50 Million Witnesses — The Secret of the Living, 2 | Rav Ziegler zatsal
The Secret of the Living · chapter 2 · Rav Haim Ziegler זצ״ל

50 Million Witnesses

Near-death experiences, evidence of life after death
A teaching of Rav Haim Ziegler zatsal · Éditions Gueoula
Translated from the French original; the French version remains the reference text.
50 Million Witnesses
Near-death experiences, evidence of life after death

The lesson asserts that life after death is not a belief but a documented fact, with millions of witnesses.

According to a figure published in 1998, 50 million people worldwide have had a near-death experience (NDE) and returned.

They describe five stages, always in the same order: leaving the body, the tunnel, the light, the life review, the return.

The lesson adds the story of the Parisian jeweller, cases of reincarnation in India, Kirlian photography and recordings of voices.

The closing question: what do we do now with this knowledge?

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1 Evidence, not belief

Do you think life after death is a belief? A blind faith? A consolation for those who are afraid? The lesson answers: it is a scientific fact, documented, studied, measured, with millions of living witnesses.

8,000,000 Americans have had a near-death experience (NDE).

In 1998, international newspapers published a startling figure. Question: “How many people in the world have had a near-death experience and returned to life?” Result: 50 million people, the equivalent of all of France.

These are 50 million living witnesses who say the same thing: “There is something after. I was there. I saw.”

2 The five universal stages of the NDE

These 50 million people, of different cultures, religions and ages, tell the same experience, in the same order:

1. Leaving the body. “I saw myself from above. I saw my body on the hospital bed. I saw the doctors reviving me.”

2. The tunnel. “I went through a dark tunnel. At the end there was a magnificent light.”

3. The light. “A light of pure love. Indescribable. More beautiful than anything I had known.”

4. The life review. “My whole life passed before me. Every action. Every thought. Everything.”

5. The return. “I was told to go back. That it was not yet my time.”

Always the same stages, always in the same order, all over the world. The lesson concludes: this is not chance, this is not imagination.

3 The story of the Parisian jeweller

A woman in Paris runs a jewellery shop. One day, cardiac arrest, clinical death; the doctors revive her. When she wakes, she tells:

“While I was ‘dead’, I saw my sister come into my shop. She took one particular ring. She put it in her bag. Then she left.”

The doctors: “You dreamed. You were dead. Your brain was not working.” The woman: “No. I saw. Call my sister. Ask her whether she took a ring.”

They call. The sister admits: “Yes. I took a ring. How does she know?!”

She was dead, her body was not functioning. But she saw everything.
4 Other evidence reported by the lesson

A case of reincarnation in India. A 5-year-old child says: “My name was X. I lived in village Y. I had a wife called Z. I had 3 children.” The researchers check: five details verified, five details exact. How can a 5-year-old know all this, unless he was that person in a previous life?

Kirlian photography. A special camera captures the aura, the energy around the body. When a piece of a leaf is cut off, the photo still shows the part that is no longer there: the aura remains, even though the physical is gone.

Recordings of voices of the dead. Yul Gerson, a scientist, created a device that picks up waves: voices of deceased people who speak and answer. He presented it at the UN; scientists cannot explain it, but the voices are there.

5 Professor Henry Moody: the statistics

Professor Henry Moody, an American researcher, studied thousands of NDE cases. His conclusion, according to the lesson:

“The probability that all these testimonies are false is 1 in a billion.”

The lesson draws from this: there is life after death; 50 million people saw it, they came back, they testify.

6 And now?

You have the scientific evidence. You know there is something after. But what exactly? And above all: what do we do now with this knowledge?

The next chapter announces: the Talmud will reveal what science cannot measure.

Did you follow the lesson?

Five questions on the second chapter.

1
How many people in the world have had an NDE, according to the 1998 figure cited?
The lesson compares it to all of France; 8 million is the American figure.
2
What is the first of the five stages of the NDE?
Then the tunnel, the light, the life review and the return.
3
What did the jeweller see during her clinical death?
The sister admitted she had taken a ring.
4
What conclusion does the lesson attribute to Professor Henry Moody?
It is, says the lesson, scientifically proven.
5
What does Kirlian photography show, according to the lesson?
The aura remains, even though the physical is gone.

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