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VOCABULARY
life after death - życie po śmierci
NDE - Near Death Experience – stan prawie śmierci
to die - umrzeć
distress - męka, cierpienie, wyczerpanie
to resuscitate - reanimować
hospital staff - personel szpitalny
to move rapidly - poruszać się szybko
brilliant light - olśniewające światło
the being of light - świetlana postać
barrier - bariera
border - granica
spirit - duch
dead - nieżyjący, umarły
relative - krewny
to be overwhelmed - być przytłoczonym, pod ogromnym wrażeniem
reluctantly - niechętnie
ineffable - nie dający się wyrazić słowami, nie do opisania
profoundly - głęboko, potężnie
the fear of death - strach przed śmiercią |
LESSON 45
LIFE AFTER DEATH
A man is dying, and as he reaches the point of greatest physical distress, he suddenly finds himself outside his own physical body. He watches himself being resuscitated by the hospital staff, he can see and hear what’s happening around him - but other people can’t hear him or see him. He’s in a state of emotional turmoil.
Soon other things begin to happen. He feels he’s moving very rapidly through a long dark tunnel towards a brilliant loving light. This ‘Being of Light’ shows him a panoramic playback of his life. At some point he approaches a barrier or border – where he sees the spirits of his dead relatives and friends. He’s overwhelmed by an intense feeling of joy and love, he wants to stay where he is, yet he’s told that he must go back, as his time has not come yet. Reluctantly, he goes back to his body.
Later he tries to tell other people what happened to him, but he can find no words to describe it – the experience is ineffable. He also finds that people don’t believe him – so he stops talking about it. Still, the experience affects his whole life profoundly – he completely loses the fear of death. In fact – he knows that death does not exist.
