Experiencing the New Consciousness
Vicki Umipeg was prematurely born at 22 weeks, weighing 3 pounds. Her optic nerve was damaged due to high oxygen in the incubator, resulting in complete blindness. She had no visual experiences, no awareness of light whatsoever. At the age of 22, she was thrown out of a car in Seattle, resulting in severe injuries—skull fractures, concussion, and injuries to her neck, back, and leg. While being rescued in the hospital, she found herself floating to the ceiling. As she had been blind all her life, she had never seen that ring or her body. Only in that near-death experience did she see her ring.
Vicki was the research case study of Dr. Jeffrey Long, a practicing medical doctor in Kentucky. He has dedicated more than 25 years to studying near-death experiences. He has researched and reviewed more than 4,000 cases of near death expereinces and published them on his website, the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation.
Another case study is Joan who had a spinal anesthetic for surgery on her ankle. There were complications and her heart stopped. Joan describes her near-death experience:
"I went from being in my body to being in a place of absolute love. I can only describe it like being in a swimming pool, but even my body was filled with this loving. I was one with this place, but also apart from it. I was still me, but I was far more than me. I was one with everything - and it was all good.
"I did hear beautiful music, but it wasn't like our music. The music itself was part of me, but I don't think I was singing. It was more like it was just part of me, and I was part of it, but it was much more than just me. I felt weightless and free - absolutely free. I was enfolded in this loving and was part of it too. There was not one single part of me or part of anything else that was not love. Individuals did not exist in the same way as we do here. I was still me, but I was also part of the loving. I knew things without hearing a single spoken word... I knew that all religions had it wrong.
"There is no way rules and judgment could flow from this place. Earthly religions made it complicated when it was very easy. There is only love, and all of us are part of it. There is no way that we cannot be loved. We ARE love. Time did not exist. I have always loved my family on earth, but I did not miss them. I did not think of them. I was more joyful than I ever have been. I felt utterly connected to everything and everyone. We are inter-connected as one. There is no such thing as 'death'. This experience has changed me."
And this is not uncommon. Medical doctor Pim van Lommel did a follow-up two and eight years later with his 344 near-death experience subjects in his research. He revealed that the subjects’ behaviours and attitudes changed in a positive like Joans as a direct result of their near-death experience and that these changes increased with time.
But a life-threatening situation can be very traumatic. What if it is possible to move this New Consciousness state in a safe and gentle process. We believe that it is and have a new book Between Lives - Past-Life Regression, Near-Death Experiences, and the Evolution of Consciousness. Its full of self-help exercise to help readers on their journey to the New Consciousness.
Love to you all,
Reena Kumarasingham and Andy Tomlinson
