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He is really dead now but the one I remember most vividly was when he described what it was like when he was dead, before they resuscitated him.

He talked about the tunnel and talking to who he called angels. They were showing him his life and the things he'd done and then showed him things he could still do if he decided to come back, he said he was given that choice. He was "given/shown" information about his loved ones, things like it was all working out the way it was supposed to. He said he felt very good about everything then because of the power of love. He said we are all so very loved and that we all have angels or helpers who try to guide us.

He said we are at a disadvantage because we (most of us) can't see or feel that side. He said he could see (he described it as looking through a screen door)and feel but the feelings were at a "higher" level. He still knew what pain was (because he'd experienced it) but it wasn't traumatic or frightening - more like an observation. Except when it came to the stuff he was ashamed of that he had done. He said that they didn't judge him, he judged himself relative to how it made others he had hurt feel. (I hope that makes sense). He said life is all about relationships and caring for each other (democrats have a head start I guess huh).

(He stressed the most IMPORTANT task any of us have to realize is that we really are held accountable for our thoughts, words and deeds. He said it wasn't someone else judging us it's us measuring ourselves against perfection).

Anyway he said he was not afraid to die after that experience. He said he knew what life was supposed to be then. He taught "alternative" Sunday School from then on. I met him a few years after this experience and he was already in his 80's. He thought like a much younger person and he was so open and loving. He never tried to make anyone believe they weren't good enough and insisted we could always wake up and try again because the next important thing to know was to learn from error and not to beat ourselves up over it.

He said we have abilities far beyond what we are taught, form follows thought and perseverance and acceptance were two great life skills to cultivate. Oh yes and fear is mostly overrated. He said it was good in very few instances.

Anyway he was one terrificly awesome man. Thanks for asking.:hi: