The second person, standing in front of the elephant, feels what is in front of him and says, “Yes, I agree it does have leathery skin, but it has a big tail like a hose, and huge wings.” Some things are just so big, we can’t see all the pieces at once

Months before Steve, my son, made his transition, I had been asked by our minister to give a talk at the church one Sunday because he and the other officials would be out of town for a weekend retreat. I had made an outline and some notes so I would stay on track for the sermon I named it, “New Beginnings

Little did we know that Steve would pass just days before I was scheduled to give this address, and “New Beginnings” turned into an opportunity for me to share with other people this incredible experience, this rebirthing of my son.

After I finished telling of the magnificence of his death, it felt as if the top of my head opened and Light was pouring down on me with a miraculous blessing of peace, love and an incredible sense of well being. Later I mentioned this to my minister and remarked that now I understood why he loved to give sermons. he said he himself had never experienced anything similar after speaking at church.

Even though that Light stayed with me on and off for months, I learned poignantly that we can feel more than one emotion at the same time. I still felt the pain and despair that his life had been cut so short. We miss people we love who are no longer in the physical realm

We miss their special characteristics and the times we shared in laughter and love. Many nights I awakened to cry and learned to comfort myself by rocking and keening

One such night, I rose and was moved to kneel in prayer. I was asking Spirit to reveal to me why… why had Steve’s life been so short and make no sense to me? Had he been given a chance to come back like I had in my Near Death Experience? Tears were streaming down my face and my heart felt ready to burst when hand written words appeared in front of me lit up like a neon sign. The words said “We are all ONE

Later that year, I went to a ten day Mystery School Seminar put on by Jean Houston. It was an intense and enlightening workshop and hundreds of people came from all over the world for the experience

One of the exercises was to pair up with someone you didn’t know as a prayer partner. First you were to pray for some healing you wanted for yourself, then pray for a similar healing for your family, your community and finally to extend that prayer out to include the entire human race

This is a powerful technique and since then I have often used this same way to expand my intention to include revealing Truth to others

That day I teamed up with a woman I had never seen before or since, for that matter. She went first, praying in the prescribed manner. Then it was my turn

My thoughts turned to Steve. Our family had been feeling his energy around us, in awareness and dreams. I prayed that we could release him into his next experience with love, knowing he was meant to move on with his personal evolution

In prayer, I spoke to him, telling him it was OK to move on, to go ride his motorcycle in the sky. Suddenly he appeared before me just as real as you or I. He emanated Light and appeared like a film transparency, no real substance, nothing there I could put my arms around

He had on one of his favorite shirts and he was so close I felt I could reach out and touch him. He had the twinkle in his eye I loved so much; and he smiled and laughed as he kind of shook his head up and down and said, “ OK, Mom, OK.” Then, just as suddenly, he was gone

My prayer moved into a new level of awe and gratitude, as I prayed with my prayer partner that all loved ones in the community be released in love, and that all souls passing over could freely go in peace and joy. This incredible experience sustains me still

It doesn’t seem to matter how many years go by, each year is different, varying in intensity, so I never know what to expect. Every year on the day of Steve’s passing I set aside time to meditate; to remember the feel of him, to send him my love

Some years ago my friends sent me flowers to acknowledge my part in birthing him into the next realm. This year, I bought two identical bouquets of flowers to create a ceremony. I kept one for myself in the living room and the other one I set free on a wave in the ocean on the beautiful sunny day that is the anniversary of his death

Frequently I have flashbacks as I relive the events of that intense time of his passing as bits and pieces shoot through my heart and mind with piercing clarity

Could it be that sometimes these events are so traumatic at the time they happen that we need to relive them again and again through a span of time in order to deal with all the various levels of such a bitter-sweet experience?

That first year Steve died, we planted a tree in our backyard to honor his continued growth. It always made me feel better to have that symbol still visible in the material world. The tree’s blooms and growth have given me strength to remember the truth about life. We change form but the energy that makes up our heart and soul is forever. The truth is… there is no death!

To be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6

The Lord is my shepherd. . . He restoreth my soul. . . Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me. ~ Psalm 23:1,3,4

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According to statistics, of every one hundred clinical deaths, only 10 percent will have the “privilege” of merging with that Light.  If we push the analysis further, we find also that only 10 percent will discover a presence at their sides.  It is important to emphasize that finding an NDE with Angels as a hallmark is not an easy thing

‘Intelligent, slender, a typical California girl with a “Venice Beach”
tan, Nancy Maier passes easily for thirty-five.  She is very pretty and very feminine; she could be an ex-model. When you approach her, you’d rather ask her to dinner than talk with her
about tunnels and other lights.

Yet she has reached her 49^th spring. And when people ask her, “What is your secret?,” she won’t answer.  But her secret is her experience at the brink of death, which occurred… one day in 1975

Today, Nancy explains very simply that that was the most important moment of her life.  Nancy belongs to that minority of survivors who encounter spiritual beings at the end of the tunnel, perfectly distinct from the Being of the Central Light.’*

Dedicated to expanding her consciousness within the ‘Light’ for many years, Nancy lives her life as a meditation through direct personal revelation. She facilitates others in joining her in divine companionship.

To support this transformation and share the joy of spiritual unfoldment, Nancy created the DVD, A Glimpse of Forever.  Nancy represents a unique doorway to reveal your own heaven on earth.

Meet NANCY MAIER on this DVD sharing her personal views after experiencing the ‘White Light’ for three days while near death.  She realized that she had received a gift that needed to be shared.

Nancy reveals the impact this Near Death Experience had on the rest of her life as she invites you to release unserving beliefs, and evoke Love from your heart.

Almost all sincere seekers attempt to live from unconditional love, yet without the direct experience and a refined understanding of how you personally can maintain this reality, it seems an impossible goal.

Nancy’s experience served as a balm for her fiancé who died in her arms in 1987, and again transformed the experience for her son during his death in 1989.  She knows that we are to bring the ‘Light’ in now ~ we are not supposed to die to do it.

Nancy speaks frequently in the US and abroad and was the opening speaker at the conference “Life, Death & Beyond,” presented by Power Places at the Great Pyramids in Egypt.

Nancy also appeared on several television shows including Could It be A Miracle? She was a guest on The Susan Powter Show and has been invited to tell her amazing experience as part of a new NDE series being presented by New Century TV, a subscription service now available over the internet.

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This incident took place in St. Louis, Missouri at a local hospital. The presiding doctor explains that Nancy ruptured her liver and gangrene had set in. She was fortunate to survive the fall.

*Nancy’s story is the first Near Death Experience recounted in the book An Inquiry into the Existence of Guardian Angels A Journalist’s Investigative Report,an international best seller written in 1993 by Pierre Jovanovic,  translated into English in 1995

If you would like to share your personal experience of how to deal with the death of a loved one, or your own Near Death Experience, please do so by emailing me .