NEAR DEATH STORY
 In the following few webpages I want to explain what happens to the earthly astral shell of the dying person, and about those souls who cling to the earth plane and do not immediately travel down that tunnel of light into the afterlife planes. I hope, also, to clear up one or two misconceptions about ghosts and phantoms, and perhaps reassure you that you are unlikely to spend eternity haunting the room in which you died or rattling chains in some spooky mansion.
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What To Do If You Get Stuck Between Worlds?
You take the corner a little too fast and break a little harder than you should. Now the steering has a mind of its own. You try to compensate, but it’s too late. You’ve hit the curb and now you are hurtling down a steep embankment. At this speed you may be dead in an instant.
 When it happened to me, it felt as if someone had pulled the plug on reality. The world slowed down to an almost dead stop. “So this is it,” I thought, yet I was surprisingly calm within. It was the classic my-life-flashed-before-me scenario. All the important events and people in my life filled my head simultaneously. In the same moment, I understood all the things I wanted to achieve in the world and within myself. Just before the car hit the bottom, an unruffled thought took sovereignty: “I wonder what comes next?”
Fortunately, the actual crash was cushioned by undergrowth and I had no severe, much less fatal, injuries. Only my hands were badly bruised. I’d gripped the steering wheel so hard that I had bent it to the dashboard. My passenger, however, completely freaked out.
THE SHOCK OF NEAR DEATH AND SUDDEN DEATH
It’s understandable. The shock of the sudden and unexpected event took him over the edge, so to speak. In those few seconds while I had contemplated my life, he explained later, he had left his body and ran frantically through the woods ahead of the car. In the area of the crash, he felt himself running and running forever through the dark forest.
 Now, supposing that the accident had been far worse and we had been killed? Suppose it had happened to you. What would be your immediate experience of the afterlife plane?
During the moments before death, most people have a sense of calmness and acceptance. They are then drawn into a tunnel of light and through into another world. However, for some, the shock of their death is so great they do not even realize they have reached that state. Would you panic at the end? Perhaps your spirit, on the order of my unfortunate passenger, would continue for a time to run pell-mell through the woods at night--sparking fear in unwary travellers hiking through the woods.
NEAR DEATH - COULD THE SPIRIT GET STUCK?
In the unlikely event you “get stuck” on the earth plane, what would happen? At first, the world would appear the same as usual to you, until you notice...nobody is reacting to your presence. You speak, but no-one seems to hear a word you say. You yell, repeatedly, but people just carry on without noticing you. You shout, you hit at them, you try everything you can to get their attention--but nothing works. Even the people you really care about cannot see you. “Nobody” is watching you: It’s paranoia in reverse!
Some spirits stay around like this for a short period of time. Often they are in a stupefied somnambulistic state, almost unaware of what has happened to them. Occasionally they are angry at their situation or try to rectify the things that went wrong. They may be concerned about unfinished business, such as the division of the legacy of their estate, or are determined to confront someone that may have been the cause of their death.
NEAR DEATH & SUDDEN DEATH
The shock of sudden death can create this earth-bound situation, but it is usually a very temporary state. Most new spirits soon realize what has happened and become aware of their guardian spirits and deceased loved ones. Once the new spirit recognizes the situation for what it is, it is a simple matter for the guiding spirits to draw them fully into the light of the afterlife.
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WHY ARE GHOSTS HERE?
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