From the time that they pronounced me that was
a good 45 minutes They cut my clothes and then
they paddled my heart my heart stopped and I
could see people screaming and crying But I didn't
realize that was actually my physical body because
I was somewhere else The only thing that I could
feel if you can imagine Absolute love and peace
there wasn't anything else to be felt. I was
greeted by people I'd known in the past I'm back
home again. Incredibly safe and felt at home.
I'd like to welcome today our really special
guest, Lynn Arches Rapaport. How are you, Lynn?
Good. Thank you for having me. We've been threatening
to get together for a long time. I'm glad we
can finally do it today. Today's good. A good
day to do it. People are going to love to hear
your story. I'll just tease it a little bit.
It has something to do with surfing and the ocean.
And that all sounds wonderful. Before we jump
into it, let's just get to know you a little
bit. If you don't mind, tell us about Lynn. Okay.
Well, I live in Massachusetts. I'm a mother of
three and a grandmother of two. So my three children
are adults and they're mid, early, mid thirties,
soon to be 40. And my grandchildren, Seven and
two and I'm also a teacher. I've been teaching
and mentoring teachers I teach chemistry and
math and I've also Mentored teachers over the
years and phenomenology and I believe it was
Bridget cook birch that Referred you to us and
we appreciate her for that She was great. She
was on the show about a month or so ago and and
really Beautiful she has an amazing story beautiful
work that she's doing just a beautiful human
being. Yeah Well, that's why you work with her,
right? That's right. I Can't imagine working
with anybody else unless they're beautiful human
beings All right. Well, I think we ought to jump
right into it. Take us back a few years Tell
us where you were and what led up to that faithful
day. Yeah a few years boy. That was probably
almost 50 years ago, 48 years ago. I was trying
not to expose that side of you. Thank you. I
appreciate that. But the truth is the truth.
And I was surfing with my boyfriend. We were
in Puerto Rico. He had already gone out. He was
surfing and I was kind of new at surfing at that
time. So I took my time watching the waves, kind
of snorkeling around to see what was on the bottom.
of the ocean where we were staying. So when I
went out, I misjudged the waves, and I got caught
on an inside set of waves, which means that,
you know, waves break in sets. They might come
in four, six, or eight. There might be a kind
of a lull in between the waves, making it seem
like maybe there's only four waves to a set.
and which is kind of what I had misjudged, thinking
that there were four to six waves to a set, and
there were actually about eight to 12 waves a
set, and they were pretty big. I thought they
were about four to six feet, about shoulder height,
which is about what I could surf, but they were
much bigger, and they were very, very powerful,
and they call Puerto Rico Little Hawaii because
it's very similar. reef bottom and the, you know,
the thickness of the waves. So when those waves
really hit you, feels like a ton of bricks are
falling on me. I got pushed under the water and
basically I had a, it was a drowning experience
that I had had. And I was pulled up out of my
body. And when I was pulled up out of my body,
I... could see what was going on below me and
I could also see in front of me my father that
I grew up with. I could see a tunnel with a shadowy
being and I could see Jesus on the other side
of the tunnel and then there was this white very
white light that was it kind of reminded me of
lightning but in that moment when I was experiencing
it I felt like this is God this is the all -powerful
and I was put on this bench that I was kind of
hovering over an old old rickety kind of a bench
and I was put in front of a old -fashioned white
screen with a projector that was in back of me
that was showing me my life review from that
moment all the way to I was told by this voice
That it was my time to be born and I didn't want
to be born and they had said but you had asked
for these parents for the lessons that you needed
to learn and then At that time I was thinking
well, maybe it might not be too bad to go through
that tunnel and Then I was told that it wasn't
my time And then I was shot back down into my
body where I was told to go back and tell everybody
to share the story that I had experienced and
to also tell people that I am that I am. So that,
I mean, that's a little bit of a short version
of the experience. There was a lot of, I would
say phenomena that, I mean, looking back, I can
say that it was kind of a phenomena that I was
experienced, just the warmth and the love that
was so overwhelming because I grew up, you know,
with my father thinking that he never loved me.
When I was in front of Him and I was experiencing
His beingness, I just felt this immense love
coming from Him. And it was really very confusing
for me because I thought that He never loved
me. And then, of course, there was love coming
from Jesus, and I always felt that I was loved
by Jesus. And then there were these entities
or beings that were down at the end of the tunnel.
And they were kind of chanting and saying, you
know, through telepathic, asking the question,
is she coming? Is she coming? And this shadowy
being that kept walking up and down the tunnel
that I saw where these beings were at the end
of it would come up and ask my father, is she
coming? And then he would look over at Jesus
and Jesus would say, patience. And then he would
tell the shadowy being, not now, and then he
would go down and tell this group of beings that
were waiting for me at the end, asking, is she
coming? Is she coming? That experience, observing
that happening, I would say probably happened
three or four times. As I'm viewing my life review
also in front of me, as I'm also seeing people
gather below trying to rescue me, somebody had
yelled. Hey, there's a woman over there drowning.
Let's go save her. So there's about four people,
four to five people that had lined up, risking
their lives to go out into the ocean to save
me. When I was brought back down into my body
and then I popped back up out of the water, there
was a young gentleman who said, you know, give
me your hand and had passed me down, down the
chain of people that had formed. and laid me
on the ground and somebody had called my boyfriend
out of the water at that time and he had come
up to the beach and I was trying to talk to him
about what it was that I was experiencing and
he had gotten his head kind of close to my face
and said, don't ever tell anybody that because
they'll think you're crazy and lock you up in
a mental institution. Ah, the 70s and 80s, where
everyone thought you were crazy if you said something
about your near -death experience. I appreciate
the short version, but I want as much more detail
as you can also give us, if you don't mind. Sure.
And then we'll come back to what happened in
the saving portion. Does that sound good? Sure,
yeah. I can relate to these waves, okay? When
I was a kid, I lived in Hawaii. I got pounded
by plenty of waves. And there are times where
you're being held down. There are times where
you're trying to swim towards shore and you're
actually going backwards out. And it's really
easy to panic. It's really easy to get afraid.
In the sort of act of drowning, how were you
feeling? Was it fear? Oh, for sure. There was
a moment where I realized that, oh my gosh, I'm
drowning. And if I get pushed under and I go
in one of those caves, I'm never gonna be able
to come back up. And I remember praying, please
God, don't let me drown. Please let me get out
of this. I felt like, I mean, I just couldn't
breathe. I couldn't catch a breath. Every time
I would pop back up, I was gasping for air. And
there was this kind of rocky cliff that I was
thinking that if I could just get over to this
rocky cliff and climb up it, then I'll be okay.
And finally there was a wave that did come. and
push me up against the cliff. And I was climbing
up it. And at the time as I was climbing, there
were sea urchins. It was just loaded with sea
urchins and shells and all these. I could hear
the sea urchins cracking off into my body and
the wave. And I was praying, please, God, don't
take me. I'm not worthy to go. I haven't done
enough in your name. Please don't take me. And
it was at that moment that I was pulled up out
of my body and I Was I remember Observing that
I was three. I was like these three entities.
I Was the space that I could clearly see I mean
I was like an observer observing all three of
these entities I was this kind of face I could
see my body below drowning trying to get out
of the waves and trying to climb up this this
reef with all the coral or sea urchins and then
I saw This kind of like a cloudy version of me
immediately go over to the divine to this light
that reminded me of like a a sharp lightning
bolt and and sit right away on this or at least
hover not really said but hover over this bench
and I just remember it kind of Experiencing that
for a split second and then my face entity joined
this cloudy version that I call the spirit. I
mean, I feel like that was my spirit self joining
the divine right away. And then there was my
soul and my personality that had left my body
and separated from my spirit and then joined
it again because I wasn't dead or I was hovering
on whether I was going to die or not, I guess,
and then seeing my physical body. Also at the
same time, I mean I was seeing in my life review
Just little things I might have said or did that
Might have made people uncomfortable and what
I could I just remember feeling this icky feeling
in my in my stomach even though I didn't have
a stomach but Because my physical body was on
the ground that I just remember feeling kind
of icky about some of the things that I might
have said to somebody to hurt their feelings
or to do. And then I just felt like I had this
whole vision of what was happening at the same
time. All this stuff is going on at the same
time that I'm aware of it. And then I was aware
that there were like animals from Africa, like
giraffes and lions and tigers and they just all
were running. and they were running away from
a fire. And then I remember seeing women and
children, they look like they might have been
from India, and that they were dying because
they didn't have clean, safe water to drink or
to cleanse themselves with. And so when I came
back into my body, of course, I'm just overwhelmed.
And I just remember the first thing that I said
to my boyfriend was that I saw God in Jesus.
And what was his initial reaction? Was that the
crazy or did something else hit him first? I
think the fact that he said that I saw God in
Jesus, I think that was his initial reaction.
And then trying to mumble other things that I
had experienced, his initial reaction was, people
are going to think you're crazy. Don't tell them
that. They'll lock you up. I mean, back then
people would have Obviously, I thought I was,
you know, crazy. Tell me more detail about seeing
God in Jesus. So Jesus was, I mean, all of these
entities that I experienced, except for God,
who was this light, lightning, white light. Jesus
was kind of in a cloudy formation, kind of floating
next on my right hand side, next to the tunnel.
And he wasn't the Christ. I remember him as Jesus.
Jesus as the young man that I had learned about
in my catechism classes. And then there was my
father. And so Jesus was dressed in these cloudy
type of colors that were all kind of coming together
and gold and blue and pink. And my father had
more of earth tones of brown, light brown and
tan. And then there was that shadowy being that
had a real clear Elvis type of hairstyle. And
he seemed to know my father, actually, the two
of them. Energetically, I could feel like they
knew each other. There was something there that
connected with the two of them. And who was that?
I write about that in my book, actually. I don't
discover that for years and years and years until
afterwards. But I go into great detail in my
book about who that shadowy being is. But I mean,
I was kind of afraid. I didn't know what I was
going through. I was like, you know, I'm scared.
Jesus was like, I was getting the message from
him. Everything's OK. It's OK. It's okay, and
it was just such a warmth of love That I was
feeling I just felt like I was totally surrounded
by warmth and love and that I could just kind
of let go and not Be afraid not you know to be
okay with whatever was going to happen which
In that short amount of time towards the end.
I felt like okay All right, I can do this can
walk down that that tunnel and that's when I
was told that It's not my time and I have to
go back and share my story with everybody and
tell everyone that I am that I am What does that
mean? I am that I am exactly. What does that
mean? I mean that took Pondering on that for
years and years I mean you grow I grew up the
bush the burning bush right talking to Moses
But I think for me what that means is I am that
I am is that God is everything, is all one. We're
a part of God. We're a part of each other. We're
all related. We're all connected. We're all one.
Whether it's spiritually, physically, physics,
you know, if you look at physics, chemistry,
biologically, but all sentient beings, all are
connected. It's kind of like a big spidery web
and we can feel what's going on energetically
from one side to the other. We all know vibrationally
and energetically that there's something else
there besides just us. So for me, I am means
that I am God. I am connected to God. I am just
a drop in the ocean and that God's the ocean
and I'm a drop along with many other beings.
Hmm. That's really cool. You mentioned that there
were beings at the end of the tunnel that were
chanting. What's your insight on that? Who do
you think they were and what did they want? I
think they were a welcoming committee, kind of
welcoming me there. If so, they were relatives,
ancestors, or friends that I had known from somewhere
in my past before that had all come together
to welcome me to wherever it was I was going
to be going. Were they disappointed that you
weren't able to go at that time? I don't know
to be honest. I don't think so. As soon as I
thought about joining them, I was gone. There
wasn't any other time for me to pick up. what
else what's going on what my father might have
thought what Jesus or The shadowy being or the
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I was young, I didn't have a lot of experience
to experience. But a couple of significant ones
were this one young girl in high school. I just
remember sitting at the back of in the back of
the class and seeing where I had called out and
made fun of her last name and just kind of seeing
her shoulders slump and just how ridiculed and
shameful she felt that I was feeling. There was
a young neighbor, didn't have much money, needed
to go to a wedding. She had a child. And we went
looking for a dress for her to go to a wedding
at the mall at the time. She couldn't afford
to buy it. And I said, well, why not? Let's just
go ahead. I'll take it. And so I took the dress
off the rack and stole it and put it in the the
baby carriage, well, we got caught. And because
she was Hispanic and I was white, she was found
guilty and I was found innocent. And just how
that slowed up her life and made it difficult
for her. But yeah, those are, I mean, those are
probably the three big, big ones. And then the
other thing was, I think for me, was this, I,
because I was so angry at my parents. It was
a very dysfunctional family. My mother was an
incest victim, you know, never, never really
recovered from that. And my father I grew up
with was an alcoholic. And, you know, they were
two traumatized people trying to raise children
together without having worked through any of
their trauma. And there was a lot of anger, there
was a lot of hitting, there was a lot of yelling.
So I just remember when I had been told that
I had chosen these parents, that was huge for
me. That I had actually chosen these parents
because I needed to incarnate through them in
order to learn the lessons I needed to learn,
which were resilience and perseverance for me
in this lifetime. So I looked at them totally
different, more compassionate, and I understood
that they were trying to do the best that they
could with the tools that they had. Not that
that excused some of their behavior towards me,
but it made me understand that I could have compassion
for them because I understood that they had limited
resources. They were doing, I mean, the fact
that I had, you know, eight children had a roof
over their head and food in their stomach, that
was huge. You know, my mom growing up used to
always say, be lucky you have a roof over your
head and food in your stomach. And it was right.
That's all they could really do, you know, is
really be able to do that. Tell me how you came
to this realization. Was this something that
Jesus told you or? How did you come to know this
thing about your parents and how you chose them?
That was part of my life review. That was the
end of my life review where I was told by this
voice, I don't know if it was God, I don't know
if it was an angel or Jesus. I don't think it
was Jesus because when I was experiencing Jesus
in my near death, this was Jesus the teacher,
it wasn't Jesus the Christ. I just was told in
my life review that it was time for me to be
born and I had asked for these parents. That's
when, and it took me, I'm not saying I came to
it overnight that all of a sudden, I mean it
was very confusing. It took years and years and
especially during those times of the 70s and
80s where, I mean I didn't even know, you couldn't
even get a book that you could. Find out that
it was a near -death experience because that
word had not even been coined by Raymond Moody
yet It wasn't until the 70s mid 70s. I think
that Raymond Moody coined a near -death experience
Yeah That's true. It was mid 70s. So did you
grow up? Catholic you mentioned Catholic school
I did My mom converted to being a Catholic and
we went to catechism. I went to catechism. I
went to a Catholic school until fifth grade and
then public school, but then had to go to a catechism
class every Friday. So I'm just curious of the
things that you experienced, especially being
out of body and the things that you saw and experienced.
Were they in line with what you had learned in
catechism? Were they different? Is this part
of why it's taken you so long to process all
of this? Yeah, that's a really good question
because one of the concepts that I had struggled
with for years was, is this a memory? Is your
brain trying to remember their last memories
before you die that's imprinted? as you're going
through this experience, is that just some memory
that's still living? And I don't remember, I
mean, it might've been, I don't know, to tell
you the truth. I mean, the only thing I knew
about the I am that I am was I had vaguely heard
that that's what the Bush told Moses, and that
Moses, the Bush, The burning bush was God. I
mean, even to this day, you know, is this really
what I am that I am means? I mean, a lot of people
have different ideas about what it means to them.
And I think as an individual, it's different
for everybody. But I think that I was able to
embrace that it was something that really happened
to me because of my upbringing as a Catholic.
because of my belief and because I believe that
Jesus was always with me. I knew that I was always
going to be loved no matter what. I feel that
that helped me make it real, that experience
real to me. But it took a long time for me to
be comfortable, to be able to talk about it because
honestly, I didn't know if I was going crazy,
if I was making things up or if I just was imagining
all this as part of, you know, drowning or, but
then after I did, you know, my research and I
mean, over the years, I've done a lot of research
and I became a member of IONS, the International
Association of Near Death Conference. I've had
three PhDs. Students do studies on near death
experiences. Anyways, it's worked out to where
I've It's like you said, I've kind of ticked
off all the little spots that make this known
that this is what other people have shared with
similarities that this is a near -death experience.
I might not have died on the operating table
and been out of it for 20 minutes or something,
but my experience was definitely an out -of -body.
Experience that I probably was taken out of my
body before the actual drowning incident, but
I definitely was drowning. Oh Yeah, and that
happens a lot when there are things that are
really traumatizing ways of dying Horrible traffic
accidents things like that. I hear this all the
time so that you don't necessarily have to experience
all of it Alright, I want to get back to physically
what happened with the people that saved you
and stuff. But before I do, was there anything
else from the experience you wanted to fill in
that I didn't ask about? I think I pretty much
got everything. Hey, you did great. Thank you.
Okay, so these wonderful people decide we're
gonna go out, we're gonna save her. How did that
work? It was like it was in slow motion because
I was observing. People coming down running down
the beach coming together lining up creating
a line because they had to go out up, you know
on this rock that I Was getting banged up against
that I had climbed up to a point and then was
taken out of my body But when I was thrown back
into my body and I was washing up against the
rocks They had formed a line and this probably
a surfer Said, you know hit give me your hand
when I pop back up out of the water and then
they Just kind of toted me down the line and
then the last person Which happened to be a woman
actually kind of carried me over to the sand
and I just remember laying down on the sand and
A woman with a white towel came up to me and
she was trying to give me this white towel And
I said, oh no, I don't want to get blood or anything
all over it. I mean, I didn't know what I look
like. So she goes, No, no, believe me, you need
this more than I do. And then I just kind of
fell on the sand. And then that's when my boyfriend
came in. And I tried to tell him what was happening
to me. And then I just passed out. I remember
hearing somebody say, call the ambulance, call
the ambulance. So an ambulance came. And then
I was brought to the hospital, kind of unconscious
eventually. I woke back up as the doctor and
my boyfriend were kind of talking over me, thinking
that I couldn't hear them and stuff. And I woke
up, kind of stayed there for a few more hours
to make sure that I was okay and that he had
recommended that I go back to the States to get
away from the moisture because I had some deep
wounds that were on my body that would heal better
in a dryer. climate, but we had been there for
probably four weeks. We were going to be there
probably for another couple of weeks. So it was
going back home a little early. So long trip.
Okay. This next question, this is really not
important. I'm just curious. You mentioned sea
urchins all over these rocks. Did you get the
quills stuck in your skin? I did. Yes. Okay.
For people that haven't experienced that, how
do you get rid of them? Well, you know, they
they actually were broken up underneath my nails
Type of thing they had broken off in my skin
And when I of course when I was experiencing
my life review, I mean there was no pain. I couldn't
feel anything until That moment on the rock where
I could hear the crunching and the breaking off
and feel it but when I was put back in my body
I Could feel where all these urchin Sea urchins
had broken off their spines had broken off into
me and so in the hospital the doctor pulled out
underneath my nails because he you know, they
were wondering if my nails were always kind of
pink and red like that or if that was due from
the You know the puncture of the sea urchins
and stuff But you just pull them out Okay And
maybe there's different kinds of sea urchins.
I don't know but I know that quite often these
quills They go in like let's say in your knees
or something that that hit them and They're often
in far enough and they're kind of barbed that
they can't really be pulled out and They actually
absorb and go away after a few weeks or months
Well, I had some in my back and those I know
there's like a little kind of a hook I think
at the end of the quill Yeah, they're kind of
They're kind of barbed. Yeah. Right. Yeah. So
I don't think they went in that deep. It was
just underneath where the fragment of the quill
was broken off and embedded in me and in my skin
and in my legs, my back and stuff. I don't remember
that I actually a quill went all the way in to
where it was going to make it difficult to pull
all the way out. Anyway, very often they do.
They go in, they break off, and then the top
is below the skin. It's not worth digging around
to pull them out because they do actually go
away on their own, but it is not pleasant. Yeah,
I didn't know that. I didn't know they actually
went away on their own. That's good to know.
When we spoke previously, you used the term,
if I remember right, this was more real than
real. Do you still feel that way and what did
you mean by that? I think what I mean by that.
I mean after all these years It seems so vivid
I can remember everything our memories start
to fade But this particular or you know our experiences
unless it was so traumatic though You know we
remember and maybe that's why I remember because
this was pretty traumatic but it just felt like
that What I was experiencing was more of a reality
of what I experienced here in my body on earth.
It seemed to be more real. It was more real to
what I could relate to than what oftentimes I
can relate to here on earth. I mean, there was
so much love and warmth. that I was, my whole
being was in to be surrounded by that. And here
on earth, it's almost like it's one of those
rare things you meet somebody that is sincerely
filled with kindness and love and you want to
be around them. And you can't be around them
because they might live halfway across the world
or something and you get to experience them for
the moment. But this was a moment that felt like
it always is like this. always like being in
this pure love all the time that exists in one
place. And here on earth, it feels like, you
know, we're looking, you know, most of us are
always looking for this. You know, we're looking
for that love. We're looking for this person,
you know, to kind of give us that love and to
make us feel loved and to make us feel better
as opposed to being in this environment. or this
experience that I was in, that it just felt like
this is the way it is all the time. And why wouldn't
I want to be in a place like this that is like
that all the time? I think that really brings
a lot of comfort to people. If we've lost a loved
one, people might say to us, oh, they're in a
better place. And they mean well by that. It
sounds so trite. but they mean well and I think
what you just explained helps them realize it
really is better in so many ways and it's okay
if they're gone and that we're gone someday.
How much fear of death do you have? I don't have
a fear of death. I don't want to have pain. I
think we all have kind of fear of pain, but I
don't fear death at all. I feel it's something
to look forward to and to work for because I
feel like that we are spiritual beings having
a human experience and that we've come here to
learn our lessons. And because I believe in reincarnation,
I mean, I think it takes many lifetimes to get
it right. And so I think that we have an opportunity
to be able to learn as much as we possibly can
about compassion, kindness, and love, and how
to treat each other, and not just humans, but
all sentient beings, Mother Earth, the birds,
the ants, you know, of just being kind. From
those experiences, we're preparing this in -between
place between death and rebirth. So one other
question. I hear from time to time about reincarnation
from people that I talk to. I also talk to people
that don't believe in it. I want you to explain
something for those that believe in it as they're
talking to people that don't believe in it. Let's
kind of fill that gap and also the opposite of
that. Do you know what I mean? How do we make
a bridge between these two beliefs? And that's
a good question. And well, I think for me, and
I do know people, I have family members, I have
friends. I mean, I have a son that doesn't believe
in reincarnation. He'd like to believe in it.
But I think just sharing our stories, we all
have our own individual stories and experiences.
And that I find oftentimes by just listening
to each other, that there's a bridge. that we
can come together and share. For those people
that don't believe in reincarnation, basically
they're, I think they're just saying, this is
it. This is the end of it. You know, I don't
know where I'm gonna go, but there's nothing
after that, you know, whatsoever. I think for
me and for people that believe in reincarnation,
it gives us hope that our consciousness is going
to continue. And that also too, that we're going
to be available, that we're still going to be
available, even though we might not be in the
physical plane, but in the etheric plane or the
afterlife, that we can still be available and
help those people that we, on earth, our loved
ones or our friends here on earth also too, to
kind of help make the right choices and help
them on their journey of learning. I mean for
me I'd like to think that this is not just it
and what I experience kind of confirms it for
me that there's much more than this. It's not
just this physical plane. I really do firmly
believe that we are spiritual beings and a physical
body learning our lesson. Whether you believe
that you get a one -time shot and that's it,
I just think that the lessons that we have to
learn because of our 12 senses that we experience,
it's hard to not experience all those senses
or wanting to experience those senses and then
have to learn that, oh, you know, it's not good
to be drinking all the time and become an alcoholic.
And maybe that might carry over into the next
life that you have to learn that I need to clean
that up. What do I need to learn to where I don't
get swayed by that? Sense when I'm in my next
life. I think so many people believe what you
have just explained But they don't call it reincarnation.
Does that make sense? What would it be called?
An afterlife an eternal life a life that keeps
going on in some form or another that we don't
really understand and there may be an afterlife
that Doesn't necessarily include coming back
to this earth to do it again, right? Right. So
is that reincarnation or something else? I don't
know. I don't really care. It's okay. Exactly.
Yeah. Okay. I appreciate those insights. How's
the writing of your book coming along? I actually
have two books now that are finished. My book
about my memoir and my near -death experience
in DNA and Tangled is finished. It's with Steiner
Books Publishing. And I just finished a children's
book on discernment. I'm working on another book
about the 12 virtues. You're busy. Try to be.
Any last thoughts you want to leave us with?
Yes. Please go to my website and sign up to be
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any crashes or any near -death experiences. Thanks
to our Efforts today. Anyway, Lynn, I appreciate
you being with me today. I think we've all learned
something. I hope so What have you learned Eric?
Oh my You know, I don't want to say it's something
I learned but something that I have been reminded
of today And that is the reality of an afterlife
Okay, you said what you experienced was more
real than real. I really believe after we die
and the permanent version of die It is a real
thing we don't need to worry about it because
it is a real thing and it's going to be a great
thing and We certainly don't want to end our
lives here early because we're here to learn
and experience things But it's also going to
be wonderful when it's time to move on Yeah That's
a good that's a good way of putting up Thanks
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