NDE experience of love: Long excerpt #22

Radiation oncologist Jeremy Long writes in his article, "Evidence for Survival of Consciousness in Near-Death Experiences: Decades of Science and New Insights" - "The NDERF survey question regarding love requested a narrative response by asking, “If yes or uncertain, describe in as much detail as possible.” The narrative answers to this question described the love encountered in NDEs as immense, all-encompassing, and universal. As you read these quotes from NDErs about love, you can feel the passion in their words:   

There was nothing that was not love. This love is not what we know on earth. It has nothing to do with feelings. It is like transitioning from being unable to breathe to where everything is air. It is the essence of everything and what we are. I would not call it love, bliss, peace, or oneness. It is an indescribable sense of belonging to everything, being everything, and being home.

 

I was surrounded by unconditional and never-ending love. It was the origin, a fabric of all that everything is made of. It totally enveloped me and held me.

It is all and only about LOVE. We come here to love ourselves as a part of God. We also come here to love everyone.

"Near-death experiencers often describe the love in their NDEs as a part of everything, as if love really does connect everyone and everything. NDErs routinely express the love they encountered as all-encompassing and beyond any love they could have possibly known in their earthly lives. In NDEs, this universal, enveloping, and extraordinary love is consistently described. This regularly described unworldly love in NDEs exemplifies the remarkable consistency of spiritual content in NDEs. Here are more examples of love described in NDEs:

Love and overcoming the fear of death is what it's all about. There is no death. Light, love, and God are the same. Accessible and free.

I became aware of the totality of unconditional love and that it was endless there. Love did not have to be earned, as it was already offered to all who would accept it.

We are love, peace, and all that is on the other side. That is what our soul is made of, and that is what we should be sharing.

"Many near-death experiencers emphasized that the love they encountered was beyond human language:

The human word "love" can't begin to address true love.

Love wasn't a stand-alone and clearly defined item. It was part of everything else. It was pervasive.

The love I felt was indescribable. No words can describe how profound it was.

"For near-death experiencers discovering such all-encompassing spiritual love, this awareness can be life-changing. NDErs often become more loving and compassionate following their NDEs. Throughout history and around the world there have always been substantially different views of what love is. This makes it all the more remarkable that love in NDEs is described so consistently." 

Jeffrey Long, MD, "Evidence for Survival of Consciousness in Near-Death Experiences: Decades of Science and New Insights." In the next several posts I will share excerpts from Long's 2021 article. Footnotes have been deleted. The complete text is available as a pdf at https://www.nderf.org