| Show Near Death Experience Tops the Bestseller List Lorraine Del Amor Staff Writer j 1 IT w was s twelve days before Christmas and Fall quarter had hadj j been n wrapped up p in a neat package I e of term papers final exams and other iother Near Death Experiences NDE's I was returning a reference book Life After Life by Dr Raymond Moody and was looking for something light to read during quarter recess It was in the library that I felt my spirit being swiftly drawn down to a tunnel lined with books on psychology metaphysics and religion In a split second my life seemed to pass before me There at the end of the tunnel I was Embraced by the Light a book written by Betty Jean Eadie The book cover promised to shed greater enlightenment and knowledge of death experiences ces than any other published Embraced by the Light is now in its it's week as the New York Times best seller Betty J. J Eadie has been well received around the w No one sect religion nor gro group p of people has a monopoly on eternal truth or knowledge world via television and personal appearances She tells her story of going to Heaven and coming back Her message of love has garnered the attention of an audience dying t to t know f r t t. t the J JI I answers sug surrounding 1 a g CJ perplexing questions of life and about life after this life There is no death Eadie reveals the glories and wonderment in vivid detail as she remembers her per greater eternal life experience The reading is eff effortless It It- Itis is peaceful without boring detail and intriguingly mysterious If one hasa has a belief in eternal existence of the soul it is a joyous power booster to that f no faith matter which one the reader is currently tuned into For those who are skeptical or nonbelievers nonbelievers nonbelievers non- non believers r reading ading the book could fuel slow burning embers ers of dis dis- dis- dis belief Either way it is a useful glimpse into heaven and an uplifting message message message mes mes- sage of hope The recollection of her spirit world journey beyond this physical realm rings heavily with Latter- Latter Saint Day doctrine Although Eadie said in an interview on December 17 1993 at Murray Utah that she does not have any religious background in the Church I have talked with several of her readers who believe that she is Many others with whom I have discussed the book think that the author must be very New Age metaphysical It could be that the ideas contained therein are very sin similar lar when brought into the light of unconditional love According to Eadie she was addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed and instructed by the mag- mag Light B Being who slie claims to be the Christ Jesus She was told by Jesus that we are all on different levels of understanding acceptance and spiritual growth No one sect religion nor group of people has a monopoly on eternal truth or knowledge Eadies Eadie's mother was a Native American Indian and her father an Irishman The seventh of often often often ten children in a dysfunctional al alcoholic alcoholic alcoholic al- al coholic family Eadie was raised in a Catholic orphanage and various foster homes Her strength of being came carne from an inner knowing of self worth and love which has been revitalized revitalized by her experience in Heaven Since Dr Raymond Moodys Moody's extensive extensive extensive ex ex- ex- ex research h of NDE's in th the mid thousands tho sands of people have had the courage to come forth and tell their stories of dying and coming back The contents of Eadies Eadie's book reveals more than any single study of death experiences She describes this beautiful garden where the flowers trees waterfalls mountains every everything hing is alive and hums with a musical vibration that sings praises to God Everything Everything Everything Every Every- thing is embraced and embraces with the Light Eadies Eadie's curiosity about the physical physical physical cal world lead her to ask questions about the life she had just left She was wac told that we select our bodies our parents our circumstances of birth in order to give us the best challenges to ou our perso personal aI growth She shares in h her r book and in 1 interviews th the z reaSons reasons why we experience negative hurtful relationships and the answers to our purpose in being on this earth Each of ofus ofus ofus us has a destiny which we create with each thought choice that we make and act that we pe perform Whether or not we fulfill our mission mission mission mis mis- sion or promises to one another which we made prior to our earthly existence is entirely up to each ach in in- in Eadie has been shown her mission mission mission mis mis- sion but was told that when she returned she would not remember the details The pie only instruction that she was given is the same one given b by Jesus as S written in the Bible It is also the basis of every religious leader on this planet whose goal it i is isto isto to experience experienc the greatest Joy fO for forr f mankind and guide the children childr n of God back home Betty Eadies Eadie's s experience experience experience ex ex- of the Light reinforces the Heavenly message to Love one another Loved equally and unconditionally unconditionally unconditionally we weare are be being g encouraged to remember through Embraced by the Light we are e all Gods God's children |
