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Amazing research has been done by Dr Melvin Morse, author of �Closer to the Light" He has documented some quite compelling evidence that there is an after-life. Following are excerpts from his book.
"Michael Sabom, an Atlanta cardiologist, has done some fascinating work on out-of-body experiences and people who almost died of cardiac arrest. In these experiences, a person in a near-death crisis claims to leave his body and watch his own resuscita-tion as the doctor performs it in the emergency room or during surgery.
"Sabom had thirty-two such patients in his study. Sabom asked twenty-five medically knowledgeable patients to make educated guesses about what happens when a doctor tries to get the heart started again. He wanted to compare the knowledge of "medically smart" patients with the out-of-body experiences of medically unsophisticated patients."
He found that twenty-three of the twenty-five in the control group made major mistakes in describing the resuscitation procedure. On the other hand, none of the near-death patients made mistakes in describing what went on in their own resuscitations. This presented very strong evidence that these people were actually outside of their bodies and looking down as they said they were."
Here are some accounts as recorded by the patients themselves:
Rob's story
"When I was nine years old, my twin brother, a friend and myself were playing along the Mississippi river in Minneapolis. It didn't seem to be unusual; we often did so. What made this time out different, though, was that it was February, and the river appeared to be frozen over.
"We walked along the ice for a time. My brother was wary about doing so. I tried to tell him that the ice was "...real strong here" so I jumped up and down. On my third jump, I went through the ice.
"All was panic. The water was very cold. My heavy winter clothes were making it difficult to stay afloat. Since we were in the middle of winter, the water level had dropped a bit, and there was a layer of air between the water and the ice above. The river also maintained a current, so I was moving downstream. I continued to struggle mightily, thinking "I'm only nine. That's too young to die." The longer I was under the ice, the less significant time became. It was as if time had no meaning. Everything happened sequen-tially but simultaneously. I became very tired. I noticed that I could no longer feel the cold. My hearing was heightened. I could hear the movement of the water. I could hear the traffic on the bridge overhead and behind me. I could see clearly, even though it was dark and I was under the ice and moving downstream.
"Then, a complete calm and serenity overtook me. I was at total peace. I began to come into an awareness that all was not over. I could sense a light. It was brilliant, but caused no discomfort when looking at it. In fact, I gained strength by looking into the light. I then sensed a presence. I had the knowledge that this was Jesus, and he was assuring me that everything was fine. I felt total love from this presence. I was home. More so than I was ever home before. I was presented with a sense that all questions were to be answered if I stayed.
"He then presented me with an option-I could continue toward the light. It was becoming a part of me, and I was becoming a part of it. While the light seemed to be a single entity, there were also noticeable individuals within it. The second choice I had was to return. I wanted to stay. All was calm; all was love. I knew that whichever route I chose, it would be the right one; there was no wrong choice.
"At that moment, my brother and friend broke through the ice, precisely where I was. The odds of this seemed staggering to me; I was under the ice-they couldn't see me. I was moving downstream. How could they find me? I felt resentment at them for coming for me. But I still grabbed the large stick they placed in front of me. I was assured that this was fine; that there were still things to do before joining with the light. I allowed myself to be pulled back into my body, and then out of the water. The cold returned instantly. The heightened sense of hearing and sight gradually diminished. It was as if I had experienced what we are truly capable of, and that I was returning into a form that was inherently limiting of all that is possible. My memory seemed to change, too. Even though I had just experienced the most extraordinary event of my short life, it seemed surreal. Did it happen? Was I hallucinating? No. It was real. The memory of the event is not like other memories. Whenever I think about it, the same emotions come flooding back. An overwhelming sense that everything is "right," that this is the way things are supposed to be."
Donna's story
"It was l973 and I was 17. I was in the hospital. I had lost massive amounts of blood and had bad cramping of the stomach due to a miscarriage. I remember being in the emergency room and then they admitted me to a private room. When I was there and the doctor was examining me my heart stopped, my fever was off the thermometer, and he called in more doctors and nurses.
"I distinctly remember starting to feel my spirit leaving my body and floating up to the top of the room. As I looked down there were five doctors, three nurses, IV's being put in both arms and a heart machine all trying to bring me back! I just looked down on them and it felt so good to be up there that it was really quite beautiful and I really didn't care to go back.
"The next thing I recall was floating way up to a place in a bright illuminous light that I have never seen in this world. Words could not describe the warmth, love, and peaceful feeling that was in this light.
"I saw a huge three-dimensional screen come up bigger then any movie screen I had ever seen in my life! I just stood there watching my whole entire life pass before my eyes on this screen. Everyone I had ever encountered in my 17 years of life was on this screen. Every emotion and feeling was also played too! It was surreal!
"After that I started floating toward a tunnel. It was very long but the light on the other side was unbelievable. I was in so much bliss going toward the light. The feelings I had were so loving and peaceful, nothing like I ever felt on earth. I really wanted to go and never come back here! It was pure joy peace and bliss but I was told I had to come back, my purpose was not filled here.
"I started floating back. Next thing I remember looking down at my body with all those doctors trying to bring me back and me fighting for them not to! I could not move a muscle in my body yet as my spirit body was still moving back into my physical body. I kept saying "No, no, don't do this to me! Let me go! Don't save me!" I was really hoping they wouldn't bring me back!
"I learned one thing when I was there I will always remember. The message was to love each and every one and to judge no one and nothing! Just that simple!"