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1f Deep Time by Wayne Kirby Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2022-12-08 | This is the music of the Universe. It is the sound of rocks, of the movement of electrons, of quantum chaos, and the neuronal function of your brain. When you think a thought or walk or play with your Iphone, your brain neurons are firing in 1/f fluctuation patterns.This music can heal. Dr. Kirby plays this music for autistic children and has documented improvement in eye contact and social skills. Clinical studies of brain function demonstrate that normal 1/f fluctuations are lost in the neuronal firing associated with Parkinson's disease, movement disorders, cerebral palsy, psychiatric disorders and endocrine dysfunction. 1/f patterns lower cortisol levels, reduce blood pressure, boost the immune system and decrease stress.If 1/f music was a pill, it would be prescribed by the bucketload. Scott and LaRae Wright are gifted musicians who let the music play through them from the Universe. It is based on 1/f fluctuations. Scott explained to me that the 1/f patterns are the gaps between the notes, not the notes themselves. www.melvinmorsemd.com
Paul OConnor Part 1 Energy Psychology and Controlled Remote Viewing Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2022-12-01 | Paul O'Connor is an advanced controlled remote viewer trained by Lyn Buchanan. This seven part series is a Teresa Frisch webinar production in which Paul presents information on energy psychology, controlled remote viewing, emotional freedom techniques and how they all fit together into a greater understanding of humans as energy beings. He has practical applications and tools you can use to improve your life.I studied controlled remote viewing to learn if it was really true that there is a nonlocal domain which contains all the information in the Universe, as children who have had near death experiences have told me. It is true. Most people I have taught CRV to immediately associate this nonlocal domain with "God" whatever God means to them. Nonlocal is a term from theoretical physics which refers to the timeless spaceless domain that exists independently of our human brain created reality. This webinar by Paul O'Connor then takes this information based in the understanding of the near death experience to another level. He presents information that we are energy beings and the practical applications including workshop tools of that understanding.melvinmorsemd.com
Ken Ring Part 2 Death is not to be feared Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2022-11-30 | Ken Ring PhD released his own book Waiting to Die: A Near Death Researchers Reflections on His Own Endgame in 2019. I thought this video in which he discusses how the near death experience leads to experiencers having no fear of death would be appropriate for celebrating his new book.Ken Ring is a giant of near death research, he has anticipated every major thought and trend in near death research. He has speculated that the ancient Egyptians caused their Pharaohs to have near death experiences as a way to make them better leaders, he has written on how the NDE is a gift of grace to the most vulnerable among us, the abused, the traumatized. It will take us years to catch up with his thinking
Chris hears 1/f type Heavenly Music then describes NDE Melvin Morse 2022-11-19 | Chris, age 8, describes a child's near death experience. He nearly died when his parents' car flipped over a guard rail and plunged into icy water in a river below. He was underwater for perhaps 45 minutes and was successfully resuscitated to full health. He described being in a huge noodle that had a rainbow in it, traveling first to an animal heaven and then the human heaven. At the start of the tape he plays music that he heard while in the noodle/tunnel. It sounds exactly like 1/f music which is the fundamental musical signature of consciousness and the Universe. This video illustrates the simplicity of children's near death experiences, the childs near death experience is very simple without a lot of cultural embellishments or religious dogma attached. His mother had an after death communication from her husband during the same time period.melvinmorsemd.com
Child Describes Near Death Experience Dr. Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2022-11-16 | Raw footage of child describing her near death experience. Listen through to the end where you will hear her say that she is not afraid to die as she knows a bit about it now, and that it is fun. I spend a lot of time establishing a timeline of her memory, as you will see that she doesn't remember anything about her critical illness, except that right at the point where her heart stops, she suddenly gains consciousness. This illustrates that we are awake and aware at the point of death, even if we appear to be in coma. This finding is validated in studies of fighter pilots who are subjected to enormous G forces to the point of almost death, to understand their tolerance for how fast aircraft can accelerate. After they lapse into coma, right at the point of nearly dying, consciousness returns!This case documents that the process of dying involves being awake and aware. In her case, she felt she was in a bright room and met her grandmother who had previously passed. She draws Melvin Morse MD a wonderful picture of her grandmother surrounded by clouds. Note all of the aspects of the story she doesn't know, indicating that this is a real experience she is trying to make sense of instead of being a made up or confabulated story.melvinmorsemd.com
Death is Just a Body Problem Dr Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2022-11-15 | Chuck Griswold discusses his NDE and that death is just a body problem. He tells us that life is love is God and that is the solid core of reality. Melvin Morse MD presents this near death experience, visit my website at www.melvinmorsemd.com
Melvin Morse MD: False Waterboarding Allegations and his Criminal Conviction Melvin Morse 2022-11-11 | Dr. Morse discusses the frenzy of media created false allegations that he waterboarded his step-daughter and what really happened. He learned his lessons of love, grew spiritually in prison, taught meditation and remote viewing to his fellow prisoners, and developed new strategies for successfully treating opioid addiction. He describes how he made restitution to his step-daughter and how they have healed their relationship. His arrest, trial and conviction was an important part of his spiritual journey. His son later wrote "how this fable of waterboarding happened I will never know, my father never laid a hand on me and raised me with unconditional love"www.melvinmorse.netwww.melvinmorsemd.com
The Most Powerful Near Death Experience I Have Ever Heard: Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2019-01-26 | This is an extraordinary near death experience. If you only see one NDE, see this one. Dr. Kennedy was nearly murdered. He learned that we do not die alone as we fear, that even in the most extreme circumstances we die into an ocean of unconditional love. He concludes by saying that he learned that this life is about learning to love like that, even more important, to accept the love that others have for us. I have seen this video dozens of times and also learn something new from it.
CRV Demonstration for Washington DC Spiritist Medical Conference Melvin Morse 2017-03-08 | This is an actual session that I did for the US Spiritist Medical Association's Conference in Washington DC. This is a nice example of spiritual sight, entering into the informational reality, getting sensory information from that domain of all information, and then returning with precise information that can be verified independently as being accurate. Sam Harris says that is the proof of a valid spiritual experience, if you can return with verifiable information. Anyone can learn to do this. Check out the Washington DC Remote Viewing Group.
Demonstration for Viral Study Melvin Morse 2017-02-21 | This study was presented at the International Consciousness Conference put on by the University of Arizona at Stockholm, in abstract form. Publication in a peer reviewed journal is in progress. With Mike van Atta as the project manager, ten remote viewers successfully remote viewed whether or not the tobacco mosaic virus was in a given plant. The plants were infected by plant biologist Lance Williams Beem in conjunction with the University of California at Davis. Both infected and control plants were tended to by Mike van Atta at his laboratory in Golden, Colorado. The remote viewers were at various locations around the country. The study showed that remote viewers can successfully identify which plants were infected and which were not. The study was triple blinded.Furthermore, the study showed that intuition can be taught. As shown by previous studies, the results showed that husband and wife teams or bonded couples were more successful at intuition than viewers working alone. Meditation was an essential precursor to successful viewing. The psyleron quantum number generator developed by the Department of Engineering at Princeton University was used to assess the depth of the meditative state. Successful efforts were highly correlated with changes in the Pysleron output to such a high degree that correct viewers of the virus could be predicted by the output of the Psyleron RNG (random number generator)
Melvin Morse MD sings with his Mother Gertrude Morse Melvin Morse 2016-12-09 | At the end of the video, Dr. Melvin Morse MD tells his mother they are getting through terrible times. She gently tells him "never terrible Melvin, always a message". She sang with Sun Ra, was the only white musician to ever play with him, she also mentored Cecil Taylor and sang with Kitt Jordan.
What happens after the Light Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2012-02-10 | What happens after the light is an important question that all of us have. Melvin Morse MD has studied near death experiences, especially childrens near death experiences in an effort to learn the answer to that question. Visit is website at melvinmorsemd.com
Paul 0Connor Part 8: Conclusion Practical Tools for Energy Healing Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-06-30 | I could listen to this again and again. Although Paul developed this for remote viewers, anyone who does energy healing or is interested in nonlocal perceptions will learn something from this. The applications are enormous for psychics, mediums, medical intuitives, Reiki practitioners, energy healers. Paul O'connor is discussing nonlocal perceptions. These can be anything from remote viewing, to medium-ship, to energy therapy, to remembering past lives. His techniques are invaluable for anyone who uses their right brain on a regular basis to access information. Most meaningful to me is that his techniques has helped my wife and I with our marriage (and we have a great marriage). However, even the best relationships have their full complement of false beliefs, which can turn toxic. His section on identifying and eliminating false beliefs or any beliefs and assumptions which no longer serve you is excellent.www.melvinmorsemd.com
Paul Oconnor Part 7 Healing of Dysfunctional Beliefs Melvin Morse 2011-06-30 | Paul takes us through an outstanding self help session of how to use TAT to heal our own dysfunctional beliefs. Although he presents this as a way of improving our remote viewing capabilities, it works just to address any of our dysfunctional beliefs. And let's face it, all of us have plenty of dysfunctional beliefs. I was crying at the end of this video.
Paul Oconnor Part 6 Energy Psychology Toolbox Melvin Morse 2011-06-28 | This segment has the Energy Psychology Toolbox and how to best apply it to Remote Viewing.However these tools can just as easily be applied to any spiritual insights or goals you wish to achieve. The hardest aspect of spiritual understandings, mediumship, or just simple intuition is how to separate one's own thoughts, fears, and emotions from what is coming in from outside our mind/brain. Melvin Morse MD www.melvinmorsemd.com
Paul OConnor Part 5: Energy Psychology including TAT Melvin Morse 2011-06-26 | Paul first gives a demonstration and instruction on TAT: Tapis Acupressure Technique. This can be helpful for persons with PTSD who have specific triggers. He then discusses a basic overview of the brain, its various areas and what they do. Paul has a deep understanding of spiritual neuroscience. He understands that the mind is a combination of the two streams of consciousness as well as the nonlocal bioenergy field. It penetrates the brain-body to function in this reality. Why? So we can interact with with each other to learn our lessons of love. He ends with a nice discussion of stress and anxiety and other problems that can effect our bioenergy field.This has been a presentation by Melvin Morse MD for his website on near death experiences. When we start with the knowledge that near death experiences are real, we then proceed to start to understand that we are energy based beings of light and the therapeutic implications of that knowledge. melvinmorsemd.com
Paul OConnor Part 4 Our Minds and the Biofield Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-06-26 | The information Paul presents in this segment is essential for understanding the near death experience, remote viewing, mediumship, or really any sort of contact between our individual consciousness and the informational reality that surrounds us.In this segment, Paul discusses the fact that we have two separate streams of consciousness. He describes the two conscious minds we all have, and how they interact. He then describes that while remote viewing he can sometimes access what he calls the "overmind". He discusses how the right brain or "unconscious" mind (meaning it is nonverbal) processes billions of bits of information per second, as it is sampling the electromagnetic field we are immersed in. The left brain, the verbal creator of our mental model of reality, only processes thousands of bits of information per second. The right "unconscious" brain interacts with the quantum information universe and he breaks this down in simple clear language anyone can understand. John Peter Thompson and I find this fascinating, as we have applied Complex Adaptive Systems theory to the two minds issue. We have developed a unique theory of consciousness based on the Turing Model as applied to the two minds, which results in a higher complex "overmind".melvinmorsemd.com
Paul OConnor: Part 3 Energy Healing and Information Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-06-26 | Wow, click on your seatbelt for this awesome segment! Paul O'Connor shows us why he is the cutting edge of science and spirituality. In this segment he discusses the work of NASA scientist Barbara Brennen PhD, Bruce Lipton PhD and the Heart Math folks. He then seamlessly blends this together into an incredible discussion of energy healing and information theory. He concludes that we are energetic beings existing in an Informational UniverseMelvin Morse MD has done numerous studies of energy healing and consciousness being able to effect the output of a true random number generator.melvinmorsemd.com
Paul OConnor Part 2: EFT and Fears, Phobias, and PTSD Trigger Points Melvin Morse 2011-06-26 | In part 2, Paul gives us the exact protocol for tapping techniques for energetic release of fears, phobias, and PTSD triggers. He takes us through it step by step and explains emotional freedom techniques in the way that is easy to understand. He then explains the we are energetic beings with a physical body. These tapping techniques work on the energy meridians that create the physical structure of our body. Melvin Morse MD presentsmelvinmorsemd.com
Paul OOconnor: Energy Psychology and Controlled Remote Viewing Melvin Morse 2011-06-26 | Spiritual Scientific Presents: A Teresa Frisch Webinar Production: Paul O'Oconnor of Pure Stream Information gives an astonishing lecture on the new Energy Psychology Techniques and Controlled Remote Viewing. In Part 1, we hear the excellent introduction by Teresa Frisch, of Aesthetic Impart. She states: this is not earthshaking, but we will learn something, "a bit of new knowledge". Teresa is the only person I know who can slide a word like "behoove" into a sentence and sound great. Paul then discusses his background as an architect turned Controlled Remote Viewer. He describes the origins of Emotional Freedom Techniques. He points out that EFT was first tested in a Veteran's Adminstration Hospital and worked to help traumatized Veterans. He describes EFT as very important and available free of charge on the web.
Kenneth Ring PhD NDEs and Grace Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-16 | Kenneth Ring PhD is a giant of a near death researcher. In the 1990s he achieved insights that the rest of us still haven't caught up with. This lecture is based on his astonishing book The Omega Project: Near Death Experiences, UFO encounters, and Mind at Large. Published in 1993, it was 50 years ahead of its time. Dr. Ring's research documented that persons who have survived severe trauma, especially as a child, as more likely to have near death experiences and UFO encounters and abductions than the typical population. In this lecture, he sees the near death experience as a "compensatory gift" for those who were abused. More recent neuroscientific research indicates that being severely abused as a child opens the mind to nonlocal perceptions. We are only now starting to understand that UFO abductions are real, and yet are also nonlocal! So my opinion is that we see NDEs more commonly in this population as they have already had these nonlocal areas of their brain opened by the abuse they suffered. The out of body experience and bilocation is a common response to severe trauma. Dr. Ring received an enormous amount of unfair criticism for this research, as it was misunderstood to mean that childhood trauma led to an "imagination" prone personality which in turn invented the near death experience. Once again, the corrosive and idiotic Skeptic v Believer debate obscured and trashed one of the most fascinating scientific findings in Near Death Research.melvinmorsemd.com
Near Death Experiences in a Spirituality Impoverished Society Dr Morse Lecture Part 2.mp4 Melvin Morse 2011-03-15 | The completion of my lecture on near death experiences and how they can reinvigorate a greater cultural understanding of spirituality. Nearly 35% of our brain is dedicated to allowing us to communicate with a "god" or open our conscious awareness to a "all knowledge nonlocal timeless spaceless domain". I advocate learning the lessons of the near death experience and applying them to our everyday lives
Near Death Experiences Teach Us About Living a Spiritual Life Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-15 | Part 1: Melvin Morse MD discusses that near death experiences are the dying experience. The debate over whether or not they are proof of life after death obscures the fact that dying is highly spiritual. This is turn validates all spiritual experiences and helps us to lead spiritual lives filled with joy and happiness. We have an entire area of our brain dedicated to spirituality and yet we seem unaware of it and don't know how to properly use it for our benefit. Learning that our brain is hard wired for spirituality could possibly transform our society which currently is spiritually challenged.www.melvinmorsemd.com
A Mother Describes Her Daughters Near Death Experience Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-14 | A mother describes her daughter's experience, an excellent example of a child's near death experience. She describes how her daughter now wants to tell other children of what it was like to die, especially children afflicted with cancer. We learn about death and dying and the shared dying experiences, and also the pictures of children's near death experiences are presented at the end of the video.melvinmorsemd.com
Girl tells of near death experience unedited part 2 Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-12 | second part of unedited footage
Girl describes near death experience unedited footage part 1 Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-12 | extremely moving
Dr Morse PBS Interview University of Washington Part 2 Melvin Morse 2011-03-11 | Final segment of my PBS interview
Dr Morse Appearance on PBS University of Washington Part 1 Melvin Morse 2011-03-11 | I appear on PBS discussing near death experiences, how it effects our understanding of death and dying, and the need to integrate spirituality into the dying process
Adult Describes Near Death Experience at Age 3 Melvin Morse MD Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-11 | Melvin Morse MD wrote a book Transformed by the Light, which describes adults who had near death experiences as children. This is a wonderful example of an adult who had an NDE as a child. She remembers the experience like it was yesterday. Unlike adult experiences, it is not constantly changing and embellishing over time. It is so sacred to them, they remember it and it rarely changes. She also describes two fascinating phenomena: 1) Watches don't seem to work on persons who have had near death experiences and 2) They frequently have dreams that come true. In Melvin Morse MDs study of adults who had near death experiences as children, he found that, as compared to control groups, adults who had near death experiences frequently had watches that would not work, problems operating computers, and vivid psychic dreams that come true.For more information go to www.melvinmorsemd.com
Unedited Footage Child tells of near death experience Part 2 Melvin Morse 2011-03-10 | This segment is incredibly moving. The boy starts with playing heavenly music and then tells of being in the noodle after everything went all blank.
Unedited Footage Child Describes Near Death Experience Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-10 | I am presenting the raw unedited film of one of the children describing his experience. I want you to see my interviewing style, the questions I ask etc. This segment he briefly gives us an overview of the car accident he was in and his near death experience.
Dr Morse Lecture Stanford Childrens Hospital Final Segment Melvin Morse 2011-03-09 | In this segment I put near death experiences into the context of death related visions.
Stanford Chilldrens Hospital Dr Morse Lecture Part 4 Melvin Morse 2011-03-09 | Part 4 Overview of dissociation, putting near death experiences into a spectrum of spiritual experiences
Dr Morse Lecture Stanford Childrens Hospital Part 3 Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | Part 3 Results of study of children's near death experiences
Dr Morse Lecture at Stanford Childrens Hospital Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | This is my Grand Rounds Presentation at Stanford Children's Hospital in 2001. Near Death Experiences for Health Care Professionals
Dr Morse Lecture Part 6 Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | I sumarize the Transformation Study, a study of adults who had near death experiences as children
Dr Morse Lecture Part 5 Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | Starts with the decision to return to the body, ends with the concept that when the brain is dead,, a greater perception of reality is achieved.
Dr Morse Lecture Part 4 Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | I begin with a description of our prospective study of children who survived near death, at Seattle Children's Hospital. I end with a description of the major components of the near death experience
Dr Morse Lecture Part 3 Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Melvin Morse 2011-03-08 | Part 3: I start with discussing the concept of skepticism and the fact that we often believe things that aren't true. N waves are not real radioactive waves, yet there were over 100 papers on N waves in the Physics literature. Urban legends such as the Elephant that sat on the VW story are reported in newspapers including the New York Times, and yet are Urban Legends. I then discuss the various theories from the scientific point of view of what could cause a near death experience, lack of oxygen to the brain, etc. This segment ends with a description of our Seattle Study of Children who had nearly died.
Dr Morse Cincinnati Lecture Near Death Experiences Part 2 Melvin Morse 2011-03-07 | I discuss how difficult it is to understand spiritual experiences and use left brain skills such as language to describe them. I point out that Jacob Boehm had a brief (yet timeless) moment of insight, and then promptly filled 18 volumes of words to describe it. I also discuss that spirituality is part of our everyday life, we have to stop thinking of "the other side", bring spirit into "this side", and of course there are no sides. I tell the story of Randy Johnson who dedicated an entire baseball season the memory of his Dad, and stepped up his game as a result. And yet there were no visions or dramatic spiritual elements to the Randy Johnson story, yet it is profoundly spiritual. Also there is a hum during this segment. Think of it as people meditating and saying "ooom".
Dr Morse Lectures Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Part 1 Melvin Morse 2011-03-07 | My lecture to Cincinnati Children's Hospital, in the PrePowerpoint days. I actually used slides!
KIRO News Special on Near Death Experiences Part 2 Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-07 | Part 2 0f Julie Blackwell's awesome reporting on near death experiences
A Young Dr Morse is Preoccurpied with Neuroscience 1994 Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-06 | This is an outstanding KIRO News Special on Near Death Experiences featuring both Kim Clark Sharp and myself. Also, there is a great shot of my bright red volkswagon convertable! I loved that car. I lived in Maple Valley Washington on a small horse ranch at the time of shooting this News Special. My now teenage children Cody, Brett, and Michaela are featured. I particularly like this News Special as it shows how 15 years ago I was in fact preoccupied with the neurobiology of near death experiences. Often my fellow scientists who are unfamiliar with the length of my involvement in this research will assume I started off with a spiritual or religious outlook and then molded the data to fit my spiritual beliefs. I love these early videos as they clearly show that I started with a neurobiological approach and then gained a spiritual perspective as I started to understand the implications of the neuroscience of spirituality.
Raymond Moddy UNLV Chair of Consciousness Studies Melvin Morse 2011-03-06 | Final portion, questions and answers Ok Ok Ok, another great Raymond story. This could only be Raymond. When he visited me the first time, he came in late at night, and said he would simply stay at a hotal near the airport. I didn't think much of it, and came and picked him up in the morning. To my horror, Raymond was staying at a motel where usually people stay by the hour, not the day! I was mortified, felt guilty I hadn't picked him up the night before. Of course, Raymond simply went to the first motel he saw, and he didn't notice anything unusual or odd about where he was staying. As I picked up his bags, the guy behind the desk comes over and profusely thanks Raymond. Several of the people milling around the lobby did so as well. I asked the guy, "why were you thanking him". He said to me: "you know, I have never met a man like him. You know he's a Psychiatrist. Well he came down to the lobby and told us all about what it is to die, and how god's love will come to us all when we die, and listened to everyone's problems. He was so patient, they were actually lining up to talk to him. He was so gracious, what a loving man. Everyone just felt so good about themselves after spending time with him. And then he looked around and sort of whispered to me: Believe me buddy, the sort of (scum) who come here really need to believe in something, they needed to have someone listen to them who cares, when are they ever going to have that happen again. We will never forget the man who taught us that we are all god's children when we die. I was so astonished and humbled by Raymond. I asked Raymond about it, and he just shrugged, as if nothing special had happened. "Oh, I just shared with some of the people I met there". I have no doubt that Raymond Moody is changing lives and helping people from all walks of life, and he probably doesn't even know he's doing it, just Raymond being Raymond. Raymond, if you ever read this, I bow to you, and say "I am not worthy".
Raymond Moody UNLV Chair of Consciousness Studies Part 6 Dr Morse Presents Melvin Morse 2011-03-06 | This is now the question and answer session. What an awesome lecture. Raymond Moody is a man who totally walks his talk. Unassuming, untouched by fame and prestige. His critics are midgets, chattering monkeys, usually I can't even hear what they are saying, just high pitched gibberish that means nothing.
Raymond Moody UNLV Chair Consciousness Research Part 5 Melvin Morse 2011-03-06 | OK, OK, OK Another great Raymond Moody story. Many years ago, I went through a fairly difficult time. I had been diagnosed with a near fatal liver disease that I had only been given a 5% chance of surviving. I had just gone through a horrific divorce, complete with alienated extremely angry teenage children. I made it through those tough times, with the unwavering support of my wife Pauline, who essentially nursed me, ran the household and raised our two children, for two years. She never once doubted that I would beat my illness, always telling me "Melvin, use your spiritual gifts and what you have learned from the children who had near death experiences". I firmly believe that her love and the love of our family was crucial in my survival. After recovery, I resumed my near death research, learned to remote view with my wife as a partner, and continued in my quest to understand the scientific basis of near death experiences. Yet I was horrified to find out I had been the subject of cruel rumors, really vicious stuff, entirely made up. I was in total despair. I felt I could not go on as a near death researcher. Since much of the intense criticism and rumors came from my own colleagues, I wanted to simply retire, devote myself to my family and raising my daughters. I didn't want my second marriage to end up like my first. Raymond Moody has always been my mentor and guiding light. He encouraged me to write my first book and introduced me to his publisher. He said nice things about me in "The Last Laugh", which made me feel really great. So I met with Raymond, when we were both lecturing in Montreal, at the World Health Organizations Conference of Science and Spirituality (a NGO of the United Nations). I poured my heart out to him. Raymond stared at me, and then started laughing. My heart sank. I thought "oh my god, he's heard all these horrible rumors too and believes them" I said to him "Raymond, none of this is true! I know everyone always feels the truth is in the middle, but can't you understand this is just shit people made up about me?" Raymond laughed even harder, and shook my hand. I was now totally bewildered. He said "Melvin, congradulations. You are now a true Near Death Researcher of the highest caliber! Only the elite get to have the sort of rumors made up about them that I have heard about you. Join the club! People have said worse about me. Ken Ring, Michael Sabom, Pim van Lommel, only the elite get to be totally trashed the way you have been". I then laughed and laughed and never looked back. As Raymond said, we will have the last laugh, because we are on the road to truth and wisdom. We laugh because the Universe is laughing with us.
