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Long, Jeffrey with Perry, Paul. God and the Afterlife. HarperOne. Chapter 4. Anna. 2016
God and the Afterlife - Anna - Chapter 4 - 2016
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Anna had just given birth to her son when she began experiencing severe postpartum hemorrhaging. The bleeding started as a gush of blood that suddenly turned into an endless river, causing her to lose consciousness and slip into a coma. This life-threatening medical emergency triggered a profound near-death experience.
During her NDE, Anna experienced what she described as the most real thing that had ever happened to her. She realized that the life she had been living was merely an insignificant experiment she had volunteered for, and that her true identity was not Anna the woman who had just given birth, but rather a light being made of light in every sense. She was composed of the same light as the light emanating from a clear pool before her. This light sensed and felt everything, thought and understood everything perfectly. She experienced the profound realization that she was finally back home. The light also represented a lightness of being - no gravity, no strings attached, complete freedom from all earthly burdens. Anna felt overwhelming happiness that she would never have to sleep or eat again, would never feel tired, and would be free from all negativity and anxieties. She experienced herself as just being, understanding that this is humanity's true purpose - simply to be. She recognized that the light itself was God, and she was made of the same divine light substance. The experience fundamentally transformed Anna's understanding of existence, revealing that physical life is temporary while the light-being essence is eternal. She came to understand that God is the light, and that humans in their essential nature are made of this same divine light, suggesting a profound connection between the divine and human consciousness.
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Profound awareness of being made of same light as God
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