According to the Bible we don't go anywhere when we die we just sleep in our graves awaiting resurrection. See
http://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/what-does-bible-say-about-death
You know ArtieE as I lay dying I fully expected to lose consciousness and cease to exist, I kept waiting for it to happen but it never did. I was just under 22 years old when it happened to me but I was tired and ready to leave this world! My sub conscious frame of mine is an important thing to consider because theoretically I should sub consciously hallucinate death and none existence when I die because that is what I truly wanted out of this experience.
I kept asking myself "Am I dead yet? NO darn still here" Ha-Ha, so imagine my surprise to see that I just wouldn't die and then I found myself entering into a strange Quantum Quandary of being here, there everywhere and nowhere simultaneously in a place that does not exist. This was not a very pleasant experience but I entered this strange vortex with amazement and curiosity to see what would happen next. I had trouble getting my bearings, I was up, down, sideways, and time became erratic and then non existent, and while all these strange and amazing things were happening to me I didn't lose my consciousness, in fact it seemed like I was developing a super consciousness and for one brief moment I was aligned with the universe and it was an amazing feeling to have!
Then without warning everything stopped and I found myself temporary blind and unable to move, feel or hear and was completely vulnerable to my surroundings but I wasn't concerned or afraid because it seemed like my condition was temporary and I will eventually adjust to the area I was in. Then the 12 spirits came to me and even though I couldn't see them I could feel them approaching me with my mind. At first it was hard to communicate with them since we were not talking through voice but through energy thought waves and it wasn't a human language I could understand but we were communicating to each other what seemed like mathematical binary equations.
They greeted me with an incredible unconditional love I never seen before and were concerned that I was going to freak out by all the strange and unusual things that happened to me as I traveled to their domain. I tried to communicate to them that I was a strange and unusual person so that although some of the things I went through were a little overwhelming I was perfectly fine and thanked them for their kindness and incredible unconditional love they had for me. This incredible love was a very foreign thing to me, but it was so wonderful and inspirational for me to experience. I really didn't know how to thank them for the concern they had for me.
As quickly as they came to me they suddenly withdrew and began to bow down which caught me off guard? Although I couldn't see them I didn't need my eyes, I didn't need my voice for communication, and I didn't need any of my senses to know everything that was happening around me and then that royal figure came! That is what my new 12 family members were bowing down to and I felt such an overwhelming joy that my new family was able to see this magnificent Royal Figure approach them so imagine my surprise when this Royal Figure suddenly headed in my direction. It was the greatest thing that happened in my life and I was humbled and thankful such a great busy King would take the time to spend with such an insignificant person such as myself.
This kind Royal Figure came to within an inch of my face, smiled and gently told me that "You are not supposed to be here my child it is not your time to be here! I have to take you back to your body to continue your life until it is time for you to come back Home!" I tried to ask this Incredible Royal Majestic Figure what am I supposed to do when I go back to life and all He said to me was to "Live your life the best way you can, treat the people you meet with the unconditional love my subjects treated you when you arrived here and leave the difficult job of judging to Me and try not to worry if people believe in Me or not because I will always be here for you or anyone else that needs Me".
In all honesty I didn't want to leave this place it was paradise, with loving family, no fear, and complete peace and happiness but the royal figure determined I needed to come back to Earth to finish living my life so what am I to do? I had to obey His directive and I promised to try and live my life to the fullest, not to judge people and offer people hope that there is an incredible family waiting for them on the other side if they so choose to meet them.
So getting back to the original question on this article it was asked "Do You Believe In God?" I wanted to share my story so that I can offer an eye witness account of what I believed happened to me back on September 6 of 1986. This so called "Hallucination" I experienced was too elaborate for me to dismiss as wishful thinking I just don't believe my mind is creative enough to have such a detailed experience of what I been through so I have to believe what happened to me was real!
I understand some people and faiths believe that death is a sleeping process until final judgement comes, I'm just sharing that what I experienced was different from some biblical views and I fully expect to stay consciousness when it is my time to finally cross over to that wonderful place on the other side. Until that faithful day comes though, I am really enjoying my life here and living every precious drop it has for me to experience.
