\u201cThe tragic story of Hans Hellmann: The pioneering quantum chemist was forced to leave Nazi Germany because his wife was Jewish. He was executed in the Soviet Union because he was German.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Some notes on the light that\u2019s very commonly associated with near-death experiences, drawn from P.M.H. Atwater,\u00a0The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences: The Ultimate Guide to What Happens When We Die<\/em>\u00a0(Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing Company, 2007):<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
In most cases, a light appears at the end of the tunnel, and experiencers note that is where they are headed \u2014 a light described as brighter than the sun but that doesn\u2019t hurt their eyes if they look at it. \u00a0This light is invariably experienced as loving, intelligent, accepting, forgiving, and ever so wonderful. \u00a0(28)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Following his encounter with his deceased uncle, Scott became aware that he was being \u2018escorted\u2019 through a dark open place toward a distant light. \u00a0He described the light as being brighter than the sun but it didn\u2019t hurt his eyes. \u00a0He felt that this light was God, and he felt safe in its presence. \u00a0(30)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
From one Gloria Hipple, of Blakeslee, Pennsylvania:<\/p>\n
A white light, the brightest light I have ever known or will ever see again. . . . \u00a0It was so bright, yet it did not blind me. \u00a0It was a welcome, calming light. \u00a0(32)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
From Tannis Prouten, of Vancouver, British Columbia, who was twenty years old when she had an out-of-body experience:<\/p>\n
Gradually, a light started to appear ahead of me. \u00a0Very rapidly I was enveloped within this most divine, living, golden-white light, my home<\/em>. \u00a0The joy, bliss, humility, awe were beyond human capability to bear. \u00a0The light<\/em> was an infinite, loving, accepting being<\/em> without form. \u00a0It<\/em> had personality. \u00a0It<\/em> communicated with me telepathically. \u00a0It<\/em> was pure truth<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\nI was the light<\/em> and the light<\/em> was me. \u00a0I was still a unique, separate, point of consciousness with the same sense of humor and awareness that I had always had, but the paradox is that I was more<\/em>. \u00a0I had become homogeneous with the light<\/em>. \u00a0I was all love, wisdom, truth, peace, joy, for all eternity. \u00a0Human words fail to express this experience. \u00a0(27-28; italicized words are all capital letters in the original)<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Posted from Park City, Utah<\/p>\n
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