페란 씨의 아들은 식물과의 의사소통이 일상적으로 일어나는 가정에서 자랐습니다 이 경험이 소년에게 어떤 영향을 미쳤을까요？ 그에게는 의심의 여지가 없죠 그들은 살아 있습니다 그들은 그를 이름으로 부르죠 식물들이 그를 부르면 그는 대답합니다 잠시 다 같이 토론을 하기도 합니다

알렉산더 페란 씨는 언어와 음악을 통해 식물과 소통할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라，식물이 우리에게 많은걸 가르쳐준다고 믿습니다 그들은 우리에게 많은 걸 알려줘요 즉，앉아있는 생활 방식，서로 가까이 살아가는 법 등에 대해서요 게다가，오늘날 동물과 식물의 세계에는 우리가 아는 것 이상으로 훨씬 더 많은 상호 지지가 있다는 게 증명됐어요

자연은 동식물로 우리 세상을 아름답게 하는 동시에 아직 발견되지 않은 신비함이 기다리고 있죠 동시에， 알렉산더 페란 씨는 전자기 장치를 사용하여 식물과 소통할 수 있는 방법을 알아냅니다 마치 식물의 손 아래 피아노를 놓는 것과 같습니다 당장은 어떻게 사용해야 할지 모를 거예요 장치는 식물이 하려는 말이나 그들이 내는 소리를 번역하는 장치가 아닙니다 그들이 음악을 만들거나 적어도 우리와 의사소통할 때 사용할 수 있는 도구이죠

그녀의 임사체험 이후 트리샤 바커 씨는 우리가 살아가는 이 세상을 어떻게 하면 더 좋게 만들 수 있는지에 대한 많은 영감을 얻었습니다 짧은 상호작용인 이 세상에서 매 순간 빛을 퍼뜨리거나 그렇지 않거나 둘 중 하나죠 그렇다면 빛을 전하는 게， 선함을 전파하는 게 어때요？ 온 세상에 기쁨을 퍼뜨리는 건 어떨까요？ 아마도 우리가 할 수 있는 가장 중요한 일 중 하나는 사랑을 퍼뜨리는 일일 겁니다

임사 체험 이후 트리샤 씨의 영혼이 몸으로 돌아왔을 때，그녀는 자신이 다른 사람이었다는 걸 깨달았습니다 전 간호사에게 물었어요， 『전 얼마나 죽어 있었죠？』 제가 죽었다는걸 알았습니다 『신을 뭐라고 생각하시죠？ 신은 놀라운 빛의 힘입니다！』 그리고 이러한 것에 대해 이야기하기 시작했죠

트리샤 바커 씨는 임사 체험을 겪는 동안， 수술실에서 천사들을 보았습니다 그 후 이 천상의 존재들과 다시 연결될 수 있다는 걸 알았습니다 몸이 아주 많이 아팠어요 저는 신과 그 천사들에게 기도하기 시작했어요 눈을 감고 명상했어요 저는 제 척추와 등 쪽에서 일하고 있는 같은 천사들을 느낄 수 있었어요 사고 직후에 그 천사들과 연결되었어요

큰 교통사고를 겪은 후 트리샤 바커 씨는 병원으로 옮겨졌고 그곳에서 놀라운 임사체험을 경험하게 됩니다 응급 척추 수술에 들어갔을 때 저는 육체를 빠져나와 위로 올라갔어요 수술대 위에 있는 제 몸을 보았어요 저는 이 육신이 끝난 이후에도 영적인 형태로 지속한다는 점，즉 우리의 정신과 영혼이 오랫동안이나 계속된다는 걸 확신했습니다

킴벌리 클라크 샤프 씨 그녀 자신의 임사체험은 죽음을 앞둔 사람들과의 그녀의 일에 많은 도움이 되었습니다 이들과 일하는 게 좋습니다 그들 인생의 마지막 부분이기 때문이죠 그들에게 신성한 시기예요 신성한 시기의 일부가 되는 것은 정말 영광이죠 제가 죽음을 두려워하지 않는 것이 도움이 됩니다 그들이 그냥 다른 곳으로 간다는 사실을 전 알거든요 그들이 여기에는 없지만 사라지는 것이 아닙니다 어떻게 설명할지 모르겠네요

사람들이 임사체험을 할 때 이미 떠난 사랑하는 이들을 종종 만나고는 합니다 그들은 정말 행복해합니다 하지만 사랑하는 이들은 그들에게 아직 때가 아니니 다시 돌아가라고 하죠 그렇지만 그들은 사랑하는 이들을 다시 만날 수 있다는 사실을 알게 되어 평온을 얻게 됩니다

킴벌리 클락 샤프 씨는 병원 응급실에 있을 때 삶의 고삐를 그냥 놓아버렸습니다 그렇게 했어요 삶을 놓았죠 그때 전 완전히 다른 곳에 있는 자신을 발견했어요 그리고 뭔가가 나타났어요 그 『무언가』를 언어로 설명할 수 없네요 많은 이들이 신이라 부르는 『근원』이라 부르는 그 무언가를요 제겐 커다란 밝은 빛이었어요 그건 그저 우레와 같은 힘이자 태양보다 그 무엇보다 밝은 빛이었어요

Where does that come from? Is the thought coming from the individual? So, an analogy I like to use is the Sun and clouds. So, the Sun being consciousness and clouds being our mental state or our brain, things that are blocking the rays of consciousness to come in. And when we do things like meditate or a near-death experience is maybe the best example where all the clouds go away. There are ways of removing clouds so that more rays of consciousness come in. But I think methods like meditation, sensory deprivation, yoga, these are ways to remove some of the clouds and then maybe we get a spark of creativity and we don't know where it came from, but it's kind of that ray of consciousness getting in.

Does consciousness exist beyond the body and brain? Mr. Gober has found considerable scientific and anecdotal evidence suggesting that consciousness exists beyond the brain. Perhaps the most compelling support comes from near-death experiences. “In the life review, the example of Dannion Brinkley, after he relived his life four times, he saw the pain that the inflicted and he saw the joy that he gave to people. So, when he came back from his near-death experience, his life changed dramatically. He was much less materialistic. He became a hospice volunteer. And he understands the accountability that we all have, that our actions matter beyond what happens in this body.”

On today’s program, we’ll hear from Mr. Mark Gober, author of “An End to Upside Down Thinking” and host of the new podcast, “Where is My Mind?” In addition, Mr. Gober is on the Board of Directors at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), a research center dedicated to exploring and expanding human capacity. “What is the relationship between the brain and consciousness? Does the brain create consciousness? Let’s think about the philosophical implications.” “And the thesis that I arrived at is it’s not that consciousness comes from the brain, but it’s the other way around. That consciousness is the basis of all reality existing beyond space and time. And the material world is an emergence or an experience within consciousness.”

Today we’ll hear some accounts of near-death experiences from renowned heart surgeon, Dr. Lloyd Rudy, interviewed by Dr. Michael Milligan, president of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Heath. And all of a sudden! Nobody spoke. Because everybody in that room felt a ‘presence.’ And he stopped bleeding just like that. What is your take on that, Dr. Rudy? Oh, there’s something out there that people with faith, believers, is there. Some people call it God, some people call it other things, Buddha, or (Prophet) Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him), or whoever. It has convinced me there is something out there.

Twelve-year-old Aviral Pokhrel of Nepal has an unusual ability. He can see colors and objects through his senses of touch and smell. I try to feel using my hands, and if I’m unable to identify things clearly with my hands, then I try to smell them. And based on their smell, I can tell what they are. Sometimes it just comes to me, then based on that I say what it is and it matches, too. And when we practice even more and more deeply, and go even deeper, we may be able to just hold a book in our hands, just shake it to even figure out what’s there on which page number of the book.

For centuries, reincarnation remained a mystery, leading to questions about human existence and the nature of previous lives. Nowadays, however, many individuals are coming forward to share detailed memories of their past lifetimes. Dr. Jim Tucker, a renowned past-life expert from the US, has recorded 2,500 cases of children remembering their previous incarnations. Oscar winner, AFI Life Achievement Award recipient, and legendary Hollywood actress Ms. Shirley MacLaine has long been sharing her past-life memories in media interviews, including on the TODAY show.

People who undergo near-death experiences realize that there’s a greater form of love than the worldly variety. You realize the importance of love, perhaps to a much greater degree than before. Quite often you don’t know how to set about it. Now the kind of love God’s looking for, that really teaches us is not the kind of self-development love, but it’s developing other people, helping other people and so forth. Whichever way you look at it, your consciousness, or your spirit continues after death, and that you will meet with God, in one way or another again. You will find that God is a God of Love, and that He is concerned for you as an individual, and that I think is the main message I would like to communicate.

Mr. lvan Rudolph is a world-renowned author whose latest book, “Living beyond: Making Sense of Near-Death Experiences,” details near-death experiences he compiled over 40 years, since hearing of his father’s case as a young child. (In) a real near-death experience, the body is left behind, and the spirit comes out of the body. And the spirit can see the body there and the medical people working on the body perhaps. If you go far enough in this experience, you go into what’s called a Life Review. During this Life Review, you can actually see other people’s thoughts. So, we tend to think we live a very private life inside our heads. But it’s not quite like that.

So, one of the first lessons in the search for God material is to learn how to cooperate with God. And I think that the Cayce information emphasizes the fact that we are really Divine emissaries. Mr. Kevin Todeschi often prays to the Divine for guidance on how he can be of service to others. Cayce recommended every morning getting up, and after your meditation, to sit there quiet and just become very centered and say aloud or quietly to yourself three times, “Lord, what would you have me do today?” And then listen. And from that you can get insights into what you should be about, what you should be doing.

Cayce would say dreams can give you insights into your physical health, your emotions, and your spirituality. Your dreams have your best interests at heart. They come from your Higher Self, your spiritual self. Cayce would say that people are always trying to get guidance, and that the subconscious mind, the superconscious mind is trying to give you guidance. All you have to do is watch your dreams. I think dreams can give us insight into things we need to work on for our own growth and development. We might get insight into things only our Divine Self knows about.