Near Death Experience Reports Excerpted

I would go through many terrible experiences to the point of wanting to commit suicide, but if I committed suicide I would not be allowed to come home. 18a/4009

I was bereft. I wanted to be back there so much I even considered suicide - but because I wasn't sure whether the manner of dying affected what happened to you, I didn't dare. 24a/3997

I felt a very strong feeling of depression or failure or something along those lines. This persisted throughout the experience. This is just an interpretation based on subsequent studies of NDEs, but I think it probably had to do with the way I got there (suicide attempt) and the fact that I hadn't completed my mission. 42b/922

[Suicide Attempt] I, in a way had judged myself, and clearly had an instant understanding of my life. And how important it is to play our lives out to the end regardless of how hard it is. 58b/3444

Is There Evolution in Nonphysical life? One would think so. But maybe not. Why would the self want to enter physical life? For evolution? Hasn't it been evolving all along? So one theory could be that the self is not evolving before or after life and enters physical life to gain the benefits of evolution.

A communication occurred, through instantaneous osmosis, rather than our human verbalization. The communication concerned my pre-natal chosen human life's work as well as some basic universal laws, which I had overlooked in my human form. 46d/Sept. 8, 2002

On the other hand perhaps the evolving self enters physical life for a special type of evolution which will merge with its ongoing nonphysical evolution.

I also felt that I had a purpose, a mission that was not yet fulfilled in this life. This was not a work I had to finish, but rather a stage that I had to complete in this life, a form of spiritual growth. 53b/2377

I came back with the feeling that I am supposed to be here. However, I didn't get the feeling of a great purpose or important work to accomplish, just a sense that things would not evolve the way they were supposed to if I didn't live out this life. 101e/Review

Reminder: evolution proceeds from parent to child only in physical life. In nonphysical existence evolution would progress along some other continuum.

If there is evolution in nonphysical existence an afterlife guide in your string dear reader would be more evolved than you. For example you cannot affect past individuals in your string, but your guide can. In physical life an adult might recognize himself as a toddler in a high chair (cf. 69a/3933). The reverse would be very unlikely.