boy was 4 at the time and with a ruptured appendix and after 17 days in the hospital he claims to have been seated in Jesus lap and recalled meeting his sister (his parents had miscarried years earlier and had not told him about that!) as well as seeing where his father was while praying for him. It was all accurate and unless seen from above (heaven?) there is no way he could have known these things. He also met his grandfather in heaven.
Colors were so vivid and bright and besides people he saw many animals. This sounds like a great book to read no matter what religion one might follow. It certainly affirms a life after this one in our mortal bodies.
Hello DarleneMB,
So sorry for your losses, but at least those of us like you and me who believe in an afterlife know that it is temporary. Remember when one was a child? A year seemed like an eternity! The older one gets the days, weeks and months seem to fly past more quickly. Compared to eternity, our lives on earth will seem less than the blink of an eye. "Faith can move mountains!" Keep your faith and may God Bless You!
Like you, I also look forward to seeing our pets again! Thanks for your comment.
Thank you for sharing this inspiring story. I firmly belive in life after death and appreciate the opinion of like-minded people. I lost two of my closest loved ones in 2008, and wish they could reassure me they are now happy, waiting for me. So many people I've met don't even believe in the afterlife. I find that tragic and cannot comprehend how someone can live with such a hopeless belief - that we are marching toward extinction after a meaningless existence. Stories like yours about your dad give me hope; that we will be in a beautiful place one day, be with our loved ones again (including our pets!!) and be free from suffering forever.
Hi Susan,
As to getting a visit from your mother, I have heard it said that sometimes they come to us in our dreams. But as to remembering dreams, one must wake up within so many minutes of having it in order to remember it. Everyone dreams but not everyone remembers their dreams. As to any other kind of visits...messages...signs, etc., I really cannot comment. There are people who are more sensitive than others...psychics and the like who actually help police departments help solve cold cases, etc. So I know that there are good psychics...also many frauds.
Personally, I would not worry or wonder. I firmly believe that you will see your mother again someday.
Few babies in the womb remember that experience and yet they can hear and feel. When they are born into this world and their eyes are opened a new life begins for them. Were they not alive prior to being born? Of course they were...but a new life begins upon their birth. When we die...another new life begins for us. The fact that we cannot see it yet does not mean that it does not exist.
Have faith. Hope this helps?
Hi,
I wonder if anyone can answer my question?
My mother died 15 months ago. We have always believed in the afterlife, but I am having doubts now because I know for a fact that my mother would have visited me if the spirit world was real.
I have had no signs, messages nothing from her, it makes me feel depressed to think I will never see her again.
I do not like to think this way, but as time goes on I am believing less and less. If my mother could visit me in spirit she would.
Does anyone have any answers to my doubts?
Hi Tony,
One thing that has been reported quite often in NDE's is that children or other people in a hospital setting report "floating" above their bodies and have often perfectly described medical equipment and even the people in the room working on them. No way they could have known about it if they were not seeing it for themselves. Much that is unexplained...and there is certainly room for thought either way one chooses to look at it.
I have often thought that even if there was no life after this one...no heaven where we get to be reunited with loved ones and a God who created all of this...then dying for those who get old and infirm, or young and racked with pain, would not be so bad. At least it is an end to any kind of suffering. Sad, of course, for those snatched away early due to things like accidents, war, etc.
I do choose to believe in an afterlife from what I have seen and also read, but certainly appreciate those who are skeptical or who do not believe. Someday we will each find out the truth of the matter firsthand. In the meantime, for those of us who do believe, it somewhat eases the pain of loss since it is not permanent.
In the meantime, our memories do hold those we love close to us and family stories can be passed on for generations if the stories are memorable. Sorry again for the pain you are feeling about Esme's death and the death of your daughter's school teacher.
Thanks for your comment and I hope you find some solace regarding these recent deaths you and your family have experienced.
I enjoyed reading this very interesting Hub. Your story is a beautiful one and it is so inspiring how many people approach death with a positive approach.
I have to admit to still being unsure about any sort of after life and I think really different people have different concepts about it.
I believe that we are all part of the great reality of life around us, and that the people who matter to us feel that connection more fully. When we die we re-enter the life of the world quite literally as our bodies are re-absorbed into it. For me the meaningful life after death is the life we live in the minds and heart of those who love us and remember us.
My dad had Alzheimer's and he "saw" people long dead and I do think he was hallucinating.
As you know our beloved Esme died just before Christmas and although we were not there her other daughter who was there the whole time told us that Esme spoke about people long dead also.
However one explains these things is to some extent I think a personal choice.
What seems clear is that the mind seems to have a very special response to the nearness of the death experience which those who have NDEs can relate.
Thanks so much for sharing these interesting thoughts. At my age I guess these discussions have a greater sense of relevance than they did in years past!
Love and peace
Tony
Hi barbara,
Thanks for sharing the story of your mom. The picture of her baptism must be a treasure for you! Thanks for commenting on this hub about my personal proof of an afterlife.
My mom was a sweet loving women. So many children just took to her. She believed in God. Here heritage was part Navajo indian. When she passed away the person that came to get her was a Navaho man. He covered her in blue. This was a sign to me because she would have liked that situation.
She also has a picture of when she was baptised in a river. Her picture was the only picture taken that day that has clouds/figures in the sky that look like angels with wings.
Hi Mardi,
Sorry that you lost your mother to her battle with cancer. This is a beautiful story of your own regarding the afterlife. No doubt your mother and grandfather were sending you a message and you must know that they were happily reunited.
I just read a book that a friend passed on to me called 90 Minutes in Heaven. Obviously this minister (author) was called back to this life and after a point figured out the reason why but the descriptions of the dearly departed greeting him and the vibrance of colors and other sensory things that so far surpass anything here in this life make the next life in heaven something to really look forward to experiencing someday.
Thanks for your wonderful comment.
Peggy,
What a beautiful hub. I am sorry I am so late in getting a chance to read it. I know what you have written is very true. Over 25 years ago now my mother had terminal cancer and was being treated in a specialized hospital away from our home town. My Dad was with her at the time but I had returned home to keep the farm animals fed, watered, etc. I suddenly woke up this one morning about 5:30am and just had to go to my Grandfather's grave. I did but didn't know why, it was really just this overwhelming feeling this is where I had to be. When I got home at about 8:00 am my Dad called from the hospital to say Mom had passed away that morning, just at about the same time I was at my Grandfather's grave. I don't for one second believe that was an accident, I think my Mom and her Dad were happily together and that they were saying not to worry.
Hello Minnetonka Twin,
What a beautiful thing to have experienced! It probably was your mother leading your father into the afterlife. For sure, it was someone that that loved him and wanted to accompany him through that transition. Perhaps several people!
I am still grieving the loss of my mother...miss her terribly...but am so glad that I was with her when she died so that I could see her couple of smiles at the end of her peaceful death.
I have heard someone allude to our present lives just as though we are babies in a womb. Babies feel, hear, etc. but see and experience SO MUCH MORE once they are outside of the womb. Our deaths will really be a birth into a better place. I truly believe that.
Thanks for your wonderful comment and sharing that about your father. Must be such great comfort for you!
Thank You so much for sharing your stories with us. This is one of the most inspiring hubs I have read to date. At the end of my father's life, he sat up(which he couldn't do anything anymore)and reached up in the air as if someone on the other side was grabbing his hand. It was beautiful and I believed it was my mother greeting him as she had passed years before. Thanks for a beautiful hub.
Hi Support Med.,
I agree with you. So many people from all walks of life have reported similar stories about what happens at the time of death. It would be very hard to refute all of this as nonsense...ESPECIALLY when one sees the evidence in person as I have been fortunate enough to have done. We still miss our loved ones terribly but (to me) it would be unbearable to think that it was final and that we would never again get to see them. Thanks for reading and taking the time to leave a comment.
A beautiful account. I believe that there is much to be learned from people who have had such experiences. Voted up!
Hi MFB,
I had not heard of the loss of 7 or 8 ounces from people's bodies who had just died. All I know is what I have read plus my personal experiences.
I was with my mother when she died a few months ago and although she had been in a lot of pain following surgery, she seemed (to me) to mouth the word MOTHER (whom she dearly loved) and died shortly thereafter with a smile on her face. I think that her mother was there to lead her through that tunnel of light. That gives me comfort and hope that she will be there for me when it is my time.
I agree with you on the near death and last words experiences, people including tiny children who come back from being dead all report on the tunnels of light, plus the technical aspects of the operating room that they would have no knowledge of, and strangest of all when they have wieghed a dying person, seven or eight ounces is lost from their body when they die, at that exact moment, could it be the soul exiting??? Thought provoking write here.~~MFB III
Hello flameater,
My mother died this year and I was with her. She was in hospice care the last 12 hours and her eyes were pretty much closed. She had an oxygen mask on and it appeared that she mouthed the word "Mother." She also had a smile on her face...twice in fact...definite smiles! I am so happy that I was there to see that.
I have no doubt that my dear grandmother (her mother) was there to lead my mother into the next life. That just served to reaffirm my belief in the afterlife.
Thanks for the visit and comment.
Hi! Your story is confirmed by many other personal accounts that I have heard been told by friends and relatives. I do not doubt that it is true.
Greetings Hokey,
I am so happy that my story of an afterlife brought you comfort with the impending death of your grandmother.
My dear mother died last week and I was with her in the hospital. The last 12 hours she got transferred to hospice care and while more pain free, I actually saw her smile under the oxygen mask several times while seemingly in a dream state. I am certain loved ones were with her during her transition to the next life. It brings me comfort as well although I miss her terribly.
Thank you for this wonderful story Peggy. I believe there are many plaines of existence. Only the body dies. The energy transfers to the next life. My grandmother is now passing and your story brings me much comfort. Thank you.
Hi VioletSun,
It will be my pleasure! Thanks for commenting on this story of my personal proof of an afterlife. Linking our hubs will give people more to read regarding this subject if they wish. Thanks!
Thank you for pointing me to this hub in your comments in mine. Its yet more testimony to the survival of the spirit. Its not a hallucination as some may think we get a glimpse of the other side through our loved ones or seeing spirits ourselves there are so many confirmations that what we are seeing is real.
I would love to add your hub to mine, and will be doing this in a minute. Would be an honor if you add mine to yours!
Hi Greg,
You nailed that one on the head. We will all have an afterlife and of that, I am certain. Thanks for your comment.
Only our bodies die. The rest moves on.
Hi Micky Dee,
Happy to hear that you liked this story of my proof of an afterlife. Thank you for responding.
I enjoyed this a lot. Thanks.
Greetings itakins,
You have simply confirmed what I also know about proof of an afterlife. Thanks for your comment. Isn't it wonderful to know what we know? It makes the temporary losing of our loved ones easier to bear knowing that we will see them again in a better place.
So glad to find this hub-as a nurse,and having helped look after my parents at home before they passed away-I have no doubts whatever in an afterlife.
Wonderful hub.Thank you.
Very nice hub.
Hello myownworld,
I like your idea of the afterlife that we will all someday experience. Thank you for the great compliment on my writing skills. Coming from you that means much because you are one of the finest writers on hubpages in my opinion.
wow...It took me ages just to get here! Beautiful hub Peggy, but what else can one expect from a writer like you! I believe that after we die..there is just happiness, and love and forgiveness for all...and I hope it is so! Thank you for sharing this great story with us...
Hello Bieberella,
Thank you for reading this story of my personal proof of an afterlife and leaving a comment. I loved my Dad and look forward to seeing him again someday. He brought many smiles to faces in this life and I can only assume that he is doing the same where he is now. Glad that this story brought a smile to your face.
What a wonderful story! I loved this article. Your dad is with you and smiling. Thank you for sharing your story; it's made me smile.
Dana ;>
We will all be judged by how we treat others. That beggar on the street could be the holiest among us. We cannot judge by appearances...and certainly NOT how people talk...but more like how they act. Do unto others as you would have them do unto me...to paraphrase something Jesus said.
Ha, he finally told me that he rejects my story because he said tht I was comparing myself to Jesus. He said that I could not have done this without dying. I just left him with the story about Jesus dressing and looking different in someone's house and how he repremanded them for treating him badly. I told this guy that if he could never bleive that Jesus could do anything that he never thought tht he couln't do then he would never see Jesus. Ye of Little Faith. He said tht my claim was outlandish. I remnded him of Exekial, Moses, Enoch, Jesus and a few others that were not believed. They love to twist people's words around to suit their un-belief. He said that he wasn't sure that Jesus believed me. I said I Do know tht he believes me becasue he was the one who took my hand. He said that I was crazy. Oh well I kind of told him Good Bye and have a nice life. I also told him that I do not go around telling others what kinds of things Jesus and God can and cannot do/. Only Jesus and God knows that.
Hi Lady Guinevere,
Believe me, you did add to this hub and in a nice way. Whether people wish to believe your experiences or not...yours echo so many others that I have read about and adding that together with my own experiences with my dying father, etc., it merely helps confirm an afterlife for every one of us.
Thanks!
I had a comment from someone on FB that I discuss things with and he read my hub and he couldn't understand any of it. He told me that he believes that Heaven is HOME and that he has "FAITH" in Jesus Christ. Funny because that is who I went with and he couldn't see that or read it or understand it. I don't know about people around the world who are taught that it is one way and only that way and when there is another way they automatically get those blinders on. Everything that I say is in the Bible. I don't get it. It's like no one else but them can read or is allowed too.
I didn't mean to take from your hub, just add to it.
Dear Lady Guinevere,
I can see why you decided to leave no comment box, although you probably would have generated many comments. What you have written is not only beautiful but very reassuring (except possibly for those people who are so set in their ways that they cannot conceive of anything other than their dogmatic ways of thinking.)
Personally I have thought for most of my life that there is no one "right" religion with all others being wrong. No heaven for only the "true believers" of one religion with hell for all those who are not of the same mind.
Your beliefs (experiences) serve to confirm my beliefs although certainly I have not ever had the vivid experiences you have.
From others I have read something regarding this life being "veiled" and death being a true "birth" with our eyes being truly opened. So nice to ponder and think about since our lifetime here is limited at best.
And as to there being life on other planets...I always thought it difficult to believe that in the entire universe we would be the only populated planet in every solar system with all others being devoid of life of any kind. That almost defies belief!
Thank you for including your link in my hub. Hope others draw comfort from it which was the intent of writing my hub in the first place.
Hello Lady Guinevere,
Thanks for the link. Will go and read it now as others may also wish to do.
Greetings Bbudoyono,
I think your thoughts as well as others are in the majority as to believing in an afterlife. Maybe your "jinn" is what we could call the devil? Thanks for your comment.
Peggy, I finally wrote about my afterlife experience and you can link it here if you like.: http://hubpages.com/hub/What-I-learned-When-I-Went
In Javanese culture we strongly believe in afterlife. Many people told similar story. In Islam we also believe in afterlife. However, in the other world there are many creature. There are soul of human being, angel, ghost and jinn. The last two often deceived human being. They can change their look to almost anything.
Hi habee,
Thanks! Obviously I also believe in an afterlife, eternal life or whatever alternate label one wishes to utilize. I have had enough proof to personally satisfy me in addtion to reading other people's accounts plus my religious background. Glad that you found satisfaction in reading this story. Thanks for your comment.
Your story gave me goosebumps! It was wonderful. I definitely believe in eternal life.
Hi Karen,
I agree with you that one must keep an open mind about such things as an afterlife. We believe in many things that cannot be seen. The fact that so many others have all experienced similar things is good enough for me...especially personally knowing some of those people like my Dad and Grandpa.
Heading back to your hub now. Thanks!
Peggy, I too am certain of the afterlife, through my own and other peoples experience, around me. You just have to be open. It was a wonderful story. It will help other people, who read it, consider the possibilities.
P.S. I answered your questions about the sugabread cookies on my page.
Greetings merseyblue,
Nice to meet another fellow believer here. The afterlife is coming sooner or later and it is so nice to know that we will not enter that realm alone. Thanks for reading this story about some of the personal experiences shared by some of my family members and leaving your comment.
Greetings Info Help,
Yes, it is comforting to know that there is an afterlife and that people dear to us in this life will be there to greet us again. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Hi Peggy,
What a beautiful touching hub. Thank you for sharing the story of your loved ones. I'm a firm believer that there is another life waiting for us and it's always nice to come across fellow believers! xxx
Hello Peggy W.
I found this hub very interesting and it is a comfort to know that when we die on earth, we will be able to reunite with others in our lives that have held a special place! Keep up the great work!
Hello again Eastern Rainbow,
You are the one with the very colorful pictures in your first hub. Too bad we cannot depict pictures on hubpages of the afterlife! THAT would be something! :-) Will be looking forward to reading your next hub.
Thanks for the colorful pictures in this hub. And I appreciate your support.
Hello teresa 88,
It would be sad indeed to think that we only have one life in these mortal bodies that are often wracked with handicaps and diseases or other problems. Knowing that there is an afterlife makes this more bearable. It also encourages us to be better people in this life since we are accountable for our actions when we exit this life and enter the next.
Most all the world's religions have a variation of some sort but teach about the life ahead. And what I find encouraging is that the near death experiences of people who do not embrace any one religion...they still report a similar experience.
We are only in this temporary body on earth for a while...so let's make the best of it with eternity in mind ahead of us. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Wow! From reading all of your story and all of the comments makes me realize how desperate people really are to convince themselves that their is a wonderful afterlife where we all live together happily ever after. I sure hope it's true or what the @!$%&! is the point!!!!!
Hello Patty Inglish, MS,
Interesting information about that Pastor who died, came back and wrote about his experience in the afterlife. It must be a hard choice to make to return since what is past this mortal body (once shed) seems to be so beautiful, warm and welcoming. He must have had an impelling reason to return to this life. Thanks for the comment.
Hello Pollyannalana,
Your turn will come someday and one or more of the people that you loved will hopefully be waiting to greet you and lead you into the afterlife.
My mother and I experienced seeing a young Mexican girl quietly sitting in the room with us and she was smiling. We "felt" her presence and both of us afterwards asked if the other one had felt and seen the same thing. It was a brief moment in time and then it was gone. We definitely both described the same person. We had been talking about a child that we both knew and had not seen in years. She would have been about the same age as the young woman we "saw." We had been worried about her and knew that her life would not have been a good one. I think that she appeared to us for that blink of an eye moment to let us know that she was OK. That was many years ago and your comment about seeing apparitions or ghosts brought this memory to mind.
Thanks for your comment.
One pastor in a traffic accident died for 90 minutes and went directly into what he experienced as expansive music and light that he did not want to leave. Can't recall the name of the book he wrote - probly 90 Minutes in Heaven - but he said he had such tremendous physical pain when he came back to life, it was incredible. Another pastor had been singing hymns and praying over him for most of the time. Well, many Native Americans believe the spirit says around for 3 days; so have the Hebrew come to think of Lazarus!- (the miracle being that he came back on the 4th day)
Anyway, incredible Hub to think about.
Hello Peggy S,
Such a wonderful story about your experiences with your Dad and the afterlife. I could have added even more to my story but thought that it was long enough already. As you say, it is impossible not to believe when one experiences these things first hand and knowing that many other people experience the same or similar things makes it all the more wonderful. Thank you so much for adding your comment to this thread. And...very nice meeting you here!
I definately believe the part about the dying seeing others that have past on, whether they really are seeing them who can really say? I have never seen a ghost myself although since childhood I have heard of those who have.
Wonderful story, Peggy, and even more wonderful knowing that what you say is true. Not only am I convinced of an afterlife by my own experience with my dad, but also because I am a hospice RN and have seen it too many times to doubt it. My dad passed away 11 years ago, and I have felt his presence on rare, treasured occasions since then and even caught a scent of him once while I was deep in study during nursing school. During that particular instance, I had my head buried in the books when suddenly, and very briefly, I caught the scent of my dad (enough so that it caused me to quickly look up), and then it was gone. But it brought such a sweet peaceful feeling to me and I smiled and told him that I loved him (just said it out loud). I have also had several extremely vivid dreams of him, with all but one of them with him happy healthy. The first dream I had of him soon after he passed away, he hugged me tight and told me something very special. When I woke up, I could still feel the warmth of his hug; and sometimes I still can. I am convinced that when it is my time to go, my dad will be the one to come and get me, and that brings me immeasurable peace.
Thank again, Peggy; I would still believe even if I were the only one who experienced it, but it's even better knowing that others experience it, too. :)
Hi James,
I know from reading your hubs that your religion would have you believing in a life after this one. That is also how I was reared. My personal experiences with people close to death confirming the link between others who had preceded them in death just confirmed that belief in the afterlife. Thanks for your comment.
Nice to meet you Deerwhisperer,
That is a great story of your grandfather "knowing" that you had walked when no person had yet told him. There are so many things that we do not understand and yet the evidence is there for many to see regarding things like the thin difference between this life and the afterlife. Some people (like you) are more sensitive to seeing more than others. Thanks for posting your informative comment.
Greetings ddsurfsca,
Always nice to hear confirming reports that others have experienced similar proofs of there being an afterlife, not that there is a single question in my mind. But good for others to hear. Thanks for leaving your comment and nice to meet you here.
Hello voinetwork,
So sorry to hear about the loss of your father in this life, but be assured that he is now experiencing the afterlife (literally the life after this mortal one) and he will be waiting there for you. I'll head on over to see what you are writing and welcome to hubpages!
A wonderful article, Peggy. It is comforting to know that this life is not the end for those who have lived well. I am with you 100%. I have no question whatsoever that I will outlive this body. Thank you for a fine reading experience.
I'm glad to see so many believers in the afterlife. I too, am a firm believer. My grandmother used to say I was "born with a veil." That's because I tend to see things (like spirits) that others don't. My granmother says this trait was handed down to me by my grandfather, who died when I was four. I was born with dislocated hips. I had been in the hospital for almost two years. My granfather had never seen me walk, but he was determined to do so before he died. He had been in a sort of coma, but every once in a while he seemed to be talking to someone. They said it was though that someone was actually in the room. Suddenly he woke up from his delirium and told everyone that it was okay for him to go because he had seen me walk. At that time, my parents hadn't yet called the family to let them know I had been released from the hospital and that I had walked out on my own two feet. Great post!
Several similiar events have occured in my family. Good hub, very good hub.
What a great hub, I believe in afterlife...but have yet to experience it. I just lost my father a few months ago, and my stepmom felt him when he passed. I am sharing this story with her. Check out my story I just wrote, let me know what you think. I am new to the community Thanks
Greetings Taylor Finch,
Like your avatar! Happy to hear that you enjoyed this hub about my personal proof of an afterlife. Thanks for leaving your comment.
Hi Peggy,
This was very interesting, I enjoyed it.
Taylor
Hello msmirastrology,
I know next to nothing about astrology but have had so many personal experiences (in addition to my religious upbringing) that I have no doubts what-so-ever that our spirit or soul goes on when we exit this life. Thanks for your comment.
Greetings climberjames,
Happy that you found this story of my personal proof of an afterlife interesting. Thanks for reading and leaving a comment.
Hi Lita C. Malicdem,
It must be so comforting to feel your husband's presense in your half awake or dream state as you described. Our subconscious processes things that our conscious mind is too distracted to normally handle. So treasure those feelings of connection. The afterlife is real and soon enough we will all experience what it is like and then be reunited with our loved ones in the same plane of existence. I realize that people who have not had any type of personal experience in seeing this or feeling this probably think we are all crazy. So be it.
It must be terrible for them to think that there is nothing beyond this mortal life. There would be no consolation in losing loved ones if that was the final end of things and they would never be able to see one another again.
We are really the fortunate ones who believe... Thanks for your comment.
There is definitely such a thing as an afterlife, I just had written a book about it, as well as past lives. Thank you for sharing all of that! Interesting read.
Hey, really intriguing post, couldn’t stop reading – thanks for sharing - climberjames
I absolutely share in your belief and those of our fellow hubbers here about afterlife, because of my experiences with my husband who died 10 years ago. I can still feel his presence around but not very often now. It was I who got tired of it, fearing that he might miss whatever role he is supposed to play where God wants him to be. And I have been used to this for sometime now.
Most of our encounters happen when I'm half-awake at around 3:00 to 4:00 am. I can feel him climb the bed. I would lie in his arms like I used to do when he was alive. I would wake up happy that he still connects. In my dreams I see him alive vividly. At times he is happy, other times, worried and sad, too. However, he does not talk much, I do the reporting.
I'm glad you are here to reinforce my belief about afterlife. I'm extra careful not to let others know should they suspect, I'm out of my mind, or just hallucinating.
Hello Dr. Marie,
So happy that you liked this hub about the story of my personal belief in an afterlife and some of the reasons why. Thanks for not only reading but also leaving a comment.
Hello DREAM ON,
Like your name and speaking of dreams, I believe we are visited by our loved ones who have gone on to the afterlife in our dreams. Whether we were just thinking of them during the day and our subconscious took us there in our dreams, or if they are really visiting us will be determined in the future. Much that was considered factual (like the earth being flat) is altered as we continue to learn and grow. Life is a learning process which is not ended in physical death. Thanks for your comment.
Hi! I definitely enjoyed your article. I absolutely believe in life after death. I dislike using the word dead and usually say people who have crossed over. Thank you for sharing your personal experiences.
Dr. Marie
I am a true believer.I wish more people would spend all there time loving there loved ones now and enjoying there company.When they pass away.They are still here we just don't see them.Science has yet to prove it but there coming closer and closer.Think years ago the greatest scientist of are time believed the world was flat.Look how far we have come.Would you still believe the world is flat if scientist still didn't learn differently.So talk to everyone you love all the time.They are everywhere all we have to is believe.
Greetings myorganicflowers,
Thank you for reading and leaving this comment regarding experiences you have had with people departing this life and joining the afterlife.
Thank you for that nice hub and sharing your story. I personally have had many experieces with people as they have passed over.
Hello itcoll,
Thanks for reading my story about my personal proof of an afterlife. Happy to hear that you found it interesting. The great comments from other readers who have had similar experiences are making this hub better and better for those that might not have (as yet) tumbled on to this information.
Greetings mikicagle,
Your story of your dad's death and choice that he was given to either go on or return to this life is exactly like so many others that I have read about in books which prove an afterlife that is real and waiting for each of us. Thank you so much for adding to this discussion! Nice to meet you here.
Dear Edda McIver,
Those stories of your grandparents and proof of an afterlife are beautiful. When one experiences things like that, it certainly makes the thought of death more welcoming rather than something to be feared. The pain of being temporarily separated is real and hurts and we need to comfort those who grieve. This hub is hopefully helping some dear friends who have recently lost loved ones to the light and better life ahead of this one. Stories like yours are wonderful additions. Thanks!
this is very interesting.
My father was in the hospital this past summer in failing health. We thought that we were going to lose him one night and I went into the bathroom and just prayed that this not be then end for him - I asked that there please be somewhere for him to go. That night my father technically died but was revived. The next day he was adament that he needed to tell me something-he told me he had died the night before and went on about a man and a light-he said the man asked him if he was ready to go and my father told him no. He then told my dad that he could come back. My father didn't tell this to anyone but me-I think it was Gods way of letting me know that death is not the end. My dad is at home and doing fine now.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful experience.Before my grand mother died she use to tell us that her mother was waiting for her near the gate and my mum used to tell her..don't worry mum go and follow the light. When the time arrived she told us that they were all there, her family ,waiting for her and she was ready and just like that with a smile she went. Last year my granddad passed away, he used to have terrible nightmares remembering when he was young during the two world wars. Before I got married I had a dream where I saw my granddad and he told me "I came to tell you that there is hope and there is light". I missed them terribly and still now if I think of them the pain is deep and alive but I believe that they are in the light and I know that I will meet them again near my gate when my time will come.
Hi dahoglund,
It was more common in years past that people died in their own homes instead of hospitals. My Dad's father died of pneumonia (pre-penicillin days) in their home when my Dad was only 7 years of age. I remember my grandmother talking about it.
My Dad was only 55 when he died...young...like yours.
Most religions teach of an afterlife. I simply feel priveleged to have had the experiences that leave no doubts in my mind as to the reality of an afterlife.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
I can identify with the situation you had. My father died in 1952 at the age of 52. My mother had to care for him at home. She really had no outside help. I still wonder how she coped.Mentally and emotionally it was confusing to me. I sort of knew what was going on, but in some way I didn't want to.I take the afterlife on church faith, but I don't have any insights into it, although I have read some things on the subject and found them interesting. Any how it is a good hub.
Hello tnderhrt23,
It was nice that you could be with your mother at the time of her death and transformation into her next life. Was she able to verbalize who was there to greet her? Thank you for your warm greeting and comment.
Thank you for your article. It is well written and from the heart. I have always believed in life after death, but was privileged to be with my mother when she passed and that belief was transformed into knowledge. And I, too, believe that the truth will be shown to us all. Take good care and God bless you and your loving family and friends!
Hello don58,
There are many of us who do and I will leave you to draw your own conclusions...as you obviously have already done. Time will show all of us the truth of the matter. :)
sorry, i dont think any intellegent person really belives
life after death
Hi Enelle,
Thank you for your interesting comment and obvious belief in the afterlife due to your experiences. Have you written about them?
Hi Peggy, I enjoyed reading this - having also personally experienced 'unexplained phenomenon' it was a pleasure to see another person step out of the box and share their belief in what comes after. I am fortunate to have loved ones who are gone, visit from time to time and offer their guidance and support. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Hello HealthTip,
So happy to hear that you enjoyed this story of my personal proof of an afterlife. Thanks for the comment.
Hi Lady Guinevere,
I rather suspected that is what you meant. I was just elaborating that feelings and visions of what happen at the time of death and glimpses of an afterlife seem to be the same for almost everybody. Thanks for adding to this discussion.
Great hub Peggy and really makes you think, personally I have always believed in the after life and well I really enjoyed reading that.
Peggy, I was trying to let her know from her perspective, The Bible and as a Christian that is what it says in that Bible. I know many people have expereinced this phenomenon and they are from all walks of life, all sexuality, all race and color and creeds.
Hello thaninja,
How very nice for you to have been able to experience your grandfather in that way! Thanks for commenting on this afterlife hub and welcome to this discussion.
Hi Ethel,
If I had not previously read books like LIFE AFTER LIFE, etc., perhaps I would not have been as open and receptive to this. But also talking to Hospice nurses who see this all the time...and then adding it to my own experiences, I no longer have any doubts. Have also had other experiences that were not put into this hub that confirm my ideas. Thanks for reading and commenting.
Hello markminer,
Hope your child got to school on time! Thanks for reading my hub about why I think that there is proof of an afterlife with so much interest. And thanks for the comment.
Hi again Lady Guinevere,
Yes books of the Bible have been left out and also translated leaving some meanings open to interpretations. That aside...the afterlife applies to everyone whether they are Christian, Hindu, Moslem or other religions or even no religion. So what comes after this life is open to everyone...not just certain people who share similar beliefs. In that I find much comfort. Thanks.
Greetings chefaija,
As a hospice worker you lend great weight to this discussion. Thanks for commenting on this personal proof of an afterlife hub. Am sure you have personally seen much evidence of stories like mine and could write hubs of your own on the subject. Thanks also for what you do. I can't say enough good things about Hospice and the type of people who are drawn to doing that kind of end of life work. Dying is, after all, a normal part of this life. THANKS!
Hi jimcain207,
We are on the same page, it seems, with respect to thinking that there is definite proof of an afterlife and the comfort it brings to those who believe. Thanks for your comment.
Hello JBeadle,
I am sorry to hear of the loss of your mother, and yet, it would seem from what you say that she was ready to leave this life and move on to the next...so happy for her.
Perhaps you just need to listen more to all those messages that seem to be coming your way. Being grounded in science (as a nurse I also took science courses) does not mean that we cannot believe in things that are not cut and dried before our very eyes. Even facts once held as sacrosanct in science sometimes change as new information is forthcoming...or as our science improves. We need not be able to fully understand everything or experience everything firsthand to allow ourselves to believe in things like an afterlife.
Do we believe in anything historical? We were not there. We rely upon others who have related what transpired in the past and we accept most of it as factual.
Do we believe in what science tells us about black holes in space? Some of this is drawn upon speculation because of circumstantial evidence.
If we can believe in things like that, why not believe in stories related by so many people who are near death or those that have literally died and come back due to successful CPR and who can relate things that in no other way they could have experienced...like medical details or people attending them (remember...they were dead) muchless what they tell us about the tunnel of light and people greeting them.
It is proof enough for me.
Each person can choose to believe or not...but for those that believe, it can offer so much comfort.
Thanks for commenting JBeadle. Keep listening to that inner voice of yours! :)
Hello stiramesh,
Thanks for the compliment on my writing skills.
Great Hub. My grandpa came and visited me as he was passing - I can't really explain it other than a sense of knowing in my consciousness that he was there.
Why do you doubt?
Lovely photo of you and your grandpa. I have been with relatives close to their death who have seen people and started talking to them but I am not sure if it is their mind rather than the after life. It would be lovely if it was the second though
Very well written. I was so engrossed in your work that I was late waking my son up for school...bad! lol.
This is school. There is home.
Where? Where reality *is* most likely. This seems to be the Illusion.
Well the Bible tells us that it does exist but it doesn't go into much details. That is becasue those who manipulated the books didn't understand alot of what was said in tohse books and so they left some of the books out and manipulated others to say what they thought the author meant. It does also go to say that not everything is in that book too. What things do you supposed were not added becaseu they may have had a everyday kind of occurance to them?
When Jesus said that there are many mansions and that there are many rooms in the mansion and that there must be a preparation for those such things...where do you suppose that is?
Beautiful hub I do hospice and this is so true.
Thanks for sharing on this hub you wrote. I find it interesting that so many people experienced the same thing.I strongly believe it does exist and also serves as a comfort concerning our loved ones.
My mother just passed October 9th... 90 minutes before her 80th birthday which she didn't want to reach. I've heard many stories like this and have a few of my own. Sadly, I still voted "unsure". I so want to be sure but I just still am not. Even with all the strange events I've been through. I hear an inner voice. My mom said she would ask God to help my wife who has struggled with abuse issues and something miraculous happened and a lot of the pain is now gone after 30 years. I had an inner voice warning me on 11/11 of danger which kept me alert and I avoided what should've been a 70mph pile up when a trash can somehow fell off a truck and into traffic. I feel ungrateful to not believe considering some of the signs I've seen. I had too much science in college I think.
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Hi Lady Guinevere,
Interesting comments on her hub regarding an afterlife. Thanks for introducing me to her writing.
Hello Ben Zoltak,
Nice to hear that you had similar experiences proving an afterlife. Thanks for the comment.
You are welcome Peggy and I read your comment on her hub.
I had several similar and eery-in-a-good way experiences in my life. I am glad that you did too, and not only is it proof of an afterlife, but it is proof to me of the goodness of souls that have passed on. Well written piece. Thanks.
Hi again Lady Guinevere,
Thanks for the link. Going to take a look...
Hi Lady Guinevere,
Since you experienced this first hand, your comment here adds just that much more weight for people who may be reading this for the first time. Thank you so very much for leaving your comment regarding the afterlife!
Hi Kim Garcia,
Life can be very hard at times and just knowing that there is a better one ahead is something from which to draw comfort, especially when grieving the loss of a loved one. I agree with you that being allowed glimpses into the future is wonderful indeed! Thanks for your comment.
Hi Dohn,
No matter what it is called...life after life...afterlife...or reincarnation...I firmly believe (like you) that life goes on. Thank you so much for your valued comment.
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Hi Hello, hello,
Thanks! I know that I will see my grandparents, my Dad, my brothers and others in the not too distant future. After all, this life is very short compared to eternity.
Hi Louise,
Thanks for your comment. This has to take the place of a warm hug for some friends of ours who recently lost loved ones and who are too far away to get anything but a virtual hug. Hoping this posting helps them if even in a small way for the present.
Hi Amanda Severn,
Isn't it wonderful to know that we will enter the next life with people who loved us and who have gone before...like your Dad being greeted by his grandfather? Thanks for adding your comment.
I have had such an experience but I didn't die, at least I didn't think that I did. I wrote my expereince on another's hub, don't remember right now whose that was, but it was also about the after life. I believe in Re-incarnation too and I was raised in a baptist church. It is beautiful there and the colors are so much more vibrant and yes you do have others with you and yes you have the choice to stay or come back to this learning school we call Earth.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful heartfelt story about your dad and your wonderfully caring family, and husband. God is so gracious to give us just a small glimpse of the after life so that we may have eternal hope, and peace. Bless you for these inspiring words.
Hello pgrundy,
I agree with you that there is so much evidence (no matter the culture, religious beliefs or other factors) to support the knowledge of an afterlife. That has to be such comfort to those of us who lose loved ones in this life...knowing we will get to see them again soon. Thanks for your input.
Hi loveroflife,
I really meant for this to be of some comfort to some of our friends who recently lost their husbands, mothers, etc. We will all face those times in our lives when we may need some reassurance that the next life is awaiting all of us and we will see our loved ones again. Thanks!
Being a Buddhist, it's easy for me to believe in the afterlife because of my belief in reincarnation. It just makes sense to me. Whether or not people believe in it or not is moot as it is real.
Thank you for sharing such a personal and heartfelt hub, Peggy.
Warmest Regards,
Dohn
You are so kind and giving and caring. I am sure your loved ones will look down on you both and smile and are grateful. Thank you for sharing story.
Thanks for sharing this moving story. You have helped a lot of people. Understanding more about the after life gives us all peace.
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My dear old Dad, shortly before he died, told me that his Grandfather had been to see him. I firmly believe that there is another existence after this one. Thank you for sharing your story, Peggy.
Thank you for sharing all this. I do think we go back to God or the light or whatever people want to call it. It is too consistent a phenomena to be hallucination or something like that. Inspiring hub, thank you.
Very moving hub. Thanks for sharing.
Hello successfulblogger,
Thanks. Happy that you appreciated this personal story of the belief in an afterlife.
Very nice hub.
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Hi Ruchira,
I'm so glad that you found this hub interesting regarding the afterlife, and to which you could relate on a personal basis with your dad. Will try and find something that you may have written regarding it. Thanks for the votes and sharing of this hub with others.