Daniel Rosenblit sees God and is overcome with grief and regret because he lived a life of self-indulgence, atheism and the persecution of religious people. As an atheist, he made fun of those who believed in the afterlife. After his near-death experience, his life changed. I looked up and saw God. Even though I was not a spiritual person, something inside of me recognized Him immediately. At that very moment, I knew beyond any shadow of a doubt that even an atheist would recognize Him immediately.
Immediately, I placed my hands over my eyes and wept, because in an instant I knew that all of those spiritual people that my friends and I had so often mocked were all right and I was all wrong! Dedicating one's life to be faithful to God in all things was the only purpose of our existence. Unfortunately, I had been living my entire life disregarding God and His ways, and I was now painfully aware of this fact.
Conversely, I instantly knew that if I had built my life around God, I would have been overjoyed at this magnificent sight. Unfortunately, since I had lived such a totally self-serving existence, I was in a hellish state of indescribable agony and sorrow.
Again, I reiterate that all during this experience, I was in shear agony. I still remember being on my knees while this blinding light broke and crushed my false-ego. This 'breaking' process was extremely painful.
Then, I saw it was as if I had been living behind a curtain my whole life. All of a sudden, this veil of illusion was lifted and the floodlights were shining on me. I saw Reality. Reality is that everything is really veiled spirit. Incredibly, I saw that I had been on display my whole life. Every thought, word, and deed of mine had been recorded since my birth and was now being fully exposed. Everything that I ever did in secret was now being brought out into the light for review in front of God and all the heavenly hosts!
The truth that I experienced is that the finality of death is merely an illusion. When I died, my consciousness never left me, but instead had moved into another dimension. My personality didn't change at all. However, since I had lived such a narcissistic life this whole transition was a very painful one.
My entire life was now laid out bare before the Lord and all the heavenly hosts. I knew that they were all there as the awareness of their presence was clearly felt by me. It was as though all the actions of my entire life had happened at the same time.
I was shown in reality my entire life had been one huge test and I was now being graded on literally everything! Every word, deed, and even thought. My judge was not some immense being on a great white throne. Something had come out of myself (I believe that it was my soul) and sat in judgement of me. I had never recalled ever being in touch with this aspect of myself before. "It" was not partial to me even though "it" resided within me. "It" sat in judgement of my entire life taking a totally objective and impartial role. I knew "it" would just as soon plunge me into hell rather than offend God. "It" knew perfection which was God's standard, and all of my actions were compared to this standard. By perfection, I mean pure love. I was was shown that pure love was serving God and others without having any self-centered motives at all. I saw that pure love is God's divine measuring stick and that all of my actions were compared to this standard.
God showed me that throughout my life, I had occupied the throne, the center-stage, of my life. I had lived for and had served myself foremost. I was motivated by self-interest in everything that I did.
Actually, I hadn't even performed one action that was acceptable to God my entire life! Not even one! I was shattered, spellbound, speechless, and panic stricken all at the same time. I cried, "I can't believe it! I've wasted my entire life!" I had absolutely nothing to show for my time spent here.
Fun and pleasure, which was once everything to me, wasn't even in my mind anymore.
At this point, all that mattered to me was to find pure acts of love to offer to God so that He would accept them. I feverishly searched, but to my dismay, there were none.
God showed me how easy it was to find Him. He gave me a bird's eye view of my past and I saw all the effort I had exerted in my life toward the attainment of worldly pursuits. I was shown that this whole system of creation was like a rigged roulette wheel in a casino. As much as one tries, one could never be able to fully satisfy one's selfish desires. It's virtually impossible because this creation is a rigged game. I swear to you, this is the truth!
Next, I was shown if I would have put forth only 25% of this effort toward serving or meditating on God that I had used in the pursuits of my lusts, I would have already found Him!
At this point, if I had been in touch with my physical body, I would've pulled out all of my hair in anguish. I would've torn all my clothes to pieces in agony over the realization that I had thrown away such a truly "more than golden opportunity.
Your life is a golden opportunity. This opportunity is about living a spiritual life in this dark world. To live a spiritual life is to live a humble life that is totally submitted to God's will, serving Him in everything that you do and treating your neighbor as you in turn would like to be treated.
The more that my past was examined, the more the tears and regrets consumed me. I had actually been serving the false-god. My prideful, self centered attitude had actually put me at odds with God. Since I had lived a self centered life, everything I did was sin! The pain of these realizations were beyond words.
Also God showed me that this entire creation (including plants and animals) is groaning in pain over its separation from Him. He also revealed to me that He is behind all monotheistic religions that submit to His higher authority. They are all dear to Him even though very few people truly practice them in the spirit the way they are meant to be practiced.
Not to say that all religions have the same measure of God's light in them - they don't. What God showed me is that the most important thing is to really live what our religion teaches. Even if you have the greatest religion of all, it won't do you any good if you don't put it into practice in your life. And whatever you practice becomes a part of you, either good or evil.
Also, God revealed to me the kind of Love that He has for people. He looks at all of us throughout the eyes of eternity. His overriding desire is to purify the darkness of our souls, irrespective of the suffering He has to put us through to achieve that end. Though, it will greatly minimize our suffering if we learn to accept instead of fighting against our situation in life.
I then felt myself in God's arms. I did not actually see Him at this point, but I felt incredible comfort and his Divine Love. This feeling of God's divine love is so magnificent that it is virtually impossible to describe. I will say it makes the greatest pleasures of this world seem pale by comparison. At this point I knew beyond any doubt that I had been granted forgiveness for my sinful life.
God had truly blessed me beyond imagination. He showed me everything I did that was wrong and it was as though I got a Divine spanking for it. Then, He graciously showed me how to live in His light. Next, He gave me my life back and said in a wordless way, "Now live it, but for Me!" God had personally taught me the basics of spirituality and then gave me a fresh, new start.
How it changed my life:If the good news is hidden to anyone, it is hidden from the one who is on the road to eternal death. Satan, who is the god of this evil world , has made him blind, unable to see the glorious light of the gospel that is shinning upon him, or to understand the anazing message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is God. (2 Corinthians 4:3-4)
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