I don't know whether my brain works in ways as mysterious as our reported god works, or whether I just take different side roads to most people, but it's rare that I relate so completely to someone.
It was on a walk in the bush that revealed the similarities between the path of Hervor's life and my own (and at that point it could be construed both literally and figuratively). We spoke of our new jobs etc, as we have both recently undergone a period of unemployment, the rigours of job hunting, and the adaptation necessary to blend into the new work place. However, it was when Hervor mentioned a conversation she'd recently had with someone that I was struck by the similarities: How often do you get the chance to speak to someone that has died? Or more importantly, speak to someone ABOUT that death experience. It just so happens that both of us recently had the opportunity to do that very thing.
As we compared notes, it was revealed that both people that had experienced death had died of a heart attack. Neither had a prior history or family history of any heart problems.
It was at this point that the shared path Hervor and I were on, diverged. Hervor's respondent came away from the experience believing that there was absolutely nothing after death, where as mine emerged from the experience convinced that there was definitely something although she couldn't determine exactly what. However, neither of them experienced the famed Tunnel of Light phenomena.
If on the off chance life lessons were to be taken from our conversations of flatlining, it would seem that the synchronicity is over and Hervor and I are headed in opposite directions - either that or what we're going to find when we get there is very different.
Ah, on this topic we will diverge further - as i explain how we didn't diverge at all.
ReplyDeleteOur experiences didn't differ. We both spoke to people who had died - in remarkably similar circumstances - who then went on to live to tell the tale. We asked similar questions of them.
The only difference was the beliefs they shared with us. The man I spoke with, believed there was no afterlife before he died, and his death only confirmed that belief. The woman you spoke with, did her death change her beliefs at all?
Regardless, there have been weird parallels in our lives lately.
PS I think there is more to our walking trail than initially meets the eye.
Yes, her experience changed her beliefs as previously she believed there was nothing after death.
ReplyDeleteYes, our walking trail does seem to possess many unseen dimensions.