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NDE Podcast

415 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 267 ratings

Hosted by John Meser, Nora O'Dowd, & Chas Hathaway

Spirituality Religion & Spirituality Christianity
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Item #113 10/15/2018 Another Three Near-Death Experiences

October 15, 2018 12:30 - 16 minutes - 22.3 MB

Jean, Kris, and Arthur each had an NDE, and in this episode we share them. Also, we now have a Patreon page to help support the podcast. Whether you can participate or not, I THANK YOU SO MUCH for listening!

Item #112 10/13/2018 Bob’s Near-Death Experience

October 13, 2018 12:30 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MB

“A year later I was talking to my grandmother about falling and walking around and seeing everything green, and holding my head and laying down. My grandmother said, ‘You fell off the roof and you never got up until the paramedics put you in the ambulance’. I figured she was just old and couldn’t remember …

Item #111 10/12/2018 Dianne Morrissey’s Near-Death Experience

October 12, 2018 12:30 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MB

Dianne Morrissey was electrocuted, and died before she hit the floor. And her spirit, looking down at her body, had the chance to go on and see marvelous things… things that made her not want to come back.

Item #110 10/11/2018 Spiritual Home

October 11, 2018 12:30 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MB

Did you have a house in the spirit world with your own bedroom? Spencer did. In fact, Spencer’s account suggests that we all had such a place, designed uniquely for us by Father.Today we read a sample of Spencer’s experience from the book, Visions of Glory by John Pontius.

Item #109 10/10/2018 Serve Where You Are

October 10, 2018 12:30 - 40 minutes - 56.2 MB

Shibani, Ann, Leanne, and SK all had short but profound near-death experiences. Today we discuss aspects of what they experience and then share a beautiful listener comment that discusses religion, love, and our true purposes in this life.

Item #108 10/10/2018 The Question of Resurrection

October 10, 2018 12:30 - 44 minutes - 61.8 MB

After sharing the experience of Victor from Ukraine, and a discussion of his NDE, we share a listener question about resurrection, and explore some ideas around the question.

Item #107 10/8/2018 Three Short Near-Death Experiences

October 08, 2018 12:30 - 17 minutes - 23.4 MB

Kara, Tom, and Analisa each had a near-death experience. And while short, each offer interesting bits of detail about the afterlife.

Item #106 10/5/2018 Josiane Antonette’s Near-Death Experience

October 05, 2018 12:30 - 31 minutes - 43.8 MB

“My presence fills the room. And now I feel my presence in every room in the hospital. Even the tiniest space in the hospital is filled with this presence that is me. I sense myself beyond the hospital, above the city, even encompassing Earth. I am melting into the universe. I am everywhere at once. …

Item #105 10/4/2018 The Tapestry of Life

October 04, 2018 12:30 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MB

“It was Easter Monday. Early that morning I sat bolt upright in bed. My husband asked me what was the matter. I exclaimed, ‘Jesus, I’ve seen Jesus!’”

Item #104 10/3/2018 Daniel’s Near-Death Experience

October 03, 2018 12:30 - 15 minutes - 20.8 MB

“[My heart] Lub-thump… lub-thump… lub—(silence)—came completely to rest . I could immediately feel the blood flow slow down, then completely stop in every part of the body. In that first second, I became detached from the body and hovered within and around it.”

Item #103 10/2/2018 The Music of Heaven

October 02, 2018 12:30 - 45 minutes - 63 MB

In response to a very kind listener’s call, we talk about the music that near-death experiencers hear in the spirit world. Lani Leary, whose experience we shared in a previous episode, heard beautiful music in heaven, and some time after her return found herself mesmerized by the work of Iasos in a piece he wrote …

Item #102 9/29/2018 Dreams and the Near-Death Experience

September 29, 2018 12:30 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MB

After sharing the experience of Connie, who had a brief brush with the afterlife following surgery, we share a listener comment and discuss dreams in the context of the near-death experience. We also share a comment that sheds further insight on the episode about the NDE of Leola Curtis.

Item #101 9/28/2018 Sherry’s Near-Death Experience

September 28, 2018 12:30 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MB

When Sherry’s son died, she was devastated. But four months after his death, Sherry had an experience that assured her that her son was both okay, and waiting for her.

Item #100 9/27/2018 Bill’s Near-Death Experience

September 27, 2018 12:30 - 18 minutes - 25.9 MB

Bill was in a terrible car accident that left him not in pain, but rather in total comfort and relaxation. And as he left his body, he says, “I was pure energy and I was drawn to a huge white and golden light that seemed to encompass the whole universe.”

Item #99 9/26/2018 Chen’s Near-Death Experience

September 26, 2018 12:30 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MB

Chen’s NDE carries some interesting insights about the connection of the spirit and the body. After experiencing a tunnel, and then a place of warm, loving, learning, Chen was able to control his physical body sufficient to keep it alive until he was able to get back in.

Item #98 9/25/2018 Spiritual Learning

September 25, 2018 12:30 - 31 minutes - 43.5 MB

Today we share the experience of one who discovered the fascinating capacity we have to learn while in spirit form. But are the things we learn so easily in spirit form the things we came into this mortal, physical life to learn?

Item #97 9/24/2018 The Near-Death Experience of Kesha L. Engel

September 24, 2018 12:30 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MB

Kesha was in a pretty bad place in her life when a drug overdose took her out of this world, and into the next. But, like the beloved Christmas Carol character, Ebenezer Scrooge, Kesha found in her experience motivation to make a change.

Item #96 9/21/2018 The Near-Death Experience of Leola Curtis

September 21, 2018 12:30 - 30 minutes - 42.2 MB

My grandma, Leola Curtis, felt sick one day and went to the hospital. Despite all the tests they ran, they couldn’t find the cause of her illness. Yet she worsened, unable to keep anything down. And during the six days she spent in the hospital, she weakened, and finally passed out. That’s when her experience …

Item #95 9/20/2018 Lani Leary’s Near-Death Experience

September 20, 2018 12:30 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MB

Lani Leary went to the dentist (sad to say, after reading so many dental NDEs, I’m a little less comfortable now getting dental work done!), had an allergic reaction to the nitrous oxide, and died. And floating over her body, rather than feeling sad about her death, she felt compassion for the poor dentist, who …

Item #94 9/19/2018 Bonni Burrows’ Near-Death Experience

September 19, 2018 12:30 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MB

Bonni Burrows had several near-death experiences—including one as an infant. But her experience as an adult offers some absolutely beautiful insights into the spirit world. The audio for this episodecomes partly from a video of a panel where Bonni gives a summary of her experience.

Item #93 9/18/2018 Pre-Mortal Life Insights

September 18, 2018 12:30 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MB

In her book, Embraced by the Light, Bettie Eadie shares some remarkable insights about our life as spirits before we came to earth. In this episode, we read from chapter 13, which shares potential answers to questions about earthly trials, choosing spouses/families before mortality, when the spirit enters the baby, reincarnation, and our individual life missions.

Item #92 9/17/2018 Larry’s Near-Death Experience

September 17, 2018 12:30 - 23 minutes - 32.2 MB

Larry was driving his wife to work, when he started suddenly feeling dizzy. After switching drivers, he passed out. The next thing he knows, he’s in a tunnel that is unlike anything he’s ever seen before.

Item #91 9/14/2018 Love the Person You’re Wirth

September 14, 2018 12:30 - 12 minutes - 16.9 MB

Howard Storm’s near-death experience gives us many insights into the afterlife. But his conversation with Jesus about God’s plan to save this planet shares even more insight into this life. In this episode, we hear Howard’s voice sharing his own account of the story many have come to call, Love the Person You’re With.

Item #90 9/13/2018 Howard Storm’s Near-Death Experience

September 13, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 95.7 MB

Howard Storm was a hard-core atheist. The biggest surprise of his life came when he died, and found, to his absolute shock, that he still existed. Howard’s book, My Descent Into Death, is available on Amazon.com

Item #89 9/12/2018 Erica McKenzie’s Near-Death Experience

September 12, 2018 12:30 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MB

Erica McKenzie was slowly killing herself. It wasn’t that she wanted to die, but she never felt that she was enough. The problem became severe enough that after taking a narcotic diet pill (which is only supposed to be taken for a short time) for nine years, it finally killed her. That marked the beginning …

Item #88 9/11/2018 The Border

September 11, 2018 12:30 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MB

Raymond Moody, in his groundbreaking book, Life After Life, talks about a border that many near-death experiencers come to that seems to separate them from this life. In this episode, we read five short samples from his book that demonstrate various types of borders people come across, and the implications of crossing those borders.

Item #87 9/10/2018 Four Types of Near-Death Experiences

September 10, 2018 12:30 - 26 minutes - 36.9 MB

P.M.H. Atwater is both an experiencer and a near-death researcher. Her book, The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences is not a repository of NDEs, but rather a kind of encyclopedia of the various aspects of near-death experiences. Today we read a few short samples from her book on the subject of four types of near-death experiences: …

Item #86 9/7/2018 Ranelle Wallace’s Near-Death Experience

September 07, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 98 MB

Ranelle Wallace was in a terrible plane crash that left her not only severely burned, but in a critical condition. Her near-death experience which follows is incredibly detailed, insightful, and absolutely beautiful. Ranelle’s book, The Burning Within, shares more detail than what we read today.

Item #85 9/6/2018 An Anonymous Near-Death Experience

September 06, 2018 12:30 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MB

Do we have names in the spirit world? With our thoughts being open, is it possible to keep communication between only two people? Sometimes it’s the short experiences that have answers to profound questions.

Item #84 9/5/2018 Amy Call’s Near-Death Experience

September 05, 2018 12:30 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MB

If you’ve never heard Amy Call share her experience, I highly recommend hearing her tell it. That said, the text version of her experience has details not mentioned in the video, so while I do read the text for this podcast, I recommend also watching the video.

Item #83 9/4/2018 Juliet Nightingale’s Near-Death Experience

September 04, 2018 12:30 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MB

Juliet Nightingale didn’t just have a near-death experience, she was given what she calls a “tour” of several of the realms in the spirit world. “The best way I can describe this ‘tour’ was like being in a circular enclosure of windows,” she says, “each pane revealing something different… but when I’d focus on one …

Item #82 9/3/2018 Kimberly Clark-Sharp’s Near-Death Experience

September 03, 2018 12:30 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MB

When Kimberly Clark-Sharp’s heart stopped, she felt great. Doctor’s shouted that they couldn’t get a pulse, but Kimberly felt better than she had in many years. The only thing was, Kimberly was dead. And if she thought being out of the body felt great, she came to learn that it didn’t hold a candle to …

Item #81 8/31/2018 The Near-Death Experiences of Traci and Anne

August 31, 2018 12:30 - 26 minutes - 36.3 MB

Traci was in a terrible car accident that sent her into the void, which she describes as, “far more real, beautiful, sensical and loving than the material world I had previously thought was ‘life’.” Anne developed an abscess that was to be surgically removed. Scarcely did they have her admitted for surgery, and her spirit …

Item #80 8/30/2018 When Does the Spirit Enter the Body?

August 30, 2018 12:30 - 33 minutes - 45.3 MB

When does the spirit enter the body? Is it at the moment of conception, or the moment of birth? The first response I have to give is, I don’t know. But are there experiences that shed some light on this subject? And the answer to that question is yes. Both Todd Burpo’s book, Heaven is …

Item #79 8/29/2018 NDEs and Astral Travel

August 29, 2018 12:30 - 34 minutes - 47.1 MB

After sharing three anonymous near-death experiences, we have a brief discussion about astral travel—whether or not it’s always what it claims to be, and just for fun, an even shorter discussion about the bell sound sometimes mentioned by experiencers. The three experiences are taken from the archives of IANDS.org.

Item #78 8/28/2018 Laurelynn Martin’s Near-Death Experience

August 28, 2018 12:30 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MB

Laurelynn Martin was in the middle of a promising tennis career when a routine surgery suddenly threw her into the afterlife. “As the brilliance increased and the encompassing rays stretched to meet me, I felt that time, as we know it, was nonexistent. Time and existence were a blending and a melding of the past, …

Item #77 8/27/2018 Diane’s Near-Death Experience

August 27, 2018 12:30 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MB

Is this life an experience or a test? What is the purpose of good and evil? How much choice do we have about the conditions we are born into? Diane receives answers to these questions in her near-death experience, and we discuss some of these questions further.

Item #76 8/24/2018 The Near-Death Experiences of Jenna and Erica

August 24, 2018 12:30 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MB

Today we share the experiences of Jenna and Erica, both listeners to our show. Jenna overdosed on a highly hallucinogenic drug, and saw a glimpse of her own funeral. And Erica experienced a profound shared-death experience surrounding the death of a beloved aunt. Special thanks to both Jenna and Erica for sharing these profound experiences …

Item #75 8/23/2018 Pegi Robinson’s Near-Death Experiences

August 23, 2018 12:30 - 56 minutes - 77.7 MB

Pegi Robinson had two near-death experiences. The first was at age five, but it wasn’t until about two decades later that the memory of that experience returned—and when it did, it came back strong. But if that five-year old experience wasn’t enough, her second near-death experience as an adult took her all the way heaven …

Item #74 8/22/2018 Maria’s Near-Death Experience

August 22, 2018 12:30 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB

“I was dizzy with a headache, so I went to bed. In the morning, I was awakened by my daughter. It was around 10 o’ clock. I woke up very dizzy with a strong headache. I made a little breakfast for my daughter, who would turn five the next month. Since the breakfast cereal box …

Item #73 8/21/2018 Ian McCormack’s Near-Death Experience

August 21, 2018 12:30 - 28 minutes - 39.4 MB

While on a surfing trip, Ian MacCormack was bit by a deadly poisonous jellyfish. After a grueling struggle to stay alive long enough to get help, Ian’s body gives way, and he dies. But upon his return, he completely turns his life around—and not just because his life nearly ended.

Item #72 8/20/2018 Mary C. Neal’s Near-Death Experience

August 20, 2018 12:30 - 26 minutes - 36.1 MB

During a kayaking trip with her husband, Mary Neal became trapped against some rocks with the intense white-water river rushing over her. As a medical professional, she recognized the ligaments tearing and bones breaking as she was twisted and pulled by the water. But when the unexpected lack of pain suddenly found her rising safely …

Item #71 8/17/2018 The Near-Death Experiences of PJ, Gina, and Jackie

August 17, 2018 12:30 - 23 minutes - 32 MB

PJ, Gina, and Jackie each had an NDE. And though the experiences are quite similar, each offer some unique insights into the spirit realm.

Item #70 8/16/2018 Sharon Milliman’s Near-Death Experiences

August 16, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 127 MB

Sharon Milliman had not just one near-death experience, but four. In this special episode, we interview Sharon, and talk about each of her four NDEs, as well as several other spiritual experiences she’s had. Sharon’s experiences shed such a beautiful light on heaven, and offer the hope that not only is there nothing to fear, but …

Item #69 8/15/2018 Ronna Lackey’s Near-Death Experience

August 15, 2018 12:30 - 17 minutes - 24 MB

Ronna Lackey had at least two NDEs, and from them, she learned the importance and value of doing family history. Often those we meet on the other side of the veil are family, and in Ronna’s case, she didn’t recognize the spirits she met. Only later, in looking through old photos, does she see the …

Item #68 8/14/2018 Linda Stewart’s near-Death Experience

August 14, 2018 12:30 - 30 minutes - 41.6 MB

Linda Stewart died after a long, painful illness. But then she returned. And though discussions of death were not previously welcome, suddenly she couldn’t keep from talking about her own, because during her own death, Linda had a beautiful, remarkable experience that changed the direction of her life. Completely altered her belief system, and after …

Item #67 8/13/2018 Mache’s Near-Death Experience

August 13, 2018 12:30 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MB

After sharing Mache’s simple yet profound NDE, we discuss a listener’s questions on priesthood, temples, LGBT lifestyle, and suicide.

Item #66 8/10/2018 Amphianda Baskett’s Near-Death Experience

August 10, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

When a 105 degree temperature put Amphianda in the hospital, she was just feeling a little off. But after a few moments of delirium, she found herself leaving her body and entering a beautiful landscape.

Item #65 8/9/2018 Alma’s Near-Death Experience

August 09, 2018 12:30 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

After a long period of illnesses, surgeries, and finally a seizure resulting in heart -attack, Alma died. Gratefully, she returned. But when she returned, she had a story to share that she just couldn’t keep silent about.

Item #64 8/8/2018 Music from Home

August 08, 2018 18:55 - 1 hour - 83.2 MB

Today we veer off the beaten path a bit. In response to a generous listener, in this episode I discuss a project I’ve been working on for the past couple years to write an album of music intended to reflect the music one might hear in Heaven. The album, albeit incomplete as yet, is called Home. …

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