Beverly Brodsky's |
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Beverly Brodsky was raised in a conservative Jewish
family in a mostly Jewish neighborhood in Philadelphia. She went through her teens as an
atheist. Since learning of the Holocaust at age eight, she had turned angrily against
any early belief in God. How could God exist and permit such a thing to occur? In July
1970, her questions were answered when a motorcycle accident led to her near-death
experience. Her NDE testimony comes from
Evelyn Elsaesser Valarino and Kenneth Ring's book,
Lessons From
The Light, reprinted by permission. Ring described Beverly Brodsky's NDE
as "possibly the most moving in my entire collection."
Introduction Beverly Brodsky states: "In 1970, I had a profound encounter in which I was taken into the heart of creation, and back to the moment before the Big Bang. My NDE taught me everything that mattered: who we are, why we are here, and the nature of reality itself. To share and ponder this mystery is my greatest honor and joy. Please contact me for insight, dialog, classes, in-service instruction, interviews, or to speak to your group."
A Vassar graduate recently retired from 28 years of service for the Federal Government as a business and computer analyst, Beverly has started several spiritual businesses, including book editing. She is working on her own book, including research culled from 15 years of running groups in Philadelphia and San Diego associated with the International Association for Near-Death Studies. Beverly is fascinated by the connection between deathbed visions and near-death experiences, as well as their uncanny similarity to mystical states. An international media consultant and participant in numerous research studies, she has a lifelong fascination with the new science that confirms the possibility and power of transformative spiritual awakenings. Beverly was profiled in McCall's, featured in a BBC documentary (The Human Body), gave the first NDE interview on Israeli public radio, and is included in the 2006 edition of Who's Who in America.
Love and light, |
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Beverly Brodsky |
Coordinator, San Diego IANDS |
Inspirational speaker, writer, and editor |
Thirty-five years back from the One Light that we are! |
Email: bevbrodsky@gmail.com |
Phone:
(619) 244-8495 |
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Beverly Brodsky's NDE Testimony Somehow an unexpected peace descended upon
me. I found myself floating on the ceiling over the bed looking down at my unconscious
body. I barely had time to realize the glorious strangeness of the situation - that I was
me but not in my body - when I was joined by a radiant being bathed in a shimmering white
glow. Like myself, this being flew but had no wings. I felt a reverent awe when I turned
to him; this was no ordinary angel or spirit, but he had been sent to deliver me. Such
love and gentleness emanated from his being that I felt that I was in the presence of the
Messiah.
Whoever he was, his presence deepened my
serenity and awakened a feeling of joy as I recognized my companion. Gently he took
my hand and we flew right through the window. I felt no surprise at my ability to do
this. In this wondrous presence, everything was as it should be.
Beneath us lay the beautiful Pacific Ocean
... But my attention was now directed upward, where there was a large opening leading to a
circular path. Although it seemed to be deep and far to the end, a white light shone
through and poured out into the gloom to the other side where the opening beckoned. It was
the most brilliant light I had ever seen, although I didn't realize how much of its glory
was veiled from the outside. The path was angled upward, obliquely, to the right. Now
still hand in hand with the angel, I was led into the opening of the small, dark
passageway.
I then remember traveling a long distance
upward toward the light. I believe that I was moving very fast, but this entire realm
seemed to be outside of time. Finally, I reached my destination. It was only
when I emerged from the other end that I realized that I was no longer accompanied by the
being who had brought me there. But I wasn't alone. There, before me, was the living
presence of the light. Within it I sensed an all-pervading intelligence, wisdom,
compassion, love, and truth. There was neither form nor sex to this perfect being. It, which I shall in the future call he, in keeping without our commonly
accepted syntax, contained everything, as white light contains all the colors of a rainbow
when penetrating a prism. And deep within me came an instant and wondrous recognition: I,
even I, was facing God.
I immediately lashed out at
him
with all the
questions I had ever wondered about; all the injustices I had seen in the physical world.
I don't know if I did this deliberately, but I discovered that God knows all your thoughts
immediately and responds telepathically. My mind was naked; in fact, I became pure
mind. The ethereal body which I had traveled in through the tunnel seemed to be no
more; it was just my personal intelligence confronting that Universal Mind, which clothed
itself in a glorious, living light that was more felt that seen, since no eye could absorb
its splendor.
I don't recall the exact content of our
discussion; in the process of return, the insights that came so clearly and fully in
Heaven were not brought back with me to Earth. I'm sure that I asked the question that had
been plaguing me since childhood about the sufferings of my people. I do remember
this: There was a reason for everything that happened, no matter how awful
it appeared in the physical realm. And within myself, as I was given the answer, my
own awakening mind now responded in the same manner:
"Of course," I would think,
"I already know that. How could I ever have forgotten!"
Indeed, it
appears that all that happens is for a purpose, and that purpose is already known to our
eternal self.
In time the questions ceased, because I
suddenly was filled with all the Being's wisdom. I was given more than just the answers to
my questions; all knowledge unfolded to me, like the instant blossoming of an infinite
number of flowers all at once. I was filled with God's knowledge, and in that precious
aspect of his Beingness, I was one with him. But my journey of discovery was just
beginning.
Now I was treated to an extraordinary voyage
through the universe. Instantly we traveled to the center of stars being born, supernovas
exploding, and many other glorious celestial events for which I have no name. The
impression I have now of this trip is that it felt like the universe is all one grand
object woven from the same fabric. Space and time are illusions that hold us to our
physical realm; out there all is present simultaneously. I was a passenger on a
divine
spaceship in which the Creator showed me the fullness and beauty of all of his Creation.
The last thing that I saw before all external
vision ended was a glorious fire - the core and center of a marvelous star. Perhaps this
was a symbol for the blessing that was now to come to me. Everything faded except for a
richly full void in which That and I encompassed All that is. Here, I experienced, in
ineffable magnificence, communion with the light being. Now I was filled with not
just all knowledge, but also with all love. It was as if the light
were poured in and
through me. I was God's object of adoration; and from his/our love I drew life and
joy beyond imagining. My being was transformed; my delusions, sins, and guilt were
forgiven and purged without asking; and now I was love, primal being, and bliss. And,
in some sense, I remain there, for Eternity. Such a union cannot be broken. It
always was, is, and shall be.
Suddenly, not knowing how or why, I returned
to my broken body. But miraculously, I brought back the love and the joy. I was
filled with an ecstasy beyond my wildest dreams. Here, in my body, the pain had all
been removed. I was still enthralled by a boundless delight. For the next two months, I
remained in this state, oblivious to any pain.
I felt now as if I had been made anew. I saw
wondrous meanings everywhere; everything was alive and full of energy and
intelligence.
Although it's been 20 years since my heavenly
voyage, I have never forgotten it. Nor have I, in the face of ridicule and disbelief, ever
doubted its reality. Nothing that intense and life-changing could possibly have been a
dream or hallucination. To the contrary, I consider the rest of my life to be a passing
fantasy, a brief dream, that will end when I again awaken in the permanent presence of
that giver of life and bliss.
"I believe that when death closes our eyes we shall awaken to a light, of which our sunlight is but the shadow." -
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