Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Foreword Louis LaGrand xiii
Preface Robert Perala xvii
Introduction xix
A Tribute to Natalie 1
Halfway Home 3
Who Did That? 8
Down the River 12
Heaven Reached Out to Me Twice, but I Didn't Stay 18
This Must Be Death 30
The Realm of Restless Spirits 32
Journey through the Light and Back 39
One Man's Journey through the Afterlife 42
Don't You Die on Me 55
The Circle Bed 58
Struck by Lightning 64
A Warning and Labor of Love 70
God, Lightning, and Healing Hands 72
The Light…Pure Love 87
Why I Did Not Want to Live 95
The Indescribable Geometric Design 98
God, I Need You NOW 103
The Land of Golden Light 112
A Being Named Melchizedek 116
A Dime for More Baseball Cards 121
I Was Between Realities 124
Total Bliss 129
I Was Completely Alive 131
The Rio Guaiba River 134
A Blow on the Head 140
A Very Risky Transition 143
Dave's Transformational Experiences 149
The Mystery of the Moment 155
God Energy and Remote Healing 158
Your Little Mother of the Sky 162
Dying is the Easy Part 169
God and Love: The Only Reality 171
My Missing Five Minutes 180
I Could Not See His Face 186
My Four Near-Death Experiences 188
My Heavenly Garden 195
The First Crossing 197
Grandfather Dean's Visit 203
No Fear of Going There 206
My Most Glorious Time 208
A Birth and Awakening to the Other Side 210
Encircled by Weeds 214
A "Snow" Departure 217
A Lifetime Guided by Lessons Learned in a Childhood NDE 232
The God Spot: Our Connection to the Divine 237
Science and God 260
Spiritual Awakenings 270
Investigating Ghosts and the Paranormal 284
NDEs: The Evidence 303
The Medicine of Metaphysics 320
The Reincarnation Case 326
Final Thoughts 345
About the Author 351
