My Spiritual Evolution | Tao Lin | Granta

According to Greyson, who edited the Journal of Near-Death Studies from 1982 to 2007, near-death experients say souls come to the universe to learn to love despite conflict because there’s no conflict in the spirit world. Robert Monroe, who popularized the term out-of-body experience, argued that souls enter bodies to accumulate emotional knowledge... See more

we are existentially enveloped in magic, mystery, and love

The light being doesn’t judge. ‘When he came across times when I had been selfish, his attitude was only that I had been learning from them, too,’ said a person in Life After Life. Judgment comes only from yourself. The light being emits an all-encompassing, unconditional love that is ‘unimaginable, indescribable’. You feel the happiest you’ve ever... See more

‘This is incredible,’ I said quietly after realizing I was staring at my grass, which I’d never seen from this close. I could see more details than ever before (probably because my soul, which I’d later learn has better vision and awareness than my body, was still slightly disembodied). Tiny insects I’d never noticed before were zooming around the ... See more