這是一個死而復生者在另外空間所看見景象的真實故事，故事的主人公叫丹尼爾布雷克林(Dannion Brinkley)，他講述在他瀕臨死亡時看到的人類未來，他寫成了一本書，名字叫《在光明中得救》，這本書在1994年出版後連續5個月被《紐約時報》列為最暢銷書籍。
閃電擊中後靈魂離體
丹尼爾從小放蕩不羈，恃強凌弱，以打架和羞辱他人為樂。長大後在政府中工作，並擁有幾套住房和幾個小產業，收入頗豐，春風得意。在他25歲那一年，即1975年9月17日，一場暴風雨襲擊了南卡羅來納州的艾肯市，當時他正在那裡的家中給一個朋友打電話，一道閃電通過電話線擊中了他，將他重重地拋向空中。
在灼人的無邊痛苦中，他忽然感到正沐浴著巨大的和平和安寧，他的靈魂離體，飄浮於空中。他漠然注視著他丟在床上的軀體，手中還攥著被閃電熔化的電話聽筒，鞋子上冒著煙，親友和醫生在忙碌著搶救他，而這一切似乎與他毫不相干。接著一切都消失了，一個仙樂繚繞的隧道快速向他接近過來。
如所有死而復生的人描述的一樣，他也重新經歷了他走過的人生歷程，最微小的細節都一覽無餘。但是當他回顧人生時，不同之處在於他也是他自己行為的接受者。比如，他小的時候是學校的一霸，經常折磨其他的孩子，偷走他們的自行車，或令他們十分難堪。而現在當他回顧這段歷史時，他發現他自己生活在對方的身體中，他可以了知自己當時的態度，感覺和動機，而同時對方所感到的一切屈辱與痛苦，他都感同身受。他也知覺了他的放蕩不羈給他父母帶來的深刻傷害。丹尼爾還看到了在越戰期間，他的角色給他人帶來的難以描述和平復的悲哀與創傷。當歷史重播完時，他陷入悔恨和羞愧之中，無地自容。
另外空間的生命體
給他重播歷史的是一個閃爍著銀藍色光芒的生命，丹尼爾看不清他的面容，但可以感受到他難以言傳的寬容和慈善。當歷史重播完成時，這個生命帶著丹尼爾飛向一個由水晶構成的城市。這個城市的大教堂是一個由水晶妝成的傑作，放射出令人敬畏的耀眼光芒，在這座為讚美主而建的教堂前丹尼爾感到自己那麼微末與渺小。
在這裡，丹尼爾看到了13個生命體，每個生命體都代表了人們所擁有的一種感情和心理特徵。有的生命體是「寬容」，有的生命體是「忠誠」等等。這些生命體向丹尼爾展示了人類的未來，每個生命都給丹尼爾演化一個盒子，盒子裡是將在未來發生的震撼世界的大事。每一個盒子都有一個螢光屏，像電視機一樣，所不同的是，在展示未來時，丹尼爾感到他就是其中的一員，正在親身經歷著將要發生的一件件石破天驚的歷史變遷。
目擊將要發生的大事
在丹尼爾看到的13個盒子中，他一共目擊了117幕歷史，其中95件在他的書出版時已經應驗，包括美國精神走向頹廢，羅奈爾得雷根當選總統，車諾比核電站泄漏，蘇聯解體和海灣戰爭等。如果有人說這只不過是他杜撰故事，把後來發生的事編進他的書中而已，但是在他的書中記述的其他大事也已部分應驗，比如他在這本1994年出版的書中描述了其後發生的金融危機和塞拉耶佛(Sarajevo)戰爭等。
最後一個盒子中演化出的景象尤為耐人尋味。在演化這個盒子中的未來時，丹尼爾同時分身到世界的100個地方，從沙漠到森林。他看到世界上到處都充斥著戰爭與混亂，戰爭的原因是出於恐懼。他還看到了戰爭以外的一些景象，許多都是天災，原本肥沃的土地變成沙漠，原來長著小麥和穀物的地方，乾旱龜裂，化為焦土。而在世界的另一些地方，暴雨如注，大地的表層土壤被沖走，河水變成又厚又黑的泥漿。哀鴻遍野，人們拿著杯子和碗，甚至是赤手沿街乞討，有的人已經連乞討的力氣也沒有了，他們蜷縮在地上，只求速死。
演化未來的人以心靈感應的方式告訴丹尼爾，未來並非不可改變。一個生命對丹尼爾說的話意味深長，他說：「我們把每一個到地球上的人視為一個偉大的冒險者，你們勇於去地球並拓展你們的生命，在主創造世界的這個偉大冒險中完成你們的使命」。
那個生命還對丹尼爾說了這樣的話：「你們人類是真正的英雄，那些到地球的是勇士，因為你們以其他生命沒有的勇氣在做事，你們與主一起到地球上共創未來」。
Dannion Brinkley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dannion Brinkley(born July20,1950) is an American author who described two near death experiences(NDEs) in his1994 book Saved by the Light.[1] He is also a hospice volunteer, speaker, and prominent figure in the New Age and New Thought Movement.[2]
Contents
1 First near death experience
2 Other near death experiences
3 Skepticism and Controversy
3.1 First Near Death Experience
3.2 Visions of the Future
3.3 Special Powers
3.4 Military Service
4 Hospice and veterans advocacy work
5 Television
6 Books
7 References
8 External links
First near death experience
In Saved by the Light Brinkley explained that he was struck by lightning on September17,1975, while using a telephone at his home in Aiken, South Carolina. He said he was clinically dead for28 minutes. During these28 minutes Brinkley said he experienced many characteristic details of a near death experience as well as certain unique ones. His account includes an out-of-body experience with extensive observations of physical surroundings, passing through a tunnel, a high-speed and detailed life review and an encounter with beings who showed him visions of the future and discussed with him his life mission. Brinkley said he had a strong reluctance to return to his physical body, but he was sent back to fulfill a mission.[1]
Brinkley said when he re-entered his body in the hospital he blew on the sheet that was covering his head. His friend noticed the moving sheet and said,"he's still alive!" By the end of September1975 he was released from the hospital.[1]
Shortly after the event occurred Brinkley told his story to near-death researcher Raymond Moody.[3] In the Introduction to Saved by the Light, Moody wrote Brinkley's near death experience stands as one of the most incredible he has ever heard.[1]
Other near death experiences
In May1989 Brinkley had heart failure and went to the East Cooper Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina where he had a second near death experience. Brinkley said he had another life review and was taken by a being to a place with pleasant sounds and smells. Brinkley was released from the hospital in a few weeks.[1]
On September17,1997 Brinkley had brain surgery to remove a subdural hematoma and had a third near death experience. In The Secrets of the Light he explained that he traveled to a"blue-gray place" that was like purgatory. In this place he said he saw soldiers, martyrs and those unable to reach a level of forgiveness. Following surgery Brinkley had a tonic–clonic seizure and after nearly thirty days in the hospital he was released.[4]
Skepticism and Controversy
First Near Death Experience
A local newspaper article published right after the first near death experience quoted Brinkley saying he was"out for a few minutes" until his wife revived him by pounding on his chest.[5] Additionally, Gilmore Eaves(dec.) told a British documentary crew that Brinkley's story about being dead was"not true.".[6] Brinkley has responded to these claims.[7]
Visions of the Future
Brinkley said he received visions of future events during his near death experience. At least one was reported to Raymond Moody within seven months, that there would be a breakdown of the Soviet Union in1990 and subsequent food riots. Moody later said Brinkley's forecast struck him as"silly and absurd" at the time but later proved accurate.[3] Brinkley's visions also reportedly included the1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the1990–1991 Persian Gulf War, but there was no written account of these visions prior to his1994 book. Brinkley forecasted a1995 nuclear accident in Norway and a pre-2000 economic collapse in the United States that never happened.[8] And, according to Moody, other prophetic visions Brinkley made after his first near death experience never materialized the way Brinkley said they would.[3] Brinkley responded to these claims on The West Coast Truth with Russell Scott in May2012. Brinkley still to this day claims he has psychic visions.[9]
Special Powers
Brinkley claims the events surrounding his first near death experience left him with"special powers," namely, psychic and paranormal abilities.[1]
Military Service
Brinkley is a U.S. Marine veteran. In Saved by the Light, Brinkley said his actions as a CIA sniper in Laos during the Vietnam War were part of his NDE life review. Brinkley's account of serving as a CIA sniper in Laos was challenged by the Los Angeles Times[8] and by the book Stolen Valor by B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley.[10] Both accounts said military records show that Brinkley never went overseas during the war, but was stationed in Georgia as a truck driver.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Brinkley said the government was covering up his CIA mission because it was classified. But the newspaper cited several sources, including former Marines involved in similar covert operations, who said Brinkley's story was"full of holes" and that the supposedly classified files were all public.[8]
Brinkley says that certain dates and places had to be camouflaged in order to protect the rights of those who chose to remain unknown, as well as to preserve the integrity of the United States of America.[4]
Hospice and veterans advocacy work
Brinkley is co-founder and Board Chairman of the Twilight Brigade(formerly called Compassion in Action), a non-profit international organization that supports bedside volunteers who provide companionship to those who are dying, especially veterans, during the last months of life.[11][12] Brinkley's work with dying veterans and AIDS patients began in1984 and he has logged many thousands of volunteer hospice hours. The Twilight Brigade now has offices in16 states and over5,000 volunteers, including a number of active duty military personnel and veterans.[11]:18
Veterans wonder if anyone will appreciate what they did. They were there for us when we needed them. We need to be there for them.
—Dannion Brinkley[11]:20
In2001, the Twilight Brigade was nominated for the National Hospice and Palliative Care Association's Heart of Hospice Award.[13]
Brinkley is also the co-founder of Veterans Care Plus, a health care advocacy program for U.S. veterans and their families that provides access to low-cost prescription medications.[14] This program has been selected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars for its members.[15]
Television
Saved By the Light was adapted for a1995 Fox Broadcasting Company TV movie of the same name starring Eric Roberts, and debuted as one of the highest rated television movies in that network's history. Since originally airing, it has been in regular circulation on the Lifetime Movie Network.[13]
He was also featured in an episode of NBC's Unsolved Mysteries in1994.
Books
Saved by the Light and The Secrets of the Light were'New York Times and international bestsellers.[13]
Dannion Brinkley and Paul Perry, Saved by the Light: The true story of a man who died twice and the profound revelations he received. New York: Villard Books,1994. ISBN0-679-43176-4.
Dannion Brinkley and Paul Perry, At Peace in the Light: A man who died twice reveals amazing insights into life, death and its mysteries. Piatkus,1995. ISBN0-7499-1581-1.
Dannion Brinkley and Kathryn Peters-Brinkley, The Secrets of the Light: Spiritual strategies to empower your life... here and in the hereafter. Heart Light Productions,2004. ISBN
References
Dannion Brinkley and Paul Perry, Saved by the Light, New York: Villard Books,1994. ISBN0-679-43176-4.
Noory, George."Lifetime Achievement Award Presented to Dannion Brinkley". George Noory Lifetime Achievement Award. Conscious Life Expo.
Raymond Moody, The Last Laugh: A new philosophy of near-death experiences, apparitions, and the paranormal, pp.171–172. Hampton Roads Publishing Company,1999. ISBN1-57174-106-2.
Dannion Brinkley and Kathryn Peters-Brinkley(2004). The Secrets of the Light: Spiritual strategies to empower your life. Heart Light Productions. ISBN0-9638490-2-6.
Carl Langley,"Phone Call Almost Cost Him His Life", Augusta Herald, September19,1975.(Copy of full story is on discussion page)
Excerpt from"Reverend Death" on YouTube, June25,2008, produced by www.WorldofWonder.net and aired on Britain's Channel4
Brinkley, Dannion."Dannion Brinkley Exposed?!? Dannion's Official Response". Retrieved November3,2011.
Roy Rivenburg,"Blinded by the Light? Tales of near-death experiences– from visions of God to meeting Elvis– fascinate millions of us. But as the stories increase, so does the criticism." Los Angeles Times, March24,1995.. Accessed2009-05-23.
"Dannion Brinkley on The West Coast Truth".
B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley, Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam generation was robbed of its heroes and its history, pp.385–387. Verity Press,1998. ISBN0-9667036-0-X.
Pamela Wills,"No one wants to die alone": The Twilight Brigade brings comfort and companionship to dying veterans. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, VAnguard: VA's Employee Magazine, pp.18–20, November/December2007. Accessed2009-04-25.
Twilight Brigade. Accessed2009-04-25.
Harper Collins' Dannion Brinkley bio. Accessed2009-04-25.
Veterans Care Plus– About. Accessed2009-04-25.
VFW Personalized Health-Savings Program. Accessed2009-04-25.
External links
Dannion Brinkley official web site
"Official" NDE account
Dannion Brinkley's NDE story published on the NDE website
Brief account of Brinkley's NDE and prophecies at the Wayback Machine(archived January14,2008)(WebCite archive)
The Twilight Brigade web site
Veterans Care Plus web site
