The design of the Unseen World - Page Overview
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The most compelling reasons to believe in something beyond the veil.
What happens after we cross over and what does the world beyond the veil look like?
Overview of terminology and concepts used in the paraphysical and paranomal field.
Evidence of the Afterlife
There are a few areas that are at the very least thought-provoking, but that are considered to be compelling evidence that our consciousness continues on after physical death and that there is a whole other world 'beyond the veil' after we transition.
Near Death Experiences
NDEs occur at a time when the person is so physically compromised that they are typically unconscious, comatose, or clinically dead. People from all kinds of different backgrounds who experience it, an estimated 17% of those who nearly die, report highly lucid experiences apart from the physical body, that are clear and logically structured. This article talks about 9 lines of evidence to support the reality of NDEs. Scroll down to find an overview of the most commonly reported experiences and what they tell us about the afterlife.
NDEs occur at a time when the person is so physically compromised that they are typically unconscious, comatose, or clinically dead. People from all kinds of different backgrounds who experience it, an estimated 17% of those who nearly die, report highly lucid experiences apart from the physical body, that are clear and logically structured. This article talks about 9 lines of evidence to support the reality of NDEs. Scroll down to find an overview of the most commonly reported experiences and what they tell us about the afterlife.
Past Life Memories
Another area carrying compelling evidence backed up by extensive research is about children recalling details of a past life. There are veryfiable cases where extraordinary details came up about a person who has actually lived or even birthmarks matching the fatal wounds of that person. This kind of research offers interesting validation to the idea that consciousness may not die when we do. The cases of James Leininger, Ryan Hammons and Jenny Cockell may be some of the most impressive and famous ones. You can read more details about the topic here.
Another area carrying compelling evidence backed up by extensive research is about children recalling details of a past life. There are veryfiable cases where extraordinary details came up about a person who has actually lived or even birthmarks matching the fatal wounds of that person. This kind of research offers interesting validation to the idea that consciousness may not die when we do. The cases of James Leininger, Ryan Hammons and Jenny Cockell may be some of the most impressive and famous ones. You can read more details about the topic here.
Visitations and interventions
These two topics stand out for me personally, but are currently mostly based on anecdotal evidence. The first one are cases where family members or friends of loved ones report dreaming about, getting a vision or seeing an apparition of a particular person, to only afterwards of the passing of this person right around that specific moment. Secondly, there are many stories of people report 'hearing a voice' that urged them to (not) do something or witnessed an 'unexplicable intervention', this way avoiding a horrible accident.
These two topics stand out for me personally, but are currently mostly based on anecdotal evidence. The first one are cases where family members or friends of loved ones report dreaming about, getting a vision or seeing an apparition of a particular person, to only afterwards of the passing of this person right around that specific moment. Secondly, there are many stories of people report 'hearing a voice' that urged them to (not) do something or witnessed an 'unexplicable intervention', this way avoiding a horrible accident.
Witness Reports from the other side
Many researchers have worked on afterlife topics and several interesting books have been published reporting on the details of Near Death Experiences (NDE) and Life Between Lives (LBL) Regression Hypnotherapy. Looking into thousands and thousands of anecdotes has revealed fascinating communalities.
Much like witness reports in case of accidents or crimes, when all witnesses recant the same overall storyline, it tells investigators something about what really transpired. When some smaller details are slightly different, it's not unusual because of our different personalities and interpretations, but when the overall storyline remains the same, if told by 10 or 100 different people, that's where it becomes interesting. And when thousands all agree on a few very similar big ideas, the value and level of evidence of what's being recanted becomes powerful evidence.
Typical NDEs occur under general anesthesia or when people were unconscious and saved because of a (medical) intervention, these are times when conscious experiences should be impossible.
Thousands of stories about NDEs, matching narratives from regression therapy subjects and 30 years of research have come up with some interesting common aspects that tell us something about what the afterlife is like:
Much like witness reports in case of accidents or crimes, when all witnesses recant the same overall storyline, it tells investigators something about what really transpired. When some smaller details are slightly different, it's not unusual because of our different personalities and interpretations, but when the overall storyline remains the same, if told by 10 or 100 different people, that's where it becomes interesting. And when thousands all agree on a few very similar big ideas, the value and level of evidence of what's being recanted becomes powerful evidence.
Typical NDEs occur under general anesthesia or when people were unconscious and saved because of a (medical) intervention, these are times when conscious experiences should be impossible.
Thousands of stories about NDEs, matching narratives from regression therapy subjects and 30 years of research have come up with some interesting common aspects that tell us something about what the afterlife is like:
The afterlife according to NDE experiences
* Life after death feels more real: Interestingly, when usually unconscious or clinically dead, people report a level of consciousness and alertness that's usually greater than what is experienced right now.
* People experiencing an NDE usually go through an out-of-body-experience (OBE), in which they can see themselves or others in the room, or even see and hear people elsewhere. What they see others doing or what they overheard is afterwards often verified as real and accurate. Afterwards, they go through a dark tunnel or valley, then enter into an extremely beautiful surrounding.
* Often they are greeted by relatives and friends who are deceased. Sometimes, the individual may not even be aware about a certain person's passing at this point, only to get it confirmed afterwards. In some cases people report meeting 'a being of light', but all experience overwhelming feelings of serenity, bliss and love.
* There's also a life review, in which real events from the NDEers' life are revisited or replayed, even if they may have been forgotten. It shows how their actions, good and bad, have impacted others. Most importantly, they all say it is not at all judgemental - nobody is judging these decisions and actions as this life is mostly all about the learning experience - but usually it's the person themselves who feel remorseful about any negative actions.
* Of course, they all have to come back to the earth plane. Sometimes, NDEers are given a choice and are asked if they want to stay or go back. Others are simply told they must go back because it's not their time.
Source: Evidence of the Afterlife (Jeffrey Long, Paul Perry)
* Life after death feels more real: Interestingly, when usually unconscious or clinically dead, people report a level of consciousness and alertness that's usually greater than what is experienced right now.
* People experiencing an NDE usually go through an out-of-body-experience (OBE), in which they can see themselves or others in the room, or even see and hear people elsewhere. What they see others doing or what they overheard is afterwards often verified as real and accurate. Afterwards, they go through a dark tunnel or valley, then enter into an extremely beautiful surrounding.
* Often they are greeted by relatives and friends who are deceased. Sometimes, the individual may not even be aware about a certain person's passing at this point, only to get it confirmed afterwards. In some cases people report meeting 'a being of light', but all experience overwhelming feelings of serenity, bliss and love.
* There's also a life review, in which real events from the NDEers' life are revisited or replayed, even if they may have been forgotten. It shows how their actions, good and bad, have impacted others. Most importantly, they all say it is not at all judgemental - nobody is judging these decisions and actions as this life is mostly all about the learning experience - but usually it's the person themselves who feel remorseful about any negative actions.
* Of course, they all have to come back to the earth plane. Sometimes, NDEers are given a choice and are asked if they want to stay or go back. Others are simply told they must go back because it's not their time.
Source: Evidence of the Afterlife (Jeffrey Long, Paul Perry)
Describing the Flipside
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Lexicon
An alphabetical overview of paraphysical and paranormal terminology.
ADC (After Death Communication): When someone is contacted directly and spontaneously by a family member or friend who has crossed over.
Apparitions: The spirit of a deceased person appearing in a form that can be seen.
Astral travel (astral projections): Intentional out-of-body-experience that assumes the existence of a soul called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe.
Channeling: the practice of professedly entering a meditative or trancelike state in order to convey messages from a spiritual guide.
Cross-correspondence: Separate items of information, received independently by two or more mediums, which make sense only when pieced together
Death Bed Visions: People who have an (impending) death experience may report on being greeted with deceased loved ones.
Déja-vu: a feeling of having already experienced the present situation
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena): Sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices that have been either unintentionally recorded or intentionally requested and recorded.
Experimental parapsychology: Parapsychology is he study of alleged psychic phenomena. Gathering experimental evidence is comprised of observations generated under controlled conditions rather than through other empirical research methods.
ITC (Instrumental TransCommunication): Communication with deceased persons through an instrument such as a radio (like Ghost Boxes).
Mediumship: The practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
NDE (Near Death Experiences): A profound personal experience associated with (impending) death. People who experience it can for example describe in detail what happened in the room while they were unconscious, or get shown a glimpse of what's waiting on the other side. Experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a loved one, a spiritual being or a light.
OBE (Out of Body Experiences): A phenomenon in which a person perceives the world from a location outside their physical body.
Past Life Regression: Amethod that uses hypnosis to recover memories of past lives or incarnations.
Precognition: Also called prescience, future vision, or future sight, is a claimed psychic ability to see events in the future.
Psychic senses: There are four clair senses: Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience.
Psychography (automatic writing): A claimed Psychic ability allowing a person to produce written words without consciously writing.
Psychometry (token object reading): A form of extrasensory perception characterized by the claimed ability to make relevant associations from an object of unknown history by making physical contact with that object.
Reincarnation: The belief that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.
Remote viewing: The practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target, purportedly "sensing" with the mind.
SDE (Shared Death Experiences): Loved ones and caregivers may undergo a type of end-of-life phenomena or share in the transition of a dying person.
Telepathic Communication: The ability to transmit and receive information from one mind to another.
Xenoglossy: Phenomenon in which a person is able to speak or write a language they could not have acquired by natural means.
Apparitions: The spirit of a deceased person appearing in a form that can be seen.
Astral travel (astral projections): Intentional out-of-body-experience that assumes the existence of a soul called an "astral body" that is separate from the physical body and capable of travelling outside it throughout the universe.
Channeling: the practice of professedly entering a meditative or trancelike state in order to convey messages from a spiritual guide.
Cross-correspondence: Separate items of information, received independently by two or more mediums, which make sense only when pieced together
Death Bed Visions: People who have an (impending) death experience may report on being greeted with deceased loved ones.
Déja-vu: a feeling of having already experienced the present situation
EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena): Sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices that have been either unintentionally recorded or intentionally requested and recorded.
Experimental parapsychology: Parapsychology is he study of alleged psychic phenomena. Gathering experimental evidence is comprised of observations generated under controlled conditions rather than through other empirical research methods.
ITC (Instrumental TransCommunication): Communication with deceased persons through an instrument such as a radio (like Ghost Boxes).
Mediumship: The practice of purportedly mediating communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings.
NDE (Near Death Experiences): A profound personal experience associated with (impending) death. People who experience it can for example describe in detail what happened in the room while they were unconscious, or get shown a glimpse of what's waiting on the other side. Experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detachment from the body, feelings of levitation, total serenity, security, warmth, the experience of absolute dissolution, and the presence of a loved one, a spiritual being or a light.
OBE (Out of Body Experiences): A phenomenon in which a person perceives the world from a location outside their physical body.
Past Life Regression: Amethod that uses hypnosis to recover memories of past lives or incarnations.
Precognition: Also called prescience, future vision, or future sight, is a claimed psychic ability to see events in the future.
Psychic senses: There are four clair senses: Clairvoyance, Clairaudience, Claircognizance, Clairsentience.
Psychography (automatic writing): A claimed Psychic ability allowing a person to produce written words without consciously writing.
Psychometry (token object reading): A form of extrasensory perception characterized by the claimed ability to make relevant associations from an object of unknown history by making physical contact with that object.
Reincarnation: The belief that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death.
Remote viewing: The practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target, purportedly "sensing" with the mind.
SDE (Shared Death Experiences): Loved ones and caregivers may undergo a type of end-of-life phenomena or share in the transition of a dying person.
Telepathic Communication: The ability to transmit and receive information from one mind to another.
Xenoglossy: Phenomenon in which a person is able to speak or write a language they could not have acquired by natural means.
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