I väntan på Jesus

Retired psychology professor Ken R. Vincent (see also a presentation of him here) is a veteran expert both on the near-death experience (being a researcher of spiritual experiences, and having written two books on near-death experiences) and universalism (being a lay universalist minister and former Webmaster of The Universalist Herald website.). This makes him very unique. I really listen to what he says. He is very educated, indeed. 

 

If anyone, Ken is the one who can utter the authoritative statement about the connection between universalism and near-death experiences. 

 

Look what he has to say. In the article "The Near-Death Experience and Christian Universalism" in the Journal of Near-Death Studies (Autumn 2003), he says this in the description of the article: 

 

 

In the beginning of the article itself he uses the following words: "Of all the theological explanations for the near-death experience (NDE), the Doctrine of Universal Salvation, also known as Universalism, is the most compatible with contemporary NDE accounts."

 

Sounds familiar? I have written about similar things before. In this blogpost on July 27, 2022, I quoted from the chapter "Religious Experience research reveal universalist principles" in the book "The Golden Thread. Gods promise of universal salvation" by Ken R. Vincent, published 2005, the following: 

"Kevin Williams’ Near-Death Experience Research

Kevin Williams, webmaster of the #1 NDE website on Google and Yahoo (www.near-death.com), is a committed Universalist. In his book, Nothing Better Than Death, he states that:

"Many Christians today cannot accept the NDE because it generally affirms Universal Salvation." "

Kevin Williams (B.Sc.) is one of the most learned near-death experience researchers out there (his website is a treasure chamber), and he surely knows what he writes about. He is almost a veteran in the field.  

Observe now that Ken Vincent's article in the near-death journal was written in 2003, and his book "The Golden Thread" was written in 2005, which was 3 years and 1 year, respectively, before Anita Moorjani's near-death experience, which is the most universalistic and love-focused near-death experience I have ever heard or read about. It is ultra-universalistic (a theology like the "no-hellers" have, i.e. the "Primitive Baptist Universalists" and "the father of universalism" Hosea Ballou), which means that it denies the existence of a spirit world hell althogether (Betty J. Eadie's near-death experience almost reaches the same level of depth, it is also ultra-universalistic).

Anita Moorjani nailed it, with her near-death experience. She confirmed what Ken and Kevin had said. Beyond a shadow of a doubt. And her near-death experience was one of the most deep and lovely and marvellous I have read or heard about. So that you easily believe what she teaches. And her teaching is also so beautiful. It is that love is the only religion worth practicing. 

Anita Moorjanis ultra-universalism and her focus on love makes it easy to believe that the near-death experience is more than fantasy and hallucination. 

I mean, if love really is, in reality (like many theologians and mystics have taught), the foundation and center of the world, and somebody dies and comes back to life and tells you that they saw on the Other Side that it was all about love, then, surely it could very well be more than a fantasy!

It is as lovely as it gets.