Conversation: Meeting Old Friends
In the aftermath of my 1988 near death experience and trip into the light, I knew I was only going to have access to the direct insights for a short time. A part of the idea of sharing conversations had been approved by the spirits I worked with in my own spiritual sessions. The memories of the 'beyond' was something I compared to vapors. They were going to condense and evaporate from my conscious mind into the 'unconscious' mind within a few weeks. The memories of the conversations I had shared with friends would be easier to access in the future.
One friend was asking me who I had seen and spoke with on the other side. An incident popped into my mind. The memory was a part of the me - hidden inside. It wasn't a memory that was done in the realm of time - but - outside of the realm of time. I had pondered it at the hospital and it was a deep theme. For some reason I didn't think of the depth of the incident when I spoke to my young 19 year old friend. I told him the story of how small friendships in this world can turn out to have huge rewards on the other side. I told him of a classmate I had in Junior High that I had all but forgotten about through the years.
He was a classmate whom I had an association with in the hallway during 7th and part of 8th grade. We told each other jokes. I moved away in 8th grade and lost touch with him, yet on the other side his soul was one of the many who were there to greet me 'home' in a homecoming type of parade. I had a chance to 'speak' with him and it seemed like it was part and parcel of the package that went with the other side, but when I returned and woke up in the hospital - I was blown away by the depth of the love we had shared in that short time together. I told my young friend about his because I felt our friendship was going to be a short duration before we both parted company and went our separate ways. I wanted to give him hope that we would meet up again one way or another. I was only 28 and my young 19 year old friend expressed his sorrow that a classmate had passed over. He told me,
"You should find his family and let them know he is okay."
I didn't understand his reasoning for good reason. I told him,
"Why should I find his family. He is still alive here in this world. He isn't due to cross over until 1994."
My young friend was astonished by this. He couldn't grasp the idea that I had a meeting with his soul on the other side if he was still alive in this world. I reminded him,
"There is no such thing as time on the other side. It don't exist except her in our mortal minds with the illusion of thoughts to keep track of things. Beside, a soul never leaves heaven. The spirit does, but the soul doesn't. When you have a heart to heart friendship with someone - it is the soul you befriend."
- *)The soul is divine. But through ignorance people often identify the soul with the mind, the senses and the emotions. Some people even identify the soul with the elements of earth, water, air. space and fire. ~ Reincarnation, Samsara and Karma
- *)For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain. ~Bhagavad-gītā (2.20)
My young friend thought I should try and warn my old classmate about his fate. I felt his destiny was his destiny. His soul was were it had always been and would always be. As far as his calling home, that was a bridge that was meant to be crossed when the time came. If I showed up in 1988 and tried to tell him about the adventures of the 'other-worldly' - it would probably upset him to the point that he wouldn't be able to enjoy the last few remaining years.
*Note: I showed up for a class reunion in 1998. I had forgotten about the predictions given after my 1988 NDE. Just as predicted, I was reminded of my spiritual encounter with his soul when I read a write up in the class reunion paper about his demise. There was a sadness on a human level but yet, there was a joy for him on the spiritual level. This is soulmate #3 and one of the early cases of finding someone who shared past life memories with me when I was in childhood.