I felt at ease in the presence of my brothers as they walked with me from the clouds to a beautiful garden situated to the left of a huge glorious city. There was an old stone wall at the edge of the garden between me and the city. The wall looked like it was made of field stone, stacked one on top of the other, with pink roses growing up and over the wall. Although I didn’t go into the city, I could see a few distant details, including a large building with a golden dome and other buildings. As I looked around the garden, I noticed that the colors were amazingly bright and vibrant and the air was sweet and clear. I could hear birds singing and I heard water running, like there was a stream nearby but just out of sight. There were immaculately-shaped trees and colorful flowers. I felt a silken breeze and soft, cool grass touch my skin as I stood in this breathtaking place. All the while I sensed an all-encompassing presence pouring its infinite love out onto me. I felt such joy and all I could do was stand in awe at the wonders all around me. I had an infused knowledge, or a simple ‘knowing’, that I had died and gone to heaven. I felt no fear, shock or dismay. I was floating in love and acceptance. It felt so good that I didn’t fight it. I didn’t need to. It felt right.
Loving people began to gather around me as I progressed further into the garden. Although I knew who they were, I didn’t know from where I knew them. I noticed all of these people were in their early to mid 30’s. Their skin was pink and healthy, maybe even glowing. Interestingly, they were wearing clothing from different time periods. Some of the women wore beautiful gowns while some of the men wore fancy suits. Others wore contemporary clothes like jeans or lounge wear. It appeared to me that these people wore what they most felt comfortable in, perhaps reflecting the generation they were born to on earth. Everyone was smiling and happy. It felt very strange surrounded by so many beautiful people, yet at the same time pleasantly comfortable and familiar. It felt as if I had spent time with these people before. Suddenly, I was shown the entirety of my life; everything I had ever said and done. It was like watching a black and white movie on a reel. It was clear that the people who gathered around were there to offer support. There was no feeling or judgment throughout the process. It just ‘was’. A huge loving presence stood behind me, pouring an overflowing love into me. It was right then that I learned God does not judge us. Rather, we judge ourselves. We stand there before God in all of His glory and perfection while we watch our lives pass in front of us. For me, all He did was love me throughout the review. Not a word was said and the review of an entire lifetime was over in what seemed like a “blink of an eye”. After the review, my first thoughts were “was that it? Seriously? Oh my goodness!” I wasn’t quite sure what to think about my life, but it did seem a bit incomplete. I looked at my brothers and asked “is there going to be more?” they both looked at each other and broke out in these silly grins. You may know how some brothers are, they were just smiling mischievously. I felt like they knew something I didn’t. And I was kind of hoping they would let me in on it. But they didn’t. I was in absolute, total and complete awe at this point at the life review and everything that transpired since I died on my back steps.
I definitely sensed a planned arrangement to the events taking place, like the ordering of steps or phases to a story. My brothers and the others who gathered were still with me when I heard a male voice say, “What you put out into the universe will come back to you”. Now, that statement really gave me pause to ponder. First I wondered where these thoughts were coming from. They didn’t come from me, for I had never thought about things like this before. It seemed that I had received an infusion of divine thoughts, like some form of telepathic message from God. An explanation followed. I knew that the message meant ‘good choices reap good consequences whereas bad choices reap bad consequences.’ Meaning, when we put out love, love comes back. If we put out hate, hate comes back, if we put out stealing, and cheating, then these too will come back to us. Things may come back in a different way, but it will still come back eventually. In a sense, what we do to others we do to ourselves. One never knows from which direction consequences are going to come from or when. The things we think, say and do go out into the universe, gain momentum, spin, get bigger, and then come back to us like a boomerang. I don’t know about you, but I’m not so sure I want to be hit in the head with a boomerang! I believe that the opposite of love is selfishness, not hate. Hate is born out of selfishness. I believe our world is in a very bad way today because of our collective selfishness. It also made me think that our words do have tremendous power. To be responsible in using this power, we should fill our lives with positive thoughts, prayer, beauty, and joy. Most importantly, the words that we speak are words that should build up everyone’s souls, including our own. When we are mindful of our thoughts, we can change the course of events by simply changing our thoughts. In other words, we fill our souls with the lives we choose. We fill our soul with those things we fill our life with. And what we allow into our souls comes back out of us and into the universe.
Sharon Milliman
A Song In The Wind,A Near Death Experience