Sheri S. Bessi

Shortly after turning 16, I had complications from a botched surgery and hemorrhaged until my heart stopped beating. For three long minutes I experienced what many call a NDE or near death experience. For me it was not how most people describe it. There was no beautiful bright light and a beckoning to enter it. But it was humming, full of a sense of energy, life and beauty. In its appearance it was somewhat like the sky just as the sun is beginning to rise. And it was full of other life. I believe I saw the spirit world. Many disagree. Yet in those moments which seemed like a very long time and yet simultaneously very brief, I realized that I was more than flesh and bone. I realized that death was just the beginning of something different. Wherever I went and whatever I experienced I felt welcomed and a part of something new yet very familiar. I felt welcomed. Just not ready. This experience opened my awareness to the idea that I am not my brain. I am not even my body. I am spirit and I am living in this existence as human. I hope as you read these letters you too will discover the wonderful miracle of you. That you will see a glimpse of life through a different filter, even if just for a brief moment. That you will realize that you are not here to suffer for no reason, but rather that something wonderful waits for you every day. Thank you for walking on this journey with me. As Ram Dass has said, "We are all just walking each other home." Love, Sheri