What Happens When We Die? What Near-Death Experiences and Swedenborg Say About the Afterlife

"What happens when we die?" It’s one of those questions that seems like an impossible task to even start to answer, and for some, a question not worth asking because they feel the answer is simple: we die, so all goes black. However, "near-death” (during cardiac arrest) and other transcendent experiences alike often speak toward something greater - something communal that goes beyond our differences. And scripture emphasizes that yes, we may truly die in something called the “second death," or we may find life eternal… It’s our choice, because both of these states occur to some degree today, within. Read the corresponding Multimedia Message at SwedenborgianCommunity.org/blog/afterlifeWe are your affirming interfaith-Swedenborgian spiritual community! The Swedenborgian spirituality has deeply influenced the likes of Helen Keller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Blake, George Inness, William Keith, Henry James, Sr., William James, Carl Jung, Robert Frost, DT Suzuki and even Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman). Chat with our community live during the broadcast on Zoom (https://zoom.us/j/689735266) @ 8pm EDT with Meeting ID: 689 735 266. And visit your affirming interfaith community at SwedenborgianCommunity.org :) Our form of Swedenborgianism is rooted in mystical Christianity as explored by the 18th-century scientist-turned-mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg. We open our doors to people of all faiths or none!