Kurt Kawohl
I have personally experienced my spirit leaving my body and being united with the
Ultimate Supreme Spirit
(God?). In 1956, when I was fifteen years old, I had
pneumonia and thought I was dying. My father took me to a doctor who gave me a
penicillin
injection and recommended immediate
hospitalization. We had no medical
insurance or money, so my father took me home to recuperate. I remember the drive home vividly. Every breath was painful and my chest felt as though a great weight was upon it. I watched cars and trucks drive by, and wondered how people could make long term plans when life was so unpredictable.
Several nights later, it felt as if my
spirit left my body and it experienced being in a place with a gathering of
souls or spirits. I sensed great peace,
tranquility and
ecstasy
-- a
rapture that was beyond a person's imagination. I felt as if I was a part of ALL, a part of
God. I was mentally communicating and in
sync with everyone, including not only some of my deceased acquaintances and relatives, but many of the
prophets of the
bible, and historical people I had read about. There was no dominant force, no forceful leader. I somehow knew who everyone was. Every thought interacted with the whole
community. I had no questions; it seemed as if everything was revealed and crystal clear. I saw the
universe stretched out with spirits engaged in mental interaction like
master craftsmen contemplating the creation of a new frontier.
When I told my father who was a
preacher of the
Lutheran Faith
about my experience he dismissed it abruptly and told me that this
Supreme Spirit
, this God that my spirit had witnessed, was not the God of the bible and he told me to pray for my
salvation
. We never talked about it afterwards.
Since that time I never really gave it much thought until the
New York World Trade Center
tragedy on 9-11-01. I went into deep
meditation. I wanted to find an answer to why and how some misguided individuals could believe that their actions would be rewarded with their soul's
eternal life with God. I then had a couple of experiences similar to the one I had at age fifteen of my spirit communicating with the
ultimate spirit. (God,
Allah or whatever one desires to call him/her/it)
One spiritual experience seemed to last throughout the entire night. My spirit observed the entire history and the evolution of the universe and our varying perceptions of God, as if in a
fast-forward film.
The
messenger
is of no significance. It is the message that needs to be taken into account and judged for its merits. The experiences I encountered after the 9-11 tragedy helped me come to this conclusion: In this
21st Century, the
Age of Technology we are still plagued by religious
beliefs that are a contributing cause toward
terrorism, killings and wars between
nations. Belief in a
deity, who keeps causing
catastrophes, punishes people, and created the universe out of nothingness as if by
magic was brought about by
hysteria and
superstitions. This thought process needs to be reassessed and brought up to date.
Open-minded people must use common sense to determine whether this so-called
deity was incorrectly perceived, misinterpreted and misunderstood by the masses of a
bygone era.
Some will say that my personal experience of
oneness with a
supreme spirit is nothing but a dream or a vivid imagination. It doesn’t matter whether you accept or totally reject my story. What does matter is that we evolve to a point whereby we can encourage open-minded people to offer
feedback on how our
religious beliefs can be brought into the 21st century.
Transcendentalism - A New Revelation.
Spiritual transcendence
of a person's
spirit
into a
Dimensional Beyondness
was achieved by most well known
religious leaders
.
Abraham
,
Moses
,
Noah
,
Jesus
,
Muhammad
,
Buddha
,
Krishna
,
Bahá'u'lláh
,
Zoroaster
,
Ahmad
,
Nanak
,
Kawohl
and many others of various
faiths
had achieved
spiritual enlightenment
by
mastering
the art of
spiritual transcendence
. Many were
Spiritual Transcendentalists
who have changed the course of
mankind
.