Internal Landscapes

"And I felt myself going, I was in a great deal of pain. It was a very frightening experience. I began to slip, I just started to feel myself going, and I remember trying to hold on, “I'll be ok, I'll be ok”, and it got to a point where I just couldn't. Everything began to just become very quiet, and I can remember with every ounce of strength I had, I wanted to say goodbye to my wife. It was important to me! I did, I remember just turning my head, and looking at her and saying: “I'm gonna die, goodbye Joan” and I did... It was then that I experienced, experienced what we call a near death experience. For me there was nothing near about it, it was there. It was a total immersion in light, brightness, warmth, peace, security. I did not have an out-of-body-experience, I did not see my body or anyone about me. I just immediately went into this beautiful bright light. It's difficult to describe, as a matter of fact it's impossible to describe. Verbally it cannot be expressed, it’s something which becomes you and you become it. I could say that I was peace, I was love, I was the brightness, it was part of me." Goodbye my friend Life will never end I feel like you And I breathe on truth Love is the life breath of all I see Love is true life, inside of me I know you somehow As I hold you in my heart There’s a fire in the sky And I know it’s you There's a light, it's all around And I know it's you, I know it's you I dream like you Because I believe in truth For I was always there I will always be there "It's just so beautiful. It was eternity. It's like I was always there, and I will always be there. That my existence on earth was just a very brief instant... I could say that I was peace, I was love, I was the brightness, it was part of me."