Following a dramatic experience that happened during a guided meditation class, Lisa Kobelinski had profound aftereffects similar to an NDE; seeing auras around all living things, reading other’s thoughts, having disruptive effects on electrical apparatus, opening a door from mental stimulus, et al. This is a video you will want to share with others …
God reveals meaning of life when Jason Janas had a Covid related NDE. In his NDE, he was given a view of religion and three items we choose when we come into this life. Hear these and other insights from his NDE… brought to you by Durham IANDS, Susan Amsden, Facilitator
Adam Dince is a hypnotherapist and author of, “Back to the Beyond, Exploring Near-Death Experiences Through Hypnosis.” In Back to the Beyond, Adam writes about what happened when he hypnotically regressed near-death experiencers back to the dimensions and realms they visited during their out-of-body experiences. Learn about Adam’s research in this exciting event!
Nadine speaks of how angels helped her release trauma from abusers in this and previous lives by forgiving them, wrapping them in a blanket of love, and sending them off into God’s Light. With these and additional spiritual gifts, she has assisted others on their healing paths. She reveals what angels say about releasing karma, plus how to raise one’s vibrational energies. She also discusses visiting the void and what angels say it is.
Human beings consist of a human animal body plus a part of Source’s own self-awareness that we call soul. These two entities have very different innate character and personality traits. This presentation discusses how you can tell who is running certain aspects of your life – body or soul.
The Out-of-Body Experience (OBE) can be used as a tool for spiritual growth – something that anybody can learn to do. Luis will discuss the benefits of developing this tool, as well as common exit sensations during take-off, to help us understand the disconnection process.
Using knowledge from a collective study of Near-Death Experiences and Patrick’s own visit to the Higher Dimensional Realm, a powerful set of Emergent Properties was revealed to him. Patrick develops the framework that can be used to provide empirical, observable criteria for scientifically validating these postulates of the nature of Reality that resulted from this discovery.
Many believe we incarnate into humans to hold specific jobs, to learn certain lessons or how to love, or to earn our way to heaven. This presentation discusses the actual purposes of incarnation that Source/God revealed to me.
You are invited to continue joining us to foster peace across the globe by experiencing this video of IANDS/ISGO’s “A Day for Peace”. Become part of the mass intention healing. Don Hoes gently guides a meditation while inviting participants to pray in their own way for peace then Nadine Telishewsky shares powerful healing messages and guides creation of a Peace and Love Quilt. Listen to some of our community’s wonderful artists performing Spirit guided music. You are also encouraged to continue sharing messages for peace, unity, love, and compassion from the isgo.iands.org homepage.
Linda Jacquin’s experiences involve three levels of social relations: with her brothers (ADC & NDE), a schoolmate from elementary school (ADC & SDE), a complete stranger (ADC), and her Mother’s (NDA) depicting the universality of such experiences… Durham IANDS with Susan Amsden
Using knowledge from a collective study of Near-Death Experiences and Patrick’s own visit to the Higher Dimensional Realm, a powerful set of Emergent Properties was revealed to him. In part 1 of this presentation, Patrick discusses three new perspectives about the nature of Reality that resulted from this discovery.
What does it mean that the world is polarizing, accelerating change has become chaotic, and the world is at a tipping point toward bifurcation, while at this same time we are experiencing what appears to be an increase in the reporting of NDES? Is this coincidental? How might the knowledge learned about NDES, and the experiences of those having had an NDE, help during this time of accelerating chaos? Dr. Jones will be offering a new way of thinking about this unique time in history.
Johnnie Davis is an inspirational speaker, best-selling author, entrepreneur and success coach. His book “I’m Still Here: From Heart Failure to Heart of a Champion” is a #1 Amazon Best seller. He is also one of the co-authors of the book “Cardiac Athletes”. He’s a heart failure and sudden cardiac arrest survivor. Johnnie shares details of his near-death experience and a message he received to share with the world.
This presentation discussed Creation from Source/God’s perspective and why it is important that we know about the various stages of eternal life while we are still incarnated into physical life.
“Nadine had a profound spiritual reawakening, and made a contract with angels, which lead to her third message of the light about creation strands. One of several light elements angels taught her to use, which led to an experience of unity consciousness. Through revealing their purposes and makeup, she will show how we truly are all one, and that God really is, All That Is. She will also explain the angels’ direct messages for humanity, and how others can connect to their guardian angels.”
Join Jacob Cooper, author of “Life After Breath”, as he discusses some of his biggest takeaways and lessons when he crossed over and went to the other side during his profound near- death experience as a child.
Founder and Group Leader of IANDS Santa Barbara, Barbara Bartolome will share the story about her 1987 near-death experience (NDE), at age 31, where she flatlined during a medical procedure and watched her resuscitation from a ceiling vantage point, while communicating to an incredible, loving entity who she deeply felt was God/The Creator.
Dr. Gregory Shushan is a historian of religions and noted authority on NDEs and the afterlife. In his latest book, The Next World: Extraordinary Experiences of the Afterlife, due for release in February and written for a wide audience, Dr. Shushan explores the relationships between extraordinary experiences and beliefs in life after death around the world. Are NDEs and other extraordinary experiences actually glimpses into another world and a taste of the true spiritual reality? If so, what could this afterlife actually be like in light of all the diversity of accounts?
Ishtar’s aim is to present techniques and knowledge that deepen and enliven the evolutionary process through many stages of the journey through a series of classes. They can be divided into three facets of spiritual development:
-the discovery and immersion into Pure Awareness,
-the often dynamic healing of our body-mind-psyche,
-and the flowering into one’s fullest potential.
Classes can be taken ala carte or as a full series.
After giving a brief overview of her NDEs, Nanci focuses on the 10 most shocking things that happened during them. These are aspects of her afterlife and out-of-body experiences that are not typically found in other NDE accounts. They provide deep insights into what the afterlife is, as well as a path into reincarnation.
Shared Crossings are real. What can explain these shared death experiences and what do they tell us about what lies beyond? Can they reduce the sting of death or even prepare us for our own final moments? Can we have both a better life and a better death?
In reviewing his life, Mr. Thompson has discovered several paths that were set for him to follow in this life on earth before he came back in this reincarnation. He knows he did not have to follow the path because he is given choices. However, there are lessons to learn, and he trusts his guides who never tell him what to do. They are there to guide him and encourage him.
What do the recent Pentagon Report on UFOs and Near-Death Experiences have in common!?
During this New Year’s Day event, special keynote speaker & experiencer, Patrick Hogue, with moderator, Chuck Swedrock, discuss how 2022 is a game-changer as spiritual reality via NDEs and similar experiences become more prevalent as an established and accepted normal phenomenon!
Become a channel of Light. Give up yourself. Learn how. Share this Energetic Presence as we learn and practice. Decades of practice cut a deep channel. Don’t talk my word for it. Come find out for yourself. Bring your Light or find it with us.
Deepak Chopra called NDEr, Mellen-Thomas Benedict, “the encyclopedia of the afterlife.” Mellen was immediately healed from brain cancer after his NDE and tells of his visitations with the Light informing him of insights regarding Earth 2012-2060 (from this most popular IANDS Conference video).
Keith Thompson is an author, independent journalist, and explorer of “exceptional and supernormal mind-body capacities as potential indicators of the future evolution of human nature.” Thompson’s book, Angels and Aliens: UFOs and the Mythic Imagination (Ballantine Books, 1993) was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “Magnificent…no matter what your beliefs, the most fascinating book written on the subject,” and by Venture World as “probably the most profound book on the UFO controversy yet to appear.”
Andrea Courey tells of her life-changing NDE and its after-effects, including after-death communication, spontaneous mediumship, automatic writing and helping others through Sound Healing.
Catherine Chapey has experienced a lifetime of transpersonal events, beginning with an NDE at birth. She is also a UFO contactee, and will share with us her understanding of how the the many forms of transpersonal experience – from NDEs and STEs to UFOs and ETs – are all part of an unfolding of consciousness that relates to us all. Presented by Dallas-Fort Worth IANDS.
Mythica Blessyng shares her remarkable journey through three near-death experiences, including one in infancy that shaped her life. Her story reveals what it’s like to live daily with the gifts such experiences can awaken—and shows that you don’t need an NDE to access your own spiritual gifts. Blending vivid storytelling, humor, and practical insights, Mythica inspires audiences to connect with intuition, live with greater purpose, and embrace the truth that life and love continue beyond death.
Research indicates that traditional psychotherapeutic approaches for grief, based on outdated and unsupported theoretical approaches, are ineffective at best and harmful at worst. During the last 30 years, a range of alternative approaches have been developed and tested which have three things in common: a) they originated from mental health professionals (medical doctors, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists); b) they imply – or are outright based on – the existence of an afterlife; c) have been empirically proven to greatly alleviate the suffering of grief.
This life-changing ‘spirit’ communication technology has already scientifically demonstrated that life continues after bodily death. Three primary benefits of this project will be:
1. Greatly diminished or no fear of death since life after death has now been definitively proven.
2. The ability to communicate with loved ones who have changed worlds.
3. Interactions with post-material luminaries – great scientists, educators, spiritual teachers, and more – who want to help people and our world.
Definition of a Distressing Near-Death Experience.
Who has these experiences?
What do they mean and how can you avoid them?
Will it happen to them again at their final death?
Have you ever wondered what you will experience after death? Renowned physicist and author of My Big Theory of Everything, Thomas Campbell, explains with clarity our experience after death. In this illuminating presentation participants will also learn; how one can connect with loved ones who have passed away, and how to live a better life.
Guardian angels have long been recognized in humanity. Beginning in the 1990’s, their presence gained increasing interest and attention. Literature on angel interventions includes thousands of accounts of angels saving people from life-threatening situations, providing comfort and healing during difficult times, and helping to solve life problems.
It was a bright, blue-sky summer day in 1973—about a decade before the well-documented Hudson River Valley UFO sightings—when I had a close encounter that would forever alter the course of my life. That experience imparted gifts, downloads, and an unshakable sense of mission, shifting me onto a lifelong spiritual path.
Between 2012 and 2016, I began receiving vivid dreams filled with mysterious glyphs, unknown character sets, radiant light beings, and intricate Sacred Geometry patterns. These visions carried a sense of urgency and importance. I was given a clear message: bring these symbols into the physical world through my artwork.
This presentation will take you through that journey—from my early encounters to the profound artistic downloads that shaped my Sacred Geometry paintings. Attendees will gain a firsthand account of these experiences and a deeper appreciation for the high frequencies of energy and consciousness contained within Sacred Geometry. This talk is more than a story—it is an invitation to explore the unseen forces that shape our reality and to rediscover the sacred symbols that have long been guiding humanity’s evolution.
Cynthia will also discuss her forensic art working on criminal investigations with over twenty law enforcement departments throughout Colorado and Wyoming.
In this captivating, guided meditation session, you will connect with your Higher Self and catch a glimpse of the sacred realms where these pivotal choices are made. Let us embark on this journey together to ensure that the future unfolds with grace and wisdom, revealing the keys to your destined path.
This lecture will explore the common threads between ancient religious and spiritual traditions aimed to create altered states of consciousness and modern reports of comas, NDEs, STEs that could lead to profound collective change in values, and will also provide detailed information about practical ways to support integration of NDEs.
Guardian angels have long been recognized in humanity. Beginning in the 1990’s, their presence gained increasing interest and attention. Literature on angel interventions includes thousands of accounts of angels saving people from life-threatening situations, providing comfort and healing during difficult times, and helping to solve life problems.
NDE Couple: Physician’s Asst. Krista Gorman suffered cardiopulmonary arrest and died while in labor with her daughter and had an NDE. While not a “walk-in”, Krista died as one person and woke up as another.
Ainsley Threadgold, is a Police Officer originally from the UK, who at the age of 13, was hit by a car and run over. experiencing what are referred to as ‘aftereffects’ of an NDE. Twenty-one years later, following a number of divine synchronicities, Ainsley recovered memories of the NDE that he’d had at the time of his accident, which would mark the real start of his awakening journey.
Danielle Slupesky’s story highlights the power of surrender and acceptance, the perils of unconscious living, and how our lives are permeated with important messages that we often too easily miss. Hers is a story that will enlighten, challenge, and encourage anyone who listens.
Lesley Lupo experienced a near-death event after being caught in a stampede of horses. Following her hospitalization, although she knew the experience had been real, her scientific and skeptical mind struggled to comprehend it fully and to redefine her understanding of self.
Step into the space where science, spirit, and cutting-edge AI converge—and witness the reshaping of every comfortable paradigm you thought you knew.
Guardian angels have long been recognized in humanity. Beginning in the 1990’s, their presence gained increasing interest and attention. Literature on angel interventions includes thousands of accounts of angels saving people from life-threatening situations, providing comfort and healing during difficult times, and helping to solve life problems.
Peter Alessandria created a ground-breaking documentary which explores the idea that Who We Really Are is much greater than our physical bodies and human personality. It seeks to answer many of the questions people have about the afterlife, such as, “What is the Soul?” “Do souls have more than one incarnation, either on Earth or elsewhere?” “Are human incarnations voluntarily chosen?” “Why would a soul choose to leave heaven?” “What/where is Heaven?” “What/where is God?” and many more. His film includes more than 60 thought-leaders.
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NDEs are powerful, transformative experiences. In fact, if everyone had one, it is easy to imagine the world quickly transitioning away from its current materialism focus towards a far healthier and happier understanding that we are parts of an interconnected whole.
Pooja Chilukuri will share the story of her profound spiritual transformation and mystical experiences with Jesus which steered her beyond the confines of Christian fundamentalism and harmful religious beliefs. She will share her religious quest spanning both Hinduism and Christianity, healing from religious trauma, and reconstructing her spiritual beliefs through the lens of NDE accounts.
Dr. Alexander is a globally renowned academic neurosurgeon who also benefited from a life-changing near-death experience in 2008 due to severe bacterial meningoencephalitis that should have allowed for no dream or hallucination. His experience challenged everything he had been taught by materialist neuroscience. He has spent the 15+ years since his experience working with other scientists and experiencers around the world to hone a more complete scientific worldview, one that honors the unified nature of a primordial mind and our ability as sentient beings to manifest the world of our dreams.
Erin will provide a fuller picture of the spiritual world from the perspective of a medium and will include dissolving emotional trauma while bringing the physical, emotional, and energetic bodies into balance. The orientation will include providing a context and structure for individuals that have had a near-death or similar spiritually transformative experience. Presented by Tucson IANDS.
Lee Ann Heltzel, creator of MetaArt, will explore the intersection of art and spirituality in her piece Crossing the Veil, which she channeled at the 2024 IANDS Conference. This unique artwork is designed to connect viewers with realms beyond the physical, offering a pathway to peace, healing, expanded awareness, and communication. Presented by Dallas/Fort Worth IANDS.
Death is inevitable, but how we approach it makes all the difference. Most people fear the dying process—not only because of physical pain, but because of the deep existential distress that comes with losing control, identity, and meaning. In this powerful webinar, psychospiritual therapist and near-death experiencer David Maginley will guide you through the nature of end-of-life suffering, revealing how the ego resists its own deconstruction and why surrender is the key to peace. You’ll discover how nearing-death awareness offers a profound transpersonal experience—one that opens the door to transformation rather than fear. Whether you’re facing your own mortality, supporting a loved one, working in end-of-life care, or simply curious about your final trip, this talk will change the way you see death and help you prepare for it with wisdom, resilience, and even awe.
The researchers, Ph.D. academics, and Medical Doctors of the CCRI
organization propose two major hypotheses:
1) That Consciousness, our Greater Multidimensional Reality, is
“Fundamental” and not our perceived physical reality; and
2) That all of the paranormal Contact Modalities, need to be perceived as ONE
integrated phenomenon under Consciousness, and not as separate and distinct
phenomena.
Rosamaria Machado, is a visionary healer, teacher, and life coach blending the wisdom of science and spirituality. Drawing from her own experiences, she delves into how NDEs catalyze healing, trauma recovery, and ancestral healing. Through a combination of personal stories and practical tools, Rosamaria will guide participants in integrating these transformative insights into their daily lives. Join us to explore how NDEs can unlock profound healing and reconnect you to your true life purpose.
AJ Parr explores his “Tower of Babel Theory,” developed to explain the paradox of why near-death experiences are so different yet so alike, integrating key insights from NDE research, interdimensional perception, quantum metaphysics, non-local consciousness, and Jungian archetypes.
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