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What Happens to us When We Die?

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Charles Hamel in Japan | 10 Comments

I listened to a fascinating podcast yesterday with a Dr John Lerma. Dr Lerma has served as the inpatient medical director for the internationally renowned Medical Center Hospice here in Houston, TX. He is well known for his care of terminally-ill patients, and now serves as a consultant for several hospices and palliative units here in Houston and in San Antonio Texas. He also currently teaches medical students about spirituality, death, and pain management in the terminally ill.

Dr Lerma has interviewed over 30,000 patients who were terminally ill and has recorded the same stories over and over again in a vast variety of patients. Including all different races, nationalities and religions. Like clockwork patients tell stories of being visited by light beings around the 4th week before death, sometimes it is recognized as friends or family members, and sometimes as just figures of light. Often times it is just a fleeting glimpse, while getting more frequent and longer as the patients gets closer to their transition. A few days before the patient expires the beings are there all the time.

Scientific studies of the terminally ill brains using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology shows the frontal lobe of the brain to be hyper activated during the end times. This section of the brain has been connected with the part of our brain that deals with psychic experiences. Could this part of the brain be activated at death in order for us to see the true nature of the Universe and who we are?

Dr Lerma lost his father recently, and was told by his father the same story as all of the other patients he interviewed. Dr Lermas father never put much thought into his sons work until close to his passing, and made the statement at the end, “John you were right”. His father described everything as emitting light, but the difference in people was the same light being emitted but in addition, a blue sphere in the middle of everyones chest. Could this be our soul?

The interview was amazing and brought tears to my eyes as I related the experience to my grandmothers death a few years back. His story will leave you feeling uplifted in faith, hope and love. And will bring new meaning into your life as to the things I discuss here so frequently concerning unconditional love, positive thoughts and acting in a kind and loving nature to all beings.

If you are interested in the podcast you can listen here.

One of the stories that Dr Lerma told that I thought was comical was of a preacher that used to go to a part of Houston that has a high homosexual population, and preach fire and brimstone telling people that they were going to hell for their immoral behavior. When this preacher was close to death, he told Dr Lerma, “I was wrong the whole time, there is no hell”.I think one of the reasons of the the decline of church populations is due to the threats of hell and being damned to a place of torment. People are tired of hearing this same (bogeyman) message. People want to hear messages of hope and love. You can definitely here the message of hope and love in Dr John Lerma’s book “Into the Light”, It is a must read for those wanting to hear the stories of others who were close to the transition stage.We are made of energy, and one of the laws of thermodynamics is Energy can be transformed into another sort of energy. But it cannot be created AND it cannot be destroyed. Energy has always existed in one form or another.So we cannot die! our energy can only be changed into another form. Get Dr Lerma’s Book, it is a must read. Take Care all!