My life flashed before my eyes.

 

28% of the American population believe that the words in the Bible are literally true. As a result, there are a number of elected officials in this country who believe the world was created in six days “as we know them”.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/americans-bible-word-of-god_n_5446979

Mark Twain has been credited with this bit of wisdom:

It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.

There are numerous examples of contradictory information in the Good Book, and the links below will give you two quick examples:

https://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2010/09/bible-told-me-so.html

 

https://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2013/04/noahs-ark-and-othe-rfairy-tales.html

 

The Bible also says that Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead (16^th chapter of Mark, the 28^th chapter of Matthew, the 15^th chapter of 1 Corinthians, the 24^th chapter of Luke, Acts 1:3, and John 20:26) which has led many people to assume that He was the only person to come back to life after dying. At his point, you need to refer to Mark Twain again.

The truth is, LOTS of people have come back to life after being officially dead – and it’s more common that you might think. Officially, it’s called a Near-Death Experience. Some 10 percent to 20 percent of people who come close to death report them — about 5 percent of the population at large. 

No two Near Death Experiences are the same, but the most common experience (in 80% of the cases) involved people believing that they have left their body. Another well-known feature (experienced by about one quarter of those having an NDE) is the “life review” — in which a person’s life flashes before their eyes. 

Some two-thirds of those having an NDE meet another person — often a dead loved one. What’s especially strange is that sometimes experiencers “meet recently deceased people who were not known to have died.

There have been at least 13 books published about Near-Death Experiences – and you can find all of them on Amazon:

https://www.joincake.com/blog/near-death-experience-books/

(I have read “Proof of Heaven”, by Dr. Eben Alexander)

The New York Post recently published an article by another doctor, Dr. Bruce Greyson, who provided NUMEROUS examples of Near-Death Experiences.  Here’s one of them:

“About fifty years ago, Dr. Bruce Greyson was eating pasta in the hospital cafeteria when his beeper went off. Startled, he dropped his fork and left a drop of spaghetti sauce on his tie. 

Greyson, a psychiatrist, was urgently needed in the ER to treat a college student who had overdosed. With no time to change his dirty tie, he grabbed a white lab coat and buttoned it up to hide the stain. 

In the ER, he found the student unconscious on a gurney, her breathing slow but regular. He called her name — “Holly” — and tried to rouse her. But she didn’t stir. 

Greyson left Holly and met her roommate, Susan, at the end of the hall in the lounge. Unbuttoning his coat, he sat down and asked Susan to recount everything that had happened. 

The next morning, Greyson returned to work at the hospital. Though Holly was awake, she was also groggy, her eyes closed. 

Greyson leaned in. 

“Holly, I’m Dr. Greyson,” he said. 

Holly stirred. 

“I remember you from last night,” she mumbled. 

Greyson was confused. 

“I didn’t know you could see me,” he said. 

“Not in my room,” Holly muttered. “I saw you talking with Susan, sitting on the couch.” 

Suddenly Holly opened her eyes, looked Greyson in the face and added, “You were wearing a striped tie that had a red stain on it.” 

Greyson was shocked. 

“What?” he said. 

Holly went on to recount Greyson’s conversation with her roommate and nailed every detail. 

“My immediate reaction was almost terror: This can’t be happening,” Greyson told The Post. “After a few days, I thought this couldn’t have happened. It must be some trick that people played on me.” 

The encounter, however, continued to gnaw at him. Greyson began studying these so-called near-death experiences (NDEs) from a scientific standpoint, collecting hundreds of stories from those who’ve had them. He discovered that Holly’s experience was not unique and that many people who survive the jaws of death report strange out-of-body experiences. 

Since meeting Holly, Greyson has published hundreds of academic papers and co-founded the International Association for Near-Death Studies. His search for answers is chronicled in his new book “After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond” (St. Martin’s Essentials), out March 2. 

https://nypost.com/article/five-percent-have-had-near-death-experiences-research/

Near-Death Experiences have not gotten a lot of traction in popular culture, but were prominently featured in the 1990 film “Ghost”.

 Ghost is a 1990 American romantic fantasy thriller film directed by Jerry Zucker, written by Bruce Joel Rubin, and starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn, and Rick Aviles.

 The plot centers on Sam Wheat (Swayze), a murdered banker whose ghost sets out to save his girlfriend from the person who killed him. Ghost was theatrically released on July 13, 1990, by Paramount Pictures.

The film received mixed reviews from the critics but was a huge box office success, grossing over $505 million on a budget of $22 million to become the highest-grossing film of 1990 and at the time of its release the third-highest-grossing film of all time Adjusted for inflation, as of 2015 Ghost is the 93rd-highest-grossing film of all time.

Despite mixed reviews, the film received five nominations at the 63rd Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Film Editing, and winning Best Supporting Actress (for Goldberg) and Best Original Screenplay. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_(1990_film)

Here’s the best scent in the movie:

The best scene from Ghost Movie 1990 - YouTube

 

A word of warning:

Patrick Swayze died on September 14, 2009. If you see him walking down the street towards you – don’t panic. Just ask him how he like his new address.