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My wife and I were sitting in a
restaurant in Chanhassen, Minnesota. It was during the noon rush, and the
restaurant was packed. Behind us in
a booth sat two elderly gentlemen. Even though the place was noisy and we
were near the kitchen, we could hear what they were talking about.
One man was telling the other about his heart attack. He had been taken to
the VA hospital, and the doctors had brought him back to life. While he
was out of the body, he had visited this incredibly beautiful place. The
doctors had brought him back, and he was still angry with them.
He woke up cursing at them. "The least you could do is thank us for saving
your life," they said.
His friend didn't seem to understand that the experience had been a crisis
in the fellow's life. His wife had died earlier, and he was anxious for
assurance of life after death.
When the two men left, they passed by our booth. I stopped them and said,
"Excuse me, but we overheard your story and found it very interesting."
"Yes," the man said, "I died and came back into the body. But while I was
gone, I went to heaven. Now I'm no longer afraid of death. I take care of
myself now whereas I never used to before. It's because I'm also no longer
afraid to live.
“It’s a wonderful experience you had,” I told him, “and perhaps your
telling it will do good for many others.” Then we said good day to each
other, and he went his way.
Once an individual Soul has made contact with the inner worlds, he loses
his fear of living here. This is the greatest aspect we can offer in
ECKANKAR. Not the conscious awareness of the inner planes through the
dream state or through Soul Travel, but losing the fear of living here and
now, today.
Harold Klemp,
The Book of ECK Parables,
Volume 3, pp. 191-192
“Life here does have purpose,
for it gives each person a chance to
learn the duties and joys of becoming
a Co-worker with God.”
Harold Klemp,
The Living Word, Book 2, p. 102
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