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I'm Sandra Champlain. For over

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twenty five years, I've been on a journey

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to prove the existence of life after

1:02

death. On each episode,

1:04

we'll discuss the reasons we now

1:06

know that our loved ones have survived

1:09

physical death and so will

1:11

we. Welcome to Shades

1:14

of the Afterlife. Let's imagine

1:16

in the unseen world around each

1:18

one of us, we have a team of

1:21

loved ones that are cheering us on in

1:23

life, But not only that, what

1:25

if we had guardian angels?

1:28

A lot has been said with people who have had near

1:30

death experiences, yet they do get to

1:32

see their loved ones. But there are cases

1:35

where people talk about guardian

1:37

angels. What if each

1:40

one of us has a soul,

1:42

guardian angel that walks by our

1:44

side, that is helping us along

1:47

in our journey. I do want to talk

1:49

about that today and of course share

1:51

some stories, but not only that.

1:53

There's a brand new study

1:56

that comes from the New York University

1:59

Grossman School of Medicine

2:01

that just came out in the New York Post by

2:04

Mark Lalanilla. He says

2:07

there is life after death. Revived

2:09

patients share out of body experiences.

2:13

I remember seeing my dad, said

2:15

one patient after flatlining. I

2:18

caught glimpses of my life and I felt

2:20

pride, love, joy all

2:22

pouring into me. I remember of

2:24

being of light standing near me.

2:27

It was looming over me, like a great

2:29

tower of strength, yet radiating

2:32

only warmth and love. These

2:35

and many other recollections were

2:37

described by cardiac arrest

2:39

patients who underwent cardio

2:42

pulmonary resuscitation as

2:44

they hovered on death's doorstep.

2:47

Typically, doctors have assumed

2:49

that there is little to no brain activity

2:52

after about ten minutes of cardiac

2:55

arrest, when the heart stops beating,

2:57

depriving the brain of oxygen. However,

3:00

the new research from New York

3:02

University turns that misconception

3:05

on its head. There are signs

3:07

and near normal brain activity found

3:10

up to an hour into

3:12

resuscitation. Doctor Sam

3:15

Parnia, an associate professor

3:17

of medicine at New York University

3:20

Langon Health, told The Post

3:22

in an interview. I was shown

3:24

the consequences of my life. Thousands

3:27

of people that I had interacted with and

3:30

felt what they felt about

3:32

me, saw their life and

3:34

how I impacted them. Next,

3:37

I saw the consequences of my life

3:39

and the influences of my actions,

3:42

said one revived patient. We

3:45

were not only able to show the markers

3:47

of lucid consciousness, we were

3:49

also able to show that these experiences

3:52

are unique and universal. They're

3:55

much different from dreams, illusions

3:57

and delusions.

4:00

Arnia is lead author of a study

4:02

published this week in the journal

4:05

Resuscitation that studied brain activity

4:07

and awareness among fifty three

4:09

patients who survived cardiac

4:12

arrest at twenty five hospitals,

4:14

mostly in the US and the

4:17

UK. The researchers were

4:19

able to show that most of the brain

4:21

is surprisingly more durable

4:24

than most doctors had previously

4:26

believed. Our brain is

4:29

very robust and is more

4:31

resilient to oxygen deprivation

4:34

than expected, said doctor

4:37

Parnia, adding that the organ

4:39

can restore itself and

4:41

have markers of normal brain

4:43

activity. Of the fifty three

4:46

surviving patients in the study, almost

4:48

forty percent reported having

4:51

memories or conscious thoughts.

4:53

There is a narrative arc in people

4:56

who are having a near death experience, Parnia

4:58

said. They're sciousness becomes heightened,

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more vivid, and more sharp. One

5:04

of the most common shared experiences

5:07

is a three hundred and sixty degree awareness

5:09

of the space around them. In

5:12

death, they have a perception

5:14

that they are separate from their body,

5:17

and then they can move around, but

5:19

they're in that hospital room and

5:21

they're gathering information. They

5:24

feel that they were fully conscious.

5:27

In that state of awareness, they're often

5:29

observing doctors and nurses working

5:31

to save their lives, but their

5:34

observation is completely free

5:36

of fear or distress. And yes,

5:39

many people actually do see their lives

5:41

pass before their eyes. What becomes

5:43

a primary reality is how

5:45

we treat other people. It's

5:48

not random flashbacks, it's

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so much more. Science doesn't

5:52

yet fully understand how

5:54

or why these common experiences occur,

5:57

but doctor Parnia believes the brain's

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normal operating focus, which

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gets us through the day, becomes relaxed

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and disinhibited during

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near death experiences. Normally,

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there are breaking systems that

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keep us from accessing all aspects

6:15

of our brain. But as the brain

6:17

shuts down as a defense mechanism

6:20

to preserve itself during cardiac

6:22

arrest, the brakes are off. That's

6:25

when people get activation of other

6:28

parts of the brain that have been dormant.

6:31

You normally can't access all

6:33

of your emotions, feelings,

6:35

thoughts, and memories. These

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are definitely not hallucinations,

6:41

he says, these are very

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real experiences that occur

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in death. The research being

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conducted at New York University, Langon

6:50

Health and other research centers

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represents a breakthrough in resuscitation,

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a specialty that has lagged behind

6:59

all other areas of medical research.

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Resuscitation survival rates

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are frustratingly low. Party

7:06

explained, our survival

7:09

rate is not very good in part

7:11

because technologies haven't advanced

7:14

much since nineteen sixty when

7:16

CPR was invented. Well,

7:18

even without resuscitation, we

7:21

get to know it's not a deathbed

7:23

myth. Our lives really

7:25

do flash before our

7:27

eyes when we die, and there

7:29

is life after death.

7:32

Now here's a story by a teenager

7:34

named Crystal.

7:35

Birthday party.

7:36

And we went swimming and

7:38

I went down to the deep end of the swimming pool

7:41

and I got pushed in. I

7:43

started struggling. I panicked.

7:46

I needed to get back up to the top of the water. I needed

7:48

to get air. When I realized

7:51

that I couldn't get to the top

7:53

of the water, I felt unconscious

7:55

and from there I was surrounded in blackness.

7:58

I didn't know where I was, and I was really

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scared. And from there

8:02

I heard six noises that really scared

8:04

me, and I wasn't sure what it was. And

8:07

then suddenly I was sitting against a

8:09

wall. I was in a tunnel, and at the end of the

8:11

tunnel I could see this right

8:13

radiant light, and the tunnel was filled

8:15

with brightly colored bricks.

8:18

I didn't know what it was, but I was very curious.

8:20

And right then I

8:22

was overcome with so much love

8:25

and so much happiness and joy

8:27

that I wanted to stay there.

8:29

I started crawling toward the light.

8:31

And the reason I started crawling toward the light

8:33

was I tried to stand up and walk,

8:35

but I couldn't walk. It was the ground was unstable,

8:38

it was bumpy, and so I started crawling.

8:41

I looked toward the light and I see this lady

8:43

coming out of the light, and I

8:46

just stopped where I was and just watched her come.

8:48

And she came to me and she picked up my hand

8:51

and stood me up and said,

8:53

my name is Elizabeth, I'm your guardian

8:55

angel.

8:55

And I will help you.

8:57

And from there she led me

8:59

down through the light to what I believe

9:02

was heaven. And from right there

9:04

I was greeted by my deceased

9:07

relatives who had died before I had went in the swimming

9:09

pool, and they

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gave me hi pad me on the back, said

9:14

we're really glad you're here, Crystal.

9:16

We're really glad you made it. Did

9:19

you feel like you were dead then?

9:20

Oh no, I wasn't dead. I wasn't dead at

9:22

all. I didn't even think of being dead. You're

9:25

still alive.

9:26

Then.

9:26

I didn't even know i'd been in a swimming pool.

9:29

I was just overwhelmed by everything,

9:31

by the light, by just.

9:33

Brought you back? What brought you back?

9:35

Okay?

9:36

From there, I met two

9:38

friends, Heather and Melissa. They basically

9:40

helped me. They told me that they were going

9:43

to.

9:43

Be born soon. They were going to be

9:45

born. Yeah, they were going to be born. Did

9:47

they have bodies or what? They

9:49

were the same as you and me. Oh, did

9:51

you have a body? As far as you

9:54

knew, Yeah, as far as I knew, I was,

9:57

you were me?

9:58

You were you?

9:58

Oh that's right, you weren't me as

10:00

far as you knew. These people told

10:02

you they were going to be.

10:03

Born, Yes, they did, and they

10:06

said they were to be born soon. And

10:08

that's what Elizabeth told me, my guardian angel too.

10:11

She told me, this the last chance I have to be

10:13

a guardian angel before I'm born.

10:14

Elizabeth was a guardian angel

10:17

before she was born.

10:18

No, this is the last time she would have

10:20

to be a guardian angel.

10:21

Before she was born. Then she was going to get born.

10:24

Yeah.

10:27

And anyway, I went

10:30

and I talked to more, and Elizabeth came

10:33

and asked me.

10:33

She asked me, Crystal, do you want

10:35

to stay here or do you want to go back?

10:38

I thought for a minute, I thought how beautiful

10:40

this place was because it.

10:42

Was all and why.

10:43

Everything was a glorious white,

10:46

and they had lots of beautiful plants

10:49

and flowers and a stream running

10:51

through it with a tree on the other side.

10:53

It was really great.

10:54

And I thought about all of this, and

10:57

I thought about the love and the peace

10:59

I felt, and I thought, no, I

11:01

don't want to go back there. So I decided

11:03

I go, okay, yeah, stay, I'll

11:06

stay here. And I

11:08

started talking with people, and

11:11

I thought, for a minute, I thought about

11:13

my mother.

11:14

I thought, I'll never really get a huger again.

11:17

I'll hold her.

11:18

And I went back to Elizabeth and I said,

11:21

no, I want to go back.

11:23

I want to go back, and she said

11:25

okay. I went and.

11:27

Talked with everybody, and during

11:31

the experience, I can't remember the sequence

11:33

of events, but I had a chance

11:35

to look down at my body on the operating

11:37

table, and I knew it was myself, and

11:40

I looked at the things they were doing to me. They were

11:42

sticking tubes at my nose and through my arm

11:45

and everything, and I didn't like it.

11:47

I thought it was gross, so I looked away. So you

11:49

got back in your body after you decided

11:52

yeah, I wonder I wanted to go

11:55

I was still in heaven.

11:56

Elizabeth tapped me on the shoulder said it's time

11:58

to go, Crystal, and I said okay, turned

12:00

around and started walking, and then.

12:02

I was confused.

12:03

I turned around and said, I don't know how to

12:05

go, and then obviously

12:08

I was back in my body, because that's the last thing

12:10

I remember.

12:11

I think we're approaching a real tipping

12:14

point when science and

12:16

medicine and people that have had

12:18

these extraordinary near death experiences

12:22

are coming together and putting

12:24

it all together about what happens

12:26

in the dying process, the fact

12:29

that our brains can survive an

12:32

hour even after our heart

12:34

stops, and that this

12:36

protective mechanism that we normally

12:39

have that has us focus on reality

12:42

disappears, and we are somehow

12:44

connected to all

12:47

of our memories, being outside

12:49

of our bodies, experiencing

12:52

guardian angels, experiencing

12:54

our loved ones. There

12:56

is more to life than meets the eye,

12:59

and there's so much more to us than

13:01

we probably can ever know. We're

13:04

going to go into the break and when we get back,

13:06

we'll hear some more stories of near death

13:08

experiences and weave in some

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Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife.

14:04

I'm Sandra Champlain. You've

14:06

felt extreme love for

14:08

someone, haven't. You might be a baby,

14:11

a loved one, perhaps even

14:13

a special feathered or furried

14:16

friend. We know what love is, but

14:18

what if around us

14:21

there is a special being,

14:23

a guardian angel that signed

14:25

up to be with us before we came

14:28

down to Earth and walks by our

14:30

side while we're here, and

14:32

of course we get to see them again

14:34

when it's time for us to go home. Someone

14:37

who loves us with no strings attached,

14:40

unconditional love. They understand

14:43

that life is an education for the soul.

14:45

They don't judge you. All there is

14:48

is love something

14:51

to think about. I want to continue

14:53

with a story of a near death experience,

14:56

tying it in with an angel, of course,

15:00

comes from William, who says

15:02

he died in a car wreck and was

15:05

escorted by an angel to

15:07

meet with God. He

15:10

says, let's get into it.

15:12

January fourteenth, twenty sixteen,

15:15

I had went to the hospital to visit my sister,

15:18

who had given birth to my nephew. I'm

15:21

not really into babies, having none of my

15:23

own, but my family, if

15:25

someone gave birth, you

15:28

showed up and you welcomed the new baby

15:30

into the world. I always felt

15:32

it was kind of a stupid tradition. However,

15:35

I was not able to fight my parents

15:37

over it. They paid for my college,

15:40

my car, and my insurance, and

15:42

I was not about to risk making them

15:44

angry enough to stop paying for all

15:46

those things. That's another thing.

15:48

My family was good at ostracizing

15:51

those family members that they deemed

15:53

had crossed a line. They

15:55

could have my entire family

15:57

treating me like an outsider. So I

16:00

went to the hospital and made my appearance,

16:02

making sure I spoke with enough people

16:05

that could back me up later that I had

16:07

been there. After about an hour,

16:09

I left the hospital, gotten too my

16:12

Honda Civic and headed out

16:14

to meet up with some friends. We

16:16

were going to hit the clubs and see

16:18

what kind of fun and trouble we could get ourselves

16:20

into I remember hearing the

16:22

screech of brakes and then

16:24

nothing for the longest time, followed

16:27

by an insane ringing in my

16:29

ears that gradually subsided.

16:33

I could feel blood trickling

16:35

down my face and neck. As I

16:37

looked around. I knew

16:39

I had been hit, but had absolutely

16:42

no idea what had happened

16:44

to cause the wreck. I went to

16:47

reach my hand for the car door to

16:49

exit my vehicle, when I realized

16:52

that I couldn't use that arm at all,

16:55

that my shoulder was completely

16:57

popped from the socket, and

16:59

now the pain was coming on strong.

17:02

Using my other arm, I managed to free

17:04

myself from the seat belt and

17:07

then reached across my body and opened

17:09

the passenger door. Next,

17:11

I fought back the pain and

17:14

half crawled, half fell

17:16

out the door and landed on the

17:18

cold ground. Using all

17:20

of my strength I had left,

17:22

I tried to stand up, but

17:24

collapsed instead. I'll

17:27

just lay here. I thought I

17:29

had no clue how broken my body

17:31

actually was at this point, I

17:34

just knew that I hurt all over and

17:36

blood kept getting into my eyes. Before

17:39

I crossed over to the other side,

17:41

I saw a man walking up to me. He

17:44

told me not to move that

17:46

help was on the way. He may

17:48

as well have been speaking another language,

17:51

because I was looking at the angel

17:54

standing behind him. Can

17:56

you see him, i asked, I don't

17:58

recall getting a reply.

18:00

Oh.

18:00

The man was still beside me, and

18:02

I could see his lips moving, but I

18:04

couldn't hear a word that he was saying. Then

18:08

I was standing over myself and

18:10

over the man that was trying to help me. I

18:12

saw he had one of those first aid

18:15

kits like you might buy online

18:17

for keeping inside your car, and

18:19

he was attempting to stop

18:21

the bleeding with the contents

18:23

of it. Now I looked at the angel

18:26

standing next to me and asked

18:28

him, now what, to

18:31

which he replied, now we

18:33

go. The angel and I

18:35

began to ascend into the sky and

18:38

towards a tunnel. For lack of a better

18:40

word, this tunnel was like

18:42

a vortex from the earth realm

18:45

to the other side. I

18:47

wasn't afraid, and I noticed

18:49

that I was no longer in any

18:52

pain. I'm not sure if

18:54

I still had a body or not. It

18:56

felt like I did, but I never

18:58

actually saw my body. It

19:00

was a strange experience, which

19:03

is probably like calling the grass

19:05

green or the sky blue. However,

19:08

it was strange. It's not every

19:10

day you get to transition from Earth

19:13

to paradise or heaven or

19:15

whatever you want to call it. Inside

19:18

the vortex, we traveled at great

19:20

speeds for some time. I

19:23

can't say how long, because time

19:25

did not exist once I departed

19:27

the earthly plane. It's like everything

19:29

over there happened simultaneously

19:32

and not on a linear timeline as

19:35

it is here in the distance,

19:37

I saw a speck of light that grew

19:39

bigger and brighter the closer

19:41

we got to it. It was

19:44

not to be our final destination, though.

19:46

Upon exiting the vortex, the

19:49

Angel and I landed softly

19:51

in the middle of a park. I

19:53

could now see many people walking around,

19:56

as if they had somewhere to be. They

19:59

moved it with a per Where

20:01

are we? I asked, Is this

20:03

heaven?

20:05

No?

20:05

The Angel replied, you

20:07

can't enter heaven because you are

20:09

not dead yet. This is

20:12

one of the many places we bring souls

20:14

who will be sent back to Earth. If

20:17

I'm being sent back anyway, why

20:19

not just leave me there? I asked. I

20:22

was instructed to bring you here, so

20:24

here is where you are until I

20:27

get further instructions. The

20:29

angel stated, I should

20:31

also mention that whenever I talk about

20:33

what the Angel and I said to each other, it

20:36

wasn't with our mouth. It was always

20:38

in some form of thoughts. We

20:41

did not actually speak a word out loud.

20:44

All communication on the other side

20:46

is in the form of telepathy. It's

20:49

like thinking a question and immediately

20:51

hearing the answer in your head. After

20:54

some time, the Angel asked

20:56

me, while we wait, would

20:59

you like to take a look around, to

21:01

which I of course replied with yes.

21:05

I was shown many buildings and

21:07

had their functions explained to me. I

21:10

saw a great center of Knowledge,

21:13

which looked like a huge library. The

21:16

angel said it was home to all

21:18

knowledge that ever existed

21:21

or ever would exist. I

21:23

asked if I could see inside it, and

21:25

he gave me a tour. Inside.

21:28

I saw other people standing in front

21:30

of screens which displayed

21:33

whatever it was that they wanted to learn

21:35

about. I wanted to try out

21:37

one of these screens, but the Angel

21:39

told me that it was only allowed

21:41

for souls that would be staying,

21:44

and since I would be returning to Earth,

21:47

he could not allow it. I left

21:49

that building with the secrets to the

21:51

universe still unanswered. Finally,

21:55

this angel told me it was

21:57

time we had to go see

21:59

the Creator, and he led me into

22:01

a great room with a bright light

22:03

in the distance. As we approached

22:06

the light, I could now tell there was a

22:08

throne with the Creator sitting

22:10

on it. Angels stood

22:12

off to the side singing praises

22:15

to God. It was the most beautiful

22:17

music I had ever heard, and

22:20

we have nothing like it on earth.

22:22

The angel I was with told

22:25

me to approach the Creator and

22:28

state my case. My case

22:30

for what I asked, your

22:32

case for staying here. Every

22:35

soul always wants to stay.

22:37

Only he can grant you permission. I

22:40

had not really thought about it because from

22:42

the time I was informed that I

22:44

would be going back until now, I

22:47

never considered staying as an option. But

22:49

since it was, I thought, why not.

22:52

I did my best, Or so I thought.

22:55

Now looking back, I am sure

22:58

he has probably heard every

23:00

argument for staying anyone

23:03

could come up with. My own

23:05

lame argument was only three words,

23:08

I told him I want to.

23:11

As soon as I said those words, the

23:13

light from the Creator began

23:15

to radiate towards me, surrounding

23:18

me. I felt like it was almost

23:20

scamming me, But for what I

23:22

don't know. It felt like he

23:24

had looked inside my very existence

23:28

and learned everything about me in

23:30

just a second. Every mistake, every

23:33

truth, my every thought and

23:36

action on full display. It

23:38

was then that he spoke. His

23:41

voice was soft yet firm. You

23:44

still have things you have to accomplish.

23:47

You must go back. I was afraid

23:49

to ask why, because he was

23:51

the creator of everything. His

23:54

will be done. Next, I

23:56

woke up in the hospital. My

23:58

injuries included a dislocated

24:01

shoulder, which I already knew about,

24:03

but extended to a brain bleed, which

24:06

caused swelling and resulted in

24:08

me having to have fluids

24:10

drained. The paramedics told

24:12

my parents I seized twice

24:14

on the way to the hospital. My airbag

24:17

had not deployed during the wreck, and

24:19

police on the scene ruled the accident

24:23

was not my fault. The

24:25

lady that hit me was drunk and suffered

24:27

no injuries herself. I

24:29

asked about the man that had began

24:32

first aid on me so I could thank

24:34

him, but the police told me they

24:37

were the first on the scene and

24:39

nobody had applied first aid at

24:42

all until the paramedics arrived.

24:45

I still have trouble out of my shoulder,

24:48

especially if I sleep on it. Funny, did

24:50

I have a near death experience? Did

24:53

I see that angel and the Creator? I'll

24:55

let you decide. I know what I

24:58

believe. Stay blessed. Thank

25:00

you for sharing that story. William

25:03

Ronda has this story. My mother

25:05

had a near death experience nine

25:08

years before she actually died.

25:10

She flatlined in the emergency room

25:13

and was put on a respirator for three

25:15

days. An angel

25:17

came to get her to take her to

25:20

heaven, she said. She described

25:22

the angel exactly

25:24

as you would imagine. She said

25:27

it was a very, very tall, magnificent

25:30

figure with feathers, but she

25:32

kept telling them I'm not ready

25:35

to go with you. She said

25:37

she even reached out and touched the

25:39

feathers. She was never

25:41

afraid of dying from that point

25:44

forward. She lived nine

25:46

more years. When she found

25:48

out she had cancer, she died

25:51

ten days later, but she said,

25:54

I'm not afraid. I have my

25:56

angels. We'll

25:59

hear more stories when we get back from

26:01

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26:42

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26:49

Now let's get back to more with Sandra.

27:05

Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife.

27:07

I have another near death experience

27:10

story for you with an

27:12

angel. This story comes

27:15

from Stuart. He says,

27:17

let me preface this by saying that I

27:20

do not declare myself to be

27:22

of one religion or another, and

27:24

I never have. In fact,

27:26

I have rarely attended church,

27:29

with the exception of when I was in basic

27:31

training with the US Army.

27:34

Quite honestly, it was for a

27:36

completely selfish reason. Females

27:39

attended church services, so

27:42

it was the only time each week I had

27:44

a chance to see a lady.

27:47

Like I said, I was selfish, but then

27:50

again, I was only eighteen years old.

27:52

Around six years ago, I had to visit

27:55

my doctor for a physical as

27:57

my job required one at the time

27:59

to insurance reasons. I'm

28:02

not a fan of doctors at all, and

28:04

I've always expected the worst whenever

28:07

I have had to see one. Well,

28:10

this time it was the worst. My

28:12

chest X rays revealed a large

28:15

spot on one of my lungs, and

28:17

a biopsy later revealed

28:19

it to be cancerous. I'm

28:21

not sure of what the other stages the

28:23

bad news are supposed to be,

28:25

because I immediately skipped

28:28

straight to anger. You

28:31

see, I was always a non smoker, and

28:33

now I had lung cancer. I

28:35

think I called God every name in

28:38

the book. The hospital scheduled

28:40

my surgery and the doctors went

28:42

in to remove the cancer. When

28:45

I awoke in recovery, it was

28:47

explained to me that they had

28:49

to take the whole lung. You

28:51

know, you really don't understand

28:53

how important breathing is until

28:56

someone takes away half of

28:58

your ability to do it. Depression

29:01

hit me next, as I mentally

29:03

began making a list of things that

29:05

I would no longer be able to do with

29:08

my now reduced breathing capacity.

29:11

I stopped eating, and my doctor was

29:13

so worried he recommended I

29:15

speak to the hospital chaplain, which

29:18

I refused to do. Once

29:20

I was back home, friends and family tried

29:22

to talk to me and cheer me up.

29:25

Looking back, I can see now they only

29:27

wanted what was best for me, but

29:30

at the time I was pushing everyone

29:32

and everything away from me. I

29:35

was so mad at the world, and I

29:37

wanted the world to know it. I

29:39

wanted to blame someone, so again

29:42

I resorted to blaming a god.

29:45

After a few weeks of slowly wasting

29:47

away, I took some medication

29:49

the doctor had prescribed to help

29:52

me sleep, and I laid down in

29:54

my bed. I don't

29:56

know how long passed before

29:58

I awoke and got up. Only

30:01

when I got up, I felt an electric sensation

30:04

that surprised me. Turning

30:06

around, I saw that my body was still

30:08

in bed with my eyes closed.

30:11

The initial shock probably didn't last

30:14

long, as I quickly became accustomed

30:16

to being outside of my body.

30:19

I didn't miss it, and I didn't wish

30:22

to get back into it. I

30:24

felt as if this is the

30:26

way I was meant to be, completely

30:29

unencumbered by a body that could only

30:31

cause me pain. In this plane

30:33

of existence, I also

30:35

discovered I was able to think

30:37

of a place, and then suddenly

30:39

I would just appear there. First,

30:42

I tried moving through walls and doors,

30:45

and when that worked, I decided

30:47

to see what was beyond my ceilings.

30:50

Was there a limit to how far I could travel.

30:52

I shot up through my ceiling and

30:55

into the sky. I started

30:57

looking around in a three hundred and sixty

30:59

degree I found out

31:01

I could see all directions without

31:04

turning. Then I saw

31:06

a tunnel appear in the sky, and

31:09

I felt drawn to enter it. I

31:11

don't even know if I made a conscious decision

31:14

to enter this tunnel. My

31:16

being, whatever I was now

31:19

spirit goes to energy, just

31:21

entered on its own, and I was soon

31:24

traversing entire galaxies

31:26

at an incredible rate of speed

31:29

until I saw a light in the distance.

31:31

The only way I can describe this

31:34

tunnel is if you've ever seen

31:36

the old TV show called Sliders.

31:39

It was like that. As I got closer

31:41

to the light, things began to slow

31:43

down to a steady but reduced

31:46

pace until I reached

31:48

the bright light. The light

31:51

was very bright, yet I

31:53

could look directly at it,

31:56

kind of like a soft, warm

31:58

white light. Energy pulsated

32:00

from the light, but there was more

32:03

as well. There was a

32:05

calm, peaceful, loving

32:07

feeling that is not even

32:09

describable with any words

32:12

known to man. This

32:14

energy and love surrounded

32:16

me, It entered me, It

32:19

became me, and I

32:21

became it. I have

32:24

never before or since felt

32:26

anything like this feeling,

32:29

and I hope everyone gets to experience

32:32

it. One day, while I was co

32:34

joined to this light, I began

32:36

to experience knowledge. For

32:39

lack of a better word, I

32:41

just suddenly knew things that I never

32:43

knew before. The answers

32:45

to the entire universe I felt were

32:47

at my fingertips for me to peruse

32:50

at my will. All I had

32:52

to do was think of a question, and I

32:54

knew the answer faster than

32:57

anything I have ever experienced.

33:00

No words were being spoken to me.

33:03

The answers were just downloaded

33:05

directly into my understanding,

33:08

if that makes sense. I

33:10

don't know how long I searched

33:12

the knowledge being supplied to me, because

33:15

time just didn't exist there.

33:18

That can be a hard concept to grasp

33:20

for us humans. Even now,

33:23

I have a hard time with it, and I

33:25

was the one who experienced it firsthand.

33:28

I do not recall there being a life

33:30

review for me, nor did I

33:32

see Jesus or God at any

33:35

time. What I did experience

33:38

was exiting the light and

33:40

being separate from it again and

33:43

immediately wanting to rejoin

33:45

the light again, but some force

33:47

was stopping me. At first,

33:50

my desire to rejoin The light was

33:52

so much that I wasn't paying

33:54

attention to anything else around

33:57

me. But slowly I began to

33:59

look around and to find out

34:01

what was holding me back from re entering

34:03

the light. That is when I

34:06

saw a being of light that stood

34:08

at least ten feet tall.

34:11

The being began to communicate with me

34:14

in a non verbal manner. It

34:16

was telepathy. It said,

34:19

it's not your time yet, you must

34:22

go back. Who are you

34:24

and why can't I stay? I asked,

34:27

I am the angel Gabriel, and

34:29

you cannot stay because you

34:32

are not finished on Earth yet. He

34:34

stated it in a matter of fact voice.

34:37

I don't want to go back. It's

34:40

too hard there, and I

34:42

begged him. Gabriel

34:44

wrapped me in a warm and loving

34:46

hug, and I felt the same

34:49

love from the light that

34:51

was filling me only a short

34:53

time before. Gabriel

34:56

next looked at my face and he said,

34:59

I know it hard there, and so

35:01

does our Lord. And your

35:03

life on Earth is challenging,

35:06

which is why you were given

35:08

it. All of the toughest

35:11

challenges go to

35:13

the strongest souls. Your

35:16

soul is stronger than you realize.

35:19

Gabriel's words were comforting and

35:22

inspiring.

35:22

To me.

35:23

If he believed in me, I

35:26

could believe in me too. Still,

35:29

I had one final question before

35:31

agreeing to go back to Earth. Can

35:33

you tell me what my mission on earth

35:35

is?

35:36

I asked.

35:37

Gabriel laughed and answered, I

35:40

am unaware of what your

35:43

particular missions are. It

35:45

could be to save a life, or have

35:47

a child, or even have a child

35:50

that later saves a life.

35:52

Your life will make a difference

35:54

in many ways. In time,

35:57

your purpose will reveal themselves

36:00

and come to pass when it is their

36:02

time. Until then, trust

36:05

that there are no small pieces

36:08

in the plan for your life. With

36:10

that, Gabriel returned me to

36:12

my bedroom and watched as

36:15

I got back into my body. I

36:17

remember waking up and looking

36:19

at the clock on my nightstand. I

36:22

promptly picked up the phone and called

36:24

my sister to tell her of

36:27

my experience. She

36:29

wanted me to see ahead doctor because

36:31

she didn't believe me. But since

36:33

that day, I have stopped feeling

36:36

sorry for myself and my

36:39

one lung, and I became a member

36:41

of a church. And I also apologized

36:43

to God for all the names I called

36:46

him when I found out about my cancer.

36:48

And guess what, three years ago,

36:51

I got married we have

36:53

no children as of yet, but

36:55

if that is part of my mission, I

36:57

trust it will happen when it is suppose

37:00

to. Thank you for giving me

37:02

the chance to tell my experience.

37:06

Thanks Stuart, I just read

37:08

this about angels. Guardian

37:10

angels are celestial beings

37:13

who embody boundless love

37:15

and unwavering devotion. They

37:18

are ethereal messengers

37:20

of the divine, sent to

37:22

guide and protect us. Their

37:25

love for us knows no bounds,

37:28

for they witness our triumphs and sorrows,

37:32

our joys and struggles with

37:34

compassionate hearts. They watch

37:36

over us, gently nudging

37:39

us towards our highest potential.

37:42

In their presence, we are cherished

37:45

for their love transcends time

37:47

and space. They are

37:50

our celestial companions,

37:53

forever embracing us in their

37:55

wings of love, reminding

37:57

us that we are never

38:00

alone. I'm sure

38:03

as you grew up you probably heard

38:05

that even if you're unhappy, you

38:08

put a smile on your face for

38:10

thirty seconds and it'll make

38:12

you happy. What if we

38:14

consider acting as if we

38:17

have a guardian angel by our side,

38:20

one that listens, one that loves us,

38:22

one that we can talk to. If you

38:24

think that might make a difference in life. Let's

38:27

go to the break. We'll be right back. You're

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39:05

Hey everyone, it's the Wizard of

39:07

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39:10

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39:13

of the Afterlife.

39:30

Welcome back to Shades of the Afterlife.

39:32

I'm Sandra Champlain. I thought it'd be

39:35

nice to add some words from

39:37

our resident friend in the afterlife

39:40

about angels. This question

39:42

was asked earlier this year on one

39:44

of the Fridays with Trance

39:47

medium and friend Scott Milligan.

39:50

This is the question asked, how

39:52

do our ancestors and our guardian

39:54

angels help us resolve our

39:57

problems here when everything

39:59

seems lost? Also, how

40:02

do we know they are listening? Do

40:04

they stand beside our loved ones who

40:06

have passed over? Thank you? And

40:08

here is mister Eric's response.

40:11

Oh, no,

40:14

one likes to see anyone in

40:16

distress. Some people

40:18

in your well do take pleasures

40:21

of it, but we do not

40:23

like to see any distress upon

40:26

you. If you would allow

40:28

me to.

40:29

Tell a little thought before

40:31

we go for the throat of the question.

40:34

Yes, please, when one

40:37

as child or see child

40:39

or family, you would

40:41

do everything you can for that

40:43

child, would you not? If

40:46

that is the case, why

40:48

would we deny you any

40:51

support. We

40:54

will give all that we can within

40:56

the natural law. Natural

40:59

law is that your choice.

41:03

We can only support

41:06

and influence if it is

41:08

within the accordance of the natural

41:10

law. Now, my friend

41:14

one found a slight

41:16

amusement when many

41:18

people call us many names,

41:22

and one calls gatekeeper,

41:26

influencer, friend,

41:29

specter, guardian,

41:31

angel. That can

41:34

give an idea that

41:36

we are adorned with wings and halo.

41:40

If that is what you wish for,

41:44

then it can be granted in our

41:46

world. I myself

41:48

believe that I did the

41:51

Christian values, and therefore I

41:53

should be adorned with the locks

41:55

of hair, hoop

41:57

of halo things.

42:01

When I came to this side of life,

42:03

everything I thought was going to greet

42:06

me wasn't. Besides

42:10

a tremendous amount of love, I

42:13

still look over my left shoulder,

42:15

and I see nothing. It

42:18

is just something heavy for me to carry

42:20

upon my back. I

42:23

am a friend and

42:25

that brings me enjoyment when someone

42:27

says you are my friend, but

42:31

I am far from an angel. For

42:34

me, children are

42:36

angels. The

42:39

children can become mischiev

42:41

that they could become

42:43

little devils, but

42:46

it pleases them may

42:48

not please others. But

42:50

we stand with you, praying

42:54

for the best for you. The

42:57

outcome may not be what you dream

42:59

or hope. You

43:01

may seem it to be punishment, but

43:05

speak to your soul about that.

43:08

It is the soul's experience.

43:12

It is how one reacts to it.

43:15

But we will not stand and point

43:18

and laugh why you are miserable,

43:22

in pain or suffering. We

43:25

will come and try to

43:27

uplift you. For

43:29

you to see beyond the mists

43:32

of sadness, there is a great

43:34

horizon, but it

43:36

must seem dark, is before the

43:39

crack of dawn. We

43:42

will not abandon

43:44

you. You may abandon

43:46

us, but we will not do because

43:49

we love you too much. Call

43:53

us what you wish, and we will respond

43:56

to it. I

43:58

have been charged to teach the

44:00

link, and

44:03

sometimes my

44:05

teachings may seem to be an

44:07

irritation. He

44:10

once acted inappropriately

44:13

demand and throw his toys

44:16

out of his pram and

44:18

I said, young man, you're

44:21

acting like a child. Would

44:24

you like me to treat you like a child.

44:29

He said something that would cut

44:31

many into the quick, but I stood

44:33

my ground and

44:35

said, if that is your wish,

44:39

and I withdrew from him. I

44:43

took away the toy. He

44:46

soon started to realize

44:49

that the world was too silent

44:53

and started to beg and play.

44:56

I simply watched his

45:00

family surrounded him, but

45:03

he said I want him

45:05

instead. So

45:08

when I returned to him, he

45:11

understood incordance

45:14

to represent us accordingly,

45:17

he must remain humble.

45:21

That was a lesson, or

45:24

should I say that was an opportunity

45:28

to know how much we mean

45:30

to each other. So

45:33

we stand with you. We may

45:35

not be able to react with

45:38

you.

45:39

While we're with mister Eric, someone

45:42

had asked him a question about the nature

45:44

of time, and seeing as both

45:47

stories about the near death

45:49

experiences had to do with

45:52

no time in the afterlife,

45:55

I thought it might be interesting to hear his

45:57

words about time.

46:00

Time is man made and

46:02

man is flawed. But

46:05

it helps one to locate situations

46:08

understand events. But

46:12

one must accept now that

46:15

you are a slave to

46:17

time. If one

46:20

is to go to a stream,

46:22

as it flows fast, you

46:26

put your hand in it, you

46:28

are touching now, constantly

46:31

changing because

46:34

you are constantly touching it at a

46:36

different point. If

46:38

you are to remove your hand and

46:41

place it back into it,

46:43

it has moved, but still in the

46:45

present moment. If

46:48

you are to grab a stone and throw

46:50

it in it, you will disrupt it for

46:53

a moment, and then it will correct itself.

46:57

You cannot stop it. You

47:00

can only learn from it by

47:03

living in now. Time

47:06

is mad made, as one said, which

47:08

has now echoed through your being. How

47:12

often do you all live in the

47:14

present moment? Or

47:17

are you constantly thinking of

47:19

the minutes to come, days

47:22

to come, months to come?

47:25

Or are you then turning and

47:28

reminiscing of the past

47:32

and saying, if only.

47:35

So?

47:35

Is time really the

47:38

hero of the story or villain?

47:41

If you like time and like what

47:44

you are doing, it runs

47:46

too fast away.

47:49

If one is sour and sad

47:52

and is in great pain, time

47:54

stops and says, experience

47:57

me. So when

48:00

one is experiencing happiness,

48:04

true happiness, the

48:06

soul has stepped forward. If

48:09

one is experienced sadness

48:12

and time is a villain.

48:15

Then the soul has retracted and

48:18

the body is understanding

48:21

its muster. A

48:23

curious thing, you know. In

48:26

our world we talk of the endless

48:28

sunshine. There is no

48:30

time for us, and

48:33

therefore is no chaos, no

48:36

frustrations. I do not have enough time

48:38

in a day. We have

48:40

the eternity which is

48:42

beyond the hands of time. Was

48:45

it not said a broken clock can

48:48

only be right twice a day.

48:51

Day is full much more than

48:53

that, you know. But yes,

48:56

time is the ocean. It

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apps and goes. Time

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is the rise and fall of the sun.

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But does the sun truly rise or

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set? Or is it the earth that changes?

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The earth dance arounds it like

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the moving of the hands of the clock.

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So, my friend, time

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itself must repeat

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and must continue. After you

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yourself, have experienced

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all the time has to offer,

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and the body is no more. You

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come to our side of life, and you can have

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rest and recreparation if you wish.

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But our time is

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when the spirit knows

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it will then change into new vibration.

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Is that pleasing for you?

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Yes, seric, thank you for your wisdom.

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Isn't it interesting that one will

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say that your question

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was said in less than

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a minute. My

50:06

answer was over

50:09

five interested

50:11

in how one sees this? Questions

50:15

are over quicker than answers,

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or am I leading you to a greater question?

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One could only judge for one sin.

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I've known mister Eric and his medium

50:28

Scott Milligan for over seven

50:30

years now, and just last week

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Scott stayed with my mom and

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I for the week, and interesting

50:37

I was imagining mister Eric

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standing with Scott and realizing,

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as I may be in awe of

50:45

a medium that has learned to quiet their

50:47

mind and have the spirit world work

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through them, I know that

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we each have those standing

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by our side. And like

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it was said in the beginning with the

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new ouse that has come out from New

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York University, we cannot

51:04

access all knowledge. But

51:06

as the brain shuts down, the

51:08

breaks are off, people get

51:11

to experience their loved

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ones, their angels. I

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don't think it would hurt to practice

51:18

quieting that mind and be open

51:20

to get a little taste of the world

51:23

beyond. If you'd like to come

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join me on an event with Scott Milligan

51:28

or our free Sunday gathering, go to

51:30

we dootdie dot com.

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In closing, my name is Sandra Champlain.

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Thank you so much for listening to Shades

51:39

of the Afterlife on the iHeartRadio

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and Coast to Coast am Paranormal

51:45

podcast Network.

51:50

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51:52

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51:55

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51:57

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to iHeart radio dot com.

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Mm hmm.